Android Battery Life Victim of Open Approach

"Open and standards-based approaches to creating products are the industry norm, and generally result in faster development times and lower retail prices. But there sometimes is a price. Because it does not take the "open" approach, Apple is able to optimize performance of its hardware and software.

Conversely, open platforms such as Android are not able to take an end-to-end view, all the time. And that seems to be playing out with complaints of limited Android battery life, presumably from users who have downloaded many, or some particular applications.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt himself has taken the liberty to suggest that some of the third party applications offered through the Android Market are not completely efficient at resource management, thus requiring more power from an Android smartphone than they might otherwise need.

As with most other aspects of software and hardware development, there are trade-offs to be made. Android trades control for development speed, lower cost and diversity. Apple trades maximum third-party software development for better user experience.

Your Android suffers from poor battery life? 3rd party apps are to blame! (Phone Arena News):