Nokia: Smartphone batteries need ‘breakthrough’

HELSINKI–It will take years and a technology “breakthrough on multiple fronts” before the battery lives of smartphones will reach “good” levels, according to the head of Nokia’s research center, Henry Tirri.

By “good,” Tirri meant phones that can last on a weekly power charge, which will support battery utilization closer to what basic phone models require today, he said at a media interview here Tuesday.

Lamenting the current state of smartphone battery life, he noted that most high-performance models with large screens do not last more than eight hours of constant usage on a single charge….

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