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In my experience, those days when I need the extra bit of battery life are almost always at events, or while travelling. I can spot those days in advance, they'

by swombat 12y ago

In my experience, those days when I need the extra bit of battery life are almost always at events, or while travelling. I can spot those days in advance, they're not surprises. So I found a remarkably simple and obvious solution: I spent £50 and bought an external battery pack, something like http://www.amazon.co.uk/RAVPower-15000mAh-External-Generation-Portable-Black/dp/B00OJXVDAU/ref=sr_1_14 http://www.amazon.co.uk/RAVPower-15000mAh-External-Generatio... . It charges overnight, weighs not all that much at the bottom of a shoulder bag, but on those crucial days when battery is getting slim, I can just pull a cable out, plug it into my phone, and bingo: the phone is charged. It's capable of charging an iPhone several times over so easily solves the problem for you and even some of your friends.

moe 12y ago
and bingo: the phone is charged. Isn't it more like "Bingo: now I have a battery pack dangling from my phone for the next few hours"?
- swombat 12y ago
  Nope. iPhones tend to charge most of the battery in about an hour with a decent charger, so you sit down for a presentation or two, while still tweeting/etc, and by the time the presentations are done your phone is charged again.
Someone1234 12y ago
I was recently at the airport and the airport was nice enough to provide power plugs. I happen to be sitting next to them for about 1.5 hours and counted six phones, one Samsung Galaxy S3, and a 3DS. I used to own a battery pack too, back when I had an iPhone, it was a required accessory unfortunately. Since then I've owned a Samsung Note (1), LG G2, and Sony Z3, and all three of them last 2-3 days, and I have no need for a battery pack. Even if size was a concern I could purchase a Sony Z3 Compact which is "iPhone 6 sized" but has twice the battery life or more. Back in the iPhone 4 (ish) day the iPhone had "impressive" battery life. However Apple has stood still while everyone else has continuously improved. Now most non-Apple phones (Galaxy S5, LG G3, Sony Z3, Note 4, Windows Phone, etc) last substantially longer than Apple unless you're buying an unbranded piece of junk.

by swombat 12y ago

moe 12y ago

and bingo: the phone is charged. Isn't it more like "Bingo: now I have a battery pack dangling from my phone for the next few hours"?

swombat 12y ago
Nope. iPhones tend to charge most of the battery in about an hour with a decent charger, so you sit down for a presentation or two, while still tweeting/etc, and by the time the presentations are done your phone is charged again.

Someone1234 12y ago

I was recently at the airport and the airport was nice enough to provide power plugs. I happen to be sitting next to them for about 1.5 hours and counted six phones, one Samsung Galaxy S3, and a 3DS. I used to own a battery pack too, back when I had an iPhone, it was a required accessory unfortunately. Since then I've owned a Samsung Note (1), LG G2, and Sony Z3, and all three of them last 2-3 days, and I have no need for a battery pack. Even if size was a concern I could purchase a Sony Z3 Compact which is "iPhone 6 sized" but has twice the battery life or more. Back in the iPhone 4 (ish) day the iPhone had "impressive" battery life. However Apple has stood still while everyone else has continuously improved. Now most non-Apple phones (Galaxy S5, LG G3, Sony Z3, Note 4, Windows Phone, etc) last substantially longer than Apple unless you're buying an unbranded piece of junk.