The swapped battery can be stuffed away, the external battery pack is connected by wire to keep powering the phone....
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Samsung Bashes iPhone Battery Life, Calls Users 'Wall Huggers' in New Galaxy S5 Ad
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The swapped battery can be stuffed away, the external battery pack is connected by wire to keep powering the phone....
Or until the battery pack finishes charging the phone (that is, if it's not a case). And you don't have to shut down or stop what you're doing to charge it. Also, you can recharge the external battery pack away from the phone
Or until the battery pack finishes charging the phone (that is, if it's not a case). And you don't have to shut down or stop what you're doing to charge it. Also, you can recharge the external battery pack away from the phone
I have a battery pack that I keep in my backpack for emergencies. It's rare that my iPhone battery dies whenever I'm away from an outlet, but when it does, I just put my iPhone in my backpack pocket for a bit and before ya know it, it's done charging. And this battery pack can charge my phone 5 times.
So....iPhone users aren't totally helpless
I don't know anyone who prefers Android over iOS.
Q: What's the difference between Android and the CCP?
A: About 8,000 miles.
Q: What's the difference between Android and the CCP?
A: About 8,000 miles.
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That's your opinion. Samsung sucks. don't do any baseless bashing on something you don't like. Get some facts and bash on them instead.
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Seriously? I said that the difference between Android and the CCP is the Pacific Ocean. Don't you get that joke?
As for SS, they can do as I have said.
i hardly use it at all, in fact its now 10:30 almost as i type this and i haven't actually had my phone "on" since i undocked it at 6:45, its at 56% battery life now, bluetooth is off,
Problem seems to be the fact that the phone just runs "HOT", its not just my iPhone either, its everyone where i work, most people need to be tethered and charging pretty much all day, the battery in the iPhone just cannot cope outside of "perfect" conditions, as soon as you go to an area with a Medium/low signal, the phone eats its own charge trying to boost the 3G signal, something the android phones also do, but seem, at least in the sample of a 1000 or so people i have in the office here to go by, to be able to handle the power saving better or all have better batteries.
i don't get this. i turn off my radios when i sleep. during the day i only turn on blutooth when i need it, same with wifi. i make about 15 phone calls a day, and surf the web about 20 minutes worth a day. i charge my iPhone twice a week. a full charge sunday night will sometimes even last until thursday. are there entire batches of bad batteries? i also bought a galaxy s4 when it came out and my battery died in one day, and thats with radios half off.
I'm far from a fanboy, and quite honestly, i don't know why some of these android users brag about having to change their batteries all the time. i even had a guy tell me he had a case of batteries he carried, as if this is a good thing. and not to mention, if you DO have a phone that you can change batteries, it seems you'd be more likely to overestimate your need and end up forgetting to charge your spares. and then i also have a spare charger Lipo battery for my iPhone for long trips. whats all this fuss about?
and to top it all, i travel a LOT and i see more than my share of samsung guys "plugged into the wall". i really don't get it.
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by the way, i think most people have major battery issues with ALL phone because they lack radio management. i never understood this. its like complaining about a cars "terrible" gas mileage, after they leave it running in the parking lot all night with the AC blowing. i mean, why would you leave all your radios on while you are working or sleeping?
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there is no way you are draining this much power normally. my iPhone is cool to the touch even with all the radios on. this is the kind of thing i don't get. its like there are two different batches of phones. and why aren't you bringing this into the apple store for repairs? its not subjective, if what you are saying is true, then theres an obvious problem with the phone.
I'm far from a fanboy, and quite honestly, i don't know why some of these android users brag about having to change their batteries all the time. i even had a guy tell me he had a case of batteries he carried, as if this is a good thing. and not to mention, if you DO have a phone that you can change batteries, it seems you'd be more likely to overestimate your need and end up forgetting to charge your spares. and then i also have a spare charger Lipo battery for my iPhone for long trips. whats all this fuss about?
and to top it all, i travel a LOT and i see more than my share of samsung guys "plugged into the wall". i really don't get it.
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by the way, i think most people have major battery issues with ALL phone because they lack radio management. i never understood this. its like complaining about a cars "terrible" gas mileage, after they leave it running in the parking lot all night with the AC blowing. i mean, why would you leave all your radios on while you are working or sleeping?
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there is no way you are draining this much power normally. my iPhone is cool to the touch even with all the radios on. this is the kind of thing i don't get. its like there are two different batches of phones. and why aren't you bringing this into the apple store for repairs? its not subjective, if what you are saying is true, then theres an obvious problem with the phone.
Yeah, we all know to get great battery life you have to mess with which radios are on when. I'm sure that those S5 people do the same, I'll ask one of the people who frequents the site. Let me find one of the S5 owners for you.
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MacRumors really needs to discourage those 13 year olds from joining...
Its been into an apple store, as have several other people in my office who have the same issue with iphones (a range of 4, 4S 5 and 5S users)
It HAS to be a radio / Antenna inefficiency issue specific to the way the iphones are built as the iPad mini i have and other iPads people have in the office that are also 3G do use power at a higher rate, but don't get hot (im assuming bigger battery and bigger antenna in the iPads vs the iphone = less strain boosting the signal)
Also this IS the 2nd iphone 5 i have had, 1st one was replaced due to a faulty power button about 3 months ago, and used to do the same thing.
Simple trouble shooting points to the iPhone range being a crappy phone outside of perfect/near perfect cell reception area, as soon as there is a reception drop (one that other phone can deal with it seems) then the iPhone goes into meltdown tying to boost the signal, design flaw that probably wont get fixed because apple assumes everyone who owns an iPhone should live under a cellphone mast
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i have had android phones, they seem to handle the "on and off" of the radios themselves a lot better than the iPhone.
For example you can set an android phone to only enable 3G once every 15mins , 30 mins, an hour etc to grab updates,. then power the radio down again
I suspect if the iPhone did this, id get a MUCH more health battery life without the loss of functionality/hassle that turning off the radios manually, and then having to turn them on again to check emails, would cause.
Anyone can buy a portable charger. Charging case? I mean sure my Note 3 has great battery life. It is a huge phone! It has a gynormous battery to match. Really though, I don't use the Note 3 as much. If I used it as strenuously as I do my 5c, I think it would be dying fast too.
Maybe, but as many have said they get at least two days on a charge with moderate --> heavy use.
Most of the people complaining about the iPhone battery life aren't even talking about streaming videos and running heavy apps, they aren't making it through the day with basic tasks.
That's why I said its hard to compare the two. It's a tiny battery. Hopefully they'll put a bigger one in with the iPhone 6. ^.^
I do like my Note 3 though. It's really a beast.
Can we define iPhone poor battery life? I googled Android poor battery life and got a lot of hits, including the S5
My 5S shows 24% battery, after Usage 7 hours 53 minutes and 2 days 21 hours standby. Is that poor? ok? good? Wifi is on 24/7, phone is on 24/7, screen brightness I keep about 50%, turning up if need be. The usage is email, web, music streaming on BT to my UE Boom. App use a lot.
iF iPhone battery is poor, is that half the life of an S5? Less or more?
My usage can be heavier or lighter, but I never have gone anywhere near running out same day as often mentioned here.
WE need to see usage numbers not rants or defending IMHO.
One thing I do see on the 5S, is when its 100% charged, it is very slow to drop. When battery is lower it appears to drain faster, bit like a gas tank that is not quite linear. Could be anecdotal though.
AFAIK all smartphones or OS have been mentioned everywhere for battery life and there are endless webpages on how to improve. Certainly some devices will have more battery capability than others, but I cannot see how an iPhone is so poor, so low compared to Samsungs phones. S5 lasts what 3 days, an iPhone cannot often see out a day??? Cannot see that
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Bound to be, its a bigger phone so room for a bigger battery and as it has a bigger screen it MUST have a bigger battery. Plus, the iPhone 6 form factor will be terrible, big bezels top and bottom, making it a bigger 4.7/5.5 than any other 4.7/5.5, which is a pity. But if that excess form factor can but utilised for battery, it should be vey good.
Plus, we cannot really go by the mA hours. iOS is a highly optimised SoC, designed exactly for the iPhones, whereas Android is more generic to cater for the various CPU/GPU, so Apple can probably get away with a lesser mA rating.
But I fear the lighter and thinner will again be taken to extremes. Id rather see it marketed as solid, strong, big battery life. Thin is fine, but there is a tipping point where the weight is perceived as delicate. My wife likes the weight of her 4S, it makes her feel it is solid and strong.
My 5S shows 24% battery, after Usage 7 hours 53 minutes and 2 days 21 hours standby. Is that poor? ok? good? Wifi is on 24/7, phone is on 24/7, screen brightness I keep about 50%, turning up if need be. The usage is email, web, music streaming on BT to my UE Boom. App use a lot.
iF iPhone battery is poor, is that half the life of an S5? Less or more?
My usage can be heavier or lighter, but I never have gone anywhere near running out same day as often mentioned here.
WE need to see usage numbers not rants or defending IMHO.
One thing I do see on the 5S, is when its 100% charged, it is very slow to drop. When battery is lower it appears to drain faster, bit like a gas tank that is not quite linear. Could be anecdotal though.
AFAIK all smartphones or OS have been mentioned everywhere for battery life and there are endless webpages on how to improve. Certainly some devices will have more battery capability than others, but I cannot see how an iPhone is so poor, so low compared to Samsungs phones. S5 lasts what 3 days, an iPhone cannot often see out a day??? Cannot see that
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Bound to be, its a bigger phone so room for a bigger battery and as it has a bigger screen it MUST have a bigger battery. Plus, the iPhone 6 form factor will be terrible, big bezels top and bottom, making it a bigger 4.7/5.5 than any other 4.7/5.5, which is a pity. But if that excess form factor can but utilised for battery, it should be vey good.
Plus, we cannot really go by the mA hours. iOS is a highly optimised SoC, designed exactly for the iPhones, whereas Android is more generic to cater for the various CPU/GPU, so Apple can probably get away with a lesser mA rating.
But I fear the lighter and thinner will again be taken to extremes. Id rather see it marketed as solid, strong, big battery life. Thin is fine, but there is a tipping point where the weight is perceived as delicate. My wife likes the weight of her 4S, it makes her feel it is solid and strong.
Fact, S5 did not come out more than half year. Thus cannot be a fair comparison.
My old 4S on the other hand is similar in age when comparing to those 2 phones.
http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/99032/20140712/samsung-galaxy-s5-problems.htm
S5 Battery life issues.
S5 Battery life issues.
For me, an iPhone has to at least have a minimum of 12hr battery life on LTE. This should be the standard on every phone. I'm tired of Apple continuing to put efforts on making it thinner. Mostly everyone wants functionality.
Knowing Apple, omg iPhone Air.
Like seriously are people that lazy to carry a phone that already weighs like nothing? Does the iPhone not fit in anyone's pocket? Do people want a phone as thin as paper?
I rather have a long lasting phone than an iPhone Air. Who cares if it makes it a bit bulkier. Everyone was happy when the original iPhone came out and it was fat. Now people are complaining that they don't want it thicker, but they want it wider. Everything is in reverse.
Knowing Apple, omg iPhone Air.
Like seriously are people that lazy to carry a phone that already weighs like nothing? Does the iPhone not fit in anyone's pocket? Do people want a phone as thin as paper?
I rather have a long lasting phone than an iPhone Air. Who cares if it makes it a bit bulkier. Everyone was happy when the original iPhone came out and it was fat. Now people are complaining that they don't want it thicker, but they want it wider. Everything is in reverse.
I'm not trying to pick on your post or anything...
But, When the heck did a pop music website become a legitimate tech review site
(not discounting the content, just kind of laughing at the source)
I totally agree. It ruins the opportunity for us to have more use out of our phone. Plus who doesn't need more battery. The worst part is that tech companies haven't been leveraging the power of batteries because it's too expensive. We see car companies like tesla making considerable developments and investments towards battery technology but we see nothing from apple or samsung. There are companies out there like BatteryBox/GBatteries and Amprius who can increase battery life and power but they don't do anything about it. Pisses me right off
I'm not trying to pick on your post or anything...
But, When the heck did a pop music website become a legitimate tech review site
(not discounting the content, just kind of laughing at the source)
Given the anti ness of the Android users here I just grabbed any of the hits, knowing that whatever site I grabbed would be criticised.
Samsung Bashes iPhone Battery Life, Calls Users 'Wall Huggers' in New Galaxy ...
Hehe, and I'm actually quite the opposite. I use my Note 3 a whole lot more than my 5s (much better for browsing) and it can drain in like half a day while my 5s can go 2 - 3 days on one charge because I hardly use it. It really is all about how you use your phone. Although one thing that is indisputable is that standby time is much much better on the iPhone than any Android phone. I don't think anyone can argue that.
Hehe, and I'm actually quite the opposite. I use my Note 3 a whole lot more than my 5s (much better for browsing) and it can drain in like half a day while my 5s can go 2 - 3 days on one charge because I hardly use it. It really is all about how you use your phone. Although one thing that is indisputable is that standby time is much much better on the iPhone than any Android phone. I don't think anyone can argue that.
That IBM has chosen Samsung and Android as it's partner(s) to get hold of the enterprise market, sends a clear message which tablet has the "killer" hardware & software features needed to move forward and change the way mobile business is done globally.
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