Battery life & case design

Arne Zachlod zachso at arcor.de
Tue Jul 1 14:35:51 CEST 2008


jonathan at topnoc.co.uk schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I'm totally thrilled with all the goodies crammed into the gta02, and I'm even
> more thrilled with the ideas people are having to use these goodies.
>
> Whats less thrilling is the battery life.  Switch on all those goodies and you
> have a phone that will be dead in about 5 hours.  Its king of like owning a
> porche that has a fuel tank the size of a coke can :-)
>
> I wonder, is it just me or are there enough people out there who are
> interested in having more power?  Enough people to make it worth while some
> company (maybe openmoko) to tool up to produce a new back cover for the gta02
> thats a few mm thicker so it can hold a battery the full size of the rear
> cover... then all we need is a custom battery that will fit in the cover and
> interface with the existing power pins on the rear of the gta02.  Looking at
> it we could easily gain 4-5 times the power with a large flat battery pack.
>
> Has this been discussed at all?  anyone have any opinions on this?
>
> Yes I know there is still some work to be done on the openmoko APM functions.
>  However when these functions work all they are about is turning stuff off to
> extend battery life.
>
> Given the openmoko demographic, I'd say having a phone thats a few more
> millimetres thicker to accomodate a large battery (as in function over design)
> is an attractive option... there has to be plenty of takers out there to make
> it worth someone's while to tool up and produce the alternative cover and
> battery pack.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon
>
>
>
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Im not sure, but I think with an even thicker phone there will be more 
no-geeks who dont care about the freeness who wont buy the phone only 
because its thick and heavy (and such a phone would be heavy).
an the second problem is, the batty we use now is a standard-battery, u 
can buy an battery like this at ebay for 10 bucks, but a custom battery 
sounds very expensive.
i think the key for longer life isn't a bigger battery, but a better 
energy saving.

regards,

Arne




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