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personal preference, then. if/when i go camping, sure i drive to get to the place because frankly i live in a city, so to get to a place that's appropriate for camping would involve either a bit of a drive or a 2-month-long walk. so, drive i do. but for me, when i get there, the last thing i want is the same garbage as what i have at home - emails, LCD screens, notifications, etc. to me, camping is about getting away from ALL of it, not just replicating the same fun stuff i have at home but with a floppy roof instead of a solid structure. oh, and last i checked the gas burner was not a modern-day-distraction, no more so than an umbrella or shoes.

back to the battery life - yeah, there will be some differences, but it's not going to be an order of magnitude. some devices will get you through 2 movies, others through 2 movies and 57 emails. rare to find one that barely makes it past the opening credits, or manages the entire James Bond collection.

personally i always carry my cell phone when i leave the house, no matter where i go - it's just a reflex by now ("spectacles txxxxxxxs wallet n watch" type of action before opening the front door). so maybe my bias comes from that - for quick simple things the cell phone gets used first (email, facebook [if i used it], sms, etc) so the tablet is a secondary device for when i need the larger screen. being that it gets called into duty less often, its battery isn't taxed as much.