Rico
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I would say battery problems were reduced around the time of ICS, but that was also in part due to OEMs putting larger batteries in their devices. Speaking as a lead tech in a Sprint indirect, a large percentage of the issues I see daily are Android devices with battery issues. When you remove service issues from the equation, you have crappy OEM and carrier software which introduces instability, and can increase battery drain. There's also the fact apps can run as they like in the background. While it's great for realtime performance, it can really drain the battery. Combine that with the fact that there's far less regulation in apps on Android than Windows Phone (poorly-coded apps can kill battery), and the fact that very few people are running Jellybean on their devices. The battery issue on Android is better than it's been, but hardly "completely non-existant".Which decade are you living in? This issue was almost eliminated from Android in Gingerbread and it's completely non-existant in Android 4 and above. A long time ago in a Galaxy far far away Android had these problems which are now long gone but people just won't stop bringing these up. If you wanna know what battery problems are, just sift through the Lumia 920/HTC 8X forums here.
My first Lumia 920 had a bum battery. Replaced it and I've never had an issue since. I run a rooted Galaxy Nexus as my work phone, and even with an extended battery, I get maybe half a work day with it running the same email accounts, social networks, and similar apps (Reddit, eBay, Instagram) with notifications and both Bluetooth and WiFi on compared to a full work day on my Lumia 920. And this is with Find My Phone on. Hardly scientific, but in daily usage for me Windows Phone has much better battery life than Android; I'd put my battery life on my 920 around where my iPhone 4s was.