Power saving modes are not the answer

Posted on by Taylor Martin

Having a long past with legacy BlackBerry smartphones will do something to you. It will make every new phone you buy feel inferior in at least one way: battery life.I often write that a phone’s battery life is great, decent, amazing, or passable. But when I write it, I only sort of meant it. That’s not to say I’m lying, but I typically quantify a phone’s stamina in relation to other, modern smartphones when, honestly, I’m rarely ever impressed by a ...

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Extreme Power Saving turns the HTC One M8 into a cameraless dumbphone (that lasts for days)

Posted on by Michael Fisher

Sometimes, all you need is a phone. Not a digital assistant, not a pocket internet tablet, not a gaming platform. Of course all of those things are nice, and the enhanced features smartphones bring to bear have become essential to millions around the world. But thanks to the realities of battery endurance and processor capabilities, most of today’s smartphones offer a variation on the same promise: “From the moment I come off the charger until the moment I lose power, I will be a smartphone. Nothing less.” With the unsubtly-named Extreme Power Saver feature, HTC looks to ...

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