I did an extended battery on my evo and it nearly doubled my battery life Not sure what to do with Samsung though, 4 hours would still not be great, and I hate to lose my (kickstand) case and clip On Jul 31, 2012 10:54 AM, "EPPack" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Victor Grazi! I'm answering your msg dated 09:57 AM 7/31/2012: > > One warning - I have a Galaxy Epic 2s and although I love it, the battery > life is disgusting-2 hours with normal use - checking my email every 5 > minutes. > > > Would one of those extended batteries help with that? Just wondering. > > My previous evo was bad and I thought nothing could be worse. > > > Hmm, mine is not great, but it will hang in there MUCH longer than 2 > hours. Not saying it goes 8 hours but maybe it would go 4ish? And I check 6 > email accounts and have a TON of apps. Don't do 4G or the like tho. > > But I am hearing it is a common problem with all androids. So do your > homework on the battery life > > > Yep, heard that too, but was assuming I'd get an extended battery at some > point if a new one proved to be too similar to the current one. > > elaine > > > Good luck > Victor Grazi > On Jul 30, 2012 1:46 PM, "EPPack" <[email protected] > wrote: > Hubby and I both currently have rapidly aging HTC Evo 4G phones from > Sprint. They have served us both splendidly as our intro to smartphones, > but we now find ourselves at a point where we can now upgrade to something > new, as we got them on the upswing nearly 2 years ago. As we have a long > time business account, we cannot change from Sprint. > > I am the resident techie of the family, and this model was originally > selected as not just a cell phone replacement but as a replacement for my > dying Palm TX, which was (like the Evo now) the repository of my entire > life :) I rarely use the phone functionality in favor of the other apps, > but do need it. Hubby is the opposite. He lives and dies with his cell, and > rarely uses his apps beyond email, news, sports and weather. Mine > typically runs out of phone space quickly (even after moving stuff to SD), > his has abundant space available all the time. Mine is generally on the > charger while I use it, his is not, so it usually dies much faster than > mine 'cause he forgets to recharge it :) You get the idea I'm sure. > > We got the same model to keep it simple keep them updated and otherwise > maintained (I do it for both), and I want to keep it that way by again > having the same phones, so it has to give me a good experience as the 4g > does now (Hubs will ignore most of that :) We do not live in or near any > flavor of a 4G area (although of course we pay for the "privilege" of > having a 4G phone), and rarely travel to one, and to the best of our > knowledge, it's probably never coming here (too small an area). We still > need cell phones and it has to fit into his pocket, so we do not want any > kind of tablet. > > What's out there in the next 60 days or so that would be a good > replacement for the Evo 4G? Hopefully for under $250 apiece :) Does not > have to be an HTC, any comparable model would be fine. > > TIA > > elaine > charlottesville, va > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
