Am I the only one that cringes each time i see the promise
"over a day's worth of battery life."
We used to have 2 weeks of battery life on any normal mobile phone.
We used to have 2 weeks of battery life on any normal mobile phone.
It's a trade-off, mate. You're standing at a Lamborghini showroom and saying, "Man, does anyone else here remember when cars used to give us 21 kilometres to the litre?"
We use the unit 'kilometres per litre' when discussing mileage in India, the country where I was born. Now, India is not the most populous nation in the world, but I wouldn't be so harsh as to call Indians 'no one' ;)
I teach GMAT classes, and recently, in the effort to be less US-centric, the GMAT started stating problems in metric units. They, however, still use the US fuel consumption fraction, not the European one, and it feels doubly odd.
I did not know India used this strange mix. Learning new stuff every day.
Anyway, I wonder how this came about. I suppose it's just because India was a British colony that adopted the metric system.
It gives me: - 2 weeks battery life - Edge internet via Opera Mini for when i really need to look something up - email access via inbuilt client for when i really need to check any urgent email
Advantages: - I don't need to worry about running out of battery and not being able to call or message the people that matter to me because my phone spent all of its power connecting to networks to get data that is irrelevant to my day to day happiness or convenience - I have a very good keyboard to type messages an email - I don't need a data plan (my €10 plan comes with 150Mb bundled internet that is more than enough for the browsing and email I do) - I don't worry about loosing / dropping / my phone being stolen - I don't need covers - I can go to the beach and not worry about a sprinkle of water and some sand getting in it - The phone fits in my pocket (any pocket, on any type of clothes) - I'm not constantly inundated with status updates - When I'm with friends I'm not checking facebook, or settling bets on wikipedia, or showing them that great new game, I'm just with them... - When I'm alone, I'm reading a book or contemplating, instead of being absorbed by a never ending stream of entertainment
Disadvantages: - I did miss maps for a while, but quickly went back to the habit of asking strangers for directions which returns an extra human touch to my day
Go back ten years and we had a few days worth of battery life. Fast forward to now, and you'll get two weeks out of any non-smart phone.
I had the 5120 for ages with a better battery from ebay, that came closer to my claims.
how's ur daily usage?
So I would say, expect it last two full days as long as you are not overly heavy mobile user.
Yes, not two weeks, but dumbphones never lasted two weeks back these days. Honestly the new smartphones are finally catching up with reasonable battery life expectations than two years ago.
Let me say that 2 days is when I am gentle with the phone, otherwise it is around 1.5. In any case, a huge difference to how were the first smartphones hardly surviving until the evening.