Thinking of Getting a Smartphone
18-05-2012, 13:25
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Erm, not sure really
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Re: Thinking of Getting a Smartphone
With current battery technology I'm not sure that much can be done to extend the time they last. I use Li-Po batteries for my model heli but they are a touch unstable for devices such as mobiles, laptops etc.
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18-05-2012, 13:26
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Re: Thinking of Getting a Smartphone
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Originally Posted by Nomad2075
True, my point was not so much to compare smartphones with old models. But highlight, the massive power consumption of current phones, and due to the profit hungry replacement battery industry, their seems to be no real drive to make any changes to current battery life.
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Mmmmmm.
You seem to be putting together a circular argument which is only valid if one accepts your proposition of "the profit hungry replacement battery industry". Surely these people would need to be in cahoots with the smartphone manufacturers, since they are, as their name states, the "replacement battery" industry...
I have had smartphones since the iPaq and Palm Treo, and whilst none of them were particularly good on battery life (due to the points mentioned before), none of them ever needed replacement batteries; my teams now supply around 850 smartphones to our internal customers, and we have very few battery replacement requirements (spare chargers, yes....).
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18-05-2012, 15:00
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Re: Thinking of Getting a Smartphone
The spare chargers aspect is probably due to people losing them or forgetting to pick them up. That being said though, my wife's Blackberry charger died after 2 weeks.
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18-05-2012, 17:10
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Re: Thinking of Getting a Smartphone
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The spare chargers aspect is probably due to people losing them or forgetting to pick them up. That being said though, my wife's Blackberry charger died after 2 weeks.
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Nah - they want one at home and one at the office.... 
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18-05-2012, 17:26
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Re: Thinking of Getting a Smartphone
What I want is a battery that can last when I'm away from home and work.. 
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18-05-2012, 18:50
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Re: Thinking of Getting a Smartphone
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Nah - they want one at home and one at the office.... |
That's just greedy 
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19-05-2012, 02:26
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Re: Thinking of Getting a Smartphone
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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Choose a phone that has a decent battery or you will find yourself forever charging it up.
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The battery seems pretty good touch wood, I have to charge it every day but I'm always on it and watch a lot of stuff on it to
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22-05-2012, 15:55
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Re: Thinking of Getting a Smartphone
Just to add to this thread i moved to three for our main mobile from virgin,if you have a need for mobile broadband get a phone that can tether to you laptop or whatever by creating its own wifi hot spot or via usb and get it on the one plan,that way you are allowed to tether and get according to 3 unlimited data with no fair use policy.
Been on it now for 9 months and until Saturday i did all my surfing and downloading via it with no data limit problems, the only thing they say they dont allow is peer to peer file sharing or commercial use.
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03-06-2012, 12:50
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Re: Thinking of Getting a Smartphone
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What I want is a battery that can last when I'm away from home and work.. |
Take your charger with you or plug your phone into the car cig lighter socket.
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03-06-2012, 16:19
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Re: Thinking of Getting a Smartphone
The thing woth smartphones is that they are computers first, phones second.
I always take my charge to work and even bought one for the car.
I have to charge it daily, sometime during heavy use twicw or more.
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