Apple’s 2½ year old iPhone 12 is 6% faster than the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

Re:Apple’s 2½ year old iPhone 12 is 6% faster than the new S... by kaba0 on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:16AM (#34736656)

Show me any lithium battery-powered device that would last longer. They are all in the same ballpark and this is simply inherent in the way this tech works. Once another battery type surfaces in mobiles this might change, but still then you won’t get any meaningful differences as there is no order of magnitude difference between even the best and worst phones in power consumption and battery capacity.

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Re:Apple’s 2½ year old iPhone 12 is 6% faster than the new S... by rakoo on Friday February 10, 2023 @04:33AM (#34737496)

My featurephone still gets 5 days of use without plugging in.

If you say that the comparison isn't relevant, I'll say yes: the whole point is that the industry has been innovating for computing power and computing power only. Cheaper versions exist to target low price. But no work is done to target long battery life because it's not considered profitable.

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Re:Apple’s 2½ year old iPhone 12 is 6% faster than the new S... by kaba0 on Friday February 10, 2023 @04:37AM (#34737527)

Feature phones are not running on general purpose OSs and are not capable of half the things smartphones can do. So there actually is an order of magnitude difference between energy consumption, resulting in longer battery life. But since their functionality is way different than a smartphone’s, it is akin to measuring the fuel efficiency of a horse and a car.

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Re:Apple’s 2½ year old iPhone 12 is 6% faster than the new S... by rakoo on Friday February 10, 2023 @05:02AM (#34737719)

Wrong. KaiOS runs on featurephones and has a lot of the features people want from a handheld device: listening to music, messaging, social, even directions. KaiOS has a store where anyone can distribute their own apps.

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