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Keep reading. Not sure about you, but I consider using 40% of charge for two hours of Flash a lot.

jasonlotito 16y ago
That's actually on par with the iPhone 3GS. Let's look at some numbers! FTA: "As I surfed a number of Flash-heavy websites, played movie trailers and little video clips on and off for about two hours the battery level on my phone was down to about 61 percent from a fully charged battery" So, 2 hours of heavy web usage on flash-heavy websites, at about 20% of battery life per hour. So, that's 5 hours of heavy web usage on flash-heavy websites doing a mix of things. Compare that to the iPhone: From the Apple website: http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html Under the Battery life sidebar: "5 hours of Internet use on 3G" So, the author experienced the same level of battery use as a user would experience on an iPhone 3GS doing a comparable task. Edit: I should point out that the it appears the Wired author was using an internal network, which, for the iPhone is: "9 hours of Internet use on Wi-Fi". However, I still feel as if this doesn't change the results much.
- glhaynes 16y ago
  It's not clear from the article, though, whether the Android device was on 3G or WiFi... WiFi uses considerably less power.
  - jasonlotito 16y ago
    Yeah, I noticed I hand't clarified that. Even still, 5 hours of browsing highly interactive content isn't bad. You get the added bonus of Flash, which for some sites, is critical. FTA: "Our corporate Wi-Fi connection just didn’t seem good enough and most Flash-heavy sites took a while to load." So I assume the testing with Wi-Fi, though again, this isn't completely clear. Even still, I think this demonstrates that mobile flash isn't the harbinger of death that Jobs was making it out to be, and demonstrates that the reaction to Flash is more than just for technical reasons.
- davidedicillo 16y ago
  That just mean they are matching the battery performances of a one year old phone. I'd like to redo this test in a month.
  - jasonlotito 16y ago
    "I'd like to redo this test in a month." The iPhone will still fail the test, considering it can't display flash. =)

That's actually on par with the iPhone 3GS. Let's look at some numbers! FTA: "As I surfed a number of Flash-heavy websites, played movie trailers and little video clips on and off for about two hours the battery level on my phone was down to about 61 percent from a fully charged battery" So, 2 hours of heavy web usage on flash-heavy websites, at about 20% of battery life per hour. So, that's 5 hours of heavy web usage on flash-heavy websites doing a mix of things. Compare that to the iPhone: From the Apple website: http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html Under the Battery life sidebar: "5 hours of Internet use on 3G" So, the author experienced the same level of battery use as a user would experience on an iPhone 3GS doing a comparable task. Edit: I should point out that the it appears the Wired author was using an internal network, which, for the iPhone is: "9 hours of Internet use on Wi-Fi". However, I still feel as if this doesn't change the results much.

glhaynes 16y ago
It's not clear from the article, though, whether the Android device was on 3G or WiFi... WiFi uses considerably less power.
- jasonlotito 16y ago
  Yeah, I noticed I hand't clarified that. Even still, 5 hours of browsing highly interactive content isn't bad. You get the added bonus of Flash, which for some sites, is critical. FTA: "Our corporate Wi-Fi connection just didn’t seem good enough and most Flash-heavy sites took a while to load." So I assume the testing with Wi-Fi, though again, this isn't completely clear. Even still, I think this demonstrates that mobile flash isn't the harbinger of death that Jobs was making it out to be, and demonstrates that the reaction to Flash is more than just for technical reasons.
davidedicillo 16y ago
That just mean they are matching the battery performances of a one year old phone. I'd like to redo this test in a month.
- jasonlotito 16y ago
  "I'd like to redo this test in a month." The iPhone will still fail the test, considering it can't display flash. =)