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It’s easy to argue the study was stacked in Apple’s favour. Ease of operation and physical design were the heaviest weighted questions within the survey (each responsible for 30% of the total score). Apple’s score of 791 out of 1,000 may not be much of a surprise, then. What’s also not a surprise is Apple ranked very poorly in the battery life department. The iPhone 3G even offers an option to switch to a lower-power (and slower data speed) EDGE mode to conserve the juice. (more…)