For the iPhone 8, nothing should matter more than battery life

I do not care about your Super AMOLED, button-free, wireless-charging iPhone 8 fantasies. They mean nothing to me. I honestly just want more battery life — that's literally it. 

I know. I'm the uber-geek who should be pining over every possible design permutation and obsessing about an ultra-thin, super-curved screen. And I am, to a certain extent.

But it occurred to me recently that if Apple CEO Tim Cook stood on stage next month and said, [adopting Tim Cook's soothing, midwest cadence] "You see, we realized that in our pursuit of innovation and lust-worthy design, we'd lost sight of what really matters: an incredible battery. And so... [here, Cook pauses for dramatic effect], we're giving you more, more battery life than you ever thought possible," I would literally lose my mind. Read more...