And that explains why Sony Xperia Z2, HTC One m8 and LG G2/G3 take significantly longer to charge? Having an exception doesn't make something the norm.
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And that explains why Sony Xperia Z2, HTC One m8 and LG G2/G3 take significantly longer to charge? Having an exception doesn't make something the norm.
You can't exactly do it like that because the screen tech will likely change so power consumption is not the same. If Apple goes to an IGZO panel for the 6 the larger display size impact on power consumption is not really there.
Look at the iPad 4 to the iPad Air. Apple went to IGZO panel and the battery had about 25% less capacity but gets longer battery life.
Or perhaps he's part of the population that uses his phone a lot until very late in the day and will have to charge the phone more than one time to satisfy such usage. Perhaps it's so mind-boggling for you to kinda understand that many people have such busy lifestyles, hence charging time is kinda important to them. I guess Apple just needs to conduct courses about lifestyle diversity as well just because so obviously some people miss that fact.
Indeed strength of cell signal impacts a lot battery life as the phone tries different frequencies to connect and increases the usage of SOC/radio chips.
My experience when I travel is that the roaming handshake/network negotiation always produces higher power usage thus causing the battery to drain faster.
I also noticed that having your iPhone on wifi most of the time (home/work/restaurant) does save battery life in comparison to 3g/4g data service.
And that explains why Sony Xperia Z2, HTC One m8 and LG G2/G3 take significantly longer to charge? Having an exception doesn't make something the norm.
The Z2 has a 3200mAh battery but the charger only charges at 1.5A. Had they shipped it with a 2.1A charger (3rd party companies will supply you with one) then it will charge significantly faster.
Just because Sony 'chose' to do that doesn't mean it's not possible!
This is just such a typical geek debate.
Folks who bother to spend hours on macrumors (or The Verge etc.) obviously tend to be very techno-phile "power users" of their devices. Hence for (some of) them the iPhone battery runs out before the day ends.
On the other hand, 99% of iPhone customers are *not* power users and get through the day easily on a charge.
Why would Apple make the iPhone thicker and heavier if it would only benefit 1% of their customers and would irritate 99% of their customers who appreciate that unique, svelte Apple design they love and pay for?
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I'll tell you a little secret: if you charge an iPhone with an iPad charger, it will charge significantly faster as well!
Folks who bother to spend hours on macrumors (or The Verge etc.) obviously tend to be very techno-phile "power users" of their devices. Hence for (some of) them the iPhone battery runs out before the day ends.
On the other hand, 99% of iPhone customers are *not* power users and get through the day easily on a charge.
Why would Apple make the iPhone thicker and heavier if it would only benefit 1% of their customers and would irritate 99% of their customers who appreciate that unique, svelte Apple design they love and pay for?
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I'll tell you a little secret: if you charge an iPhone with an iPad charger, it will charge significantly faster as well!
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Oh my- the very tired "99%" argument. Can you cite your source for such a claim? Who was surveyed to yield that 99% number- you and maybe your friends? You know if you and your friends all have iPhones, it doesn't mean that 99% of the world uses iPhones anymore than if you and your friends are all male, it doesn't mean the entire world is all male.
And building in a bigger battery doesn't have anything to do with negatively affecting the unique, svelte Apple design "we" love. I'm certain Apple could fill the bigger width & height of the 6 with more battery without sacrificing any svelte. Do we think a bigger battery is some great burden such that Apple could not engineer one in if they wanted to do so? At least in this transition to the 6, they'll have this added width & height space where it could go if they didn't decide to maximize "thin" instead.
Because something is horribly wrong with the battery on your 5s. My two year old iPhone 5 is at maybe 95% battery after news/email/web/etc in the morning (2-3 signal bars from AT&T and on wifi). Now I can't say whether we're using our phones for exactly the same amount of time or in exactly the same way, but a 22% drop is nuts, unless you're using GPS at the same time or something.
Total ********. You are using the tyranny of extrapolation against all logic. Last week I went to the Billy Joel concert with seven other people. By the end of the concert, only two of us still had battery life. The other six phones, all iPhones, 100% dead, and the users had not been able to take pictures. The two users who had battery life remaining had put their phones into Airplane mode, because we were into separate groups and we needed to be able to contact each other after the concert.
THe killer app that Apple could use to really differentiate itself from the competition is battery life that actually lasts most people, not just ****ing crazy Internet posters, more than 12 normal hours of usage.
Mkay. At some point it'll be possible to have it thinner than a razor. Where do you draw the line? Across the fingers you've sliced to the bone?
Yes, technology evolves (a very astute point, by the way). That doesn't mean things have to be changed for the sake of change.
What in the hell?!
Someone either needs to untether themselves from their phone for a few minutes an hour or needs to read this.
>_> if 1810 in a 6 = equivalent of iPhone 5S how do you suppose increasing the battery life by (less than) 16.67% will yields 20-30% "better usage"?
Ssshhhh!
I know that, but don't tell the 'a bigger battery= the end of the world brigade' or they'll have nothing to moan about!
In the tech industry, not caring about thickness is there same as preferring thickness. No one chooses thickness over thinness unless they care about a specific performance metric like battery life over everything else.
Lol.. that would make you... well, whatever the opposite of a power user who uses his phone with any frequency is =P
The rest of us get about 8-10 hours tops.
Pretty sure the laws of physics are constantly working. Anyway, if your phone only lasts until 4PM, I strongly recommend you shut down features you don't need. Which by the way is the only reason Andriod can last longer... there is literally an energy saver mode which shuts down virtually everything...
I have no argument with bigger being requisite for more mAh. Heavier, pedantically yeah. But we are talking about a few milligrams so a bit of perspective is needed. Even some of the largest phones available aren't even considered heavy. An iPhone with a bigger battery would technically by heavier, but not heavy by any stretch.
Equivalent current draw is irrelevant in this instance. I wasn't addressing hypothetical scenarios. I was addressing the current situation as is. I was simply pointing out bigger battery doesn't automatically equal longer charge time. It doesn't.
By your reasoning, ultrabooks are the only things being sold.. with the exception of people who need a longer battery life. Why buy a desktop when you can buy a laptop? Why buy an ordinary laptop when you can buy an ultraportable? Why buy an UP when you can buy a small tablet? Why buy a tab when you can get a smart watch? Why even bother with a smart watch when you can write your ideas down on paper? Why bother with paper when you can store information so much more space-efficiently on fraction of a neuron?
I'll repeat myself again, as you missed it the first time...
He didn't say he doesn't care about the thickness!
Point taken and duly noted. It won't happen again!
What in the hell?!
Exactly, people have no idea what to do. They all have numerous things obliterating their battery, with no concept as to why that is, why it is that other people's last much much longer... they just assume they use it hardly ever. False. They probably have Facebook open all the time, which I can't wait for iOS 8 to show people how much battery that abomination is eating up.