Top Ten Apps, iOS and Android: What its mean?

[QueBert]

If battery life was so important to you then why did you get the Evo? Even before it was released it was known that it had bad battery life. There are other Android phones with good battery life if that's what mattered to you.

I had an Android with good battery life before this one, it was slow. I got the EVO because I cannot stand stock Android, even with a custom rom I don't like it. I wanted a phone with Sense, and apparently every HTC phone has astonishingly bad battery life. I could have got a Samsung phone with broken crap and Touchwiz. And the battery life still wouldn't have been all that great. From my experience only Motorola devices have respectable battery life, but I'm not touching a locked bootloader + Motoblur.

I could have gotten an iPhone except they're too expensive, I bought 2 EVO's for less than what 1 iPhone 4 was going for on Craigslist. I guess battery life does come with a price.

 

[zerogear]

friend with 3 batteries says he's not overexagerrating.

If he isn't, then he is probably doing way more than moderate usage.

 

[yh125d]

friend with 3 batteries says he's not overexagerrating.

Then your friend is either a moron or does VERY heavy usage, in which case he'd need 3 batteries for any phone.

 

[Ns1]

Then your friend is either a moron or does VERY heavy usage, in which case he'd need 3 batteries for any phone.

I guess anand is an idiot too

Battery Life

There’s no other way to put it: the EVO 4G has terrible battery life. It’s worse than the iPhone 3GS, worse than the Incredible, worse than the Nexus One and far worse than the iPhone 4. If you travel at all, this is not the Droid you’ve been looking for. All of our battery life tests were run from a clean boot with no extra apps downloaded/installed in the background. We didn't forcefully remove anything that shipped on the device however. This is representative of the out of box experience you'd get from a brand new EVO 4G. WiFi and 4G were disabled unless they were in use.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3791/the-sprint-htc-evo-4g-review/12

He probably hammers 4G all day.

 

[hanoverphist]

ive found that playing plants vs zombies is a battery killer. more than any other game ive played on my phone.

 

[yh125d]

I guess anand is an idiot too



http://www.anandtech.com/show/3791/the-sprint-htc-evo-4g-review/12

He probably hammers 4G all day.

Well, yeah.

He says there that it's worse than the incredible, even though it lasted considerably longer in 2 of 3 tests. How does that add up? Incredible has good 3g talk time but piss poor elsewhere.

evo has just about the same as nexus one for 3g browsing, but lasts considerably longer on wifi and 40m shorter on 3g talk, so about equal overall right? Not that many people complained much about battery life on the N1 though, even though they were about the same.

 

[Ns1]

Well, yeah.

He says there that it's worse than the incredible, even though it lasted considerably longer in 2 of 3 tests. How does that add up? Incredible has good 3g talk time but piss poor elsewhere.

evo has just about the same as nexus one for 3g browsing, but lasts considerably longer on wifi and 40m shorter on 3g talk, so about equal overall right? Not that many people complained much about battery life on the N1 though, even though they were about the same.

Anyway you wanna cut it my friend has an EVO with 3 batteries and I have a 3GS and I consistently out-last him. I consider us both moderate-heavy users.

 

[Red Storm]

Anyway you wanna cut it my friend has an EVO with 3 batteries and I have a 3GS and I consistently out-last him. I consider us both moderate-heavy users.

You keep mentioning 3 batteries... does he go through 3 batteries in one day or something?

I don't think anyone here was arguing that the EVO has better battery life than the iPhone. In my opinion, if it lasts you through the day with moderate usage then it's fine, anything more is a nice bonus. I haven't seen one Android phone that couldn't do this, and I've used both the Incredible and Thunderbolt.

 

[Ns1]

You keep mentioning 3 batteries... does he go through 3 batteries in one day or something?

Yes, consistently.

 

[Red Storm]

Yes, consistently.

Then he is way, way beyond moderate usage. Or he has a messed up phone.

 

[JD50]

Yes, consistently.

There is no chance a "moderate user" goes through 3 batteries.

 

[Ns1]

There is no chance a "moderate user" goes through 3 batteries.

I don't see him do shit other than play mp3's (pandora?), whore the net, surf facebook, etc.


no videos or nothing.

 

[yh125d]

I don't see him do shit other than play mp3's (pandora?), whore the net, surf facebook, etc.


no videos or nothing.

Well then you don't see him doing all the shit eating up his battery. Probably maxing out 4g with 100% brightness while playing plants and zombies


Or you're just talking out your ass. Either way, it's not nearly as bad as some say.

 

[hanoverphist]

Probably maxing out 4g with 100% brightness while playing plants and zombies

what i hate is the newest GB update from vzw screwed the autobrightness up. itll start out dim (good) and flash to 100% and drop a hair down while in a dim room. outside, itll start out lowest setting and slowly ramp up to max. when playing PvZ it will magically go to 100% no matter what the ambient lighting is. of course, playing it on 100% bright makes it look great but still...

 

[zerocool84]

The fact of the matter is that the Evo has bad battery life. That's a well know fact. If you care about battery life and still want Android there are many options for you to choose from. That's the great part of Android, choice.

 

[QueBert]

There is no chance a "moderate user" goes through 3 batteries.

Hos to define moderate? I can go from 100% to 55% with 25 minutes of playing 1 game, that's also using bluetooth headphones but still. I could kill my stock evo in 3 hours with moderate use. With heavy use I could kill 6 batteries in 1 day on an EVO.

 

[JD50]

Hos to define moderate? I can go from 100% to 55% with 25 minutes of playing 1 game, that's also using bluetooth headphones but still. I could kill my stock evo in 3 hours with moderate use. With heavy use I could kill 6 batteries in 1 day on an EVO.

If someone is using THREE batteries a day, they're not a moderate user. No definition needed, just common sense.

 

[finbarqs]

MY EVO isn't THAT bad.... I can last an entire day with it...

 

[zerocool84]

MY EVO isn't THAT bad.... I can last an entire day with it...

Just like any phone, it's how much you use it but some phones like the Evo get worse battery life than the others. I know some people that kill their iPhone 4 batteries in half a day and bought one of the battery packs that connects to the body.

 

[finbarqs]

objective statement!

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

If someone is using THREE batteries a day, they're not a moderate user. No definition needed, just common sense.

Honestly in my experience, limited gaming on Android kills battery. I've gamed plenty on my iPod Touch to only see the battery drop a little. Sure the iPod Touch is no phone but the iP4 has a much larger battery. We can just assume the difference in battery size can be attributed to the amount the phone/data needs for a day. I'm sure that's not much power it uses anyway, as apps drain battery far more due to CPU cycles.

Too many people claim astonishing battery life on Android only to realize that they baby their phones and switch to wifi all the time. Why the hell should I have to do this?

 

[CVSiN]

I wouldn't say it's an option when you have Android phones that won't last all day with light usage. Now if these phones I'm talking about shipped with 2 batteries and a charger that can charge the phone + extra battery at the same time. You might be right, but for my EVO customization was absolutely necessary. I have met people who always carry around 2 spare batteries for their phone, that's retarded.

again you are touting nonsense... "light" usage? I'm sorry but you are so full of BS unless your phone is seriously sick there is no way you are burning a battery that fast.
I use mine all day long.. a gen 1 EVO with stock battery and I dont have to plug in till I go to bed at night.

Mine is 100% stock ROM untouched unrooted and serves me perfectly..
my best friend who bought his because of mine has pretty much the same experience..

I am getting an EVO 3D though just for the Dual Core and the better screen. and it should last me 2 days between charges if the battery claims are correct.

I do like to MOD the appearance of my phone though and do own BW and many other home screen changes and other gadgets.
So yes I can see why these apps are the top for Andriod.

its fun.. and your phone screen can look super different every day.

I got tired of my Company I phone.. not much you can do with them expect for play games.. and it always looks the same.. and looks just like eveyrones eles phone..
whats the fun in that?

 

[Muyoso]

You want a vague definition of moderate usage?

20ish texts, 45mins to an hour of browsing the web, 30 minutes to an hour of gaming. Or a slight variation on any of these. Texts use next to no battery life. Browsing and gaming and streaming music use a lot more.

An evo would EASILY be able to do that, unless you have 4g, GPS and the screen turned to max brightness.

Any evo user who is going through 3 batteries a day is either CONSTANTLY on their phone or they have completely messed up their phone.

 

[MrX8503]

I will never understand why people determine battery life based on a person's usage. JohnDoe A doesn't use his phone the same way as JohnDoe B.

If you want to determine battery life, look at controlled tests done by Anand or any other phone reviewer that tests the battery properly.

 

[Red Storm]

I will never understand why people determine battery life based on a person's usage. JohnDoe A doesn't use his phone the same way as JohnDoe B.

If you want to determine battery life, look at controlled tests done by Anand or any other phone reviewer that tests the battery properly.

The only problem I have with those tests is that seeing how long a phone can survive reloading web pages every 30 seconds with the screen on until the battery dies doesn't really represent anybody's normal daily use of a phone. And with an app for just about everything, there's less and less need to actually do web browsing, so to me it's even less useful. I have no idea how you would try and measure regular use though. Maybe have someone use one phone for a week, and then the other phone the next week? Of course that leaves it open to discrepancies and other variables.