battery life
Early Galaxy S III test shows impressive battery life

Early Galaxy S III test shows impressive battery life

You may recall our short editorial on the one thing the Galaxy S III needs to truly shine, that being a better battery life than similarly high-end devices. A screenshot from Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin shows just that: the new Samsung flagship his clocked at just over 20 hours of run time with 42% battery …

HTC canceled bigger battery plans for thinner phones

HTC canceled bigger battery plans for thinner phones

19 April 2012 by Discuss (22)

Would you rather have a larger phone with a bigger battery that lasts forever? Or a thin, sleek and sexy phone? This was HTC’s question and apparently they decided to shelf the bigger battery plans to compete with the DROID RAZR MAXX and opted for a mild upgrade to the battery. This will enabled them …

Mugen Power 3900 mAh Galaxy Nexus extended battery review

Mugen Power 3900 mAh Galaxy Nexus extended battery review

11 April 2012 by Discuss (11)

Battery life of smartphones is something we all wish was better. Especially ones like the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with a huge screen and 4G LTE. Last week I had the pleasure to test the Mugen Power extended battery for the Galaxy Nexus coming in at 3900 mAh — a huge improvement over the stock 1750 …

Verizon Galaxy Nexus Mugen Power 3900 mAh extended battery [Hands-on]

Verizon Galaxy Nexus Mugen Power 3900 mAh extended battery [Hands-on]

06 April 2012 by Discuss (8)

So you have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus with 4G LTE and a huge 4.65″ display and you’d love some longer battery life right? Say hello to Mugen Power and their 3900 mAh extended battery and door for the Verizon Gnex. Just arriving on our doorstep we’ve decided to give it a test and see …

HTC One X shows NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 is a battery’s best friend

HTC One X shows NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 is a battery’s best friend

02 April 2012 by Discuss (7)

Starting today and all of this week we’re getting our first look at the new HTC One series of smartphones. Starting with the NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core powered HTC One X, and then the equally impressive One S with the dual-core Qualcomm S4 Krait processor. We’ve reviewed them both here at Android Community and will …

Qualcomm Snapdragon phone goes around the world on a single charge [Video]

Qualcomm Snapdragon phone goes around the world on a single charge [Video]

27 March 2012 by Discuss (4)

Qualcomm is back this month with another interesting video showing off the power of their Snapdragon powered smartphones. Last year they released a video showing a Snapdragon processor being powered by a bug circus, as in real live bugs and spiders. This time around they tease the efficiency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon by sending a …

DROID RAZR MAXX ultimate battery test: 3-day business trip with no charger

DROID RAZR MAXX ultimate battery test: 3-day business trip with no charger

17 February 2012 by Discuss (51)

Battery life is a problem for all mobile electronics, and Android is no exception. If there’s one thing holding the platform back from a hardware perspective, it’s the inability for high-powered Android phones to last through a full day without additional charges. There is one exception: the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX. With its massive 3300mAh battery impressively …

Google Maps updated with better battery life and latitude location history

Google Maps updated with better battery life and latitude location history

15 February 2012 by Discuss (1)

Google has just issued another update for their Maps application today that has brought more features and improves the battery life for all you guys replying on Google Maps. The other main update here is aimed for those that use Google’s Latitude and location based services. More details below.

Galaxy Nexus receives Trinity kernel, brings better battery life and overclocking

Galaxy Nexus receives Trinity kernel, brings better battery life and overclocking

24 January 2012 by Discuss (5)

The Galaxy Nexus being an easily unlocked Google experience device we knew it would receive tons of mods, hacks, kernels, and roms but one of my personal favorites has finally landed. Trinity by Morfic for the Galaxy Nexus is available now. More details and downloads links are available below for those who dare.

Tests show that task killer apps have little to no impact on battery life

Tests show that task killer apps have little to no impact on battery life

28 November 2011 by Discuss (2)

Google doesn’t like task killers, and they’ve been steadfastly saying so since the release of Froyo – which, not incidentally, broke functionality for many of them. There are still some hold-outs that claim they’re useful for saving the ever-important battery on Android phones, but according to some in-depth research from PCWorld, that just isn’t the …

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