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Extended battery for Galaxy Nexus?
- Thread starter Kengh
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Yes you will be able to change the battery and most likely will need it or will have to charge it a few times throughout the day.
depends, most new releases have an extended battery available on launch day.
northernale1
Android Enthusiast
You clearly don't own an lte phone than. Not to mention it has a huge hd screen.
nateap87
Android Enthusiast
Rooted thunderbolt gets me easily through my work day with 4g on. When off, I can make it through the day with no worries. Only turn 4g on when I want to watch a video in HD or download music.
That is like having a ferrari and only driving 25. If you turn off features clearly it will last
nateap87
Android Enthusiast
That is a horrible reference. With that logic, do you always leave wifi on when you're not around a hotspots?
There's plenty of things that people do on their phones that 3g is plenty fast enough for. It literally takes a second to turn 4g on and be connected to it. I'd hardly even call that a sacrifice
I don't use wifi so I never turn it on. Not to mention wifi is not the network. I am buying a phone to use what it is advertised to be used. I shouldn't have to turn off one of the main selling points.
gobluejd
GOBLUE!
I agree, however your logic about WiFi is same as his LTE comment. There is NO REASON to turn off Wifi. Mine is on 24/7, it will waste LESS battery. Also you should use Wifi as much as possible as it helps battery life.
gobluejd
GOBLUE!
There is really no point in having LTE on all the time as it wastes battery. It will drain your battery. My office is in a LTE area, and my home is not. My battery lasts plenty longer when in my home area without LTE. Also it is a KNOW FACT that LTE is a battery beast. Our phones are PC's - LOL they need juice and battery makers need to create something to keep up with the current mobile technology.
Hey my moms crappy candy bar phones lasts like 5 days 
gobluejd
GOBLUE!
Let me rephrase that. If you are by Wifi, USE IT. I am always on WiFi at home and office. The signals there are not good and constantly jumping from 3G/LTE/1X. Our phones will work better on WiFi and the phone calls/texts will come over 1X. Make sense? There for I never switch WiFi on and off. However if you NEVER use WIfi, then well ya do not leave it on.
gobluejd
GOBLUE!
Completely agree.
rushmore
Extreme Android User
There is really no point in having LTE on all the time as it wastes battery. It will drain your battery. My office is in a LTE area, and my home is not. My battery lasts plenty longer when in my home area without LTE. Also it is a KNOW FACT that LTE is a battery beast. Our phones are PC's - LOL they need juice and battery makers need to create something to keep up with the current mobile technology.
That will not stop many posts complaining about battery life, in spite of common sense points mentioned here.
northernale1
Android Enthusiast
thats idiotic logic there,,,
so all ferrari drivers do 225mph all the time,,,
i do have large screen phone,, and no to LTE
but i do learn how to use my phone,, and can easily go 2 days on a charge with the galaxy SG2
I hear you, it's just frustrating when my wife (a power user) uses her Iphone for a day and a half without a charge and I am stuck with my DINC where I can go from full charge to 15% while texting, tweeting, and FBing durring a football game on Saturday. This is with hardley any widgets (score mobile only) and GPS, WIFI, and push e-mail off.
She has NOTHING customized on her phone.
northernale1
Android Enthusiast
you have a app running in the background somewhere,, only way there can be that much drain,,,
people have to learn android is a smartphone(and I hope they dont dumb it down to iOS level when ICS comes out)
do some google searching on how to use your phone,, I did and it has really paid off
I am sure that's it, but that's just it I shouldn't have to search a damn forum to learn that. Yeah, I do it but come on man that is ridiculous. I am a tech guy and like to figure stuff out on my own.
When I go to manage applicatons and look at the running apps there is aways a bunch of them listed. If that is not how it's supposed to be then there is something wrong with the OS in general and more of an issue.
Turning off 4G LTE when you are not using it is a more reasonable solution compared to changing batteries or getting an extended one.
Why would you want a thicker phone or lug around extra batteries when you can fix the problem with one click on a widget.
I disagree with your point and with the way you put it. All smartphone users have to manage their battery life, unless they are most always near a charging source.
Additionally, and I go on with a note to everyone, I think the use of such terms as idiotic to describe someone's viewpoints is degrading.
Please avoid this type of statement going forward as it is too much like a personal attack.
Steven
ChiTownJim
Android Expert
When I get this phone I will use power management the same as my Tbolt that gets me 20+ hrs of life . 3g and wifi on all the time LTE only when needed and juice defender turning my data off while my phone isn't being used and only polling every 15minutes . And I bet with the battery that's bigger in the Nexus I will get better battery life then my Thunderbolt
No reason to always have LTE on imo but to each there own
No reason to always have LTE on imo but to each there own
Sandroidfan
Android Expert
Tbolt battery life sucked out of box due to poor early Qualcomm LTE chipset. Nexus has more efficient OMAP4 and different LTE chipset, so it should last longer. Also it seems like ICS brings some new power saving features.
As for battery GSM Nexus seems to have 1750mAh battery that's 350mAh bigger than Tbolt one. Also it's rumored that battery on Verizon LTE version is even bigger.
I forgot the sgs2 has lte. Oh wait it doesn't. Your comment is moot since lte drains more battery than hspa+