Thread: Droid Battery Life Requires New Charging Habits

Live I've said in other comments, comparing the Droid to the iPhone (or any phone) is like comparing green apples to red apples. Most people have a preference because they get taste N out of the red apple and taste M from the green apple. You get different functions out of each phone, and both phones have downsides and upsides. It's silly to just ridicule the other.

I work as a research assistant collecting data in local elementary schools. Text messages with the rest of the team and friends are not disruptive in classrooms, whereas calls are, which is why I generally wait till I'm driving to another school to call anyone.

Yep Settings > About Phone > Battery Use It breaks down all the things that have contributed to at least 1% of the current drain of the battery. Quite a nice feature in my opinion EDIT - It looks like this - http://tinyurl.com/ykxt22u But with a few more things on the list in my case like WiFi, Cell Standby etc

How the... how do you take screen shots with android??

I can go about two days with just general phone only usage on my iphone. I have no problem with that. I can go about 15 hours with my iphone using it how I USE IT... I charge it every night. No big deal for me, though I'd love to be able to have a spare battery. I bring a 12vdc/usb charger with me everywhere that case I can charge up when needed, but a spare battery would be nice. Saying all that, all of these newer smart phones are...

Or, perhaps you should think of it in terms of overall device longevity. You *don't* have to send to Droid back to manufacturer if your battery charge starts decreasing after a while. Or if you have any sort of battery problems at all. Swappable batteries are a *good* thing. Don't just tout Apple's way of doing things, please.

Yeah, Monkey...I am sure that is hte case. All those people are unable to get calls but perfectly fine to get texts? (If they are working, then they should get neither. Unless it is business related in which case, go back to my point about CALLING them. and Ellimus...don't ***** text while driving ou stupid prick. I don;'t care if you are this important "research assistant" (sad that you called that your JOB, by the...

That...is ***** awesome.

thank you for that. i needed a good laugh on a monday morning

Right, that's why the iPhone, whose battery can't be swapped, gets such great battery life compared to the Dro-OH WAIT