Please stop selling us features or bigger screens or faster CPU's until you've made a phone that isn't rendered unusable by virtue of a flat battery whenever you use any of its glorious features.
Dear consumers,
Stop buying hardware that has exactly the same flaws time and time again because it has a few new gimmicks.
The issue in this article is different and more serious: the phone gets less power from its charger than it uses. This really has nothing to do with battery life.
It makes the phone thicker, but that's a price worth paying. I have one in my HTC Desire Z, and I had one in my G1 before that. They're surprisingly cheap. On the scale of about $15. I had three of them for my G1, so I had no problems going camping for a week, and not having access to a charger.
Now, I keep my smartphone in my pocket for internet use (like a little computer) but for calls, I use my little Samsung. It lasts about a fortnight with daily use of up to an hour on calls before I have to charge it.
Guess some of the Chinese iPhone copycats using Android are following this model to some extent.