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I go on cycle tours every now and then, camping some of the time. I'd love a backup phone for use during tours that could hold a usable charge for 4 or 5 days.
by buro9 14y ago
I go on cycle tours every now and then, camping some of the time. I'd love a backup phone for use during tours that could hold a usable charge for 4 or 5 days.
My father does motorcycle touring and would love the same.
I have an old Sony Ericsson M600i symbian phone ( http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_m600-1425.php http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_m600-1425.php ) I dig out for when I go travelling. The battery is still good for 10 days stand-by. It's such a pain to resync contacts, mail, etc... that all I really do is move the SIM over and use a travel email account.
If I could have the battery life of the old phone with the functionality of a new smart phone, then I'm very willing to sacrifice the screen quality to achieve it.
- Adirael 14y agoI have a 12V plug on my motorcycle (fused, regulated. I installed it for like 10 bucks). I also have a couple of solar chargers, they hold 2 AA batteries. They take about 8 hours of sunlight to fully charge and can put an iPhone into the 70% range.
- stickfigure 14y agoWhen there's sunlight, you want to be out riding, not sitting around waiting for your phone to charge! And plugging/unplugging the phone every time you get on/off the bike is annoying. First-world problems :-)
- ZoFreX 14y agoIt's the rest of the functionality of a smartphone that drains it sadly, not just the screen. If I turn off 3G and wifi on my SGS2, the battery life goes from around half a day to almost a week!
- bduerst 14y agoI can confirm this - with my Galaxy Nexus, if I don't turn off the data reception before bed, the phone won't make it through the night.