Battery use isn't linear. If 24-hour charging cycles are required for the average case what that means is that you're limiting use for a lot of normal cases. Use the phone a bit more than average or have a long period of poor reception, and then you've exhausted the battery. Which is precisely the case today, it's trivially easy for anyone to exhaust the battery on a modern smartphone in much less than a day.
In contrast, a phone that requires charging every week, for example, you'll tend to keep at a higher total charge and will survive periods of heavier usage better.
That's not dismissing the fact that most people are willing to accept the tradeoffs of modern smartphone battery life, but make no mistake the necessity of daily recharging for average use is a problem.
In contrast, a phone that requires charging every week, for example, you'll tend to keep at a higher total charge and will survive periods of heavier usage better.
That's not dismissing the fact that most people are willing to accept the tradeoffs of modern smartphone battery life, but make no mistake the necessity of daily recharging for average use is a problem.