Samsung has set a goal that smartphones coming out this year can last all day under average to moderately heavy use, according to Kevin Packingham, vice president of product innovation at Samsung.
"When you wake up to when you go to bed, we don't want you feeling anxiety about your battery life," he said in an interview at CES 2012. While smartphones are packing more and more features, battery life in general has deteriorated. The problem is exacerbated by bigger screens, faster processors and 4G LTE, which has proven to be a major drain.
Samsung aims to tackle this by shifting to bigger batteries, Packingham said. But the company will also work to better optimise different aspects of the phone, from the way it acts when it searches for Wi-Fi, to how often it powers up the 4G LTE radio.
For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Hallelujah! Samsung promises all-day battery life on phones on CNET News.
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