https://plus.google.com/116988351660148062102/posts/R7EWuTeEbqrIs there an in-depth comparison of Gorilla Glass 3 and Gorilla Glass 2 somewhere?
https://plus.google.com/116988351660148062102/posts/R7EWuTeEbqrIs there an in-depth comparison of Gorilla Glass 3 and Gorilla Glass 2 somewhere?
Ah. But didn't that only up it to like 3000mAh? So still impressive. Did the kernel come with custom voltages?
Where did u get the official samsung extended battery, is it also available on amazon, could anyone provide a link?
Damn...That sucks. You claim it's better than your Galaxy S III, well that sucks too.
Even my Nexus 4 is much better than that and people always complain about it's battery.
Umm...That's not at all true for most phones released the past 2 years unless you either bought one of those cheap $150-200 no contract pre-paid phones or you have some rogue app draining your battery.
Even on my Galaxy S II, I got more than 1 hour of screen time before reaching the 35% mark and no, I never had to disable email syncs or toggle GPS.
If you have to disable all those things that make it a smart phone, then you might as well buy a feature phone.
Given the battery on both this phone and your Galaxy S3 sucks ass, I'd say you have some sort of rogue program that you probably installed on both.
There is not one review on the web out there claiming that the Galaxy S3 has a 1-1.5 hour screen time...Not on GSMArena, not on Anandtech, and I'm sure it's not on one of the other inferior battery testing sites like Engadget/Verge/and others either.
Install BetterBatteryStats and investigate to find out what's causing wakelocks.
Hmm, must be something consistent then because I also had the gs2 and it was worse than the gs3. They didn't start that bad but over time I couldn't get through the day with minimal use. I'm not sure what it could be because there aren't that many apps I install on each new phone.
I use better battery stats, that's how I found out my gps on the active was auto updating. When I checked on a solution, nobody had one other than "turn off auto updates".
Full in depth s4 active battery test analysis
http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-active-battery-tests-are-done-results-inside/
Talk time: hrs
S4 active - 16:40
S4 Regular - 18:03
Web browsing: hrs
S4 active - 7:24
S4 Regular - 7:35
Video Playback: hrs
S4 active - 7:03
S4 Regular - 12:30
Endurance rating: hrs
S4 active - 57 hrs
S4 Regular - 69 hrs
Meaning of endurance rating from GSMArenas:
"Finally, our overall longevity rating (endurance rating) gives you an idea of how much battery backup you can get on a single charge. A score of 40h means that you'll need to fully charge once every 40 hours if you do one hour of 3G calls, one hour of video playback and one hour of web browsing daily. Essentially, it's an aggregated and normalized score, which factors in the three mentioned tests along with the real-life standby power consumption, which we also measure."
none of those should poll your gps in the background except for maps if you're navigating.Lots of things poll the gps in the background.
Facebook, Google now, Google maps, those are the first to spring to mind but there's a bunch of others.
how i wish the s4 active had the same battery rating as the regular s4, i think it looks much batter, plus has extra buttons, plus is water proof.
imagine not caring about rain while walking with your phone in winter......
none of those should poll your gps in the background except for maps if you're navigating.
Did you see the water dunk test? I'd be surprised if the normal S4 couldn't take a bit of rain.
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/gal...n-our-brutal-destruction-test-video-50011470/
All those poll the gps.
I think there's a difference between "might survive that if you're lucky" and "designed to cope with that, no worries".
I've dropped my S3 into a full bath and it was fine but I still want to avoid getting it wet unnecessarily, with a waterproof phone you don't need to worry.
So I did a test with the phone in the pool yesterday, where I jumped in with the phone in my pocket and then took it out. Yes it survived, but then it thought my headphones were connected and started to autolaunch things. Even after it was out of the pool for a couple hours it still had this problem. I rolled up some paper towel to clean out the jack and it still didn't work, but after a few times plugging and unplugging real headphones it figured itself out.
At this point I'm kind of regretting my decision. I don't absolutely NEED the water/dust proofing, but I thought if I could get the equivalent of the GS4 in a more durable design I'd be better off. The thing is, you don't get all of the GS4. The screen is different though its still nice, but the camera doesn't seem much better than the GS3. The battery life is definitely the most disappointing, as it seems no better than my GS3 when it was new despite being a bigger battery. Is that hit in battery life worth it for a bit of water resistance? I'm not sure it is right now, especially given the issues I saw after getting it wet. I have another week to return it if it really doesn't work for me, and I'm strongly considering going to just a GS4 instead.
I've actually cleaned my Galaxy S4 with surface wipes which contain a lot of moisture and it didn't get damaged.
I've even seen videos where the Galaxy S4 was immersed in water for a few minutes and it was still working.
I guess the Galaxy S4 Active is meant for people who want a phone that can stay underwater for 30 minutes and want that extra bit of reassurance when there may be a lot of torrential rains or possibility of flooding.
Or those who use the phone while taking a shower.