Days...

Skeeter · 25 Jun 2015 at 00:10

...remember when mobile phone battery life used to be measured in this ancient, massive form of time quantification?

A while back at work we had a Nokia mobile for on call where the standby time was measured in months!

I'm now needing at least 2 charges a day to make it through the waking hours, and I have wireless chargers scattered across the South of England so that my phone can get more juce every time I put it down. And frankly I've had enough.

My N5 is amazing, I love it... right up until about 1pm when it beeps at me that its down to 15% charge! I'm considering getting a new battery, but thats not really going to help. Its not much worse now than it was new.

Is there any hope? Are there any top end phones out there that don't assume we all live next to a wall socket 24/7? It makes a mockery of the 'slim and light' models phone makers strive to produce if I've got to carry a damn portable charger with me all day too!

Argh! /rant

d_brennen · 25 Jun 2015 at 00:20

Stop fiddling with it and it will last all day! What you are complaining about is not even remotely comparable to an old mobile phone, from the days when a mobile phone was a phone that was mobile

Skeeter · 25 Jun 2015 at 00:32

So I should buy a phone capable of wonderous things, and then not use it?

I don't even have to go back that far. My previous phone (HTC Sensation) lasted a day easy, and my Motorola Milestone before that once went a whole weekend in a field without a charge.

Large, high def screens seem to be the culprit, and that isnt something you can simply 'not use'.

It's not even like you can swap batteries any more either

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Cromulent · 25 Jun 2015 at 01:51

Skeeter said:
So I should buy a phone capable of wonderous things, and then not use it?

I don't even have to go back that far. My previous phone (HTC Sensation) lasted a day easy, and my Motorola Milestone before that once went a whole weekend in a field without a charge.

Large, high def screens seem to be the culprit, and that isnt something you can simply 'not use'.

It's not even like you can swap batteries any more either .

Turn off features you don't need. I always turn off GPS, NFC, Wi-fi and mobile data when I'm not making use of those features. Extends battery life quite a lot.

Rroff · 25 Jun 2015 at 01:55

On my phone (not N5) I have GPS off but everything else on and usually end the day with atleast 60% battery left - sometimes more like 70-80% - granted I do have a slightly higher capacity after market battery but it doesn't add that much.

spoffle · 25 Jun 2015 at 01:56

Skeeter said:
So I should buy a phone capable of wonderous things, and then not use it?

I don't even have to go back that far. My previous phone (HTC Sensation) lasted a day easy, and my Motorola Milestone before that once went a whole weekend in a field without a charge.

Large, high def screens seem to be the culprit, and that isnt something you can simply 'not use'.

It's not even like you can swap batteries any more either .

The point is that it isn't a valid comparison. You're comparing a tiny powerful handheld computer that can do phone calls, to a device that only does phone calls.

If you want to compare like that, then only use your phone for texts and calls otherwise it's a completely pointless comparison.

Hotwired · 25 Jun 2015 at 02:54

You know you can still get oldschool phones...

chief barker · 25 Jun 2015 at 05:59

Skeeter said:
Is there any hope? Are there any top end phones out there that assume we all live on our phones?

Nope, not yet.

koooowweeee · 25 Jun 2015 at 06:24

Replace the battery. It's probably not holding charge like it was when new.

Buy a 1+1 or a note 4

EdwardTeach · 25 Jun 2015 at 06:29

My note 2 always makes it through the day, despite some heavy usage.

Kanpai · 25 Jun 2015 at 07:12

I'm getting solid 2 days of use from my Note 4 with 6-7 hours average SoT, it must be your battery.

Columbo · 25 Jun 2015 at 07:35

Have you tried something like Greenify? My Honor 6+ goes 2 days with dual sims active.

Christmas themed thank · 25 Jun 2015 at 08:39

Buy a Z3. Job done.

paradigm · 25 Jun 2015 at 08:45

My Lumia 930 will go for somewhere approaching 2 days of moderate use, with WiFi and Bluetooth switched on.

Easily gets a day of normal use.

Amos91 · 25 Jun 2015 at 08:47

Nexus 5 is renowned for poor battery life.

How much on screen time do you have to get it down to 15%?

With the Nexus 6 I rarely get home from work below 50%.

Smeghead · 25 Jun 2015 at 09:01

I've only ever owned 2 smartphones (Nexus 4 and One M8), but I could squeeze a days worth of use our of the N4, and I easily get a days worth on my M8, and I use them both quite a lot throughout the day (looking at Youtube videos during lunch break, listening to music while commuting etc.).

If you really are at your wits end, maybe install something like Tasker and set up some battery saving profiles (turn off sync after X minutes inactive, automatically connect to wifi when at home/work etc.).

Terminal_Boy · 25 Jun 2015 at 09:04

Phone batteries used to last days because making and receiving phone calls was all that you could do with them.

neoboy · 25 Jun 2015 at 09:04

I'm on a Note now so battery hasn't been that much of an issue as long as I get to plug it in at the end of the day.

chanjy · 25 Jun 2015 at 09:57

Jeez, I feel the OP's problem.

My laptops used to last a lot longer when they were made of slate!

Diddums · 25 Jun 2015 at 11:16

My Note 3's battery life is ridiculous. All day with heavy browsing. My last phone, an S3 was terrible. My wife's Iphone 5 was also terrible. Her new Galaxy S5 is great.

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