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EnergyPlus Nahh...for me, not really. I'm conscious of it, but figure if someone just HAPPENS to call during the 7:30 bootup time, they'll leave a message. I plan this so that I'm rarely replacing the battery during peak times when messages are more critical to my work. If I think that an important call may come in, then I'll plug the phone into my computer to charge while on, but otherwise, it's just not that critical while I'm preparing to head out for the day. Besides, I'm at home or home office when I'm replacing the battery so if I want to initiate a call during those few minutes, I just use my landline. The bottom line though, I'd much prefer the relatively minor hassle of waiting for a reboot than to carry CHARGERS around with me, LOL.
Since my phone doesn't drain as quickly as some member's of this forum, I don't bother to carry a charger in the car. HOWEVER, I've used car chargers before for other phones and find that a relatively simple way to boost the charge without requiring removing the back of the phone or knocking the phone off line (not to mention the expense of extra batteries). Since I keep an inverter in our vehicles I don't need to spend money on car chargers--the home charger can be used in our vehicles and those are always included with the purchase of a cell phone. I can spend literally 2 hours + on phone calls, plus use my S2 for other things and still don't dip below 50% in 12 hours.
I still maintain that the reason many members here complain about battery life is because they've loaded their phones to the gills with utilities that suck the life out of their batteries. Or perhaps non-utility apps that also drain the battery, such as Latitude and social apps. Since I keep in touch with family and friends via SMS and BBM only, I don't use any of the other social apps.
Bottom line: I don't have a "magic battery". It's all about the app load...