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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Unfortunately, battery technology has only improved marginally over the years. Longer battery life came largely due to lower power components and power management. While everything else has increased potentially, battery output per pound is not that much better than 5 years ago. On I don't see any revolutionary development on the horizon. So we can go from 4 hours to 8 hours (partially by turning down brightness, spinning down hard disks -- or get the super expensive new disks, and limiting processor speeds, etc. All that, however, affects performance) but 2 days or more is just not in the cards for the next few years for a tablet.
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I don't think anybody who wants a tablet is expecting 2 days or more. I think most are more than happy with an 8 hour life span.