[Galaxy S II General] CEPi:
It wasn't about the money, but I tried to make a distinction from a "toy and I will just buy and play with another phone" from SBS_ who was downplaying it all and instead of sticking with battery life, he got on into his purchasing power, so at the end it was an argument between toys and batteries for people who use the phone for normal things.

As i sad, SGS2 sits nicely on the same desk with IOS, Wm7, WebOS, Symbian, Maemo etc. as a testing device for Home Automation apps, meaning it's an Android Dev Platform and not to e used as a regular phone all day.

Now, todays observation, encountered for the first time in my life on a smartphone where the phone is drawing more power then it is beeing able to charge itself. (and i do test phones for a living and work for a Mobile Operator so this is my bread & butter)

Went driving today morning, SGS2 on 84%, lost 16% while i was sleeping (6h) and phone was locked with wifi off, but connected to network overnight, you can see from the slow battery drain.

Hooked the phone to car charger at 800mA, which is 100mA more then the wall charger @700. Started driving with Navigon Navigation on, no other apps running, no wifi, rSAP on so no network connection.

Battery started draining more then beeing charged. At about 30% left while Beeing charged I changed chargers to an 1Amp (1000mA) Iphone approved USB cig. charger. Draining slowed a bit but not much less. The peaks represent when i took the phone off and locked it which me while having coffee at the petrol stations on the road.

Then the almighty message came, first time seen in my 13y of mobile work: Exit applications. Continued usage while charging may prevent efficient charging.

Checked the battery temprature it's 58C and then 60C, with no cover or anything beeing fanned by the wented air, but no AC.

Now someone tell me, is it normal to be at 60C for the battery? You can cook an egg there for 10 minutes.

Anyway, turned it off, left it to charge. I have had more driving with pluged in phones than this, even cr@appy battery HTC Touch HD, doing same stuff, would charge itself and navigate all day, Iphone 3/4 same thing and let's not talk about Nokia's.

I do this kind of driving all days often around the country as i have to check performance signals and bottlenecks of mobile network with lot's of equipment on the boot/roof, so a perfect time to check battery survivability of phones.

And i dont know why does Android say 7hours + on battery when its actually always in charger?

I have nothing against SGS2, it's company purchased, not my day phone and it sits all day in the charger or around office/lab testing.

Just let's be real and honest, that using this smartphone on 100% brightness is going to kill it and melt it for a few hours, and obviosly going for 4.3" was a decision to beat Apple on having the thinnest phone, while having to make the phone wider so it get's to 4.3". Galasy S was perfect size.

And what is the point of having the best screen on earth and having it to keep it in Auto or low brightness? Come on.

Now you can all say we use it for 1 or 2 days probably on 25% brightness, bearly seeing anything on it, or just having it plugged most of the day, and bashing here anyone that complains.

Love you all, so be kind!