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Which android phone suits me?

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Brython

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Hi guys

I am totally new to the world of Android but I do am considering buying an android phone. At this moment I'm looking at the Galaxy Ace. However I have some questions about this phone because I read tons of bad reviews and don't know if this phone meets my requirements... Hope you can help me or even suggest me another Android Phone which meets my requirements...

What I'm looking for?

- Touchscreen mobile phone
- I prefer Samsung (currently have a Samsung star 1 and yes it is v
 
I will tell you if you are going to be getting any smart phone you better get used to charging every night...but I love my phone so much, that I don't mind..also you can buy extra batteries, or extended batteries.
 
Yea, I've heard more people saying this... But I just can't believe this...

How on earth could people be satisfied paying hundreds of euros/dollars to a phone which has to be recharged daily or otherwise will be of no use... I just can't believe there isn't a single android phone on the market which gets through some days of intensive use... I've been looking through the market for like a year now but still kept my Samsung Star 'cause it allows me to use it 4-5 days without recharging.

I just don't want to be dependable of my recharger lol :p
 
Brython said:
How on earth could people be satisfied paying hundreds of euros/dollars to a phone which has to be recharged daily or otherwise will be of no use... I just can't believe there isn't a single android phone on the market which gets through some days of intensive use.
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You just learn to live with it. Made easier by the fact that you can charge pretty much all smartphones via USB. We leave our PC on 24/7 so it's just a matter of plugging in the smartphone to the PC when we get home. I'm just glad that smartphones can now last at least majority of the day. I remember when I first got my original iPhone, I was already out of juice within 6 hours of using the phone.
 
Ok so assume I just recharge it every night... Then I read stuff like "you have to unplug your mobile phone when it's fully charged, otherwise you'll overload your battery".

Is this really true? 'Cause that means you even should install an alarm clock to deconnect your phone from the charger :p.

As far as I knew, electronical devices (such as a Nintendo DS for example) shuts the power of a charger off, once it is fully charged. Am I wrong, saying that this also counts for mobile phones (Samsung)?

During school weeks I could indeed decide to recharge it every day but when I'm going out for a party, things will start to get complicated...
 
Brython said:
Ok so assume I just recharge it every night... Then I read stuff like "you have to unplug your mobile phone when it's fully charged, otherwise you'll overload your battery".

Is this really true? 'Cause that means you even should install an alarm clock to deconnect your phone from the charger :p.

As far as I knew, electronical devices (such as a Nintendo DS for example) shuts the power of a charger off, once it is fully charged. Am I wrong, saying that this also counts for mobile phones (Samsung)?
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It works same as your DS. I wouldn't worry about it.

Brython said:
During school weeks I could indeed decide to recharge it every day but when I'm going out for a party, things will start to get complicated...
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Get a phone with removable batteries and just bring a spare with you. They're pretty tiny anyway.
 
rui-no-onna said:
It works same as your DS. I wouldn't worry about it.
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Well, that sounds promising despite what I've read on other forums :p So I guess I'll just ask around to some Galaxy Ace owners :).


rui-no-onna said:
Get a phone with removable batteries and just bring a spare with you. They're pretty tiny anyway.
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Still doesn't solve the battery issue? If I want to recharge my battery, I have to put it in the phone. So I'd have to charge 2 batteries during the night in order to be able to take 'em with me. Because you can only charge the battery whilest sitting in your phone.. you always have to change batteries and can't for example say: I use 1 battery in the morning while the other one is charging... So that sounds a bit dumb, no? :p
 
Brython said:
Still doesn't solve the battery issue? If I want to recharge my battery, I have to put it in the phone. So I'd have to charge 2 batteries during the night in order to be able to take 'em with me. Because you can only charge the battery whilest sitting in your phone.. you always have to change batteries and can't for example say: I use 1 battery in the morning while the other one is charging... So that sounds a bit dumb, no? :p
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There are external battery chargers that can charge just the battery itself. For example, this one for the LG Optimus One series:
Amazon.com: Anker
 
Don't forget that smart phones are basically small computers. Obviously it's not a feature phone, so it will use more computing power and screen power, etc....
 
Saltine713 said:
Don't forget that smart phones are basically small computers. Obviously it's not a feature phone, so it will use more computing power and screen power, etc....
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Yes I know, but I don't seem to understand the success of smartphones then... Nowadays you can't buy a decent Samsung phone anymore without Android service. This means you have to live with the very poor battery life...

Well, I guess I'll just stick with my Samsung Star I (no wifi) then :p. And hope there will be some decent batteries in the future.
Too bad actually, 'cause next to the battery life, the Samsung Galaxy Ace had everything I was looking for (design, nice features, payable, ...)
 
Brython said:
Yes I know, but I don't seem to understand the success of smartphones then... This means you have to live with the very poor battery life...
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All a matter of compromise. Personally, the phone functions of my smartphones are secondary to me. I mostly use them as mobile entertainment devices. As such, as long as battery life isn't absolutely atrocious, I can make allowances even if the battery charge doesn't last a week like on my old feature phone. I also keep a car charger in the vehicle and extra cables in the office. That way, I usually have some way to charge my phone if it runs out of juice.
 
Trust me, there won't be decent batteries in the future, as companies are trying to make their phones thinner and thinner. I would rather have a little bit thicker phone if it meant more battery life.
 
You'd wait forever and never get a smartphone if you intend to have battery life longer than a day. The thing is, the faster the processor, the more powerful the phones are, the more battery consuming it is. Its the same way how netbooks have more battery life than full laptops. Note that phones today have what, 1.2Ghz dual cores with GPUs that process millions of triangles per second, while feature phones like your Samsung Star only has 300Mhz ARM11s.

The success of the smartphone is not on its battery life, its on its uses. Its more than just a phone to call, text, and play a few games at. The apps that it gives you turn it actually in to a small computer.

As for getting through a day, my Samsung Galaxy SL could take me 36hrs if set up for that: that is turn off all features and set it up for use only as a feature phone, which sort of defeats the entire purpose of a smartphone.
 
Sadly, if you are looking for sustained battery performance then best to stick with the old phone. The truth is as smart phones have added more and more features, battery technology has not kept up with power demands these added functions require. Android, Apple, Blackberry, nokia...all in the same boat. Until that technology catches up, smart phone users pretty much get used to modular usage on which functions you keep on dependent on how much power your device currently has. :rolleyes:
So extra battery it is or just take the old phone along for the ride as backup in those "low battery" situations.
 
Thank you all guys.

I guess you're all right about the "phone is now a computer thing". I'll just buy the Samsung Galaxy Ace and see what it gives. However, my Samsung Star and Nokia 3310 will be kept safe to be in use whenever the battery fails me :p.
 
Brython said:
Ok so assume I just recharge it every night... Then I read stuff like "you have to unplug your mobile phone when it's fully charged, otherwise you'll overload your battery".

Is this really true? 'Cause that means you even should install an alarm clock to deconnect your phone from the charger :p.
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No one has answered this, have they? I'd be interested in the answer as -- obviously -- charging overnight does mean you'll still have it plugged in when it's fully charged. Do I need to stop doing this??? :confused:
 
But why are there so many topics/articles about this then?

My current phone is also charged over night and after 2.5 years, the battery life merely changed. So I do believe the phone shuts the power down itself. However, whenever you google "overcharge galaxy ace" or something, you come up to many articles stating that you should not put it on a charger for over 3-4 hours...
 
Where do you sleep? Assuming you sleep inside a house of some kind with electricity, you shouldn't have a problem charging it every night while you're asleep. No, you do not have to unplug the device when it's fully charged. That's so 10 years ago.

You will learn to adjust to the battery life. We did. You could also root your device and underclock it to save more juice. If you want more detail, you'll have to ask someone else as I'm not in the rooting game.
 
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