iphone and droid people-GTFIH

[ven33]

You guys have to understand what is happening in the background of your phones. Androids run through battery quickly because there are tons of apps working in the background. Time, weather, internet, gps, etc etc. They are all updating very often. If you don't need to know the weather every 5 minutes then change the update time.

Do this and you can increase battery life.

[TransientBeing]

i had a friend use iPhone 4 , then switch to droid , then back to iPhone just because of battery power.

[deadpool9]

I am not an apple fan, but I definitely would not buy a Samsung phone unless you really do not care about ever getting updates to your OS.
They are typically the VERY last company to upgrade software, if they do it at all in a lot of cases.

[lee__d]

I am not an apple fan, but I definitely would not buy a Samsung phone unless you really do not care about ever getting updates to your OS.
They are typically the VERY last company to upgrade software, if they do it at all in a lot of cases.

learn to root it and really have fun with your droid

[SoulZeppelin]

dont use task killers, totally unneeded

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dro...evelopers.html

^^^^^ this

[desslok]

dont use task killers, totally unneeded

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dro...evelopers.html

Good in theory, but if you actually read what that says, it says don't use them except for apps that aren't functioning properly or become unresponsive. Which happens a LOT, and the more apps you install, the more can lock up and become unresponsive. Especially apps that do occasional polling, like ********, Yahoo mail, etc. This isn't a droid issue, but a developer issue and the openness of the droid app development. I haven't noticed most apps that become unresponsive causing any change in battery life, but it definitely affects my phones performance and can make it laggy. I open task killer, sure enough a bunch of unresponsive apps that fail to close, I force them close and BOOM my phone responds more snappy. Though sometimes I just have to reboot to get it back to full speed.

Also, having any email clients that do direct push can drain battery like a mofo, I turn my Touchdown for Exchange app down to a couple minutes or it can take off an hour or more off my battery on push.

[lee__d]

Good in theory, but if you actually read what that says, it says don't use them except for apps that aren't functioning properly or become unresponsive. Which happens a LOT, and the more apps you install, the more can lock up and become unresponsive. Especially apps that do occasional polling, like ********, Yahoo mail, etc. This isn't a droid issue, but a developer issue and the openness of the droid app development. I haven't noticed most apps that become unresponsive causing any change in battery life, but it definitely affects my phones performance and can make it laggy. I open task killer, sure enough a bunch of unresponsive apps that fail to close, I force them close and BOOM my phone responds more snappy. Though sometimes I just have to reboot to get it back to full speed.

Also, having any email clients that do direct push can drain battery like a mofo, I turn my Touchdown for Exchange app down to a couple minutes or it can take off an hour or more off my battery on push.

yea, but most unresponsive apps are handled by andoird anyway (i.e. force closing apps).

i just wouldnt have a task killer period....if u put one on, dont make it "kill all", pick individual apps u want off

[sawoobley]

My next phone will probably be either a HTC Sensation 4G or an iPhone 5. I have T-mobile.

Anyone have an opinion on which one I should get and why?

[desslok]

yea, but most unresponsive apps are handled by andoird anyway (i.e. force closing apps).

i just wouldnt have a task killer period....if u put one on, dont make it "kill all", pick individual apps u want off

I wouldn't have it auto-kill anything, as that is quirky anyways in the later releases of OS. But I like having it as an app to kill the few stragglers that do show up pretty much daily.

[lee__d]

I wouldn't have it auto-kill anything, as that is quirky anyways in the later releases of OS. But I like having it as an app to kill the few stragglers that do show up pretty much daily.

you are one cheeky.....lulz

[SoulZeppelin]

My next phone will probably be either a HTC Sensation 4G or an iPhone 5. I have T-mobile.

Anyone have an opinion on which one I should get and why?

I have no iPhone opinion, but I will speak up in favor of the sensation. Great screen, processors & memory. Dual camera is nice - one for taking pics, one for videoconferencing.

[foodpr0n]

Desslok has been spot on really.
iPhone you can just set and forget. Android is great if you care about specs/playing around with crap. Most of my friends could care less about that stuff and just want a phone that does everything - photo, internet, video, message, call, social media etc and iPhone does this in the most simple, and user friendly way imo.

Now I'm an Apple Fanboi but, I don't have an iphone 4 - I got the Galaxy S.
I'd just rather have everything easy and user friendly like the iPhone. Will update next year though. Going Apple regardless. Better compatibility with my Macbook Pro too.

[desslok]

Now I'm an Apple Fanboi but, I don't have an iphone 4 - I got the Galaxy S.
I'd just rather have everything easy and user friendly like the iPhone. Will update next year though. Going Apple regardless. Better compatibility with my Macbook Pro too.

I have a droid and an iPad 2. At home a Mac mini and a beast gaming W7 rig, and a W7 netbook.

Funny when people try to accuse me of being a fanboi of either one. Oh and get this, I'm a 'NIX admin.....

[foodpr0n]

I have a droid and an iPad 2. At home a Mac mini and a beast gaming W7 rig, and a W7 netbook.

Funny when people try to accuse me of being a fanboi of either one. Oh and get this, I'm a 'NIX admin.....

Lol, my whole family prefer's Apple, but in our household we have;
Win 7 Desktop, two Macbook Pro's, two Win7 laptop's, two Galaxy S', two iPhone 4's, stupid amount of iPod's.

Fanboi?

Did you get the Mac Mini to use as an HTPC? Then get the iPad 2 for a beast of a controller? iPad worth it? I'm waiting for something with decent specs to come out from Apple in the tablet world. I don't want a tablet that's not Apple - yes fanboi.

[ispoody1243]

have an iphone 4,
awesome
does everything i could want in a phone
wont upgrade for ages unless iphone 5 is really good
but prob wait for 6....or 7 lol

[Christiffer]

Not a lot, but I visit a bunch of sites frequently on it. Net navigation is pretty slick with the evo, I do like it better than surfing on her iphone. I tend to limit my playing time on the evo due to the terrible battery life. I would suspect a dual core + AMOLED screen would take care of it, which I think is the next big generation leap for droids.

Something else worth mentioning - you can replace and upgrade droid-based phone batteries. I believe you have to send in iphones to get the batteries redone which is more expensive.

Was looking at more reviews and comparisons and the infuse has a super AMOLED screen and dual core. I think im gonna keep this, seems to have many more options. Who knows thou, that could change in aweek or two. Thanks for all the responses, much appreciated as always!