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Re:Battery life: Apple's solving for x by mcmancini on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @08:15AM (#8879532)
It seems reasonable to assume that Apple, being a competent design house, did some research and listed "x hours of battery life for function y" on their market requirements docs. I guess I don't understand how meeting their design goals is a profound observation.

As far as battery life goes, the one feature I'm jealous of on Samsung phones is the extended battery life mode. Do they still do that? Anyone know if it's on other Android phones? I'm happy to compromise with a sleeker phone, a la Apple, if I can get some extra battery life while traveling.

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Re:Battery life: Apple's solving for x by marcosdumay on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @12:04PM (#8881050)
They still have that, and other Android phones have different apps with the same goal. But turns out that it's not really needed at the latest models - both my wife's Moto G and my LG G3 have plenty of battery for lasting a few days in light usage, and it does not help in heavy usage anyway.
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