Agreed! TBH whether we choose the HTC One, XZ, S4 or another FHD flagship smartphone, we're all going to have battery life problems. Mobile technology and it's needs for power consumption has developed at a much rapid pace and battery technology simply hasn't been able keep up! Furthermore, with all the tech, new features and how much of our daily lives are connected through a smartphone, its very hard to not burn out the battery by the late afternoon if you're a moderate to heavy user. IMO no matter which model we choose, if its the latest tech and has a FHD display, it's going to face battery performance issues sooner or later (I say this considering that all the tech and features are on and used and not having to resort to a setup that skimps on battery). The Note 2 is probably the only smartphone I have had that I could go a full day and do whatever I needed without having to worry about the battery dying. Since going to 5" FHD models, I realised that unless it had a 3500+mah battery, I would need to charge it in the late afternoon on a heavy day's use or carry an external/extra battery if I'm not near a charge port. IMO unless there's a revolution coming soon with battery technology, we'll need to accept carrying that extra battery to save our smartphones asses before the end of the day. If I'm out all day, I alway keep my 9000mah Samsung external battery with me.
I think one of the main contributions to this is the obsession of 'thinness' by reviewers and other media. Imagine how much more battery life you would have if the phone was 1mm thicker and that thickness was all battery. I'd gladly take that trade-off.
I would happily accept another 2mm in thickness on my smartphone for more battery storage!
Me too. It's strange that after so many years battery technology still remains the same (slow charging, low capacity). As if battery companies don't even care. If only we could charge those damn gadgets within seconds, battery life would be less important.
Actually, batteries didn't really change in what, like 15 years ? Those really tine optimizations are nothing compared to what we need... so I totally agree, we need to provide more power, not only reduce our power needs.
I also agree but then we would have the reviewers harping on not just about the thinness but the weight! Don't forget these reviewers expect a modern mobile to weigh no more than a sheet of paper.
The point of focus for all shots on the tangerine was right on the top at the green stem part. They were more or less macro shots cos the distance was very close. That's why the rest of the frame was blurred. The S4 did prove to be sharper in detail. The focus on the colgate mouth wash was on the word plax, again these were macro hence the blurred background. I took the shots under natural lighting and also with LED lights on to test both camera's metering and white balance capabilities and obviously the S4 came out on top. I'll be getting my Z back tomorrow and then i can do a more comprehensive comparison.
From what i have understood about battery tech previously, i honestly believe that there are companies that have spent a lot of time and money on development of battery technologies. However, due to costs related & other issues to commercialising it and the costs to be bourne by the end users, some of these technologies just haven't been able to reach the market. One of the major japanese companies have been working on a very dense battery tech that holds more charge and can be charged to 80% in about 10 mins. Whether we'll see this come to us consumers is not known yet but we definitely need something like this to keep up with the mobile tech!
I have always charged my smartphones overnight and never noticed heating issues or battery life deterioration. Lithium battery technology should allow for charging anytime and at any charge level. Generally the battery life cycle is good for at least 2 to 3 years or around 1000 full charge cycles, by then we would have changed to a new phone anyway. As for whether there's a cut off IC i'm not sure about that.
Seems the update would be in the camera app.. When u click camra few seconds to prompt,some devices not totally launching the app,so take reboots to success.. I think thats cud be in the update and to think theyll also put white blnce to it like the zl..(,in my pov)
You prefer a washed out screen?I will never use Samsung as long as they use super amoled screen, I am sick of the saturated colors
color only wash out when looking at an angle its not like its complete white when you look straight at it.
this is how you distinguish between a photographer eyes and the normal user or consumer eyes...photographer stay true to their color while consumer really like that saturation.
