Don't care much about smartphones, but I have an HTC thing through work

The battery life is abysmal. Aren't iPhones supposed to be better at that sort of thing?

Posted By: yarmyyarmy on September 12th 2012 at 20:21:33

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The new iPhone (General Chat) - conker, Sep 12, 19:26:42
- Disappointed that there is no wireless charging or NFC (General Chat) - wesley, Sep 12, 19:52:18
  - Wireless charging isn't a new technology (General Chat) - Ben, Sep 13, 02:18:07
  - made the switch from iphone to samsung galaxy s3 few weeks (General Chat) - eddie, Sep 12, 20:02:27
  - The Galaxy S3 is superb. Everything the 5 has got, inc NFC (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 19:55:42
    - Thanks Yellalee (General Chat) - wesley, Sep 12, 20:33:50
      - I would. One X also good. Check out the iPhone though. I have an iPad and love that (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 20:40:38
        
        Right i'll do some research and have a look at the iPhone when it's out (General Chat) - wesley, Sep 12, 20:45:03
      - I like the S3 BUT (General Chat) - Charles21, Sep 12, 20:35:54
        
        Oh that's another thing (General Chat) - wesley, Sep 12, 20:48:55
        
        See, I HATE iOS for video. None of my *coughdownloadedtvcough* works on it (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 20:42:30
        
        How long does it take you to do say an hour of HD film? (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 12, 21:21:02
        
        Hmm, seems a bit quicker than what I use. Can't remember the name of it. (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 21:25:09
        
        that's the problem I'm having with the Samsung (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Sep 12, 21:20:04
        
        Nobody with any sense uses Kies. (General Chat) - Arganth, Sep 12, 20:40:33
        
        could you suggest one then? (General Chat) - Charles21, Sep 12, 21:22:00
        
        First search result in the Google Play store (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 21:29:12
        
        that could be helpful, thanks BUT (General Chat) - Charles21, Sep 12, 21:37:15
        
        I haven't actually done this on my current phone (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 21:39:51
        
        Never touched Kies. Couldn't even tell you what it looks like. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 20:41:09
    - Don't care much about smartphones, but I have an HTC thing through work (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 12, 20:21:33
      - My last HTC (Desire HD) was the worst battery life I've ever seen. (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 20:24:53
        
        HTC One X, that is. Other smaller screen handsets will probably be slightly better, as (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 20:26:05
    - have you tried changing the voice recogniser from Samsung to Google? (General Chat) - Charles21, Sep 12, 20:08:28
      - Really? Might give that a go. Although it is still so gimmicky as to be useless, IMO (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 20:09:15
        
        Love my S3. (General Chat) - Arganth, Sep 12, 20:13:57
        
        yeah, it is a bit (General Chat) - Charles21, Sep 12, 20:13:45
        
        I may be being a div, but where do I change that setting? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 20:22:04
        
        Settings - Language and Imput, Speech - Voice Recogniser (General Chat) - Charles21, Sep 12, 20:31:52
        
        ooops, didn't see vvvvv (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Sep 12, 20:32:14
        
        Settings -> Language & Input -> Voice Recogniser. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Sep 12, 20:28:30
        
        Of course. I was being a div. Ta. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 20:29:44
        
        Ha! That's it isn't it. "oooh that's clever". (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 20:16:35
        
        Use it for dictating messages when driving... (General Chat) - Arganth, Sep 12, 20:18:45
        
        See, I'd find that so distracting when driving. I'd spend half the time watching thescreen (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 20:21:39
        
        I did - until I learnt it was ok to trust it! (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Sep 12, 20:27:43
    - what is nfc (n/m) (General Chat) - earlydoors, Sep 12, 19:59:45
      - Near-field communication. Contactless payments,?ber-quick phone to phone data transfer etc (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 20:04:19
        
        isn't contactless payments from a phone a bit risky (n/m) (General Chat) - earlydoors, Sep 12, 20:05:22
        
        I believe the Google Wallet app needs a PIN to open it (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 20:08:28
  - *not sure now (n/m) (General Chat) - wesley, Sep 12, 19:52:40
- I have to say though (General Chat) - Charles21, Sep 12, 19:43:18
  - Apple genius in the past was inventing hardware or features we didnt yet realise we wanted (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 12, 19:47:56
    - You can't invent a whole new product group every year (General Chat) - Ben, Sep 13, 02:41:35
  - U wouldn't want to do that.... (n/m) (General Chat) - Taxi 4 Johnson, Sep 12, 19:45:07
- Apple shares..... Peaked won't ever go higher! (General Chat) - Taxi 4 Johnson, Sep 12, 19:38:08
- i like iphones. never bought one though. (General Chat) - doncoop, Sep 12, 19:31:06
  - Might have phone in the title, but phone is 1/10 of what they are now. (n/m) (General Chat) - songwriter, Sep 12, 19:50:17
  - The suggestion is that the new low end model will be the iPhone4 (General Chat) - conker, Sep 12, 19:42:37
  - It's worth it (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Sep 12, 19:33:57
- I concur conker........ (General Chat) - Karnivore, Sep 12, 19:30:02
- You can change the ringtone (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Sep 12, 19:27:48

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