A method of managing power provision in a multimedia electronic device, the method comprising: selectively coupling a first battery of the multimedia electronic device to a voltage input node (Vin) of a voltage regulation (14; 24) circuit of the multimedia electronic device; selectively coupling a second battery of the multimedia electronic device to the voltage input node of the voltage regulation circuit (14; 24) of the multimedia electronic device; and interleaving discharging of the first and second batteries to provide the multimedia electronic device coupled to an output node (Vout) of the voltage regulation circuit (14; 24) with an aggregated power consumed from a group of batteries (9; 29) that includes the first battery and the second battery, the aggregated power greater than a power corresponding to one of the group of batteries (9; 29) selecting a first connection time associated with the selective coupling of the first battery based on an estimated charge of the first battery; selecting a second connection time associated with the selectively coupling of the second battery based on an estimated charge of the second battery; characterized by determining whether to cause a staggered exhaustion of the first and second batteries by identifying one of a plurality of battery management policies that includes at least a first battery management policy to exhaust the group of batteries (9; 29) together and a second battery management policy of staggered exhaustion; in response to determining to cause the staggered exhaustion, determining a first ratio of charge to connection time that is different than a second ratio of charge to connection time; and selecting the first connection time to coincide with the first ratio and the second connection time to coincide with the second ratio. selectively coupling a first battery of the multimedia electronic device to a voltage input node (Vin) of a voltage regulation (14; 24) circuit of the multimedia electronic device; selectively coupling a second battery of the multimedia electronic device to the voltage input node of the voltage regulation circuit (14; 24) of the multimedia electronic device; and interleaving discharging of the first and second batteries to provide the multimedia electronic device coupled to an output node (Vout) of the voltage regulation circuit (14; 24) with an aggregated power consumed from a group of batteries (9; 29) that includes the first battery and the second battery, the aggregated power greater than a power corresponding to one of the group of batteries (9; 29) selecting a first connection time associated with the selective coupling of the first battery based on an estimated charge of the first battery; selecting a second connection time associated with the selectively coupling of the second battery based on an estimated charge of the second battery; characterized by determining whether to cause a staggered exhaustion of the first and second batteries by identifying one of a plurality of battery management policies that includes at least a first battery management policy to exhaust the group of batteries (9; 29) together and a second battery management policy of staggered exhaustion; in response to determining to cause the staggered exhaustion, determining a first ratio of charge to connection time that is different than a second ratio of charge to connection time; and selecting the first connection time to coincide with the first ratio and the second connection time to coincide with the second ratio. <EOS>