android battery life: left hand not talking to the right hand

[MrX8503]

Most Android phone batteries fit in wallet credit card slots without issue. 404 hassle not found.

I carry a money clip so that wouldn't work for me.

Some people can carry the extra gear, but I want everything to be light/small as possible.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

I carry a money clip so that wouldn't work for me.

Some people can carry the extra gear, but I want everything to be light/small as possible.

I carry my 4 CCs + my ID, transit card, student ID for when I want student discounts, and a bit of cash. I don't have room for another battery unless I want some fatass wallet.

With that said I could carry another battery in my pocket, but it's not ideal. I did it for my N82 back in the day when I could get 2-3 days per charge. I would run down the battery purposely to do full charges each time, so in doing so I'd never know when it'd die. Usually somewhere into the 2nd day like halfway through so I'd need a battery to account for that.

With smartphones I try to charge every night so there's less a reason to carry a battery. Basically, a phone should last a whole day is my main concern. Pretty much every phone does, but under high use days, it's very easy to crap out by dinner time, and if you have a long night... well that's practically like half a day only.

I realize some like to use the extra battery as a solution, but I'd rather see the root of the problem addressed, and that is battery consumption.

 

[Eug]

iOS 6.0 is most definitely laggy on the iPhone 4.

Mind you, Android 4.0 is even more laggy on my RAZR HD, despite having a much, much faster CPU.

/off topic

 

[Zaap]

What do you do when you're on a call and the low battery beep comes on? tell the person "shit, let me swap batteries I'll call you back."

Totally illogical. This has 100% nothing to do with a battery being swappable or not. Like a phone can't run out of juice simply because the battery is internal rather than external! Makes no sense what-so-ever. Once again, the only difference is how a charge is achieved.

My battery just happening to die on me during a call isn't any significant problem- meanwhile, I've seen the ridiculousness of people that need to use their phone while it's tethered to a charging source, which is laughable! "You want me to meet you where? I can't move cause my phone will die!" INFINITELY more convenient!

An external case is still not a good a solution as a larger capacity swappable battery. But of course, in the next thread, the usual "OMG! How can anyone use a phone that's 0.3 inches bigger...!??!" exaggeration will spew fourth, even as on the other hand people are making their "smaller" phone just as big if not bigger with some gigantic external battery pack. Does-not-compute.

 

[Mopetar]

Because? I've done it for years. I suppose it depends on the wallet but there's no strain applied to the batteries what so ever in mine

I suppose it depends on the wallet, but I wouldn't trust it in mine. I'd be way more comfortable just getting a small case for it an carrying it in my front pocket.

 

[Obsoleet]

Totally illogical. This has 100% nothing to do with a battery being swappable or not. Like a phone can't run out of juice simply because the battery is internal rather than external! Makes no sense what-so-ever. Once again, the only difference is how a charge is achieved.

My battery just happening to die on me during a call isn't any significant problem- meanwhile, I've seen the ridiculousness of people that need to use their phone while it's tethered to a charging source, which is laughable! "You want me to meet you where? I can't move cause my phone will die!" INFINITELY more convenient!

An external case is still not a good a solution as a larger capacity swappable battery. But of course, in the next thread, the usual "OMG! How can anyone use a phone that's 0.3 inches bigger...!??!" exaggeration will spew fourth, even as on the other hand people are making their "smaller" phone just as big if not bigger with some gigantic external battery pack. Does-not-compute.

Rather than argue the merits of having a swappable battery.. I'd just say having the option to do so is always superior to not having the option.

I'm in the minority here, but if I'm going to be stuck with a phone that doesn't allow swapping of batteries I'm going with the iPhone. I have few worries about their component quality, which means even more if its nonswappable.

Random Android phone who the hell knows. I can't imagine having a non-swappable battery in my HTC Thunderbolt.

I suppose it depends on the wallet, but I wouldn't trust it in mine. I'd be way more comfortable just getting a small case for it an carrying it in my front pocket.

Not sure if it's any different than putting AA's in your front pocket like I did for my Walkman.

 

[Mopetar]

Not sure if it's any different than putting AA's in your front pocket like I did for my Walkman.

Depends on how your wallet sits in your pants. If it's bending slightly it's going to put some stress on the battery enclosure, which is something you should avoid doing. Even then, it's probably fine to do 99.999% of the time, but if it were to break I wouldn't want it to be in my pocket. To me it seems as though putting it in my front pocket would put a lot less physical stress on the battery.

 

[lopri]

You actually blind tested your mother on this theory, by odd chance.. or by prompting by this thread? Most people aren't sitting around like I am with both phones at the moment to test both on iOS6.

No, my mom one day insisted on me that her friend's iPhone was smoother and faster. She did not know that her friend had a 4S. (which later I found out)

But you're sitting on both yet can't tell the difference?

 

[QueBert]

An external case is still not a good a solution as a larger capacity swappable battery. But of course, in the next thread, the usual "OMG! How can anyone use a phone that's 0.3 inches bigger...!??!" exaggeration will spew fourth, even as on the other hand people are making their "smaller" phone just as big if not bigger with some gigantic external battery pack. Does-not-compute.

I couldn't disagree more, I had multiple batteries for my EVO, my Droid 1 and my Note. For each one I had to buy an additional charger to charge the 2nd battery when it wasn't in the phone. And none of the 3 chargers would allow the extra battery to charge at the same time as the phone was. With my Mophie I didn't have to buy an extra charger, I never have to worry about forgetting a 2nd battery either. Also it's swappable just like a battery, so I could buy a 2nd one and swap it out whenever I need. I can't even count the number of times I accidently left my spare EVO battery at home in the charger because I ran out of the house in a hurry. My current one I never remove my phone from it so I never will have to worry about an oops like that. I can also charge it with my regular car charger, charging a phone + a spare battery in a car? Good luck on that.

 

[Zaap]

My current one I never remove my phone from it so I never will have to worry about an oops like that. I can also charge it with my regular car charger, charging a phone + a spare battery in a car? Good luck on that.

You haven't outlined a single actual advantage over an extended battery that's internal. (Which is just one option in addition to every option you have, plus options you don't.) That you happen to be forgetful just because the same thing is removable instead of in some bulky case doesn't really mean anything.

And why would charging a spare battery in a car be any big deal? My car has 2 built in outlets. Even so, I've never needed to charge a spare battery in the car, though that wouldn't be any big deal.