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The ultimate iPhone 5 review from Anandtech
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Yeah, the conditions of the test being unknown do not help. We need to know signal strength among other variables. We should be able to take his conditions and reproduce his results. That's how scientific tests work.
I won't technically call BS when being more analytical due to the reasoning that apple got their number from somewhere. Just don't support what can't be reliably reproduced by more individuals. I work in a lab conducting scientific tests, reliability is key.
Full LTE signal for me and I max out browsing at 5-6 hours with pretty constant browsing. Something can't be right here. Other than this dispute, Anand is FN amazing at what he does.
I won't technically call BS when being more analytical due to the reasoning that apple got their number from somewhere. Just don't support what can't be reliably reproduced by more individuals. I work in a lab conducting scientific tests, reliability is key.
Full LTE signal for me and I max out browsing at 5-6 hours with pretty constant browsing. Something can't be right here. Other than this dispute, Anand is FN amazing at what he does.
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If you doubters bothered to read the article at all you'd realize that he posted exactly how he tested and why it lasts longer on LTE.
If it's TL : DR, I'll sum it up:
In his tests, the identical amount of "use" is completed by the phones. The newer phones are faster and more efficient, capable of more "use". Now, if you end up doing more work/play total, you'll end up with less battery life overall.
LTE lasting longer than 3G: Because LTE downloads so much faster, the power hogging radio is on for much less time versus 3G, hence the power savings.
If it's TL : DR, I'll sum it up:
In his tests, the identical amount of "use" is completed by the phones. The newer phones are faster and more efficient, capable of more "use". Now, if you end up doing more work/play total, you'll end up with less battery life overall.
LTE lasting longer than 3G: Because LTE downloads so much faster, the power hogging radio is on for much less time versus 3G, hence the power savings.
This guy may be a great reviewer when it comes to electronics, but he clearly knows absolutely nothing about anodizing aluminum. I have never seen so many egregious errors in such an article containing that subject in my life.
Sheer incompetence on that subject.
Sheer incompetence on that subject.
I'm proud to say that I've read the whole review.
Yes, you read me right: I read the whole review.
Yes, you read me right: I read the whole review.
hmmm so it seems that good LTE reception is good for iphone 5 battery..
for us peeps who are only using 3G/HSPA+, we have to be satisfied with 6.5hrs+ of usage time from now on, and not have to worry that the iphone is battery-defective!
but I wonder if his 10hr+ WiFi browser time was obtained with cellular off. It would be fantastic if cellular is still on and iphone 5 can push out 10hr+ wifi usage time...
for us peeps who are only using 3G/HSPA+, we have to be satisfied with 6.5hrs+ of usage time from now on, and not have to worry that the iphone is battery-defective!
but I wonder if his 10hr+ WiFi browser time was obtained with cellular off. It would be fantastic if cellular is still on and iphone 5 can push out 10hr+ wifi usage time...
I'm nitpicking but the guy who wrote the anodizing section isn't the main mobile writer(Brian Krug) or Anand, it's this person. If you notice it, they have three writers filling in different sections of that review. Overall it's a fascinating read but doesn't really read like a one coherent review but we do have that in many other places.
You are a much stronger man than I
I had to skip over 4 pages so my brain wouldn't explode
I thought you were leaving this forum?!... Unless im confusing your profile with someone elses?
OBviously you guys didn't read the paragraph on the site explaining the web browsing test. On LTE it loads the data quicker, therefore going into a idling state faster before loading the next page.
Fantastic, thorough review!
Fantastic, thorough review!
I'm with you on that. There is no way in hell they got almost TWICE as much battery life on LTE as they did on 3G, unless Apple has found a way to alter the properties of electricity and is using some sort of magical power source.
I call BS as well.
I was on LTE for about 5 of the 10 usage hours...
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AT&T HSPA+ is pretty fast as well with a comparison lies in the range of 5mb vs 20mb?
Given that website data is not too outrageously large, the difference between LTE and HSPA+ completed data load time may not justify the 4 hours usage time difference?
let's say the website load is 20MB. LTE would take 1 second while HSPA+ 4 seconds. There is then a difference of 3 seconds before the chip goes into idling mode. Does this average 3 seconds/web page justify an overall 4 hours usage time increase?
Hopefully I am not simplifying the idea too much and I am asking because I am just curious...
AT&T HSPA+ is pretty fast as well with a comparison lies in the range of 5mb vs 20mb?
Given that website data is not too outrageously large, the difference between LTE and HSPA+ completed data load time may not justify the 4 hours usage time difference?
let's say the website load is 20MB. LTE would take 1 second while HSPA+ 4 seconds. There is then a difference of 3 seconds before the chip goes into idling mode. Does this average 3 seconds/web page justify an overall 4 hours usage time increase?
Hopefully I am not simplifying the idea too much and I am asking because I am just curious...
