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There are likely other factors that I can't account for because I was only using those phones in a single city -- with rare exceptions going to a rural area for 1-2 days.

Still, your anecdotal evidence does not nullify mine.



No, but from your multiple posts on this article, I don't know that I can take your android posts in good faith.


You might be biased? I have no axe to grind with any company. I am looking for what serves me best.

We don't have a perfect option, sadly. I evaluated Android quite fairly, for about 5 years, and found it lacking. I find the iPhone lacking as well, but in departments that I care less about.

Do with my posts what you will, I'll only say once that I have no bias either way. IMO both sides of the duopoly suck... but I do need a smartphone. I picked what served me better at the time.


I don't think its fair to say your are speaking in bad faith either. I had similar experiences with some older devices (Nexus One, Galaxy S2, etc). There was a long period of time when Android devices were really bad on battery, even with relatively large (for the time) batteries on board.


I'm currently using an S3, have for nearly a decade. It has never dropped 15% with no use in 2 hours.


Does the expression "anecdotal evidence" ring a bell to you?

I am glad that you got lucky. I had both a Galaxy S4 and Note 4 and both were completely awful on idle battery life; both barely lasted a day in the office with 30 minute commutes in both directions, and no more than 2h of active screen time, if even that. And I had like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr installed at the time. And Gmail. That was literally all I had installed on top of the stock ROM.

I don't get why are you coming here insisting that your experience somehow nullifies mine. That is what I'd call not arguing in good faith. I didn't do anything more except share my bad experience with Android (which is now severely outdated because it ended in 2017) and never claimed anything more than that.

What's your goal here?


I'm not even talking with you any more.

> Does the expression "anecdotal evidence" ring a bell to you?

Read the guidelines.

> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.




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