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juiceme	2016-02-03 , 08:49
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Originally Posted by pichlo

Here is where I disagree. I find it hard to believe that a larger screen = a longer battery life. Sure a larger screen = a larger device = more space for a bigger battery but OTOH a smaller screen = you do not need a bigger battery. There are numerous examples to demonstrate it. Just look at Nokia N9 vs. Jolla. In fact the last Android phone I used was Sony Xperia Mini which had a 2.6"(!) screen and the battery lasted a week between charges, in contrast with my Jolla that lasts about a day

Here's a totally unrelated fact from the animal kingdom for you;

Surface area ratio to mass is very relevant on the energy economy of an animal; take a small animal like a mouse and a large animal like a bear for example; the mouse has to spend a lot more energy related to its mass than the bear to heat itself in the wintertime...

Simirarily I can draw an analogy to the mobile devices; as the device increases in size its volumetric area to hold the battery increases faster than size of its front surface (menaing screen area)

--> large phone has better battery capacity, given other specs are equal.

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