Power saving modes are not the answer

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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Verizon HTC One M8 to finally net itself Android 4.4.3 (with extra goodies) this September

The HTC One M8 on Verizon still hasn’t pushed past Android 4.4.2, but if tweets from HTC Americas President Jason Mackenzie and Product Management VP Mo Versi are to be believed, that Verizon HTC One M8 Android 4.4.3 update may be happening very soon.As Mackenzie describes it, the update will be pushed out “by mid-Sept,” which doesn’t exactly leave us happy at all, considering that Android 4.4.4 is already out (and we’re expecting Android L in just a few short months), but hey, it’s something. Versi adds to Mackenzie’s information by stating that ...

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