Comment Comment by nailer The title is misleading. RIM thought the iPhone 2G was insanely power hungry and must have terrible battery life.As an owner of iPhone 2G I attest that was completely true. This is the first phone I'd ever owned that lasted less than two days.(Apple themselves even cited battery life as the reason they couldn't do 3G, and the iPhone 3G, when it did come out, was thicker than the iPhone 2G)What RIM probably didn't counter is that customers were willing to trade 24 hour charging cycles for an awesome user experience. parent nailer 16 years ago
As an owner of iPhone 2G I attest that was completely true. This is the first phone I'd ever owned that lasted less than two days.
(Apple themselves even cited battery life as the reason they couldn't do 3G, and the iPhone 3G, when it did come out, was thicker than the iPhone 2G)
What RIM probably didn't counter is that customers were willing to trade 24 hour charging cycles for an awesome user experience.