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Crone

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Deathwing_sl said:
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Well, when I pick the wrong direction it's a pain in the ass! If I get lucky and stick it in first time (lol!) then it's not a big deal. So in the end, not having to worry about it is awesome.

Btw... anyone here play Arcane Legends? Freakin' loving this game! I enjoyed Pocket Legends from the same makers a while back, and this is even better!

Friend me... Wifflepete (iPhone) or Wiffletony (nexus 7) !!
 
Joeboo

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So in light of the battery cable discussion that recently raged on I wanted to get some information on best phone charging practices.

I've almost just prescribed to the old practice to charge to full, run it all the way down to dead or close it and then charge it all the way to full again. I question this because I've started hearing that running a battery down to near dead is bad for it and also hearing if the battery is charged to full and you leave it on the charger that this can hurt the battery as well.

Any information on this? Thanks.
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Honestly, there probably are some best practices to follow to get the maximum life out of your phone battery, but you're probably talking about it only being an issue if you plan on keeping your phone for 5 years or more, and 99% of people aren't going to have their cell phone that long. The max I've ever had a cell phone was 2 years, and in that amount of time I've never seen any noticeable issues with just charging in whatever method is convenient to you. Now, you should follow the manufacturers instructions when you first get the device on the first charge session, but after that I really wouldn't worry about it too much. Between my wife and I, we've gone through HTC Evos, Galaxy S2, S3, and S4, and I've never noticed any significant change in battery life over the lifespan of those phones(other than due to software updates/changes)
 
Eomer

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Pretty sure that lithium ion batteries don't really have "memory", therefore you don't necessarily have to worry about draining it down fully before recharging. Draining them totally dead I believe is actually bad for them.
 
opiate82

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So apparently Samsung has been fudging their benchmark scores:Note 3's benchmarking "adjustments" inflate scores by up to 20% | Ars Technica

We noticed an odd thing while testing the Samsung Galaxy Note 3: it scores really, really well in benchmark tests-puzzlingly well, in fact. A quick comparison of its scores to the similarly-specced LG G2 makes it clear something fishy is going on, because Samsung's 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 blows the doors off LG's 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800. What makes one Snapdragon so different from the other?

After a good bit of sleuthing, we can confidently say Samsung appears to be artificially boosting the US Note 3's benchmark scores with a special, high-power CPU mode that kicks in when the device runs a large number of popular benchmarking apps. Samsung did something similar with the international Galaxy S 4's GPU, but this is the first time we've seen the boost on a US device.
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Deathwing

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Just curious, what percentage of people are buying a smartphone based on benchmarks? And then furthermore, specifically those benchmarks?

Only benchmarks I care about are battery life and maybe call time. I wish benchmarking antenna performance was more common too.
 
Crone

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I've never looked at benchmarks and decided to buy a phone from that. For me, knowing a phone has X number of hours of talk time means nothing to me. I don't talk that much. I guess for that metric it is a standardized method of comparing.
 
opiate82

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I personally don't ever look at the benchmarks, but every time a new phone comes out there are several 'benchmark' articles posted among all the tech blogs, and I do think getting that "(Insert Phone Here) faster than any phone currently out there" headline probably could influence some buyers. Thus the desire to fudge the benchmarks, but yeah, it really is a phone epeen thing.

What I don't understand is did Samsung really think they wouldn't get busted fudging the results or did they just not care cause any publicity is good publicity?
 
Gnomedolf

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I think people are retarded if they believe that the new Apple charger is not an improvement over microusb, and I say that while using an Android phone.
 
Joeboo

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Yeah, at no point in time do I want to replace the half-dozen chargers in my home just for the convenience of being able to plug the cord in both ways. I really like that my phones and tablets all use the same cords.

The next time I make significant changes to my charging setups around my home, it's going to be for the sake of all wireless charging.
 
Deathwing

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What's the improvement in the new cord?

Also, I don't understand the appeal of wireless charging. It's more restrictive(as where you can leave the tablet, physically) and there's still a wire going to the mat.
 
Joeboo

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Heck, at least with wireless charging I'd be able to immediately narrow down where the hell I left my phone, since I'd always go out of my way to set it on one of the mats.
 
Deathwing

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Pocket, nightstand, coffee table, computer. Or do you have the habit of putting the phone down when you're not using it instead of back into your pocket?
 
opiate82

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Deathwing_sl said:
Also, I don't understand the appeal of wireless charging. It's more restrictive(as where you can leave the tablet, physically) and there's still a wire going to the mat.
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Any phone I have kept for more than 2 years has had the charging port wear out eventually. Maybe it is just because I am clumsy and am not very careful in how I plug and unplug my phone, but regardless, that is the appeal of wireless charging for me.
 
Noodleface

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Any phone I have kept formore than 2 yearshas had the charging port wear out eventually. Maybe it is just because I am clumsy and am not very careful in how I plug and unplug my phone, but regardless, that is the appeal of wireless charging for me.
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That's probably your problem.
 
opiate82

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/shrug. Doesn't change the appeal of wireless charging for me. If my phone works fine why get rid of it just because I've happened to reach that 'magical 2 year' mark?
 
Noodleface

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Oh I agree, I'm just willing to bet phone companies are manufacturing phones that last right around the 2 year mark under normal usage
 
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