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I don't care about 3d or blur or other eye candy. I'd happily trade all that crap off for the battery life of my old Nokia 1100.

potatolicious 13y ago
The 3D and blur aren't what's draining your battery. The big ass LTE radio sucking down videos, music, and photos is what's doing it. That and the huge, brilliant LCD screen staring at you. Optimizing battery life by getting rid of animations and graphical effects would be extremely penny-wise, pound-foolish.
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danielrhodes 13y ago
In time. I think the battery life vs. computing power tradeoff took a turn in 2007 because batteries were finally robust enough to handle a bright screen for a reasonable amount of time. Ideally I would like a device which has a battery which, when bought, will last the lifetime of the product.
- peatmoss 13y ago
  One that recharges itself continuously via radioactive decay? I wonder if, regulatory challenges aside, a radioactive decay trickle charge could be enough of a trickle charge to meaningfully extend daily battery life...
  - potatolicious 13y ago
    None of what goes into modern battery is notably radioactive, unless your'e suggesting a battery that's similar to a RTG?
    - andrewflnr 13y ago
      I don't remember what RTG stands for, but I'm pretty sure they mean adding radioactive bits to the battery.
      - potatolicious 13y ago
        RTG: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_gen... Basically instead of having a big complicated nuclear reactor, you just throw some radioactive material in a package, let it decay, and generate electricity off the heat. It's mechanically much more simple and has the bonus of not involving critical masses of radioactive material ;) Not very realistic though. Besides the obvious issues of carrying around lumps of plutonium, they're rather bulky, and disposal is a pretty major problem.
lallysingh 13y ago
I have a charged external 12 AmpHr battery in my briefcase. It helps a lot.

potatolicious 13y ago

The 3D and blur aren't what's draining your battery. The big ass LTE radio sucking down videos, music, and photos is what's doing it. That and the huge, brilliant LCD screen staring at you. Optimizing battery life by getting rid of animations and graphical effects would be extremely penny-wise, pound-foolish.

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danielrhodes 13y ago

In time. I think the battery life vs. computing power tradeoff took a turn in 2007 because batteries were finally robust enough to handle a bright screen for a reasonable amount of time. Ideally I would like a device which has a battery which, when bought, will last the lifetime of the product.

peatmoss 13y ago
One that recharges itself continuously via radioactive decay? I wonder if, regulatory challenges aside, a radioactive decay trickle charge could be enough of a trickle charge to meaningfully extend daily battery life...
- potatolicious 13y ago
  None of what goes into modern battery is notably radioactive, unless your'e suggesting a battery that's similar to a RTG?
  - andrewflnr 13y ago
    I don't remember what RTG stands for, but I'm pretty sure they mean adding radioactive bits to the battery.
    - potatolicious 13y ago
      RTG: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_gen... Basically instead of having a big complicated nuclear reactor, you just throw some radioactive material in a package, let it decay, and generate electricity off the heat. It's mechanically much more simple and has the bonus of not involving critical masses of radioactive material ;) Not very realistic though. Besides the obvious issues of carrying around lumps of plutonium, they're rather bulky, and disposal is a pretty major problem.

lallysingh 13y ago

I have a charged external 12 AmpHr battery in my briefcase. It helps a lot.