Screw cell phones

[monster]

Are you in a different location during the day than you were when you had your old phone? Beest and I have the same phones, same age, but his battery wears down faster even though he uses his phone less because he works deep in the middle of a concrete dungeon where reception fades in and out, so the phone is constantly searchinmg for a network, connecting etc....

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by monster

Are you in a different location during the day than you were when you had your old phone? Beest and I have the same phones, same age, but his battery wears down faster even though he uses his phone less because he works deep in the middle of a concrete dungeon where reception fades in and out, so the phone is constantly searchinmg for a network, connecting etc....

I'd be curious to test this.
Beest, Monster, please fully charge your batteries, then SWAP batteries in your phones. See if Beest's still runs flat quicker. Then you'll confirm that it is the searching for network that is doing this, and not some issue with the battery itself.
Just curious

[monster]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

I'd be curious to test this.
Beest, Monster, please fully charge your batteries, then SWAP batteries in your phones. See if Beest's still runs flat quicker. Then you'll confirm that it is the searching for network that is doing this, and not some issue with the battery itself.
Just curious

Well Beest found that if his phone is upright in his pocket rather than flat across the bottom, it is more likely to get reception, so he tried keeping it upright and found that the battery lasted much longer. Of course, it could be just that the charge spills out of the battery when it's tipped over....

swapping batteries would actually mean we'll have to meet IRL which is a rarety these days, so you may have to wait a while for that experiment.