We have already mentioned on several occasions that the challenges of the smartphone generation of 2012 are to shoot the power of the terminals at rates above what we knew last year - with the help, for example, of Samsung's quad-core processors, NVIDIA, Texas Instruments or even Intel - as well as improve the quality of cameras in trenches that do not have why be installed on the war megapixels.
However, as we are getting to know from the main manufacturers, solving the pressing problem of autonomy that the latest generation smartphones suffer from is another of the main missions that seem to occupy the agenda of the best-selling firms.
As we told you at the time, Apple would have patented a technology based on hydrogen cells, while Nokia and LG have spent years studying new power systems that serve to extend the autonomy of their devices.
From the South Korean Samsung they are no less, and from the North American media CNET we know that among the plans of the firm for this 2012 is to develop means that make it possible for the batteries to remain active during longer working hours than they currently do.
This was stated at CES 2012 by Kevin Packingham, Samsung's vice president of Innovation, during a talk in which he recognized that the company's objective is to ensure that the user can keep the device on with moderate or intensive use for a whole day.
In other words: Samsung wants the battery of new smart phones to last about 16 hours - this period being understood as the margin between when we start the day until we go back to bed to rest.
The task is even more surprising, as reflected from Phone Arena, if we consider that throughout this year not a few models based on fourth generation technology will appear in their connections - LTE, or Long Term Evolution -, a communication system that will not be lenient with the autonomy of the device where it works.
That is why, although the objective announced by Packingham will be studied during 2012, it is unlikely that Samsung will show a terminal capable of developing a similar autonomy this year. Meanwhile, it seems, the solution lies in powerful, high-charge batteries.
This was shown by the firm itself during the second half of last year with the Samsung Galaxy Note, a terminal that loaded a unit of no less than 2,500 milliamps, theoretically capable of withstanding up to ten hours in intensive use.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus also opted for a large load of 1,750 milliamps, which offers clues about the unit that the Samsung Galaxy S3 could carry, the device that we expect, according to the latest rumors, to be presented on February 26 and that, by virtue of the features that have already been talked about without official endorsement, it will require a battery that is up to the task - since it is proposed that it carry a very generous screen, with a very powerful resolution, as well as a quad-core processor that, otherwise, could put the autonomy of the terminal in check.
