Microsoft Teases Multi-Day Battery Life For Upcoming ARM-Powered Windows Devices (techspot.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @10:00AM from the carrot-and-stick dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechSpot: Microsoft late last year announced a partnership with Qualcomm to bring the full Windows 10 experience to ARM-powered devices. Terry Myerson, Executive Vice President of Microsoft's Windows and Devices Group, promised at the time that Snapdragon-powered Windows 10 devices would be efficient in the power consumption department. We're still waiting for the partnership to bear fruit but in the interim, new details regarding efficiency (and a few other subjects) have emerged. With regard to battery life, Pete Bernard, Principal Group Program Manager for Connectivity Partners at Microsoft, said that to be frank, battery life at this point is beyond their expectations: ""We set a high bar for [our developers], and we're now beyond that. It's the kind of battery life where I use it on a daily basis. I don't take my charger with me. I may charge it every couple of days or so. It's that kind of battery life."

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Re:It’s multi-day battery life as long as it by Darinbob · 2017-10-18 13:34 · Score: 1, Insightful

I find it bizarre and a bit infuriating when a charge that lasts multiple days is considered a significant advance. We used to have phones that would go a week without a charge, longer if you didn't make a lot of calls, but these days you're expected to charge the device constantly even if you don't use it. A multi day charge should be considered the bare minimum of acceptability.