I had a Galaxy S2 that I liked, but wanted to see what the iPhone 4S was all about. I couldn't have been more disappointed with the 4S, battery life was awful, and after using the S2 for a few weeks I got so used to the larger screen. The battery on the S2 is far better in my opinion than the 4S in areas with a poor signal and in real life experience, the S2 is a lot faster than the 4S in every aspect.
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At this point in the day with the 4S i would have 50% left(off charger for 6.5 hours). With more usage on the SGSII i have 75% left mainly because the SGSII gets a better signal.
thefunks67
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I got 38 hours out of my GS2 with generally the same usage as my 4 non S. With the 4 I typically had 24 hours or less. IMHO my GS2 has a better battery life than my old 4. FWIW.
Oh, and welcome back!
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Oh, and welcome back!
-Funk
Wow. You guys are really getting better battery times than I am. I will be at 90% after a 30 minute drive to work. That is without using navigation, although the GPS is on.
One question - I have a desktop dock. Once the S2 is at 100% charged, it beeps and says to unplug the charger. That sort of defeats the purpose of a desktop cradle/charger. Does anyone think it will hurt anything to leave it on the dock?
One question - I have a desktop dock. Once the S2 is at 100% charged, it beeps and says to unplug the charger. That sort of defeats the purpose of a desktop cradle/charger. Does anyone think it will hurt anything to leave it on the dock?
boggdy
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Yeah, I'm out of juice MUUUCH faster. IMO, there's nothing wrong living it plugged. It won't charge if it's already fully charged. That's all the "harm".
pappabacon
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I went from 7:30am to about 9:00pm yesterday with a lot of use (because it was my first day of having it and I had to set up my launcher and icons and such). Pretty impressed for the size of the screen. I leave 4g off, wifi on while in a wifi area, and gps off (unless being used). I came from an iPhone 4, which always gave me decent battery life but isn't nearly as fun.