When people in 20 years look back at the technology we're currently, using I'm sure they will also laugh at us.
while i am no "phone power user" i've never once had an issue with battery life in any iphone i've used. i've had my ip6 last more than 2 days (had to charge on 3rd day) with my normal use of it just this past weekend actually.
and i specifically remember that because i had more days off than normal and just told myself "eh ill charge it tomorrow" but i didn't need to. i usually just plug it in at night before i go to bed, and just didn't do it 2 nights in a row because i could just do it the following day since i wasn't going anywhere.
even if "battery life is a huge requirement" as he mentioned ... just because one phone has 3 days of battery life, and the other one has 2.5 days of battery life ... doesn't make the 2.5 days of battery life bad. that is the problem with people, they think just because one is better than the other that it automatically means the other one sucks. they can both be good, with one being better.
(and yes i pulled those 3 and 2.5 days out of my ass, but it gets the point across)
I'll give you a real world example. My SO uses her ip5 a lot and is always charging it. Whether we're in the car or at my house, it's always attached to a cord because the battery sucks. She's had it for over a year and is what I'd call a active user as she texts and calls people a lot (big social butterfly type). For whatever reason, her phone is always dead. If we go out, she asks the bar or restaurant to charge it. If we're at friends or family or yes, even a party, she is looking for an outlet. It fucking drives me up a wall. She is always asking me how much juice I have left, and it's almost always over half. For example, we used gps google maps on my Turbo to get us to a vacation spot (3 hour drive) over the break. My phone still had 60% battery when we got there, hers was dead (she forgot her car charger of course). We were both at close to full when we left. So not sure how you explain that. She said she's looking into switching to my phone because the battery life is so irritating.
Anecdotal story I know, but the best real world example I can give on how shitty the iphone battery is. Maybe she uses it more than the average user during the day? But she's mainly just texting or on facebook and it can't even hold a charge by bedtime. That's not acceptable to me, a phone shouldn't be on a goddam cord every time it's not being held. As you can tell, it's very annoying when your SO is borrowing your phone to make calls and text their family/friends because theirs is dead and we're in a car.
I'll give you a real world example. My SO uses her ip5 a lot and is always charging it. Whether we're in the car or at my house, it's always attached to a cord because the battery sucks. She's had it for over a year and is what I'd call a active user as she texts and calls people a lot (big social butterfly type). For whatever reason, her phone is always dead. If we go out, she asks the bar or restaurant to charge it. If we're at friends or family or yes, even a party, she is looking for an outlet. It fucking drives me up a wall. She is always asking me how much juice I have left, and it's almost always over half. For example, we used gps google maps on my Turbo to get us to a vacation spot (3 hour drive) over the break. My phone still had 60% battery when we got there, hers was dead (she forgot her car charger of course). We were both at close to full when we left. So not sure how you explain that. She said she's looking into switching to my phone because the battery life is so irritating.
Anecdotal story I know, but the best real world example I can give on how shitty the iphone battery is. Maybe she uses it more than the average user during the day? But she's mainly just texting or on facebook and it can't even hold a charge by bedtime. That's not acceptable to me, a phone shouldn't be on a goddam cord every time it's not being held. As you can tell, it's very annoying when your SO is borrowing your phone to make calls and text their family/friends because theirs is dead and we're in a car.
I'll give you a real world example. My SO uses her ip5 a lot and is always charging it. Whether we're in the car or at my house, it's always attached to a cord because the battery sucks. She's had it for over a year and is what I'd call a active user as she texts and calls people a lot (big social butterfly type). For whatever reason, her phone is always dead. If we go out, she asks the bar or restaurant to charge it. If we're at friends or family or yes, even a party, she is looking for an outlet. It fucking drives me up a wall. She is always asking me how much juice I have left, and it's almost always over half. For example, we used gps google maps on my Turbo to get us to a vacation spot (3 hour drive) over the break. My phone still had 60% battery when we got there, hers was dead (she forgot her car charger of course). We were both at close to full when we left. So not sure how you explain that. She said she's looking into switching to my phone because the battery life is so irritating.
Anecdotal story I know, but the best real world example I can give on how shitty the iphone battery is. Maybe she uses it more than the average user during the day? But she's mainly just texting or on facebook and it can't even hold a charge by bedtime. That's not acceptable to me, a phone shouldn't be on a goddam cord every time it's not being held. As you can tell, it's very annoying when your SO is borrowing your phone to make calls and text their family/friends because theirs is dead and we're in a car.
I guess threads like this are necessary to pretend like this is an active forum. It does illicit the emotional response, but it is thrice reheated corn beef hash.
I think this is one area where android has just gone nuts. I mean come on, who needs 4 days of battery life on their phone? I don't want my phone to be 8mm thick and weigh over 200 grams and I am perfectly capable of plugging my phone into one of the 99 chargers I have around my apartment, house, or car.
Apple products are amazing. There has never been a company that provides close to the quality control that Apple provides with it's products. When you buy a device from Apple, if it isn't flawless, you can get another! In fact, apple will usually even allow stupid people to exchange flawless items once or twice.
IDK. I think you'd have to be crazy not to use Apple products today. But that's just me.
I am also a legit apple fanboy since 1998. My dad was buying Apple IIs and 603e/604e old ass PowerPC macs, so I have used macs since I was a baby.
I do not plan on switching anytime soon
As much as I hate apple, it's not like they are the only ones doing the non-replaceable battery.
If you want to talk about anecdotal stories, my cousin's Galaxy Nexus was getting 45 minutes of battery life, no joke. He always carried a huge portable battery pack/charger with him. Another cousin had a Galaxy S2 and she had to carry 2 or 3 spare batteries with her.
Many phones will flip a KNOX flag of you root them. Goodbye, warrantee. How could an Android fan not know this?http://www.xda-developers.com/xda-tv-2/your-warranty-is-not-void-xda-tv/
If your phone has a hardware problem that has nothing to do with you getting root it would be interesting to see what grounds they would use to refuse a warranty.
Just having root doesn't make it more insecure, you can do a bunch of stuff that will make it insecure after you have root access but that's a different issue.
Many phones will flip a KNOX flag if you root them. Goodbye, warrantee.
Now you need even more special exploits to avoid tripping KNOX. Those aren't always available.
I believe Motorola had a similar mechanism to Samsung's KNOX.
Many phones will flip a KNOX flag of you root them. Goodbye, warrantee.
No phone manufacturer is claiming 4 days of life. 48 hours is the hyped time for the Droid Turbo and that's stretch under all but the most specific situations. I'm not sure anyone has ever got 48 hours of somewhat meaningful use of it. The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact has one of the highest life ratings of any phone ever produced and it's just a hair past 48 hours under modest use.
The only reason I even have the Turbo is because I work in a brick building with a ton of lead shielding for medical equipment. My cell reception is horrible. About 10% of my day is spent without signal and the radio is boosting the power to try and find one. I had a 1st gen MotoX which I absolutely loved. It just had a tiny battery and some days was down to 25% 4 hours into my day. With the Turbo I can make it a full day and only be down to 50%. If I need a top off I hit it with the turbo charger and get another 4 hours of use in about 15 minutes. They claim 8 but that's a stretch.
There are times when I really appreciate the extra battery life. I made a trip to San Francisco last month that had some *really* long days. I'm talking leaving the hotel at 7:00AM and not getting in until 1:00AM. We were doing Google maps, yelp, pictures, texts, phone, ect. Most days my friends iPhone6 was down to single digits by 10:00PM and had to stop using his phone while I was still chugging along at over 50% while taking a ton of pictures still. It was useful during that trip. Nice not needing to carry a charger or ask for a top off from someone.
I've had weekends where I've taken my phone off a charger at 6:00AM, used it lightly all day, hit a hotel at night, used my phone on the nightstand for a white noise app and woke up at 8:00AM the next day with still 40% left. Can get back home later that day and put it on the charger before going to bed and still have battery life left.
All that said, I'd still gladly take my MotoX over the Turbo again if my cell signal wasn't so terrible where I work. It was the perfect form factor and didn't have the crappy shutter lag that the the Turbo does.
the problem is your sister, not the phone. I'll explain it to you - she was on her phone the entire 3 hour drive.
How do I know these facts? You also described my wife's iPhone. If you get her an android phone, be prepared to give her 3 spare batteries.
I can tell you that the Droid Turbo kills the iphone 6 in battery life.
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Motorola-DROID-Turbo-vs-Apple-iPhone-6_id3839/page/4
Never used a kindle fire nor ipad so can't comment on that.
There's a few things that bother me about Apple. Mostly the increasingly closed nature of their hardware. Everything is perma-soldered and glued down, essentially making them disposable computers. I'm not a fan of the locked down nature of iOS either, which is why I still jailbreak. My fear is that OSX will go that route as well. That's why I want to go with the OnePlus or some other rooted Android phone to replace my ageing 4S. I shouldn't have to hack my device to access the file system or install Flux.
That said, Apple has excellent hardware build quality and you can get quite a bit of longevity out of their products. It's really hard to argue against the iPads being the best tablets on the market. The Air 2 is stupid fast. OS X is also still the preferred OS for creative professionals. I still prefer Final Cut over what's on Windows, even is X was controversial.
Price wise, computers aren't cheap but phones and tablets are comparable to flagship Android and Windows devices. What does piss me off is the outrages prices they want for more storage on mobile. It's a huge scam.