Droid: Direct Charger AC/DC (~1.5 hrs) vs Verizon battery (3-4 hours) - why so much more?

Hi, once again, everyone,

Recently, I noticed that if I charge my Motorola Droid directly from a power outlet, it can take about 1.5 hours for the battery is fully charged (which is nice), but if I use the ' battery only Charging Cradle "(http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/accessories?action=accessoryDetailsByAccessoryAndPhone&acce...), the battery, instead, will often need to about 3 to 4 hours.

Can someone please provide no indication about why there is such a disparity... and it also means that the cradle is somehow to help (in total) more energy to do its job than would the Droid just to the extent where recharge that battery is concerned?

Please advise and thank you.

Sincerely,

Bram Weiser

In short, the cradle uses a maintenance charger - what is usually better to extend the life of the battery and the charger a/c is a QUICK CHARGER.

If I had to guess, I would say that the engineers of assume that, generally, when someone puts the phone in the dock, he will be there for a long period of time (such as during the night) so maintenance charger is best-, and that when they plug the droid with the power cord (ac or car) they seek to charge the battery as soon as possible.

Maybe it's not the case for everyone - but I can certainly see why they have chosen to set up in this way.

-michael

PS as far as energy consumption goes, it depends on how long you let the Droid connected or in the dock.

If you leave plug on the power adaptor during the night (8 hours) it will attract 1500mA for the first 1.5 hrs (or time charged) and then down to .5mA for the rest of the time.

If left on the dock for the night (8 hours) it will draw a constant .5mA.

Post edited by: slsmag added energy use info

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