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yea yea same here, but guys seriously all they tell you is too focus one thing and go with it.
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I use my phone all the time from checking GS to reading to listening to podcasts to the occassional search ( and a phone call thrown in too). Mine easily lasts the whole day...probably more, But I am anal about seeing the battery at 100% :)
Re: Battery Life?
I use my phone all the time from checking GS to reading to listening to podcasts to the occassional search ( and a phone call thrown in too). Mine easily lasts the whole day...probably more, But I am anal about seeing the battery at 100% :)
Which phone do you have?
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Which phone do you have?
I have a moto Atrix 4G.
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bring on project Road runner! :)
Re: Battery Life?
What cheegs said, cycling the battery is very important.
And yes if you turn off 3g, turn on airplane mode at night, turn off data packaging, turn off wifi you will make your battery last long. But why have a smartphone if you're going to do all that? Buy a 3310.
I think its just a simple matter that energy technology advancement in portable devices hasn't been keeping up with the communications and software technologies. Sending and receiving msgs in 3G uses up more battery than the old school CDMA etc.
If you're battery is at 35% at the end of the day where you use it freely, I say that's good battery life.
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If you're battery is at 35% at the end of the day where you use it freely, I say that's good battery life.
I guess I was being a little paranoid and wanted to hear from others how long their battery lasts.
I would still love to hear from iphone5 users and see how the two phones compare. Anyone?
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Samsung has lithium ion battery. Following is from the web.
Avoid fully discharging a lithium-ion battery! Unlike Ni-Cd batteries, lithium-ion batteries' life is shortened every time you fully discharge them. Instead, charge them when the battery meter shows one bar left. Lithium-ion batteries, like most rechargeable batteries, have a set number of charges in them.
There are two independent issues at work.
1) memory effect - Ni-Cd and Ni-Mh. If you do shallow discharges and then charge, after a while battery "remembers" its AH capacity from the shallow discharge. This is temporary effect. To overcome this, some vendors provide axbatt management system that shirt circuits battery thru some finite resistance. Lo and behold battery now remembers its full amp- hr (AH) capacity.
2) cycle life as f(DOD). For all chemistries, the cycle life ( or number of charges as you put it) decrease exponentially with INCREASE I. DOD. The curve fit varies with chemistry.
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My experience so far with a Galaxy Note vs fiance's iPone 4, is that the iPone battery lasts longer. However, the Note has a bigger brighter screen -- twice (at least) the pixels to electrify, right? I work from home, so it is no problem to keep it charged up as much as necessary.
For our trip abroad, my solution was to buy a pair of spare batteries with charger on eBay for under $20. I always have extra battery power, no worries.
Re: Battery Life?
My experience so far with a Galaxy Note vs fiance's iPone 4, is that the iPone battery lasts longer. However, the Note has a bigger brighter screen -- twice (at least) the pixels to electrify, right? I work from home, so it is no problem to keep it charged up as much as necessary.
For our trip abroad, my solution was to buy a pair of spare batteries with charger on eBay for under $20. I always have extra battery power, no worries.
Sounds like a good solution and not too hefty either.