Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 29th Mar 2012 10:42 UTC
Over the years, one thing has been very hard to grasp for some people: the fact that people want smartphones with 4.0"+ screens. These 'some people' seem to believe that because Apple chose a 3.5" display, any display size that isn't 3.5" is wrong. Keep that in mind when you read Samsung's latest little communiqué: the Korean giant has sold (not shipped, sold) more than 5 million Galaxy Notes. Which has a 5.3" screen.
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RE[5]: It is terrible though
by Thom_Holwerda on Thu 29th Mar 2012 22:43
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Nevermind that the battery life on the note is horrendous to start with. Wouldn't likely only last me half a day when I use it heavily.
What do you people DO with your phones to make them suck so much battery? My SII easily lasts 3 days, which includes browsing, music, calling, texting, emailing. And I'm running alpha CM9 with no additional battery tweaking! My 3GS would last me about two days, and my HTC HD7 could easily hit 4-5 days.
RE[6]: It is terrible though
by WereCatf on Thu 29th Mar 2012 23:18
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What do you people DO with your phones to make them suck so much battery? My SII easily lasts 3 days, which includes browsing, music, calling, texting, emailing. And I'm running alpha CM9 with no additional battery tweaking! My 3GS would last me about two days, and my HTC HD7 could easily hit 4-5 days.
My Note lasts only about 2 days, though I haven't bothered with tweaking the battery settings or anything and I have data and syncing enabled at all times. I do browse the web quite a lot with it.
Sure, it would be nice if it lasted longer, but the up-and-coming ICS-release will likely improve battery-life.
RE[6]: It is terrible though
by leos on Fri 30th Mar 2012 04:37
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"Nevermind that the battery life on the note is horrendous to start with. Wouldn't likely only last me half a day when I use it heavily.
What do you people DO with your phones to make them suck so much battery? My SII easily lasts 3 days, which includes browsing, music, calling, texting, emailing. And I'm running alpha CM9 with no additional battery tweaking! My 3GS would last me about two days, and my HTC HD7 could easily hit 4-5 days. "
I use them I guess. This review from GSM arena says the note gets about 3.5 hours of web browsing. http://st.gsmarena.com/pics/11/11/note-battery/gsmarena_002.gif
Given that I have the iPhone 4, where the battery lasts me normally about a day or a bit over, I figure the note would last me about half that.
So during the day:
Wake up, check news, stocks, some websites from the phone.
Check calendar for the day, read some emails in bed, etc.
Check the phone a couple more times while getting ready.
Then walk to the bus, listening to an audio book.
On the bus, either reading news on the phone, or listening to an audio book, or playing some games with friends (Scrabble, Tikal, Carcassonne, etc).
At work, either using to check emails, calendars, alerts going off all day. Tom tom to navigate when I need to drive somewhere. If I'm the passenger it's being used as a wireless hotspot for the laptop.
Looking things up throughout the day... Taking the odd picture, play some turns on games, read news.
Then come home, audiobooks on the way home again.
Back at home, play some games, plug the phone into the projector and watch some TV shows or netflix... Go out, send text messages..
The list goes on. I use my phone a lot and it has replaced lots of devices. I need it to last a long time on battery.
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The other main reason I haven't tried to replace both with a Note instead is because if I happen to drain the battery on my tablet, its no big deal, because people (like my parents and grandparents) can still call me. If I only walked around with Note and I happen to drain the battery, I'm out of luck. People can't reach me.
Well said. Maybe the Note is sort of a jack of all trades, but the compromises are too much for me. A tablet is a better tablet, and a normal phone is a better phone.
Nevermind that the battery life on the note is horrendous to start with. Wouldn't likely only last me half a day when I use it heavily.