The Android Ion Phone from Google IO which is similar to the upcoming myTouch 3G has a battery life when compared to the G1 that just keeps going and going.
I have been away from blogging here at GoogleAndBlog due to speaking at the Internet Marketing conference SMX Advanced in Seattle most of last week as I slowly had reassurance not to check my phone for the red blinking battery dying light.
Since Google IO almost 2 weeks ago I have just charged my Ion Phone 3 times as opposed to my G1 which I would have to charge multiple times in 1 day.
As a note, I didn’t enable GPS and have the screen brightness down to the minimum same as I would with my G1 previously.
The battery is 1340mAh vs the 1150mAh on the G1 – over 100 hours more standby time according to the specs.
Since I have over a week to actually use the phone I felt its better to provide a review now than just an initial impression out of the box or a canned review seen anywhere else.
The Ion does perform much faster than the G1 with a more efficient processor and increased internal memory of 288MB RAM and 512MB ROM vs the 192 MB RAM and 256 ROM of the G1.
*** The Ion ironically has a slightly older processor Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 MHz vs the Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz but IS more efficient in battery life and provides better video recording – as with the increased memory actually performs better than the G1. ***
The Android engineers at Google IO told me this phone which they call Magic or Sapphire has a much better chance to handle FLASH when available on Android than the G1.
It also came embedded with the same CupCake update everyone by now should have on the G1 but is over 1.5 ounces lighter.
Oddly it did NOT include an IM application except Google Talk.
The down side is I am not a big fan of the onscreen keyboard as my typing speed has gone down multi-fold as I wish it had a pop down keyword like the Palm Pre.
Overall if you are not a heavy text, IM, or Twitter and want a little more memory, speed, and a sleeker look then I would suggest to you the myTouch 3G coming out this summer in the US.
