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Hi, was tossing up in getting a new phone between the HERO and DIAMOND 2. I have watched a ton of Youtube Reviews, read even more written reviews but they all go into the same crap no one really reviews the everyday use of the Hero. Things that matter.
1. How good is the vibrate on this phone?
2. Notification LED. Does it light up indefinately till you view the notification or does it time out? if it does time out can it be changed to unlimited? I know there is software for SMS, Missed Call. But not for email. I need something to be able to light up at a glance even if I have been away for hours.
3. Coming off an iPhone 3GS which has crap battery life just under a day, how does the Hero compare on Moderate use? Would you get 2-3 days?
4. Call quality in terms of earpiece and speakerphone?
5. How does it work as a PIM? Is the Calender still buggy? I remember my G1 you would remove the reminder and it would still show up in Agenda view, but when you go into the item it wasnt there
6. Are the Ringtones loud?
7. Can you Sync to do tasks with Toodledo?
8. Is the Exchange support any good and accurate sync? Contacts, Mail, Calendar?
9. One of the biggest crap things on iPhone is not being able to Snooze reminders. Can the Hero perform this handy function?
10. How good is Web browsing? in terms of page rendering? I read that the new android 2.0 will zoom out to the whole page and fit to screen rather than zoom in closer to one side as old versions did. Is this true?
I am happy to hear any PRO's and CON's from users on here who own or used a Hero.
It would be good if I could if I could test it somehow before I drop $700 on it, but the stores dont have any Demo's. I am in AUSTRALIA also so chance of playing with one in store is slim as 9 outta 10 places just use dummy phones
Hey there
If you live in the US, I would recommend you go to a Verizon Wireless store and try the Droid Eris. Its basically the HTC Hero under a different skin. That's what sold me... I'm almost certainly getting the Hero.
Sorry I can't answer your questions, but thought it might help
I would if I could, but being from AUSTRALIA I dont think we have that model and also even less of a chance of playing with an Android on display.
1. How good is the vibrate on this phone?
Don't know how to answer this question... how do you define a good vibration? You can definitely feel it vibrating if you put it in your jean pocket. That being said, I have never had a phone that doesn't do that.
2. Notification LED. Does it light up indefinately till you view the notification or does it time out? if it does time out can it be changed to unlimited? I know there is software for SMS, Missed Call. But not for email. I need something to be able to light up at a glance even if I have been away for hours.
It will time out (don't know how long though), and cannot be changed.
3. Coming off an iPhone 3GS which has crap battery life just under a day, how does the Hero compare on Moderate use? Would you get 2-3 days?
2-3 days? No way. There is no full screen smartphones which give you this kind of battery life. If you turned off internet, don't play media files, don't talk, simply leave it on stand-by, then it can last 2-3 days. Plug it in whenever you are in your office or home.
That being said, the battery of my phone does last a day typically.
4. Call quality in terms of earpiece and speakerphone?
Loud and clear.
5. How does it work as a PIM? Is the Calender still buggy? I remember my G1 you would remove the reminder and it would still show up in Agenda view, but when you go into the item it wasnt there
Good. HTC has their own Calender app for the Hero (and there are ways to get back the Android Calender app, search this forum). It is nicer, looks better, but runs slightly slower.
6. Are the Ringtones loud?
Loud
7. Can you Sync to do tasks with Toodledo?
No idea.
8. Is the Exchange support any good and accurate sync? Contacts, Mail, Calendar?
No experience.
9. One of the biggest crap things on iPhone is not being able to Snooze reminders. Can the Hero perform this handy function?
Yes, there is a snooze button when the calender alert rings.
10. How good is Web browsing? in terms of page rendering? I read that the new android 2.0 will zoom out to the whole page and fit to screen rather than zoom in closer to one side as old versions did. Is this true?
iPhone 3GS is much much better, due to speed and smoothness. Page rendering is better on the iPhone too.
Hero does not have Android 2.0 yet and it does not zoom out to the whole page by default (yes, it's annoying). Double-click on a section does zoom in, but somehow it zooms in more than I would like to most of the time. Again, iPhone is better here.
Hero's browser can display flash. But it is flash lite and it is not as fast as one would like. Don't expect to play flash games or watch flash videos with it. It is useful though if the site you visit uses flash navigation menu, in that case there is nothing you can do with the iPhone.
Speed-wise it is comparable to the iPhone 3G (non-S), but other than flash the iPhone has a much better browser.
"8. Is the Exchange support any good and accurate sync? Contacts, Mail, Calendar?"
Yes, even better than the iPhone sync. The iPhone supportes remote wipe (don't know for the hero), but the hero can sync mail, contacts and calendar while syncing with your pc or google (you can even do the 3 at once), while the iphone doesn't support mixing iTunes contact/contact sync if there's an exchange account enabled.
Speed : Slightly slower compared to my iPhone 3G (3.1, jailbroken)
The only thing I miss is Safari, but I found dolphin browser to be very usuable, and I'm looking forward to Fennec (firefox). But the stock browser supports downloading whatever you want, and that's a plus.
Thanks alot for both of your replies...
I've had good vibrates like the PALM Centro which rocks your jox off nearly and if you can even feel it while walking. Some of the other phones like Blackberry Bold etc.. The vibrate sounds powerful, but thats about it.. it just sounds hard.. but if your stationary or got it in a pouch you wont feel it. The only way is if you had it on your desk and heard it rumble on your desk.
Damn sux about the LED, I hate that I always had to wake up the iPhone to check if I have anything when I was away from it. A notification LED is an excelent way of knowning when something has happened.
Yeh got to admit the iPhone does have strength in HTML browsing..
Glad to hear exchange support is better than iphone..
Hmmm spead compared to the 3G.. not too bad.. compared to the slowness of Windows Mobile sometimes..
Dolphin browser and firefox coming soon huh?? What about CHROME ported to the Android or is that what the android is using for browsing..I cant remember I read that the new android would open up a webpage much similar to how the iphone would render it when loading.
About the notification light, it kind of flashes on and off slowly and gently. But it only flashes about 1ce every 20 seconds. But it will keep flashing once every 20 seconds for ever realy, it doesnt seem to time out (i have had it flashing in the morning to tell me about an email that i got just before i went to bed)
flash wise, i find that it can manage most online flash video things, and it will even load small games, but it will play them very slowly.
Then most important thing to remember is that on android, and particualy, on HTC phones, things HAPPEN. If later some new phone comes out with an amazing, unique interface, you can be sure that someone here will port it over for hero users.
All the little niggles can be fixed as well, partly becuase android seems to be being updated fairly rapidly, and partly becuase of how little google forces upon you. Dont like the text app? replace it with something else then. Dont like the music app? then ditch that as well. Its a great sence of freedom. Also google isnt picky about what goes on the market. Basicaly, as long as its not porn, then fine. Which means theres lots of apps that apple would never allow becuase they would rival its own stuff. Google doesnt seem to care about that
Totally agree with you CyberWalrus about the Appstore and hate the iPhone how it just doesnt let you get rid of their propriety software like say NOTES (just as an example)
Good to know about the LED, I just received so much conflicting information as some say it will turn off after 5mins and then others say 20mins others say that the Trackball flashes first and then the Green LED.
I mean just would like it like the good old days where when you receive a notification whether it be mail, sms/mms, missed call, calendar event. You receive a notification LED flashing till you attend to it. So its reassuring to hear yours works like that.
I had the G1 before loved the device, clean smooth OS.. unlike Windows Mobile which trys to emulate Windows too much.. Windows should just go from the ground up and redesign there Mobile OS to make it more intuitive they at 6.5 now and they have a bee's dik difference from Mobile 5 and then again Mobile 5 isnt too much better than Windows Mobile 2002/2003.
But yeah enjoying theses phones like Android that are built from the ground up and are focusing on the consumer. As I said loved the G1 but had issues with the PIM which I do really on a lot. My appointments were set to Alarm say 1 hour before and then I would remove the alarm which would remove but then going into Agenda view it would say my alarm is still on. Its lil bugs like that. annoyed me.
But I am wanting to visit Android again after using Symbian, Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard & Professional. iPhone 3GS. THe Pre did look apealing but a bit of a dissapointment after its anticipated release. So Android is looking good and I dont know it makes me feel warm and fuzzy.. I can see a good future for Android.
It's fascinating to see all the passion behind some of the posts on things like games, still photos, video, and audio. Some people seem to care a lot about certain things while others care less.
So, using the categories below, what percentage of your time on the phone is spent in each? I think it'll be fun to see how differently we all use our phones. Commentary on how the phone performs in your most important categories would be interesting too.
I'll start:
Voice/Productivity/Web/Photos&Video/Audio/Games
15/40/20/5/20/0
BTW, the tally should always equal 100%
My phone arrives Friday so no commentary from me until then...
why did not you add a multiple-choice poll to the thread????? would have been much easier.
agreed
Probably 50/50 AngryBirds/Charging
20% - troubleshooting battery problem
75% - showing off
5% - phone/text/etc.
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Dashers said:
Probably 50/50 AngryBirds/Charging
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Lol, my sgs 2 is charging 12 h a day now
Flashing 100% .
rumours that you can do things like internet messaging and talking to people is really a bit far fetched .
jje
100% posting links of vidoes of it to friends with inferior phones.
Okay... *all* friends.
I can't wait for it to arrive!
Then it will be 100% showing it off to them!
;3
everything you can imagine, except making actual phone calls
I use it to pick up women
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Lol, my sgs 2 is charging 12 h a day now
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are you serious?! my SGS 2 lasts me 1 and a half days, with moderate / heavy use, i'll be downloading from the market, leaving wifi on, listening to music, sending files from my laptop to my phone over wifi ( try to use as little cables as possible ), going on this forum + engadget, few calls and texts.
Games seem to eat up a LOT of battery life.
As for me... Video, Music, games - Beats is addictive as hell, plus the retro game emulators, showing it off
...and...
paying for my bus and train rides with the NFC chip.
Sticks02 said:
Games seem to eat up a LOT of battery life.
As for me... Video, Music, games - Beats is addictive as hell, plus the retro game emulators, showing it off
...and...
paying for my bus and train rides with the NFC chip.
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In South Korea has the NFC chip system really taken off? Is there a good security system in place for NFC based smartphones say if the person looses / has his phone stolen?
I shall be collecting mine in 2 hours.
Tonight I intend to use it to film Mrs. BB3311 and myself whilst engaging in lewd acts.
Name your pros and cons for having each. I'm deciding whether to get this or the 4S. Obviously you're on here cuz you probably have the GS2, so I'm expecting some good pros! But I also want to be aware of things I might miss or run into. This is probably easier for people who've had an iPhone in the past, but really, you can participate either way.
Edit: I'm also really concerned about battery life. What kind of battery life do you get? How long does it go without a charge, and what kind of screen-on time do you get? And how does this compare to the battery life of your past iPhone (if you've owned one)?
my gf has the 4s i have the gs2. her phone is tiny, its really disappointing to use. I used to own an iphone 4 and was very pleased with the os, now though whenever i hold one i get sad because there's so much goodness being spoiled by that small screen.
anyway, on to the part that matters to you: battery life.
This one really varies, when i first got the gs2 and android i would get about the same battery life as her 4s but i was a noob and had all sorts of background data going and wasting battery. Since i've downloaded juice defender ultimate and set it up correctly, i get about 24 hours or more out of the phone b4 needing to charge.
Go with the gs2.
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my gf has the 4s i have the gs2. her phone is tiny, its really disappointing to use. I used to own an iphone 4 and was very pleased with the os, now though whenever i hold one i get sad because there's so much goodness being spoiled by that small screen.
anyway, on to the part that matters to you: battery life.
This one really varies, when i first got the gs2 and android i would get about the same battery life as her 4s but i was a noob and had all sorts of background data going and wasting battery. Since i've downloaded juice defender ultimate and set it up correctly, i get about 24 hours or more out of the phone b4 needing to charge.
Go with the gs2.
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24 hours? That's sweet. How much do you use the phone during that time? Heavy or moderate user?
the only thing that iphone wins in is the connectivity with a mac (ical, address book, itunes) i know there are apps for this and while they are good, they dont match the easiness (IMO)
I was an Iphone user since the 2007 when it first came out. I have had everyone one of them since. I just switched to the SG2 from my 4S and I absolutely love this phone. Yeah, the Iphone has a polished OS, but I had to jailbreak it to use any of the better functions.
I rooted and put a rom on this puppy and I get 48 hrs of battery life moderate use. If I go heavy I can easily get 24 hrs...
i have the skyrocket now and i'm really disappointed with it. longtime 3gs user and android is definitely less polished with many more force closes than ios. another thing is that you're always worried about whether or not an app is poorly written and just spinning in the background. i don't have energy to deal with such things- when i download an app (words with friends or facebook are two really good examples on android vs. iphone) i just want it to work and not screw up my phone. yes, i know there are other apps other than words with friends but everyone i know uses words with friends and i don't think i could convince everyone to switch over just to play with me.
that said, yes you can do a lot more but you really have to mess with all the settings to get them just right. and even then the battery life is awful.
i'm a med student so i spend long hours studying and listening to music on my phone. with my 3gs i could easily get through a 12+ hour study session listening to music the whole time with frequent browsing to look up drugs, diseases, etc.
yesterday i was in the library for a little more than 10 hours with my skyrocket (on wifi the whole time) and it was at 10% when i left whereas the 3gs would be 50%+
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i have the skyrocket now and i'm really disappointed with it. longtime 3gs user and android is definitely less polished with many more force closes than ios. another thing is that you're always worried about whether or not an app is poorly written and just spinning in the background. i don't have energy to deal with such things- when i download an app (words with friends or facebook are two really good examples on android vs. iphone) i just want it to work and not screw up my phone. yes, i know there are other apps other than words with friends but everyone i know uses words with friends and i don't think i could convince everyone to switch over just to play with me.
that said, yes you can do a lot more but you really have to mess with all the settings to get them just right. and even then the battery life is awful.
i'm a med student so i spend long hours studying and listening to music on my phone. with my 3gs i could easily get through a 12+ hour study session listening to music the whole time with frequent browsing to look up drugs, diseases, etc.
yesterday i was in the library for a little more than 10 hours with my skyrocket (on wifi the whole time) and it was at 10% when i left whereas the 3gs would be 50%+
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The skyrocket has much lower battery life than the Galaxy S II because of the 4g. I usually get a whole days worth of usage out of mine (14+) by the end of the night with about 2-3 hours of screen on time and still have about 40-50% battery left.
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I had an iPhone 4, before 3gs and 3g.
I hated having to wait for jailbreaks to use some features.
Hated Itunes with a passion.
The OS felt boring without jailbreaks.
Bluetooth is closed to share files, songs with other people.
Can't use it as a mass storage device, everything from pc have to go through itunes.
Means you can't copy files directly from other pc, have to rely on third party apps like dropbox which sucks for big files.
Only thing I miss is Activator, which is a jailbreak tweak.
I'm going to attempt a different approach here....
You need to ask yourself what type of user you are. Either a tech/geek/hacker (whatever you want to call it) or someone I would call a general user. By general user I don't mean light phone user. I mean somebody who doesn't want to monkey with settings/themes/roms/kernels etc. The tech user will probably always pick the android over the iphone for its ability to be modded. The iphone is good because you don't have to think about it. Let Apple do all the worrying for you and just use it.
This is not to say that the GS2 is not a great device for a general user, or that an iPhone is not a great device for a techy, but they both shine in different ways. Take a look through the themes section and check out some screen shots of the GS2. Look at all the different ways you can make it personal. The iphone (non jailbroken) will always look pretty close to everybody else.
To answer your battery question though, I easily get 24hrs with moderate to heavy use (caveat: I run an app called tasker that helps with battery saving. Great app).
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I'm going to attempt a different approach here....
You need to ask yourself what type of user you are. Either a tech/geek/hacker (whatever you want to call it) or someone I would call a general user. By general user I don't mean light phone user. I mean somebody who doesn't want to monkey with settings/themes/roms/kernels etc. The tech user will probably always pick the android over the iphone for its ability to be modded. The iphone is good because you don't have to think about it. Let Apple do all the worrying for you and just use it.
This is not to say that the GS2 is not a great device for a general user, or that an iPhone is not a great device for a techy, but they both shine in different ways. Take a look through the themes section and check out some screen shots of the GS2. Look at all the different ways you can make it personal. The iphone (non jailbroken) will always look pretty close to everybody else.
To answer your battery question though, I easily get 24hrs with moderate to heavy use (caveat: I run an app called tasker that helps with battery saving. Great app).
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I agree with you about what kind of user you are. The iPhone is meant for certain people while android is meant for others. It really comes down to what you want from your phone. If you like the freedom of changing every little thing about your phone then go with the Galaxy S II. If you like something that you don't have to mess with much and still have a good user experience, get the iPhone.
I say go gs2. Better community, xda is awesome. More customizable stuff...and androids eat apples.
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Pretty much just echoing what has already been said, but I switched from the 4 and while it was a beautiful piece of hardware, I had so many headaches dealing with Apple's restrictions. I'm not much of a widget guy and keep just one homescreen with almost nothing running in the background and get amazing battery life, certainly just as good as the 4 if not better (flashing UnNamed helped as well, but not necessary).
This phone is lightning quick, feels great in the hand and I just can't imagine going back.
Agree with Geremy.. used a 3GS before, then an Aria, now the SGS2..
How you approach using the phone is the key decision point.
As to battery life,the SGS2 is pretty good for an android phone. On a light-use day (some email, 20 minutes of newsreaders, about an hour of music...I can go 14-15 hours. On a heavy use day, extensive emailing, web browsing for a hours, navigating in car, music while working, phone calls,I will get about 8 hours. BUT I always carry a backup battery, so I don't pay much attention to that issue.. on a heavy day,I will switch batteries at about 4 pm and use the phone until the end of the day... just start charging when I go to sleep, meantime, the second battery is charging in the external charger... the next day,I am ready for either situation.
(actually I have 3rd battery for when I am traveling an don't know how much I will use the phone, or when/ where I will be able to charge it again..).
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GeremyHamlett said:
I'm going to attempt a different approach here....
You need to ask yourself what type of user you are. Either a tech/geek/hacker (whatever you want to call it) or someone I would call a general user. By general user I don't mean light phone user. I mean somebody who doesn't want to monkey with settings/themes/roms/kernels etc. The tech user will probably always pick the android over the iphone for its ability to be modded. The iphone is good because you don't have to think about it. Let Apple do all the worrying for you and just use it.
This is not to say that the GS2 is not a great device for a general user, or that an iPhone is not a great device for a techy, but they both shine in different ways. Take a look through the themes section and check out some screen shots of the GS2. Look at all the different ways you can make it personal. The iphone (non jailbroken) will always look pretty close to everybody else.
To answer your battery question though, I easily get 24hrs with moderate to heavy use (caveat: I run an app called tasker that helps with battery saving. Great app).
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I would have to agree with this whole-heartedly. The other main difference are the apps that are available and how well they are written. I fall as someone who is a techy but isn't too much for visual customization. I don't mind the phone looking the same as others, but do like tinkering with the internal processes from time to time.
I used iphone 3gs, 4 and am using ASGS2 now.
iphone +s.
As apple is manufacturer of phone + OS, they know the things inside out and fix the bugs easily and quickly.
Your iphone is guaranteed for at least 2 to 3 future iOS releases though some functions may not work with new releases.
I like Iphone Keyboard a lot, the accuracy of letters while you type in is excellent, with same speed of typing I make a lot of typos on ASGS2, I somehow managed to get nicer typing with help of "Go keyboard (free)" on ASGS2, my sincere thanks to "Go keyboard" Team!
Quality of hardware and resale-able on ebay! your return on investment works!
ASGS2 +s.
Bigger Screen/Display.
Open source, apps from 3rd party like Amazon apps store, support from forums like xda.
Easily unlock-able/ root-able.
More customizable than iphone due to big community of freelancers as you see on xda!! Hats off to them.
Flash videos works here, not on iphone!
I just came from a 3gs. From a core perspective, i.e, web, email, browsing, facebook, twitter, etc. it's pretty much the same. Lots of different options, way more control.
My recommendation is that you go into the store and spend a few hours over a few days playing with the devices. It's hard to get an true feeling of things but it will at least get you more time with Android.
Apple makes a nice product, iOS is solid. But for me the screen size on the 4s screwed the pooch. I'm older (42), and frankly was sick of the smaller screen.
My decision came down to two points:
1) Could I two way sync with icloud calendars (entire house is apple).
2) How much of a pain would it be to get Apple Address Book Contacts into Google
3) How much of a pain would it be to get/sync itunes to it?
Subjective:
4) Would I like Android.
Answers:
1) Smooth Sync for Cloud Calendars - perfect two way sync.
2) Export to vCard - Import to Google. Easy.
3) Doubletwist with Airsync - works like a charm. Installed doubletwist on device and imac, airsync on device and bam! Wireless sync of itunes to GS2.
4) This is the hardest one for you to answer. As a long time apple user I found myself so ingrained with how things looked with Apple that some things were an initial shock. Not that they didn't work, but because the look a little different etc.
I think most has been covered here already but+ 1 if you like to SET UP EVERYTHING the way YOU LIKE IT AND WANT IT TO WORK then OGSGS2. I have never and will never use a iPhone because I like to tinker with my phone to it's Max. And as far as battery life it is pretty darn good. I would say I am a pretty heavy user also.
The area where it levels out is while I was sleeping fyi and forgot to plug it in.
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I would say that I agree with everyone here so far. I really want to like android- I'm a techy nerdy kind of guy. I would never buy a Mac because I know I can build my own desktop with the same components for half the price and dual-boot hackintosh it if i really wanted the OS (which i don't). I only bought the first original iphone because I could unlock it and use it on my ridiculously cheap grandfathered T-mobile plan at the time (when there wasn't 3g). This was far before the days of untethered jailbreaking and unlocking so it was pretty involved and quite scary because it was fairly easy to brick the phone from my understanding. And I only got the 3gs because android was really unrefined at that point and ATT had no good offerings.
But at the same time my life has gotten busier and busier so I have less time to mess around with different ROMs of varying stabilities and worrying about whether or not that new app I installed is sucking up all of my battery in the background. Or having to unroot the phone before taking it in for any warranty issues. Maybe I'm getting old, grumpy, or work is ruining my life- I'm not sure which one it is haha.
I will say the one feature I LOVE about my SR though is that 4.5 inch screen. I know it has terrible pixel density and all that stuff but I love how big everything is- it's so much easier on the eyes. I also really like the ability to add widgets to the homescreen and that the customization options are there (but something I don't really care for).
But at the same time I think it's the little things where Apple has really outdone everyone. For one thing, the scrolling on the stock web browser is jumpy and I find that using the headphone remote to double click to skip the song is blah. For some reason (as I mentioned before) Samsung also thinks that nobody cares about bluetooth headset voice dialing and left it out of this phone. Also, you can't change the auto-brightness settings at all and the stock settings are horrific. Yes I know there are 3rd party apps for all of these things but then you're introducing another variable which you then have to worry about if it's sucking up all of your battery in the background (in my experience I found both the Dolphin and Opera web browsers to use significantly more processor time than the stock web browser)
Also, yes having a removable battery is awesome and theoretically easy to switch throughout the day but I have the Otterbox Defender on my SR which is definitely not a case you want to be taking apart and putting back together all the time. All of the other cases for the phone (and I'm a clumsy person so I definitely need a case) don't seem much easier to take on and off as well.
Oh well, maybe with ICS Android will smooth out the edges and developers will stop writing crappy code to allow for all sorts of rogue apps....
I had the S2 for about 3 weeks and then returned it to get my wife an iPhone 4s. I currently use my Captivate. I hate Apple with a passion, but I will say the iPhone is just soo polished! If you dont want to hack anything it really is a great phone (minus flash) and battery life is better than ANY Android phone. My wife gets 3 days of life per charge easily. She doesnt have push email but she does use it.
My S2 only got me a day of battery life (push enabled). For me I would stay Android (i love the customizing) but if battery life is a big concern there is no doubt Apple as Android beat. Thats my 2 cents.
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If you want great battery life, go use an old 3310 Nokia phone.
Hi,
I was planning to buy this device. Can someone give me their feedback about the battery life. (Not comparisons to other devices)
If someone can tell me the following, it would be great
-How many hours of music playback (I intend to use bluetooth headset)
-How many hours of video?
-How many hours of internet browsing
Just approximate values should do. Thanks
roc_vader said:
Hi,
I was planning to buy this device. Can someone give me their feedback about the battery life. (Not comparisons to other devices)
If someone can tell me the following, it would be great
-How many hours of music playback (I intend to use bluetooth headset)
-How many hours of video?
-How many hours of internet browsing
Just approximate values should do. Thanks
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Hi,
1. Music playback I have not tried so do not know.
2. Video - I watch movies and stuff at a stretch for 6-7 hours with a 60-75% volume and brightness of around 25-30% of maximum.
3. Internet browsing again have not checked. But I am guessing it would vary with if WiFi or sim data. I am guessing this also would be around 6-7hours. Maybe some1 else who has tried can tell you about this.
As far as general everyday use goes, I use it for reading ebooks, watching around 2-3hours of videos /day and browsing net via WiFi for about 30-45min/day. With this usage, I the battery lasts me for 12-15hours of active usage with the brightness set to a level of 20% of maximum - sufficient for indoor use. Of course, while on video, the in app brightness is set to higher.
hope this helps. And it is a wonderful device but a bit pricy - but then again its worth it.
One of my colleagues said that his Galaxy tab easily does upto 10 hrs of Browsing on wifi... But thats probably coz of a lower frequency cpu. Now am confused if I should look at the Galaxy as an alternative, especially since its $125 cheaper
Still, I thought that an under-clocked Jetstream ROM can help me get similar battery life, with an option to go back to stock if I ever wanted to.
What say? Is it worth those $125 extra?
I have used the galaxy tab briefly. I definitely like the Jetstream way better. But it depends on you-my main usage on Jetstream has to do with the scribe pen and tons of ebooks. The ability to seemlessly annotate and underline, highlight in the native PDF viewer plus the notes app which is replaced by quill is just as close to brilliant as could be.
10 hours on WiFi only possible I think. I said 6-7hours for a mix of mobile data and WiFi. But as I said I have not tried so do not know for sure.
In any case, the sound is surely better, processor surely ahead. So if 125 is not too much a burden I would surely suggest Jetstream. However, a word of caution. It is likely that customization may be delayed with the Jetstream due to it being relatively newer and a slightly more expensive tab compared to the Galaxy Tab. ICS may see Galaxy Tab a good time earlier compared to Jetstream. There is a Doom Kernel which allows for system mods provided by the person who gave us root-DoomLord. You can under/over clock with that. So think it over before you invest. Tried giving honest overview of the pros and cons from Jetstream point of view. Hope it will help you decide and hope to see 1 more proud Jetstream owner.
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I use my HTC Jetstream daily for work, especially because I use the stylus pen everyday to take notes, mark up PDF's, etc... I have no problem getting all day battery life using my Jetstream.
What I have done is, I have the Jetsream in airplane mode, then I have switched the WiFi on, and seems to give me an extra hour of battery life. I tested once on a weekend where I used the Jetstream all day and lasted about 12 hours. This was browsing, email and watching some YouTube.
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Unless I am missing something, there is no way this is geared for a business professional, anymore than a regular tablet would be. It's not an ideal phone, email or texting device, just something that features office 365 on two screens. I know for myself, if I cannot make/receive phone calls and texts, even send emails efficiently, then this device is DOA for me. Am I off base here, or give it a go?
If you aren't into getting to play with new stuff then don't bother. I use it, Director of IT for a medium and find lots of uses for multi tasking. But I can see some areas for improvement. But I use a Bluetooth headset 99% of the time and we are heavy Office 365 so Teams and power point at same time or SharePoint makes it nice. This isn't your weekend photo family phone.
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Unless I am missing something, there is no way this is geared for a business professional, anymore than a regular tablet would be. It's not an ideal phone, email or texting device, just something that features office 365 on two screens. I know for myself, if I cannot make/receive phone calls and texts, even send emails efficiently, then this device is DOA for me. Am I off base here, or give it a go?
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I think this device is directly targeted to the business user that is immersed in the M/S eco-system. It's real advantage is the dual screen multifunctionality. Where there are misses in my opinion are speaker quality, camera quality (maybe software can help), lots of people take lots of photos for business purposes, half the RAM I think the device needs for its intended purpose and battery life. In order to utilize the multi-tasking dual screen you will eat up the battery in less than a day. Software aside I feel like this is half baked, in 6 mos it will feel complete??