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I want an HTC Desire, for the screen real-estate mostly, but I'm concerned about battery life.
I'm using iPhone 3GS and it only lasts me 6 hours max (I use a lot of online stuff) but the old 3G was too slow. So, my question is, do you think I'd be disappointed with the Desire's battery life? I have 2 other choices in mind: HTC Legend (small screen, but new android and new chip) or Moto Droid (large screen but old chip, also android 2.1 though.) These two should consume less power but might be a little slow, esp for the Droid. Any comments appreciated!
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1. The screen real estate of the HTC Desire (or any Android handset at the moment) doesn't actually provide you any noticeable benefit due to the inconsistent UI of Android, as well as the lack of polish overall in the operating system & lack of polish in the apps available. I'm yet to find an app on Android that is more useable than those I ran on the iPhone.
2. If I use my HTC Desire with one or two background apps running (one of the main benefits of Android) my battery life is considerably worse than my iPhone 3GS.
3. I've since gone back to my iPhone 3GS from my HTC Desire due to instability & UI slowness. Also the fact that Android doesn't support using the micro sd card for application installation means after loading 3 or 4 applications, the entire phone starts to slow down. If you are thinking the Legend of Droid would be ok, they would if you never loaded an application on them. Even with Nexus ONE or HTC Desire's 1ghz processor Android is just not as responsive as the iPhone 3GS.
This is of course my opinion and you or others can of course disagree. I had a lot of hope for my HTC Desire. Unfortunately after the first week of using it, the honeymoon was well and truly over and I'm back to running my iPhone 3GS, albeit with iPhone OS 4 Beta 3 (which is a marked improvement).
Regards,
Shane.
1. The screen real estate of the HTC Desire (or any Android handset at the moment) doesn't actually provide you any noticeable benefit due to the inconsistent UI of Android, as well as the lack of polish overall in the operating system & lack of polish in the apps available. I'm yet to find an app on Android that is more useable than those I ran on the iPhone.
2. If I use my HTC Desire with one or two background apps running (one of the main benefits of Android) my battery life is considerably worse than my iPhone 3GS.
3. I've since gone back to my iPhone 3GS from my HTC Desire due to instability & UI slowness. Also the fact that Android doesn't support using the micro sd card for application installation means after loading 3 or 4 applications, the entire phone starts to slow down. If you are thinking the Legend of Droid would be ok, they would if you never loaded an application on them. Even with Nexus ONE or HTC Desire's 1ghz processor Android is just not as responsive as the iPhone 3GS.
This is of course my opinion and you or others can of course disagree. I had a lot of hope for my HTC Desire. Unfortunately after the first week of using it, the honeymoon was well and truly over and I'm back to running my iPhone 3GS, albeit with iPhone OS 4 Beta 3 (which is a marked improvement).
Regards,
Shane.
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The Droid is still pretty snappy for being a year old.
That being said, battery life is going to be different for every user. Doing heavy use of apps, web browsing, location based services, bluetooth etc will dictate battery life. I have an Eris and if I just just it lightly (quick check of email, few minutes of browsing, etc) I can easily make it last a full day. If I start using the GPS or actively use the browser/apps for an extended period of time I'll drain the battery much quicker.
Simple answer: it will vary based on user
That being said, battery life is going to be different for every user. Doing heavy use of apps, web browsing, location based services, bluetooth etc will dictate battery life. I have an Eris and if I just just it lightly (quick check of email, few minutes of browsing, etc) I can easily make it last a full day. If I start using the GPS or actively use the browser/apps for an extended period of time I'll drain the battery much quicker.
Simple answer: it will vary based on user
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I have had other comments on my video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghRFtDD4t9M) about poor battery life. Some saying it equals the only just a day performance of the iPhone. My experience has been different… classing myself as a medium user, I have WiFi switched on all the time, Bluetooth sometimes, I make/take calls all day, check my email and approve YouTube comments. I still get two days between charges, so I am happy.
Regarding performance, this is superb too. Very snappy. The only lag I get sometimes is switching between portrait and landscape keyboards.
Regarding performance, this is superb too. Very snappy. The only lag I get sometimes is switching between portrait and landscape keyboards.
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I have had the Desire HD for over 12 months now. Battery life with either Wifi or hspa/3g with background sync with either twitter, facebook, gmail, etc sucks the battery life out of it requiring two charges a day minimum. Unfortunately since the upgrade from Android 2.2 to 2.3 which should have improved the battery life I along with others saw no improvements.
of course if you disable all of these features you could go a full day and 1/2 night on charge but that defeats the objective of having a smartphone to keep up with the usage of social media apps.
That said most smartphones on Andriod suffer problems that were released around that timeframe including the Samsung Galaxy S
of course if you disable all of these features you could go a full day and 1/2 night on charge but that defeats the objective of having a smartphone to keep up with the usage of social media apps.
That said most smartphones on Andriod suffer problems that were released around that timeframe including the Samsung Galaxy S
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