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Or OEMs could just put decent batteries in the phones? Huawei has the Mate 2 with a 4000mAh battery. I easily get over a full 24-hour day. I never worry about c

Or OEMs could just put decent batteries in the phones? Huawei has the Mate 2 with a 4000mAh battery. I easily get over a full 24-hour day. I never worry about charging it. Other OEMs could do this if they wanted. But they choose to slice another mm off thickness, and everyone's happy if they can get through 12 hours without charging. If Apple has chose to ship a battery capable of lasting 24 hours, everyone would just take it for granted that this is obviously how devices should work.

Grazester 11y ago
That's a brute force way of trying to solve the issue and one I am not big on.
- MichaelGG 11y ago
  Sure, but A: it works, today, B: it works well, with no compat issues.
  - drzaiusapelord 11y ago
    The Mate 2 is a HUGE 6.1" phone and nearly twice the weight of an iphone. This is not a solution for most of the phone market. I own a N6 and I have huge hands and its a bit much for me. Its uncomfortably huge and heavy. I can't imagine most people being on board with a heavy and huge phone because google can't get its shit together on power savings.
    - simoncion 11y ago
      Back when I was carrying my Nexus S around, I would have happily paid $50 more for a model designed to contain a double-sized battery. [0] My hands tell me that the battery is quite a bit less than 25% of the total weight of the device, so the weight cost would also be quite small; no more than ~1.5 additional ounces. It's not a rule that one has to choose between a relatively small phone with shitty battery life and a phablet with somewhat less shitty battery life. One could have double or triple-sized batteries in the smaller phones! [0] The problem with all of the aftermarket batteries that I saw was that they required a new back cover that contained no NFC antenna.
    - MichaelGG 11y ago
      Blu makes a 5-something phone with a 5000mAh battery. It's sightly thicker than other phones, but gets several 24-hr days. There must be a compromise. It's not just Google. iPhones and Windows Phone devices also can't get through a day without charging because OEMs stick tiny batteries in, then shove power hungry components on top.
Grazester 11y ago
That's a brute force way of trying to solve the issue and one I am not big on.

Grazester 11y ago

That's a brute force way of trying to solve the issue and one I am not big on.

MichaelGG 11y ago
Sure, but A: it works, today, B: it works well, with no compat issues.
- drzaiusapelord 11y ago
  The Mate 2 is a HUGE 6.1" phone and nearly twice the weight of an iphone. This is not a solution for most of the phone market. I own a N6 and I have huge hands and its a bit much for me. Its uncomfortably huge and heavy. I can't imagine most people being on board with a heavy and huge phone because google can't get its shit together on power savings.
  - simoncion 11y ago
    Back when I was carrying my Nexus S around, I would have happily paid $50 more for a model designed to contain a double-sized battery. [0] My hands tell me that the battery is quite a bit less than 25% of the total weight of the device, so the weight cost would also be quite small; no more than ~1.5 additional ounces. It's not a rule that one has to choose between a relatively small phone with shitty battery life and a phablet with somewhat less shitty battery life. One could have double or triple-sized batteries in the smaller phones! [0] The problem with all of the aftermarket batteries that I saw was that they required a new back cover that contained no NFC antenna.
  - MichaelGG 11y ago
    Blu makes a 5-something phone with a 5000mAh battery. It's sightly thicker than other phones, but gets several 24-hr days. There must be a compromise. It's not just Google. iPhones and Windows Phone devices also can't get through a day without charging because OEMs stick tiny batteries in, then shove power hungry components on top.

Grazester 11y ago

That's a brute force way of trying to solve the issue and one I am not big on.