I don't disagree, but Android users seem to get by more or less "ok" without hardware 264 decoding (at least the ones who have devices without hardware decoding).
Personally, I just leave my mobile devices plugged in most of the time anyway so they're always topped off, but that's just me.
Well, having a desk job does tend to make me stay in one place for the most part. If I know I'm going to be sitting there for longer than an hour -- I plug it in.
(yes, it'll consume battery like a dry horse drinks water in a desert)