Your concern about using hypervisors on mobile devices is well justified. The classic VM approach is heavy-weight and will produce sluggish performance and increased battery drain.
However, ThinVisor is different than traditional hypervisors. It uses lightweight virtualization that can deliver the native device performance in all dimensions: applications speed, graphics, network, as well as battery life.
Furthermore, because a background persona itself runs Android, it quickly enters low-power mode since it isn't being interacted with - just like any Android would do. In other words, Android's native power saving mechanism works well in personas, and aggressively puts the device in a low-power mode whenever possible.
The performance study confirms that there is no noticeable performance penalty or increase in power consumption with ThinVisor.
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