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Whatever the hell the technical issue is -- more battery life is far more preferable to better displays.
by ihsw 12y ago
Whatever the hell the technical issue is -- more battery life is far more preferable to better displays.
- Mikeb85 12y agoDumbphones had great battery life. Yet we use smartphones... Anyhow, my Nexus 5 lasts the day, I plug it in at night. That's good enough. And I like the screen. Battery life only matters to a point - after that features and niceties matter more...
- untog 12y agoAgreed, but what "feature" does a 1080p display provide over a 720p one? The smartphone/dumbphone comparison doesn't really work - there are no new features here.
- Mikeb85 12y agoFor one, reading text is much more pleasant.
- untog 12y agoFor me, slightly more pleasant text reading is not worth battery life. Reading text on 720p is absolutely fine.
- CamperBob2 12y agoWhat's the point in having more hours of battery life than your own number of waking hours? No one has ever adequately explained this to me.
- gurkendoktor 12y agoSay I forget to charge my phone during 20% of the nights. A battery that lasts a single day will fail me very often compared to a two-day battery. Not to mention that unlike "dumb" phones, the iPhone won't turn itself on automatically to wake me up in the morning. Also, battery life is measured for "normal use". If you are draining your phone eg. by using it for directions in a friend's car without a charger, then it's suddenly more like 4 hours of battery life.
- Mikeb85 12y agoFirst of all, the battery life improvement with 720p vs 1080p is negligeable. Screen size and brightness matters more. Second, there is such thing as a 'good enough' battery. For most people, this has been achieved with the current crop of big screen, high res phones. Not sure why you think people would accept lower resolution for an extra half hour of battery life...