Thin wool gloves don't keep your hands very warrm though. I wonder if the old USAF system of wool gloves under leather covers would work?
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Does temperature affect the Note 3?
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LilianTepes
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It has been around freezing for a month here in Cincinnati and I have been using my phone a decent bit outside and haven't really seen any effect on the battery life when it's really cold out.
Next week I start a project on my jobsite so we can see how that effects it as well.
Next week I start a project on my jobsite so we can see how that effects it as well.
Simon_Gardner
Android Expert
Where I'm off to next month I appear to be looking forward to regular temperatures of -15
Rukbat
Extreme Android User
While -20C is the minimum discharge temperature for LiIon batteries, the power you get at that temperature isn't the same as you get at room temperature.
An old trick is a bag worn over the shoulder, with the bag under the armpit. Fabric thin enough that the phone is at about body temperature. (Worn under any cold-weather gear - coats, parkas, etc. - if course). You'll feel it ring, and you can arrange your clothing so it's easy to get to, but the battery will be working at a good temperature (for the battery).
Too much use at -20C will shorten the total lifespan. Much use at much below -20C will pretty much be the end of the lifespan.
dontpanicbobby, I don't know if leather gloves over wool gloves will work on the phone screen, but anything that keeps a layer of dead air between your skin and the world (and that system does) will work to keep your hands warmer. (But let's not get ridiculous - a pair of leather gloves over a pair of wool gloves in some parts of the Antarctic at some times of year would be good for about 30 seconds.)
An old trick is a bag worn over the shoulder, with the bag under the armpit. Fabric thin enough that the phone is at about body temperature. (Worn under any cold-weather gear - coats, parkas, etc. - if course). You'll feel it ring, and you can arrange your clothing so it's easy to get to, but the battery will be working at a good temperature (for the battery).
Too much use at -20C will shorten the total lifespan. Much use at much below -20C will pretty much be the end of the lifespan.
dontpanicbobby, I don't know if leather gloves over wool gloves will work on the phone screen, but anything that keeps a layer of dead air between your skin and the world (and that system does) will work to keep your hands warmer. (But let's not get ridiculous - a pair of leather gloves over a pair of wool gloves in some parts of the Antarctic at some times of year would be good for about 30 seconds.)
Simon_Gardner
Android Expert
Simon_Gardner
Android Expert
New Year's fireworks on the waterfront by the old town, Gamia Stan and on Skansen island in Stockholm were great!
Back on thread - still going North and still NO SNOW here in Sweden. My Note 3 is performing well and proving very useful.
Simon_Gardner
Android Expert
So far only -5
Simon_Gardner
Android Expert
Selfie (carrying Note 3).
Now -12
Now -12