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smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 1 month agoFor me, phones have been more than powerful enough for probably 5 years. I’m predominantly looking for battery life from my new phone, not more power. I think I’d happily use a Pixel 1 processor if it had double the battery life.
Battery life and performance go hand in hand. Race to idle when done correctly gives both great battery life and feels nice to use.
I don’t use my phone for a lot of intensive things often, but when I do I punish this thing. Also for work we abuse our poor phones.
I don’t disagree with the theory but I’ve been getting barely a day of battery life since I started buying smartphones 15 years ago. As processor efficiencies are made, they waste all the power elsewhere.
I want to know how long a Nexus 5 would last with a modern battery and CPU and modem.
A modern nexus 5 would also have modern software and probably get the same battery life because of it.
And while I don’t use my phone a whole lot, I pretty easily get 2 days of battery life out of my iPhone. Had I gotten the MAXX XL Xtreme instead of the smaller one I’d easily get 2 days of battery life. And that’s with my maximum charge limited to 80%.
This exactly how I looked at my phone. I just got a pixel 8 pro this week upgrading from the pixel 3xl (because I fell for the sale email and got it for $600 lol) I was already considering upgrading as my phone had started acting up and hitching recently and it’s been about 5 years anyway.
Can’t say I’m a fan of the 8 pros battery life so far in comparison to the pixel 3xl though.
RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have had my phone for 7 years now and recently replaced the battery for 20 bucks. I don’t really understand the need for fast af phones when everything already works smooth as butter. What are people doing on their phones that needs that much power?
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Mobile gaming.
Lemmy isn’t really the iPad baby generation’s demographic.
vikingtons@lemmy.world 1 month ago
are mobile games actually good or are you referring to emulation?
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
“Good” is subjective, but mobile gaming is huge.
It’s an interesting read.