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Smart Actions app for Droid

  • sherm03
    GoChiefs;1355226 wrote:But thats the thing, 8-9 hours with moderate use would be fine, but if I used the phone much, I was only looking at 6ish hours of battery life. The Bionic battery was absolutely atrocious and Motorola is well aware of it. I want a phone that can occasionally browse the web, etc, not a laptop.
    Very true. But you have to remember...the Bionic was Motorola's first LTE phone. And just like every other manufacturer, the first LTE phone made had absolutely atrocious battery life.

    If you're happy with 8-9 hours of battery life (which you should be), you're going to be hard pressed to find a phone that doesn't meet that any more. Now that processors have improved, and manufacturers have tweaked everything to work correctly on the networks, 10 hours is pretty average. My response was more for the 19 hours of battery life expectation comment.
  • GoChiefs
    sherm03;1355232 wrote:Very true. But you have to remember...the Bionic was Motorola's first LTE phone. And just like every other manufacturer, the first LTE phone made had absolutely atrocious battery life.

    If you're happy with 8-9 hours of battery life (which you should be), you're going to be hard pressed to find a phone that doesn't meet that any more. Now that processors have improved, and manufacturers have tweaked everything to work correctly on the networks, 10 hours is pretty average. My response was more for the 19 hours of battery life expectation comment.

    I'm actually quite happy with the phone since we FINALLY got the ICS update, and since I discovered this app, I get that 19 hours. :) The thread wasnt intended as a bitching about battery life thread. Just wanted to inform those with similar issues that might not have heard of the app.
  • sleeper
    WebFire;1355073 wrote:Who cares? I plug mine in while I sleep. Problem solved.
    Some of us actually go outside and spend the night at other's houses quite frequently.
  • sleeper
    hasbeen;1355079 wrote:I have a charger at home, at work, and one that I carry in my work bag. Not to mention an extra battery case.
    Battery life shouldn't be an excuse.
    Some of us have lives outside of having a phone with a touchscreen.
  • GoChiefs
    sleeper;1355261 wrote:Some of us actually go outside and spend the night at other's houses quite frequently.

    Take your 7th charger from your glove box with you!
  • sleeper
    GoChiefs;1355265 wrote:Take your 7th charger from your glove box with you!
    I'd rather spend my time plugging something else in. HEYO.
  • WebFire
    sleeper;1355261 wrote:Some of us actually go outside and spend the night at other's houses quite frequently.
    I'm 36 years old. I do not spend the night at friends' houses.
  • sleeper
    WebFire;1355283 wrote:I'm 36 years old. I do not spend the night at friends' houses.
    Ah, it's cool. I was a virgin at some point too.
  • WebFire
    sleeper;1355293 wrote:Ah, it's cool. I was a virgin at some point too.
    I remember when I was.
  • sleeper
    WebFire;1355296 wrote:I remember when I was.
    Good for you. I hope you could remember last night with your mom. SICK BURN LOL.
  • WebFire
    Ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
  • dlazz
    That smartactions app is a constant source of problems at work. It's the notorious for turning off data/email sync and not turning it back on.

    What hurts smartphone batteries are LTE radios and the screen. Everything else has a marginal affect on the battery.
  • Curly J
    dlazz;1355372 wrote:That smartactions app is a constant source of problems at work. It's the notorious for turning off data/email sync and not turning it back on.

    What hurts smartphone batteries are LTE radios and the screen. Everything else has a marginal affect on the battery.

    I've seen that. Sometimes it doesn't always do what you set it up to do. Can be intermittent even though it says it's working.

    That being said I set up my times for driving to and from work.