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Is there hope for a future Droid with LTE, Global, 4" screen and removable battery?
Droid 3 is nearly everything I want except for: no 4G, 512mb, locked bootloader.
I was very disappointed learning the Droid 4 had no removable battery and wasn't a global phone.
It seems those of us who value physical keyboards are getting an ever-dwindling selection of phones to choose from.
Droid 4 is a global phone, but VZ isn't going to release a radio firmware update to unlock the global features yet. Though the battery isn't claimed to be user replaceable, but it actually is with some simple steps.
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Yes. It's called the Samsung Stratosphere. Sure the specs are dated and the memory is low, but it has everything else you ask for.
I think there is a good possibility that you will continue to see more phones with physical keyboards and increasingly better specs in the near future. There must still a big enough market demand for this kind of phone, Motorola didn't even wait 6 months between the D3 and the D4. You will probably see a few more slide-out QWERTY phones before the end of this year. Better screens and LTE.... definetly, global and removable battery.... maybe, unlocked bootloader..... not if it is made by Motorola!
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Yes. It's called the Samsung Stratosphere. Sure the specs are dated and the memory is low, but it has everything else you ask for.
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It's not global, though.
I think that removable batteries will be more rare in high-end devices. People want thinner phones with more battery capacity, and it's hard to be both with a removable battery pack. And the success of iPods, iPhones, iPads, Kindles, etc., etc., show that more than enough people don't care if the battery cannot be removed.
See, that's the thing, do people actually want thinner devices, or are they buying them because that's all there is to buy?
As it is, I deliberately went with my Droid 3 instead of the Stratosphere and Bionic when I got my phone because it had a hardware keyboard and (I thought) comparable specs. My battery life is bad, but no worse than every other Android phone I've ever owned, or smartphone for that matter (no Blackberries, those aren't smartphones, they're webapps).
Recently I've considered buying a 3500mA battery with a huge, ugly thick battery door just so my phone might have multiple day battery life. And right now, the competition is so dismal and battery life is so universally bad among smartphones on all platforms that the first company to come out with a smartphone with dumbphone battery life should make a killing.
LaTropa64, the way I understand it the 4 will technically work globally after the radio update (like eXecuter.bin said) simply because Verizon LTE hardware takes a sim card and has some weird interoperability with GSM networks, which is what the rest of the world uses. Myself, I don't give a crap because I'm not roaming internationally any time soon, nor is anyone I know. To me the non-removeable battery is a way bigger problem..
..but should it be? Would people even care about the battery if it had ENOUGH battery life? I used to use a Samsung i737 Winmo PDA phone that shipped with both an extended & standard batteries, and I had to swap to get through a single day. That was the most annoying thing about that phone to me, was having to stop, pull the battery, and give it the full 5 minutes to reboot afterwards, every single day. If it came down to it, just because of those experiences, I would always buy a phone with a large-enough non-removeable battery over one with multiples.
EDIT: Notice I said "WITH DUMPHONE BATTERY LIFE" above. That's really the key; to me, the Droid Razr Maxx with its "You can make it through 1.2 days!" battery life isn't nearly good enough, they're about 4 days short. My work cell phone sneers quietly as it's on 24/7 for five full days without needing a charge...
Hello everyone!
I've been owning my wonderful i9000 for two years now, and for a few months battery life has become terrible, even on stock GB ROMS (i'm currently on a CM10 nightly, and it lasts no more than.. 12 hours on moderate use, 6-7 in regular use.
So I've decided to test its capacity with Nova Battery Tester (pretty good app btw), and the result showed me that it had dropped to 750 mAh, that's to say half the stock capacity.
According to the result, and due to my financial incapacity to buy a new Android Phone for now, I've decided to buy a new battery, but I can't decide which one to choose.
I'd really appreciate if some of you could give me some advice.
Have a nice day!
Lurdy said:
Hello everyone!
I've been owning my wonderful i9000 for two years now, and for a few months battery life has become terrible, even on stock GB ROMS (i'm currently on a CM10 nightly, and it lasts no more than.. 12 hours on moderate use, 6-7 in regular use.
So I've decided to test its capacity with Nova Battery Tester (pretty good app btw), and the result showed me that it had dropped to 750 mAh, that's to say half the stock capacity.
According to the result, and due to my financial incapacity to buy a new Android Phone for now, I've decided to buy a new battery, but I can't decide which one to choose.
I'd really appreciate if some of you could give me some advice.
Have a nice day!
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In time batteries will lose there capacity. This is something you cannot prevent. It's caused by some chemical stuff inside your battery. You'll need a new one.
Yeah, I figured it out, that's why I asked advice on which battery to buy (a stock one, an extended one...)
You can buy a 1650mah one which is the same size or a bigger one but it will require a bigger back case. Watch out for fakes (eg. "3500mah from Hongkong")
Go to the Accessories section of the I9000 forum, lots of battery threads.
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I’ve got a 1800mAh one which is same size as stock one.
Apparently the galaxy s plus has a 1650mAh battery, which supposedly also fits in our regular i9000 phones. A Dutch webshop sells it here, no idea if they're shipping to other countries though. It's a small 150mAh upgrade.
http://www.mobielbereikbaar.nl/product/samsung-eb575152lu-accu-origineel
Hi, I want to buy a new phone in this month for price like Moto G2. There are a lot of phones, ex. Zenfone 5, but I choose Moto G2 because:
- Not bad battery life (Zenfone has poor battery)
- Stock android (Lollipop)
- I think great camera and moooore...
- Zenfone is really overheating...
But I have some questions, how is it with 1GB RAM? Is it enough? (I meant, if it is lagging...) Has phone some lags? Notification LED?
I won't use this phone for gaming, I'll have it to work. So, please tell me, if this phone has great "multitasking", is battery is really good?
Thanks to everybody.
This phone has very little lag and is very fast with good battery life, but sucks at "multi tasking". The issue has been improved a lot with 5.0.2, but not completely. So if you plan on doing multitasking, don't get it.
If multitasking is not a priority, then this is the best phone in this price range.
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This phone has very little lag and is very fast with good battery life, but sucks at "multi tasking". The issue has been improved a lot with 5.0.2, but not completely. So if you plan on doing multitasking, don't get it.
If multitasking is not a priority, then this is the best phone in this price range.
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Thanks a lot, I think I will get Zenfone 5, i know that its battery sucks, but im not really active user, which uses the phone all day.
Hi everyone, I'm considering replacing my old phone with a ZR. I don't mind that the ZR was launched is 2013. The reasons I'm considering this phone:
Removable battery
Good battery life
Waterproof
I read on GSMArena that the battery life is great. I've read people saying they can get 1.5 to 2 days moderate use. Is this true?
Please share the pros and cons based on you personal experiences. (yes, i've read similar questions posted here, but I'm also curious about recent numbers on battery life?).
Thanks in advance
coldfusionhybrid said:
Hi everyone, I'm considering replacing my old phone with a ZR. I don't mind that the ZR was launched is 2013. The reasons I'm considering this phone:
Removable battery
Good battery life
Waterproof
I read on GSMArena that the battery life is great. I've read people saying they can get 1.5 to 2 days moderate use. Is this true?
Please share the pros and cons based on you personal experiences. (yes, i've read similar questions posted here, but I'm also curious about recent numbers on battery life?).
Thanks in advance
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Yes. Max 1.5 days here with Stock(4.3) ROM. I only use WhatsApp and Browser.
coldfusionhybrid said:
Hi everyone, I'm considering replacing my old phone with a ZR. I don't mind that the ZR was launched is 2013. The reasons I'm considering this phone:
Removable battery
Good battery life
Waterproof
I read on GSMArena that the battery life is great. I've read people saying they can get 1.5 to 2 days moderate use. Is this true?
Please share the pros and cons based on you personal experiences. (yes, i've read similar questions posted here, but I'm also curious about recent numbers on battery life?).
Thanks in advance
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Battery life depends on individual usage. XZR is not great but good phone mid range.
For me, the cons are low internal memroy ( should have been 16GB like XZ ) and very poor front cam if you are selfie person.
coldfusionhybrid said:
Hi everyone, I'm considering replacing my old phone with a ZR. I don't mind that the ZR was launched is 2013. The reasons I'm considering this phone:
Removable battery
Good battery life
Waterproof
I read on GSMArena that the battery life is great. I've read people saying they can get 1.5 to 2 days moderate use. Is this true?
Please share the pros and cons based on you personal experiences. (yes, i've read similar questions posted here, but I'm also curious about recent numbers on battery life?).
Thanks in advance
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There are definitely many worse phones than ZR out there.. Since i've got this phone a year ago it has been flashed constantly, apk's installed installed/uninstalled constantly... I dont know how many times i've dropped it on the floor and been caught out in the rain with it and still it is here, booting up without complaints...
On stock rom i never got better than about 20 hrs battery life and now on custom rom about 24 hrs... Great phone thjis...
coldfusionhybrid said:
Hi everyone, I'm considering replacing my old phone with a ZR. I don't mind that the ZR was launched is 2013. The reasons I'm considering this phone:
Removable battery
Good battery life
Waterproof
I read on GSMArena that the battery life is great. I've read people saying they can get 1.5 to 2 days moderate use. Is this true?
Please share the pros and cons based on you personal experiences. (yes, i've read similar questions posted here, but I'm also curious about recent numbers on battery life?).
Thanks in advance
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That wholly depends on whether you want REMOVABLE battery or LONG-LASTING battery. Since your battery is removable, it is inevitable that the battery suffers wear-and-tear far sooner than non-removable ones because there are all sorts of things that may place themselves between the battery and the contact point, that may include dust, moist, droplets of whatever liquids, etc. As a result, even if the battery started great, it WILL deteriorate at a noticeable speed. That's why manufacturers are reluctant to produce battery-exchangeable devices if it is not so necessary, plus that it will make it thicker and look a lot less favorable. To conclude, removable battery is a feature that puts this phone on a different category than other Z phones, but you should consider them because of a far longer lifespan, and that removable battery ain't not THAT worth it.
I am on stock latest 4.4.4 and battery lasts for a day only. But I'm using 3G so thats considerable. Also the flaps have become loose because you can not keep it open as it may break in pocket. but for charging you have open. so after some time the locks on flaps wear out. they are very hard to get. even sony does not provide it
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paulson881 said:
That wholly depends on whether you want REMOVABLE battery or LONG-LASTING battery. Since your battery is removable, it is inevitable that the battery suffers wear-and-tear far sooner than non-removable ones because there are all sorts of things that may place themselves between the battery and the contact point, that may include dust, moist, droplets of whatever liquids, etc. As a result, even if the battery started great, it WILL deteriorate at a noticeable speed. That's why manufacturers are reluctant to produce battery-exchangeable devices if it is not so necessary, plus that it will make it thicker and look a lot less favorable. To conclude, removable battery is a feature that puts this phone on a different category than other Z phones, but you should consider them because of a far longer lifespan, and that removable battery ain't not THAT worth it.
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I've had people telling me this as well but I doubt its a significant difference. My friends with Samsung phones don't have issues with this. Their batteries lifespan is about the same as an iPhone. When its at the end of its life, just buy a new battery and pop it in. Lets you keep using the phone till you really need to upgrade. Also, I like the extra option to remove the battery in case I need to force the phone to restart. I've had to do that a couple of times....when I really needed the phone work. Luckily my current phone has a removable battery. I don't want to be caught in that situation with a non removable battery.
As an S3 user who can upgrade the value proposition seems slim unless newer battery technology has been incorporated. I tried the ATT s6 and s6 edge in store, compared to my custom lollipop it seems just as snappy. Many people say the battery life between both models has been ambiguous with icnreases in technology being eaten up by higher hardware demands. My phone isn't going to be used for media heavy applicatoins, and the s3 can stream the quality of video I need over any network.
So this brings up the propsitiion ,s it worth moving from the s3 to s6. What new battery technolgoies should I be on the look out for in newer phones or new phones themselves?
The main technology (li-ion) is the same.
Your phone will have better battery life due to more efficient processor, but some of that is negated by more pixels on the screen.
You'll get a better camera, in every way, with the S6.
You'll get significantly more LTE bands, so travel will be less of an issue.
Those are the main advantages, I would say you'll see faster sppeds/better multitasking, but you'll mostly see it in games, not so much everyday use if you have a good custom ROM.
You'll lose a lot of the custom ROM scene though. Only a few to choose from and no custom kernels or recoveries due to the locked bootloader.
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For me, the camera and nice screen are the best selling points. I came from an LG optimus G (basically a nexus 4, late 2012 device). The LGOG is on an AOSP based 5.1.1 ROM, that is stable, and just as fast and smooth, from a UI standpoint, as the S6. It has a moderately smaller battery, with something in the neighborhood of 800 charge cycles on it - battery life between the two phones is reasonably comparable - 16 to 18 hours off charger and 3.5-4 hours screen on. Head to head, the S6 might have a slight advantage, but I only have one active SIM so can't do a real test. The S6 does definitely out perform the LGOG in more processor intensive takes (as it should) but the LGOG is still hugely superior at multitasking.
But the camera on the S6 is amazing. Took some video on my bike yesterday at twilight - the camera/display combo was actually brighter than reality. Very cool. The image quality is just leaps and bounds ahead. I've never had a phone with a "good" camera before, and it's very nice not to have to try to decide if it's worth it to carry my point and shoot camera anymore. The phone is now better.