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Re:Samsung, Nokia say they don’t know how to track a powered... by frandroid on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @08:47AM (#6717753)
The "battery to keep your clock on time problem" was a problem of the offline PC world. Cellphones just need to get network time when they boot if they lost time. Thus manufacturers shouldn't need to include a separate clock battery in the limited space on a phone body.
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Re:Samsung, Nokia say they don’t know how to track a powered... by jmpe on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @09:14AM (#6717908)
Sorry, you're wrong.

Samsung Galaxy S1:

http://www.techinsights.com/uploadedImages/Public_Website/Co...

The internal battery is located at the top-right - a circular coin cell soldered to the board.

Samsung Galaxy S2:

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm148/rprosperojr/IMG_120...

The internal battery is located at the center-top

Edit: In case of the SGS2 it's located next to the WLan/BT module.

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Re:Samsung, Nokia say they don’t know how to track a powered... by joosters on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @09:07AM (#6717882)
That's no good. You might power your phone back on in an area without network coverage, or the signal might take too long to receive after power up, or you are running in flight mode on a plane, or ...

Basically, you still need a local clock.

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