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> Current battery capacity is fine. If it is, then consumption is too high. Few hours of use is not "fine". Sure, if I use it as just a phone it can last week.

by rplnt 13y ago

> Current battery capacity is fine. If it is, then consumption is too high. Few hours of use is not "fine". Sure, if I use it as just a phone it can last week.. but once I use it as a computer, it drains pretty quickly.

venomsnake 13y ago
If I have 30 second charge time, any battery lasting longer than 2 hours on usage is fine.
- ikurei 13y ago
  It would be very inconvenient having to recharge every 2 hours, even if it is just for 30 seconds. Your smartphone would be of no use in a trip to the beach, or climbing a mountain; and it would be very easy to forget about it quite often. I agree that battery life doesn't need to improve that much if we could recharge it in a dramatically more convenient way, but 30 seconds charge every few hours sounds insane to me. Anyway, smartphones last way more than 2 hours unless the battery has been abused for years.
  - venomsnake 13y ago
    I said two hours of usage. For me usage is something that requires serious burn rate. Why would I play temple run when hiking? And you could always bring juice with you if you have to use intensively for long periods your phone outside of civilization for some reason. Just pack eight 2700Mah Eneloops and you are fine. You need very simple transformer and usb connector.
    - rplnt 13y ago
      Hiking/Cycling: GPS, Map, Internet for weather updates, photos, videos, ... Current phones are fine for that (especially with reasonable usage of "navigation" and extra battery as you said). 2hr-lasting phone wouldn't.
    - aestra 13y ago
      Get to the top of the mountain you just hiked up, catch up on your (e)book there, hike down.
- dspillett 13y ago
  Really? You never use (really use, not just have on standby) your phone for two hours or more between there being convenient charging options? Even with a 30 second charge I'd want much longer active life than that. I'm not sure that I actually get with everything blaring (the quickest I uncharge my phone is when I have both radios going as I have a tablet using it as a tether) though it sometimes isn't so I carry an "emergency" battery charger with me when travelling.
  - makomk 13y ago
    Of course, part of the reason convenient charging options are so few and far between is that, because charging is slow, any public charging station is going to (a) be occupied for long periods of time and (b) will require you to leave your phone there for an annoyingly long period of time, meaning you're either stuck there or risk having your phone stolen whilst you're gone.

by rplnt 13y ago

venomsnake 13y ago

If I have 30 second charge time, any battery lasting longer than 2 hours on usage is fine.

ikurei 13y ago
It would be very inconvenient having to recharge every 2 hours, even if it is just for 30 seconds. Your smartphone would be of no use in a trip to the beach, or climbing a mountain; and it would be very easy to forget about it quite often. I agree that battery life doesn't need to improve that much if we could recharge it in a dramatically more convenient way, but 30 seconds charge every few hours sounds insane to me. Anyway, smartphones last way more than 2 hours unless the battery has been abused for years.
- venomsnake 13y ago
  I said two hours of usage. For me usage is something that requires serious burn rate. Why would I play temple run when hiking? And you could always bring juice with you if you have to use intensively for long periods your phone outside of civilization for some reason. Just pack eight 2700Mah Eneloops and you are fine. You need very simple transformer and usb connector.
  - rplnt 13y ago
    Hiking/Cycling: GPS, Map, Internet for weather updates, photos, videos, ... Current phones are fine for that (especially with reasonable usage of "navigation" and extra battery as you said). 2hr-lasting phone wouldn't.
  - aestra 13y ago
    Get to the top of the mountain you just hiked up, catch up on your (e)book there, hike down.
dspillett 13y ago
Really? You never use (really use, not just have on standby) your phone for two hours or more between there being convenient charging options? Even with a 30 second charge I'd want much longer active life than that. I'm not sure that I actually get with everything blaring (the quickest I uncharge my phone is when I have both radios going as I have a tablet using it as a tether) though it sometimes isn't so I carry an "emergency" battery charger with me when travelling.
- makomk 13y ago
  Of course, part of the reason convenient charging options are so few and far between is that, because charging is slow, any public charging station is going to (a) be occupied for long periods of time and (b) will require you to leave your phone there for an annoyingly long period of time, meaning you're either stuck there or risk having your phone stolen whilst you're gone.