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I have a 4-year-old Samsung S3 Mini. I keep wi-fi, bluetooth, data, GPS turned off by default, make few calls, don't send or receive many texts, and if I don't
by coroxout 9y ago
I have a 4-year-old Samsung S3 Mini. I keep wi-fi, bluetooth, data, GPS turned off by default, make few calls, don't send or receive many texts, and if I don't use wi-fi or play games the battery will last several days - probably 5-6 days when the battery was new and now a bit less.
However, I do usually turn wi-fi on for 10-20 minutes a day (e.g. look at HN and follow links to a few different news articles - news sites can be quite processor-intensive) and that knocks at least a day off the battery life. If I play a game, even fairly simple puzzle games, I need to charge it that day.
I'm also on my third battery for it as the previous two eventually got to the point where they couldn't hold a charge at all, so I'm very reluctant to upgrade it to a model without replaceable battery, but alas, that leaves few options. I'd also like a new phone to fit in my pocket like the S3 mini does, and as far as I've seen those two criteria knock out every recent-gen phone.
I can only hope that sooner or later a company decides people like me are a big enough market segment to reach out for again, but I suppose people who are happy to keep a phone for 4 years are not good enough customers and need to be forced to buy a new phone every year by the battery dying.
- danielbarla 9y agoI used to do something similar on my S2. With most things switched off, I frequently got 2 weeks without a charge. Others I know used some 3rd party apps to automatically switch wifi / data on for a few minutes every so often, to allow apps to sync. It's fairly easy to tap things on and off nowadays. On the other hand, if you absolutely can't live without all the features turned on all the time, there are a variety of power banks and other ways to get a few more hours out of a battery.
- majewsky 9y ago> news sites can be quite processor-intensive Have you compared battery usage with and without adblocker? (A good adblocker on mobile is uBlock Origin on Firefox for Android.)