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Samsung Bashes iPhone Battery Life, Calls Users 'Wall Huggers' in New Galaxy S5 Ad
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I doubt life with the Samsung is so much better than the iPhone. Battery still stinks on both. But whatever anyone does to create a battery war is most welcomed....if that can create some invention in the battery department.
Apple has innovated on a lot of things on the iPhone but battery has been completely forgotten. If you look back, getting the first iPhone it was a shocker, to go from the old dumb phones with a week of battery, but it was worth it because of the great new experience of using an iPhone. Now, many have forgotten, I guess, but going back to an iPhone 3GS for example would probably triple the battery life compared to the 5s. Apple has always bragged about the battery in their presentations, but in the latest releases they just found ways of hiding bad battery life in silly "facts". Like I thought for the last years, if apple made a new phone without any innovation except a 3x or 4x battery increase I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Apple has innovated on a lot of things on the iPhone but battery has been completely forgotten. If you look back, getting the first iPhone it was a shocker, to go from the old dumb phones with a week of battery, but it was worth it because of the great new experience of using an iPhone. Now, many have forgotten, I guess, but going back to an iPhone 3GS for example would probably triple the battery life compared to the 5s. Apple has always bragged about the battery in their presentations, but in the latest releases they just found ways of hiding bad battery life in silly "facts". Like I thought for the last years, if apple made a new phone without any innovation except a 3x or 4x battery increase I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Clearly you guys have never take the iPhone into a subway. A few stops underground can drain my battery life by 30% and I'm just playing candy crush.
Funny how MR claims to be a "news" site, but comes off as a fanzine. I don't expect advertising to be neutral, and I also don't expect editorials to be framed as news. So there's your difference.
I'm not saying its good or bad, right or wrong. Attacking the consumer is not smart.
Hope Battery Improves in the 6
My number 1 gripe about the iPhone/iPad is that the minute I activate the camera, the phone pretty much dies within 60 - 90 minutes - even if I'm not taking photos and just have it in "standby" mode.
My number 1 gripe about the iPhone/iPad is that the minute I activate the camera, the phone pretty much dies within 60 - 90 minutes - even if I'm not taking photos and just have it in "standby" mode.
"In power saving mode, users only have access to basic phone functions, such as making and receiving calls, accessing email, and browsing the web. It limits cellular connectivity to 3G, turning off LTE, and it also disables WiFi and Bluetooth. According to Samsung, this provides an additional 24 hours of standby time with less than 10 percent of battery left."
So it becomes an old flip type phone in battery saving mode? No longer a smart phone?
So it becomes an old flip type phone in battery saving mode? No longer a smart phone?
At their own peril, of course. The tone of the ad is quite smug, but then so are a lot of Apple's ads. The problem I have is MR editorializing instead just reporting. I don't need to be told what I should think.
Most Samsung phones use amoled screens. They use no power to display blacks. The new samsung s5's ultra power saving mode makes the screen black and white (no colors). Can you see now how it works?
Very good point. Can't remember being in a room and seeing maybe more than a few Samsung phones in the bunch. More than you saw 2-3 years ago, but still not close overall.
Cool, I've been looking for a $600 phone that can make my screen look like it did on my Nokia 5190. If only power saving mode also included Snake.
The goal of an ad is to attract attention and it's certainly done that. Whether you agree or disagree doesn't matter as much as there will be a percentage that do.
I don't really see how this ad is actually attacking Apple users at all. It's just showing that they have to resort to plugging their phone in constantly.
How useful is the phone when the battery is dead? Disabling power-hungry features when the battery is near to die is pretty smart imo
Good observation. If I were one of Samsung's ad exec, I would fire the idiot who green light this ad. The last thing I would want is to alienate potential customers by insulting them. iPhone users are potential future customers. All bets are off now.
This "wall hugger" (an ancient Galaxy S 4G) will pass on any Galaxy machines now. This ad pushes me more and more towards the Nexus.
I love me a Nexus phone but battery life is not the top feature. But for $350 I could live with it.
Samsung Bashes iPhone Battery Life, Calls Users 'Wall Huggers' in New Galaxy ...
Haha. Love the ad!
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How's this ad a (positive) promo for Apple's iPhone?
Haha. Love the ad!
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Sad part is, the iPhone battery life isn't that bad. Who needs promotion when Samsung does Apple's promotion for them?
How's this ad a (positive) promo for Apple's iPhone?
The one most used maybe?
I know for a fact that the iPhone battery life is not bad considering the size of the device and the demand we place on it.
All this advertisement tells me is, iPhones are used more than any other device, and almost *constantly*, and so commonly need to be charged 'on the fly'. The 'wall huggers' are common because there are so damned many iPhones in the wild (well over 50% of the US smartphone population is comprised of iPhones), most of those heavily used.
It simply says Samsung has to stick with "battery swapping" to make the grade. I remember those days. Keeping a spare battery charged and carried with me all the time, and I'm happy to NEVER return to those days. I visit cafes all the time. I recharge there if/when possible and needed... no big deal!
It makes me wonder... in the not too distant future, when the Tesla Electric Car goes mainstream (they're on the verge of releasing a couple of 'consumer priced' family models), and people have to pull into a Supercharging Station from time to time to take a break and recharge their car, will Samsung also 'poo poo' these 'wall huggers', while promoting their better 'internal combustion' alternative?
Because seriously. Battery life will ALWAYS be an issue (until we have a fundamental breakthrough in the technology). Until then, we're barely keeping up.
Well, actually, Apple is doing a great job with battery tech. My MBA lasts 12 hours, my Retina iPad Mini well over ten, and my iPhone usually gets through the day without any recharging (probably because I use the other two instead of the phone for many tasks, but such is the trade off for 'all day telephony').
Someday we'll have 24-hour batteries in our phones. Apple doesn't have that now, nor does Samsung... Again, the only reason you see so many iPhone 'wall huggers' is because there are so many iPhones, most being used to death all day.
Samsung can only dream of having so many wall huggers!
I know for a fact that the iPhone battery life is not bad considering the size of the device and the demand we place on it.
All this advertisement tells me is, iPhones are used more than any other device, and almost *constantly*, and so commonly need to be charged 'on the fly'. The 'wall huggers' are common because there are so damned many iPhones in the wild (well over 50% of the US smartphone population is comprised of iPhones), most of those heavily used.
It simply says Samsung has to stick with "battery swapping" to make the grade. I remember those days. Keeping a spare battery charged and carried with me all the time, and I'm happy to NEVER return to those days. I visit cafes all the time. I recharge there if/when possible and needed... no big deal!
It makes me wonder... in the not too distant future, when the Tesla Electric Car goes mainstream (they're on the verge of releasing a couple of 'consumer priced' family models), and people have to pull into a Supercharging Station from time to time to take a break and recharge their car, will Samsung also 'poo poo' these 'wall huggers', while promoting their better 'internal combustion' alternative?
Because seriously. Battery life will ALWAYS be an issue (until we have a fundamental breakthrough in the technology). Until then, we're barely keeping up.
Well, actually, Apple is doing a great job with battery tech. My MBA lasts 12 hours, my Retina iPad Mini well over ten, and my iPhone usually gets through the day without any recharging (probably because I use the other two instead of the phone for many tasks, but such is the trade off for 'all day telephony').
Someday we'll have 24-hour batteries in our phones. Apple doesn't have that now, nor does Samsung... Again, the only reason you see so many iPhone 'wall huggers' is because there are so many iPhones, most being used to death all day.
Samsung can only dream of having so many wall huggers!
Except for the end where they alienate potential customers by calling them names.
I have two words for you; chicken fat.