I don't understand why all phones don't have awesome battery life these days
@vistamike wrote: Well I upgraded recently from the Blackberry Torch to the Z10.Nice screen size for my eyesight.The battery life is absolutely appalling, 17 hrs at most and that is with wifi and...
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@geek wrote: I think a lot of the responses in this thread didn't read my initial post... The fact is, there are some phones that have amazing battery life. My RAZR Maxx battery lasts forever. Case in...
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@jcx wrote: Ha! you must be feeling alone then, maybe that's the reason they haven't progressed imagine if our wives got a hold of that kind of tech! On the + side we may not see them for days!...
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@codinghorror wrote: NanoGeek said: Already in the iPhone 5, half of its area is the battery, and yet people still complain how dismal the life of it is. In the iPads, they battery takes an even...
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@DanHerbert wrote: The reason why more phones don't have great battery is complex and depends on the phone maker. For Apple, the answer is simple: They value design over battery life. Increasing...
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@strollin99 wrote: I guess I'm in the minority as I don't really care that much about how long the battery lasts. Don't get me wrong, I'd like it fine if I never had to charge my phone again but it...
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@lookingsideways wrote: I think the battery technology in these phones is pretty good as it is, however the more capable a phone gets the more use it gets. I probably only have a moderate use profile...
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@Kevin_ wrote: Technology hasn't caught up with technology yet. Read full topic
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@Iszi wrote: I personally sort-of miss the days when phone batteries were easy to swap out, and you could actually charge the battery independent of the phone. Certainly phones should be able to last...
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@vistamike wrote: Well, it's funny because I just bought a 3rd party charger for my BB z10 for £6 and it charged in under an hour. Showing only about 10% depletion since yesterday.USB charging is...
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@Anon_user wrote: vistamike said: USB charging is useless for this phone I've found that for most BBs 6 - 8 hrs usually. Read full topic
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@vistamike wrote: All on, wifi and bluebits yep, will be the last bilberry ever Read full topic
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@codinghorror wrote: USB carries pretty low voltage, it'll be slow for charging anything with a tablet-sized battery....
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@lookingsideways wrote: Macbook Pro's have had 1100mA USB output for quite a while now, and the models from 2011 onwards have had 2100mA output to match the iPad charging requirements. Have PC...
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@sdaugherty wrote: Many older phones had the option of an "extended" battery, which often required a special replacement battery door which would curve around the extra bulk of the larger battery....
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@codinghorror wrote: It may not matter if USB 3.0 allows 0.9 amps, that's nearly as much as an iPhone charger. So as long as your device has USB 3.0, use that to charge... Read full topic
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@Anon_user wrote: All depends on the cable being used to attach the device as well as the device itself. If the cable is of a 2.0 standard then the 3.0 port will be automatically down tuned. Read full...
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@codinghorror wrote: Interesting, more detail here http://www.usr.com/education/peripherals0.asp USB 3.0 cables facilitate the faster transfer rates of 4.8Gbps as well as the additional power transfer...
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@Mikito_Raton wrote: Exactly, precisely and to the point. The Techs and Engineers are doing a superb job on apps and the bells and whistles for these phones, but somewhere along the line, they seemed...
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@Mikito_Raton wrote: Update: I recently read some articles on a battery breakthrough with these lithium ion batteries. The scientists have came up with a better material that will allow for quck...
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@Iszi wrote: It seems this discussion has spawned an HTG article: www.howtogeek.com HTG Explains: Why Is Smartphone Battery Life So Bad? Phones have improved dramatically in the last ten years. Modern...
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@vistamike wrote: Seems someone is working on the problem after all www.bbc.co.uk US team's battery 'breakthrough' Read full topic
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@geek wrote: I moved 2 posts to a new topic: What is causing my Droid X battery life problem? Read full topic
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@highline wrote: my self i would like to charge my mobile phone as i charge my cordless house phone just drop it in a charging cradle not faff about plugging it in Read full topic
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