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The battery life must be immense right? AT least one advantage there? How long does it last.

• mumblemumble 7y ago
  According to the website's FAQ, 1-3 days.
  • _hhff 7y ago
    Yup, we generally prefer to underpromise on battery life.
    • Hamuko 7y ago
      So you can get 3+ days of usage?
• cheez 7y ago
  Well they're using Android so... Probably not much. Display isn't that important to battery life (unless you're using it all the time.)
  • _hhff 7y ago
    Yup, exactly. I would have liked to use something like KaiOS, but we had a short deadline and that would have meant porting/rewriting a bunch of Qualcomm drivers for the snapdragon on KaiOS. We also couldn’t preempt the new features we’d like to add (directions, find my phone, etc), so full android felt like a safer option all things considered.
    • cheez 7y ago
      Yep, Android was the right choice. You'd still be coding the OS stuff by now I'm sure.
    • tmzt 7y ago
      If you go this direction in future, take a look at ofono. There are QMI as well as AT/RIL drivers in the works.
• _hhff 7y ago
  The screen helps a lot, but because the device runs full Android (we have a complete Wifi and Bluetooth stack) there’s only so much we can optimize. In very passive use (using airplane mode liberally), it can last 7+ days but realistically most users will see it last between 3 - 7. Some more work can go into antenna tuning, however. We support two different markets (North America and Global) which have different bands. In areas with poor mobile service, devices usually spend a lot of battery power searching for signal. We’re hoping to improve on that in a future FOTA update!
• giraffe333 7y ago
  About a day and a half, making a few calls and texting a bit. So effectively I have to charge it every night.
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