I'm really not, I mentioned a 1.5 and 2.5 year old phone for one sentence. The rest of the post way focused on the brand new (newer than the 5s) Galaxy S5.
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Samsung Bashes iPhone Battery Life, Calls Users 'Wall Huggers' in New Galaxy S5 Ad
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I'm really not, I mentioned a 1.5 and 2.5 year old phone for one sentence. The rest of the post way focused on the brand new (newer than the 5s) Galaxy S5.
5S on iOS 8 beta 2, and I've had my phone unplugged since around 9 AM. Been streaming a bit of radio on 4G, taken a few phone calls, and been browsing the web from time to time. Normal use for me, and at 8:12 PM, 11 hours later, I'm at 57% battery.
Does Sammy even legitimately try anymore, or do they just take a random phone feature word and say theirs is better? People I work with have Galaxy S4s and S5s and they have to take all the plugs in the break room, while I'm sitting there with 60% battery after an 8 hour shift.
Does Sammy even legitimately try anymore, or do they just take a random phone feature word and say theirs is better? People I work with have Galaxy S4s and S5s and they have to take all the plugs in the break room, while I'm sitting there with 60% battery after an 8 hour shift.
It was a way for him to ignore the actual substance of your post and dismiss it by focusing on an unimportant part of it.
Totally agree !!Plus, we do use our phones more often, too. When the next iPhone comes out, it will have a bigger battery, too. Hopefully, it is similar or bigger than Galaxy s5.
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S5 is newer. Moto X is newer than 5s. Hence, the graph is misleading. iPhone 6 likely charge faster, because it is newer. S5 is not that much faster any ways.
Another thing Samsung stole; BlackBerry's name calling. Remember the BlackBerry CEO months ago called us wall huggers? Coincidence? I think not.
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I've seen people keep the battery pack in one pocket connected via the Lightning cable to the iPhone in the other pocket. And they can still pull the phone out and use it while walking around.
I thought the whole issue was being chained to the wall?!?!?!
It's like I said earlier... I love it that people know their battery won't last all day... so they carry a wall-charger.
If you're gonna carry something... why not a small external battery pack?
That makes more sense than huddling around a power outlet... stationary.
I've got a 5S currently through the T-Mobile Test Drive and the battery is disappointing compared to my HTC One V.
Just my regular stuff from 100% at 7:30-8am until about 10-11pm kills a battery. My HTC lasts 1.5-2 days depending on usage. Three if I do pretty much nothing on it besides a random text or app.
Just my regular stuff from 100% at 7:30-8am until about 10-11pm kills a battery. My HTC lasts 1.5-2 days depending on usage. Three if I do pretty much nothing on it besides a random text or app.
They need to get ahold of that Israeli battery company where you can charge a battery in 30 seconds. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2599243/Charged-30-seconds-Israeli-firm-claims-battery-breakthrough-change-way-charge-phones-laptops.html
So instead of being tied to a wall you're now tied to an external battery back. It takes only 30 seconds to swap out a low battery on a Samsung phone. It takes 2 hours being tethered to a bulky external battery pack to charge a iPhone.
I'm into RC racing and drone flying and one does not wait 60 minutes to charge their batteries before each race. You bring as many battery packs as you can. Pretty common sense stuff right? Ask anybody who does RC.
for the same cost of a carrier-supplied back up battery, you can get a far more powerful backup battery-charger, no bigger than a deck of cards or lipstick tube. And simple physics, a replaceable battery will not have the same capacity as one that is using the phone as its shell, instead of the replaceable battery's casing. Samsung's would actually have more charge if they didn't make it removable, and therefore something that can be handled and carried in a pocket or purse.
And 3G among other tradeoffs in the power saver mode? I'ld rather be tethered to the wall.
They could also make their phones feel like crappy little plastic toys.
I'd rather have a Ferarri or Lamborghini, even a BMW or MB than a Prius,
Sounds like desperation to me ....
When you're down to fighting over who has more potential battery life by allowing more functionality to be disabled, you're running low on advantages to tout.
Would it be nice if the iPhone offered better battery life? Well, sure ... but the same could be said for any Samsung Galaxy series phone I've ever seen!
Complaints about the "non swappable battery" of the iPhone amount to a non-issue too, IMO. There are plenty of "quick chargers" out there that let you charge an iPhone (or even an iPad) back up to a full charge when it runs low. You can likely buy yourself one for about the same price you'll get charged for an OEM Samsung spare battery.
When you're down to fighting over who has more potential battery life by allowing more functionality to be disabled, you're running low on advantages to tout.
Would it be nice if the iPhone offered better battery life? Well, sure ... but the same could be said for any Samsung Galaxy series phone I've ever seen!
Complaints about the "non swappable battery" of the iPhone amount to a non-issue too, IMO. There are plenty of "quick chargers" out there that let you charge an iPhone (or even an iPad) back up to a full charge when it runs low. You can likely buy yourself one for about the same price you'll get charged for an OEM Samsung spare battery.
Yes... I know the benefits of multiple battery packs. My many cameras have multiple battery packs.
But Apple has never made a phone with a swappable battery.
You were thumbing your nose at the idea of using external battery packs... duct-taping them to your phone and whatnot.
If the choices were a wall charger or an external battery pack... then hell yes I'd choose an external battery pack.
You're right... I don't want to be tied to a wall. But I still might need to charge my phone.
That's where the external battery pack comes in.
It's not that limiting, though....
With the portable power chargers I've used, you can leave them attached to an iPhone while you're talking on it and it will keep the phone's battery from discharging further, because it's charging at least as quickly as you're using it up.
So you don't have to wait 2 hours before your phone is ready to use again with one. The R/C car analogy isn't really appropriate because you can't race R/C cars or fly R/C aircraft while they're still attached to a charging cord. That's not a big deal for a phone, as long as your cable is long enough to go from the phone to a pocket or bag you've got the charger in.
With the portable power chargers I've used, you can leave them attached to an iPhone while you're talking on it and it will keep the phone's battery from discharging further, because it's charging at least as quickly as you're using it up.
So you don't have to wait 2 hours before your phone is ready to use again with one. The R/C car analogy isn't really appropriate because you can't race R/C cars or fly R/C aircraft while they're still attached to a charging cord. That's not a big deal for a phone, as long as your cable is long enough to go from the phone to a pocket or bag you've got the charger in.
As you clearly plan on exerting none.
And this is how they can get away with publishing a fanzine and claim it's news. Because so many are perfectly happy to take their news spun, provided it's spun in the right direction.
They're all using the same battery tech. A bigger phone means room for a bigger battery. Simple as that.
With larger iPhones coming it's a moot point anyway. They should have aired this ad a long time ago if they wanted to get any traction from it.
Nothing beats a replaceable battery (ok maybe a super long lasting battery would but I have never had that).
When I had a phone with a replaceable battery I never had to plug my phone to charge it. It actually made me use my phone differently and it was so more convenient. My current phone does not have a replaceable battery and I now have to plug it in every time I get in the car and use GPS + streaming radio on my phone...or I have to plug it in if I'm going to go be going out for the night after a long day. It is pretty annoying to have to do that again.
Don't underestimate the usefulness and value of a replaceable battery. Having a replaceable battery was really nice.
My portable power pack, which I rarely need when I travel, works with everything also. Buy one, for all. Or by an OEM charger for a phone I replace in a year or two. My spare battery pack can recharge my iPad once or my iPhone 5 times, plus it will charge a Samsung and a Blackberry and a Kindle. I have no desire to pay for limited-use, product specific spare batteries. My Nikon is about the only thing, and I have had my Nikon D300 for 7 years. Nobody keeps a phone for that long.
I can see your point, but unfortunately that's my own experience and I trust what I have experienced. Unless:
1. There are anomalies on my particular phones
2. You are accusing me a liar
Which I doubt on both occassion. Am I right?
really? I have both S5 and 5S. The Galaxy Kills the iPhone in Batter. I Run Full LTE, stream music, couple of the office episodes and my galaxy does not die.
FINALLY Samsung has a credible bullet. I'm starting to agree: a removable battery would be nice. Perhaps like the old MacBooks.
I used to think that I didn't need a replaceable battery in my iPhone because I never had to replace my old Sony Ericsson battery ONCE. EVER.
But that was before touch screens -- now these touch screens and smartphones last a FRACTION of what the dumb phones did.
And now I have to carry around an external battery pack for my iPhone if I anticipate ever using my iPhone for anything other that receiving calls or checking email in the day -- away from a desk.
Funny thing is -- I've done the things these people did in the commercial. Yes, there were times I was at a hospital with my iPhone stacked on its charger LOL. Can't escape that admission...
I used to think that I didn't need a replaceable battery in my iPhone because I never had to replace my old Sony Ericsson battery ONCE. EVER.
But that was before touch screens -- now these touch screens and smartphones last a FRACTION of what the dumb phones did.
And now I have to carry around an external battery pack for my iPhone if I anticipate ever using my iPhone for anything other that receiving calls or checking email in the day -- away from a desk.
Funny thing is -- I've done the things these people did in the commercial. Yes, there were times I was at a hospital with my iPhone stacked on its charger LOL. Can't escape that admission...