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No mention of the 1 hour battery life in the article. Features are great but so far Google has a horrible track record of caring about the overall user experie
by grandalf 15y ago
No mention of the 1 hour battery life in the article. Features are great but so far Google has a horrible track record of caring about the overall user experience of the phone (toward which battery life is a very significant factor).
I'd like to see Google make a battery life claim that is on par with the iPhone and have it come true.
- drivebyacct2 15y agoWhat? My D1 battery lasts all day long easily and it's an abused, sad battery. Better than my friend with a 3GS after a day of regular usage with him.
- fragsworth 15y agoMy Nexus S lasts several days with regular use, so I don't know what you're talking about. You probably installed a bad app on your phone that was draining its battery, and mis-attributed the problem to the device.
- KirinDave 15y agoI would go less than a day with a virgin Nexus S, just by playing an hour or three of music. Some phones handle much better in the face of low signal, some are worse. T-Mobile's coverage was pretty mediocre around my home, and that also had a huge impact on battery life.
- grandalf 15y agoMy experience was with an Evo 4G. I tried closing / uninstalling all the apps, and I mostly just used the standard Google and HTC apps. I sold the Evo and got an iPhone 4 and now I never have to think about the battery. During the few weeks I had the Evo I was caught a few times with a dead phone when I'd been planning on using the GPS to navigate somewhere at the end of the day. Not fun.
- mdwrigh2 15y agoGoogle had very little to do with creating the Evo beyond providing the OS. The hardware (screen, battery, etc.) were all HTC.
- Steko 15y agoYep it's all his fault. The flood of reviews and user feedback saying that high end Android battery life is poor is all part of Steve Job's reality distortion.
- mcantelon 15y agoThe Galaxy tab released at Google IO has great battery life. So hopefully this tech will migrate phonewards.
- Steko 15y agoSeveral reviews have the 10.1 with subpar battery life.
- Steko 15y agoDownvote all you want it's an accurate statement: This is my Next, today: "It only lasted five hours and 33 minutes, which is about three hours shorter than the Transformer and five shorter than the iPad 2. Engadget claims to have gotten ten hours on the same test and Laptopmag got about 8.5 hours on its web surfing test, but AllThingsD got a similar 5.5 hours on a video rundown test."