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My Xiaomi note has a super eco mode. One home screen, up to 9 apps (I opted for Vivaldi, telegram, whatsapp, camera, newpipe, maps. Obviously phone, contacts, s
by gpas 5y ago
My Xiaomi note has a super eco mode. One home screen, up to 9 apps (I opted for Vivaldi, telegram, whatsapp, camera, newpipe, maps. Obviously phone, contacts, sms). When I found the feature I used it on when my battery was about to die, now it's my default productive mode. Battery is super happy to see the charger once or twice a week. It's a feature phone? No. But it's my camera, gps nav, notebook, mp3 player. All things I had in my backpack when feature phones were the only option.
I don't get this new trend of stupidly expensive, badly designed, health-conscious phones. Modern feature phones already exist. I've bought a couple clamshells with big display and big buttons to my elderly parents, less than 20eur each.
Browsing mudita website I see they are developing a minimal app launcher for Android, a more sensible way to embrace digital minimalism. Ready to pivot.
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- lethologica 5y agoThe ultra power saving mode on my old Samsung Galaxy S7 did something similar. You put it in ultra power saving mode and it turns everything to black and white and only gives you access to a few number of apps that you select. I found it a very handy feature while travelling but ended up keeping my phone in that mode for the majority of its life after I discovered it. I wish my iPhone had a similar feature.
- jpmoral 5y agoThat's amazing. And here I was impressed by my Nokia smartphone's 2-3 day battery life. How does the home screen app count restriction work to preserve charge?
- gpas 5y agoIt limits background activity on those apps, like telegram is sometimes slower to receive when closed. No multitasking, no animations, no gestures. I guess that most of the battery savings come from disabling all other apps' background activity and always on sensors.