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We need an update with a "Remaining Time" battery setting

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hitman0304

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Dec 4, 2008
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Just like the Macbooks have. It could show you the percentage of battery and also the amount of time left before it dies depending on what you're using your phone for at that time. Would help us gauge how we use our phone, especially when the battery is getting low.

Make it happen Apple!
 
I don't think it would be very useful since people are constantly switching between what exactly they're doing. For instance, if I'm writing a text message then the phone would have to calculate how much battery time I have left, but that's assuming that I'm going to be constantly writing my text message until the battery dies. Once I switch to the iPod to listen to music or playing a game then the calculation would change again. But the time approximation isn't useful at all since I'm going to be doing something different in a couple of minutes.
 
M-5 said:
I don't think it would be very useful since people are constantly switching between what exactly they're doing. For instance, if I'm writing a text message then the phone would have to calculate how much battery time I have left, but that's assuming that I'm going to be constantly writing my text message until the battery dies. One I switch to the iPod to listen to music or playing a game then the calculation would change again. But the time approximation isn't useful at all since I'm going to be doing something different in a couple of minutes.
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Good post. I agree. The % is good enough IMO of course its not very accurate most of the time
 
M-5 said:
I don't think it would be very useful since people are constantly switching between what exactly they're doing. For instance, if I'm writing a text message then the phone would have to calculate how much battery time I have left, but that's assuming that I'm going to be constantly writing my text message until the battery dies. One I switch to the iPod to listen to music or playing a game then the calculation would change again. But the time approximation isn't useful at all since I'm going to be doing something different in a couple of minutes.
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I see what you're saying, but it's not going to hurt anyone to have it. Just because some people are constantly changing what they're doing, doesn't mean everyone can't use the feature. Just have it so it can be turned off if you don't want it. Personally, I love watching netflix, but often am too nervous to watch that much because I don't know how long the battery will last. I would love to have an estimated time so I could plan my usage around that. But I see what you mean about always changing. Maybe they could put it just for certain things like video and music? I dont know, just ideas at this point.
 
hitman0304 said:
I see what you're saying, but it's not going to hurt anyone to have it. Just because some people are constantly changing what they're doing, doesn't mean everyone can't use the feature. Just have it so it can be turned off if you don't want it. Personally, I love watching netflix, but often am too nervous to watch that much because I don't know how long the battery will last. I would love to have an estimated time so I could plan my usage around that. But I see what you mean about always changing. Maybe they could put it just for certain things like video and music? I dont know, just ideas at this point.
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Yeah, it would be useful for extended activities such as watching a movie.
 
Personally, I'd just prefer a battery life that lasted ~1week, So you don't have to keep charging it all the time... :(
 
hammered24 said:
Personally, I'd just prefer a battery life that lasted ~1week, So you don't have to keep charging it all the time... :(
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i agree, i would take a slightly thicker phone for 50% increase in battery life anyday, although 1 week is a liitle unrealistic at this point
 
lets go way back... this thickness might get us a week!
 

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M-5 said:
Yeah, it would be useful for extended activities such as watching a movie.
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It would definately help me out when using Netflix! Like someone mentioned, some apps seem to use more battery then others and to be able to know how long you have left before you really get into a movie would be nice
 
This is slightly OT, but why do MB(P)'s constantly recalculate the time? If I'm loading a webpage, it'll drop down by like 3 hours, then as I'm reading it it'll go back up, etc. Why can't it just average it out?

IMO I'd stick with percent on my iPhone even though I have time on my MBP.
 
Hellishness said:
This is slightly OT, but why do MB(P)'s constantly recalculate the time? If I'm loading a webpage, it'll drop down by like 3 hours, then as I'm reading it it'll go back up, etc. Why can't it just average it out?

IMO I'd stick with percent on my iPhone even though I have time on my MBP.
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It changes based upon how many processes are running and how much system resources they're using. Personally, I've never seen it drop just while a page is loading and then go back up, that is a bit strange
 
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