Aaron Wright, whether the iPhone is a smart phone or not is a matter of opinion. It is irrelevant to my argument though. If you compare phones that have similar features (ie wifi, bluetooth, touch screens) you will see that 5 hours of talk time is above average.
How can you say "the iPhone has a pretty poor battery life of 5 hours talk time" when most smart phones have around 3 hours. For instance the Blackberry Pearl has 3 hours of talk time and the LG Prada has 3.5 hours of talk time. You can't compare "standard" phones to smart phones when discussing battery life. A phone without wifi is not going to be as power hungry as one that does.
Meizu M8 vs. Apple iPhone
Meizu M8 vs. Apple iPhone