Micro USB 5 pins is the new standard for phones. Also used for kindle devices and a few other stuff. 

I'm getting around 7-8 hours on a charge so maybe there's something wrong with your controller...unless you don't actually own a PS4 and are just trying to start another flame war.

If you dont care about rumble you could disable that as well.
imo its just a distraction.

it is indeed not as good as the DS3, but i wouldnt call it garbage

3-4 hours on two separate controllers? That's about the lowest I've heard of; I'd suspect something was wrong with them or that they aren't being fully charged each cycle.

I always use the PS4 to charge controllers, so I have a tendency to just assume that's the best way to charge them. I think I average maybe 7 hours per charge. I don't marathon games so I can only gauge based on how many times a week each controller is charged.

I rotate controllers. As soon as one is at 1 power bar, it gets plugged into the PS4 and the fully charged controller is used.

Yes, this is the worst aspect of the console :-/

I changed the internal CELL of the battery of my SIXAXIS with a 3,7V battery of a Creative Zen Microphoto genuine 860mAh battery (used original circuit board of the battery pack) to get a lot more time, A LOT; don't trust chinese websites, they sell 3800mAh batteries that are 900mAh..... they also might explode....don't go TOO CHEAP if you want an UPGRADE.......

Every micro usb charger HAS the 5V tension, the variable is only the maximum current it can give you (and the quality/stability of current, avoid ripple effects, etc, not a big problem with a consumer device like a DS4), but it is regulater on the controller motherboard, so with PS4 you don't need the controller to get enumerated like when you connect to PC to charge right? (phone chargers WON'T WORK with PS3 controller no matter the brand)

I suggest you people take out the rumble motors or just leave a phone wall charger close to the sofa.

PS:

well there is one chinese website that sell the battery for DS3 that works with DS4 and that product has very good feedback for battery life on dual shock 4, the website is "dealextreme".

....of course they say 1800mAh, that can't be true, more like 1200mAh for that cheap price.

bottom end: you already have probably more than 5 phone batteries in the house that have similar lithium cell characteristics of the original sony batteries, it's just a matter of research and skill, manufacturers are cheating you all, to spend more, lithium batteries (cell only) are probably  the same characteristics on different manufacturers the charging method is ALWAYS THE SAME for all lithium batteries.

I just wrote what I found out with my hands with psp/ps3 batteries etc, they work if changed but do not exceed the double of the original capacity (mAhX2 max) to be safer, that applies only to those small devices of course.

Get a new controller. Yours is damaged.
(BTW, did you make the same thread on Neogaf or was that someone else?)

I get a bit more out of the controller than that, 8 hours or so. Dim the light bar, set to auto off after 10 minutes of inactivity. (I leave the speaker on max though, fun feature)
I have 2 controllers, so one is always charging from my laptop unless we're playing co-op.

the controller last only about 6-7 hours. i have timed my controller. thats very bad considering xbox one with batteries is more then 20 hours and similar when you add the charger pack to it.