NoFakie 45 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 "Does it last a day?" is about the only measurement I'm interested in. We got the 6 plus and the bigger battery was a factor over the 6. Our kids like to watch videos and it hammers the battery. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Oh yes certainly. Though I don't watch loads of videos. Better than 5. Link to post Share on other sites
Big Al 16 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I'll qualify my following points by saying that I am an absolute amateur / total beginner in the world of smartphones. However, I recently purchased a Nokia 635 which runs with the Windows 8.1 os (Microsoft now own Nokia) and I have found it to be brilliant for my needs. It cost $239 off the net unlocked and I use the Amaysim prepaid unlimited package which gives unlimited calls and txt's within Australia & 5 Gig of data per month for $45. Very happy camper Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 ...and that is all that matters. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 As for battery life with both the iphones and smart phones the screen is the biggest battery eater, followed by the internet and then auto syncing. Most phones at factory setting have the phone screen brightness set on auto or around the 50-70% brightness setting. The auto brightness really eats the batteru because it often sets the screen brighter than needed. Better to disable that and instead set it for manual brightness and set your brightness for around 30-40% brightness for indoor or cloudy weather. You only need it set brighter in high light conditions or full sunshine. This will save a huge amount of battery everytime the screen is on. Another thing turn off auto sync unless you really need it. You will still receive email, fb, twitter notices with it disabled. One more thing all phones have many applications running all the time in the background basically every app installed on your phone is running constant in the background whether you use it or not. If you set them to all sleep while the screen is off this will also save battery. Dont turn on sleep for things like email, fb, etc otherwise you will not receive notifications until the screen comes back on. The duration for screen time out also burns battery unnecessarily. If you set screen timeout to say 15-30 seconds this will save a lot of battery too. Doing the above can save as much as several hours of battery depending on your phone and the way you use it. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 both the iphones and smart phones Deary me, why do you insist on this, why you just can't understand... It's really not difficult. The iPhone is a 'smartphone'. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 An iphone is not considered a smartphone, everyone associates them as something different. If you go to a phone shop and you want a smartphone and ask for a smartphone, they will not offer you an iphone as a choice. Although technically they are the same thing but with a different operating system people think of them as different. I wonder you must have no life, I offer some hopefully helpful advise for some people who 'may not' know and all you worry about is the difference or lack of between phones with two different operating systems. Everyone understands the difference in the way iphone and smartphone is used in speach and as I said above consider them seperate devices. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Everyone understands the difference in the way iphone and smartphone is used in speach and as I said above consider them seperate devices. Well, count me out of your 'everyone' comment, because I consider iphone to be a smartphone. Mainly due to the simple fact that..... it is! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 So it must be like everyone minus myself and brit-gob. snowdude, I was clearing something up you said that was misleading. If we want to help people, as you so boldly suggest, then surely it's best not to mislead them. ** By the way, speech is not spelt 'speach'. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Everything I say is misleading to you, lol. I am sure people are not so stupid that they do not understand what I am saying even if it may not be to your liking. If it is confusing I am sure people are capable of asking me what I mean. While it is good to make sure things are accurate or clear most people can anyway read between the lines if something is not quite as clear and work out without too much trouble what I mean. But your point has been noted and I will try to make things more clear so that people will find it less confusing. Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Everything I say is misleading to you, lol. I am sure people are not so stupid that they do not understand what I am saying even if it may not be to your liking. If it is confusing I am sure people are capable of asking me what I mean. While it is good to make sure things are accurate or clear most people can anyway read between the lines if something is not quite as clear and work out without too much trouble what I mean. But your point has been noted and I will try to make things more clear so that people will find it less confusing. Snowdude, saying that an iPhone is not a smartphone is like saying a hoover is not a vacuum cleaner. and iPhone is a model of smartphone produced by Apple, running software called ios. just like a Sony experia z is a model of smartphone produced by Sony running software called android. if that isn't clear to you, then here is some reference material for you. http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Smartphone Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Although, i am sure you will now spout some crackpot nonsense about how an iphone is not a smartphone, because some other crackpot told you that. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Sadly, your efforts are probably a waste of time, surfarthur. iPhone actually being a smartphone and that being a fact does not seem to distract or discourage snowdude from claiming that the world thinks that it isn't. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 The iPhone being a smartphone is not a 'theory' that you can agree or disagree with, snowdude. Without sounding like a complete idiot anyway! Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 When did a fact ever get in the way of snowdude making a fool of himself? Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Docomo and au treat the iphone differently and do not list them under their smartphones. I don't even think the iphone is listed in the same catalogue as anything on Android. I think this is just Apple being poncey and there is really no need to go along with it. In the real world, google gives 220,000 hits for "iphoneなどのスマートフォン" Link to post Share on other sites
Peetan 10 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Just look at the thread title. Says it all. Link to post Share on other sites
peterson 0 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Just illustrates the power and dominance of the Apple brand.... iPhone Others Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Yeah. The way Docomo labels it is iPhone Docomo Smartphones Obviously, that doesn't escape the fact that the iPhone is a smartphone. It's just the dominant one and apple gave probably demanded such treatment. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 And they label the iPad and 'Docomo Tablets' seperately in exactly the same way. I'm guessing snowdude might reckon the iPad isn't a tablet, the silly billy. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I'm guessing snowdude might reckon the iPad isn't a tablet, the silly billy. Whatever it is, it's jolly well shite! They should be is censed and apologise issue. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 fwiw, the Japanese carriers have always had their own release schedule with summer and winter models, and their phones are not stock. A Japanese Galaxy, HTC etc. is quite different to the international model. Japanese models are usually waterproof, get tv reception, and can be used for pasmo, felica, and all the nfc based payment things you can do. Conversely, most of the Android phones with the highest ratings on the international tech sites are not available on Japanese carriers. Apple clearly have their own international release schedule, hype the hell out of it, and don't include the Japan specific features above. It could make sense from the carrier's perspective too to keep the Iphone separate. They seem to sell it on a "no touch" basis where if you have a problem with it, their response is "you run along to Apple now because this has nothing to do with us". It must save them lots of stress when folks say "how do I get my train pass on this" etc. Link to post Share on other sites
1 4 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Yes au say if something goes wrong to contact apple. These things of course though don't make the iphone to not be a smartphone! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Yes, of course. I brought up the sales tactics of the Japanese carriers because it is about the only basis for thinking that the iphone is not a smartphone. It's a bit ironic for snowdude to take that thinking on, because he doesn't have a very high opinion of Apple's stuff. Thankfully, the 220,000 hits for "iphoneなどのスマートフォン" (like the thread title here) shows that plenty of ordinary Japanese people too view the Iphone as the smartphone that it is, regardless of how they are marketed. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I wonder if Apple demands that kind of marketing of the carriers. Link to post Share on other sites
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