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iPhone 6 May See Only Modest Battery Capacity Boost as Apple Pursues Ultra-Slim Designs
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Another point is that the new battery in the Samsung Galaxy 5 charges faster than the 4 and it's larger. New batteries have new tech which allow them to charge faster.
I am using WiFi most of the day, and my little iPhone 4 can keep me going most of the day into the nighttime hours without a charge.
BUT, using 3G or when my wife uses 4G LTE on her iPhone 5 she uses battery like crazy.
as a side note...I tested a Samsung Galaxy S4 for a month and though the battery was larger, it was used up MUCH MUCH quicker. Part of the reason was a constant struggle to stay connected to Wifi.
When I had an iPhone 5S for several months, that battery would last through until bedtime with a charge overnight.
using Data sure seems to suck up battery life in my "testing"
BUT, using 3G or when my wife uses 4G LTE on her iPhone 5 she uses battery like crazy.
as a side note...I tested a Samsung Galaxy S4 for a month and though the battery was larger, it was used up MUCH MUCH quicker. Part of the reason was a constant struggle to stay connected to Wifi.
When I had an iPhone 5S for several months, that battery would last through until bedtime with a charge overnight.
using Data sure seems to suck up battery life in my "testing"
Apple should really get their priorities straight.
They have. They're just not YOUR priorities.
I do mind 'same' or 'slightly better' battery life because the present battery life on my iPhone 5s is dismal. I can barely get through the a quarter of the day with it.
Looks like companies that make external batteries and battery integrated cases will be sleeping easier tonight. Looking forward to the day Tim comes on the stage and says just wait until I tell you the battery life of the new iPhone. It's going to knock your socks off.
Also let's not forget that thinner will back it structurally more vulnerable. I don't get this obsession with thinnest other than a marketing buzz
I sometimes think apple suffer from not having someone who actually goes out and does stuff with the iPhone because if its thinner than previous your gonna need a case on it because using the iPhone 5s as a camera is sometimes not the most secure feeling and Johhny Ive designs these things to be used without cases, hmmm in what scenarios sir?
someone needs to get out more?
maybe time to start looking at the google nexus...
someone needs to get out more?
maybe time to start looking at the google nexus...
Good point, never thought of the increased charge times. Apple is all about efficiency, which is why their products outperform other devices with higher spec. Tight integration and efficient exchange.
People on here seem to be under the impression that battery life won't increase, but I can practically guarantee it will, as it has with each iteration of iPhone.
My 5s has always had poor battery performance. I don't know why; my wife's 4s lasts forever no matter what she does to it.
I'm thinking the issue with bigger battery is not thinness but weight. The iPhone 5s is 112g, while the Samsung S5 is 145g. I'll bet a good bit of that is the battery. Obviously weight is going to go up with going to a larger screen, there's probably a threshold where they feel it's no longer a one-handed device.
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I'm thinking the issue with bigger battery is not thinness but weight. The iPhone 5s is 112g, while the Samsung S5 is 145g. I'll bet a good bit of that is the battery. Obviously weight is going to go up with going to a larger screen, there's probably a threshold where they feel it's no longer a one-handed device.
Dave
For developers, Apple has excellent documentation that tells developers how to use location services without turning GPS on. It's mostly a matter of the application saying how precise it needs the location. If 200m precision is enough, GPS will not be used (unless you are in the desert with no WiFi signal or cell tower for miles and miles). And apps that gather location data can leave that to the M7 chip while they run in the background.
I always suspect there is some conscientious developer doing everything right, and then some marketing guy says "why does that app not know the precise location, only with 80 meters error? Turn the GPS on!". Marketing people only care about appearances, they don't care about actual usefulness of their product.
Oh cool, I thought it would be getting a bigger screen AND significant battery improvements. Turns out, it's just getting a bigger screen, so there's no reason for me to upgrade!
There were plenty of cases of the 5 and 5s bending in peoples pockets. Wonder if anyone at apple has been trying it in their front pockets before signing off on the design?
NYC is a bit of a special case. Lack of mobile bandwidth causes phones to constantly drop and then reacquire signals. They're working extra hard to stay connected all the time.
I would even expect casual users in highly congested regions to suffer poor battery performance, but this would extend to all smart phones, not just iPhones.
Maybe, but all the jailbreakers will still tell us about awful battery life without telling us about jailbreaks.
If people hope that some magic software tricks in iOS 8 will give them extraordinary battery life, then I am afraid that they will be in for disappointment. One of the biggest battery drains is the screen. If the screen got bigger, then likewise the battery capacity has to increase. The capacity figures mentioned here sound rather lowish. Too low IMHO
This obsession with thinness is getting ridiculous. If at the end of the day, one can't make a call anymore or check something important on the web, because the battery has died *again*, then no matter what Sir Jony Ive will be purring in his iPhone 6 production video, it should be frikking unacceptable .
It's of course just a rumor. The sad part is, though, to many of us it sounds entirely plausible, given the development in recent years.
This obsession with thinness is getting ridiculous. If at the end of the day, one can't make a call anymore or check something important on the web, because the battery has died *again*, then no matter what Sir Jony Ive will be purring in his iPhone 6 production video, it should be frikking unacceptable .
It's of course just a rumor. The sad part is, though, to many of us it sounds entirely plausible, given the development in recent years.
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It's a guaranteed no buy from me if it isn't an improvement on the 5S. So sick to death of it lasting 6 hours and charging it twice a day. Complete waste of time moving to a bigger screen with a similar capacity. And no, I don't want to stick a 180g £80 juice pack on my phone just to get it through the afternoon.
Apple is moving in the exact opposite direction they should be going in. The current generation iPhone is already among the thinnest smartphones out there, and it also has one of the lowest battery capacities.
The number of people complaining that the iPhone is too thick versus those who complain the battery life is poor is not even a fair comparison. After all, comparing zero to any number really isn't much of a comparison.
The number of people complaining that the iPhone is too thick versus those who complain the battery life is poor is not even a fair comparison. After all, comparing zero to any number really isn't much of a comparison.
Every new iPhone release has had increased battery life.
Which means almost nothing. What matters is how many hours it can last doing xyz task.