Not only do most smartphones (Nokia, SE, Blackberry etc) give you better battery life (SE P1i = 440 hrs standby, BB Bold = 310 hrs, N95 = 280 hours, etc) standby, but they all have a frickin' battery door so that you can bring an extra battery and switch them when the first one dies. The iPhone has a dainty wristwatch battery *and* it's sealed.
Those devices don't compare, IMO...especially any BB (Nokia is a close second). They have outstanding battery life because they don't really do much to begin with.
I don't hate the device, in that case it would be easy. I just hate the disgusting subhuman bucket of puke who decided that this battery was appropriate for the iPhone.
This is the big gripe everyone has with the iPhone. This forum is littered with threads about battery woes. Fans of other phones don't discuss the battery with such fervor. I wonder why?
This forum is built with rumors in mind and EVERY hardware forum that I'm aware of has complainers. Internet forums aren't the best way to judge the overall success of a product, especially a Mac forum such as this one (most Mac users tend to be perfectionists).
I'm a recent iPhone convert and I love the device. It doesn't have the best consumption rate, but I've seen worse. Again, it comes down to comparing apples vs. apples.