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Galaxy S4
- Thread starter Chris092881
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Nice! I didnt realize they moved the release date up to next week either! I will be selling my Note 2 and getting one next week.
Gotta say, I am VERY disappointed with my battery life.
Disabled just about all Samsung extras like Air Gesture, Smart Scroll, etc. Brightness at about 75% and I've disabled Google Now. In very minimal usage today - I'm talking roughly 45 minutes total screen time, and a majority of that time it was plugged into a car charger, I've found my battery now dead.
This is my second S4, after my first one was shooting upside down photos and videos.
/frustrated
Disabled just about all Samsung extras like Air Gesture, Smart Scroll, etc. Brightness at about 75% and I've disabled Google Now. In very minimal usage today - I'm talking roughly 45 minutes total screen time, and a majority of that time it was plugged into a car charger, I've found my battery now dead.
This is my second S4, after my first one was shooting upside down photos and videos.
/frustrated
What do owners of the black version think of the pattern on the front while watching videos? Is it distracting? Strongly considering replacing my Nexus 4 when this becomes available on the Play Store, but not sure I could get used to the diamond pattern on the black.
Which I would assume would be easier than jumping through the hoops that our carriers would have you jump through
Which I would assume would be easier than jumping through the hoops that our carriers would have you jump through
Yeah, maybe!
The battery needs a few cycles but that doesnt sound right. Either you have apps you downloaded causing it or you got one with a bad battery.
45 minutes screen time? seriously?
anything less than 4 hours screen time isn't great...think getting 4.30-5 hours is the ideal amount you should get.
what are you talking about? The pattern of dots (not diamonds...) is barley even noticeable
You have some bad luck. That is not normal battery life at all. What did your battery status usage show?
I would do a factory reset.
"with SGS4 there's now a faux carbon fiber motif going throughout, with a diamond checkerboard pattern that prevails on the front and back."
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6914/samsung-galaxy-s-4-review
It is definitely NOT barely noticeable. But thanks for your input
Standby life is noticeably better than the S3.
On screen battery life is pretty good. I've already watched a 2 1/2hr movie and played NFS for about an hour on max brightness and still had around 40% left while traveling on Amtrak.
to me as long as my phone lasts me a full day then thats good battery life.
yesterday I got close to 6 hours screen time and over 20 hours battery life in total. which was basically wifi only...normally I get between 4-5 hours screen and between 17-20 hours total..which to me is pretty good.
Because everyone and their grandmothers must know where I got the phone from!
I think that there is something wrong with the phone or battery, because that is not normal at all.
The phone or the battery is faulty. Not even Samsungs extras would have this kind of impact.
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