I need a phone with real improvements....a man's gotta rant sometimes

[Jimmiray]

With the flood of phones coming out and up coming how many will require me to carry a charger. I really don't care if it has 2 cores or 12, if its as thin as a credit card or weights less than a fly. I don't need a 4k rez screen to check my email or watch a movie. If your looking at a 5.5" screen for a phone get a tablet. I don't care if it weights 3 grams, I'm a big boy i can handle 500 grams pretty easy....most days. It boggles my mind that these are the primary focus on a phone. Hover gestures, eye tracking etc. are nice gimics but where are the real world improvements. A phone should have excellent connectivity, reasonably good call quality and a decent external speaker, not to mention a speaker that will last more than 8 hours of reasonable use. In the recent past I was checking out the Note II, nice phone no doubt. However for half the cash i picked up the nexus 7, paired it with my phone and doing just fine. I happened to have an S3 but again battery life even with moderate use is short. Working a job that may not afford me the luxury of charging and with the scads of other odds and ends i carry another battery makes me roll my eyes. I have put the S3 on the shelf in favor of a less stylish but equally capable Razr HD. Battery worries are gone the screen is big enough and hi rez. With all the phones coming out I'll be keeping my eyes on Motorola, I'm now on my 3rd phone from them and they are improving the features that I need. Battery lasts, screen is a human size for a Phone and with a little input smart-actions takes care of some of the little things for me. May be its just me so I'd be curious what others views are on phones and what features they really need vs. what we are being given.

*this is not intended to start an Apple\Android\Samsung war but to find out whats really needed in a phone or may be tablets need to be more feature rich.*

 

[cole2kb]

I agree with you, even in the dumbphone days I enjoyed my Motorola devices the most.

Sounds like your main concern is battery life. I'd first say to take a good look at your usage patterns, applications you install that run in the background like social networking and e-mail, and also evaluate the normal path you take to work / school or wherever you go on a daily basis vs your coverage and signal strength -- if you're fighting with poor signal on a semi / regular basis, this will hurt your battery significantly.

There is also the notion of unrealistic expectations to consider. There are a lot of people that complain because they have to plug your phone in every night, usually before bed. I never understood this complaint myself. It's a tiny computer in your hand, it's going to require a lot of power and if you don't like that, I'd recommend going back to a dumbphone and getting a tablet with mobile data.

There is also the option of car chargers, or small portable USB chargers so you're not looking for an outlet.

 

[anon5664829]

With the flood of phones coming out and up coming how many will require me to carry a charger. I really don't care if it has 2 cores or 12, if its as thin as a credit card or weights less than a fly. I don't need a 4k rez screen to check my email or watch a movie. If your looking at a 5.5" screen for a phone get a tablet. I don't care if it weights 3 grams, I'm a big boy i can handle 500 grams pretty easy....most days. It boggles my mind that these are the primary focus on a phone. Hover gestures, eye tracking etc. are nice gimics but where are the real world improvements. A phone should have excellent connectivity, reasonably good call quality and a decent external speaker, not to mention a speaker that will last more than 8 hours of reasonable use. In the recent past I was checking out the Note II, nice phone no doubt. However for half the cash i picked up the nexus 7, paired it with my phone and doing just fine. I happened to have an S3 but again battery life even with moderate use is short. Working a job that may not afford me the luxury of charging and with the scads of other odds and ends i carry another battery makes me roll my eyes. I have put the S3 on the shelf in favor of a less stylish but equally capable Razr HD. Battery worries are gone the screen is big enough and hi rez. With all the phones coming out I'll be keeping my eyes on Motorola, I'm now on my 3rd phone from them and they are improving the features that I need. Battery lasts, screen is a human size for a Phone and with a little input smart-actions takes care of some of the little things for me. May be its just me so I'd be curious what others views are on phones and what features they really need vs. what we are being given.

*this is not intended to start an Apple\Android\Samsung war but to find out whats really needed in a phone or may be tablets need to be more feature rich.*

In my humble opinion Motorola and Apple with most of their products focus on what you want, the iPhone still has the best battery life according to aanand tech.

 

[Allen_B]

You have illustrated many of my gripes...

Like the iPhone but tired of iOS and for me, they totally missed the mark with the 5- would Would have jumped on a Motorola Razr HD MAXX but since I am with AT&T, it is not an option (and neither is shifting to VZ). Looking very hard at the new HTC One but since I have zero experience with Android and don't want to have to screw with settings, widgets, toggles and secret handshakes to get a battery to last I am hesitant. And no, looking at a phone with a removable battery is not an option- just another thing to carry and mess with.

I know that may sound like I am bashing Android but the truth is, I am intrigued by Android- and Apple is rapidly loosing my interest.

/r

Allen

 

[Jimmiray]

There is also the notion of unrealistic expectations to consider. There are a lot of people that complain because they have to plug your phone in every night, usually before bed. I never understood this complaint myself. It's a tiny computer in your hand, it's going to require a lot of power and if you don't like that, I'd recommend going back to a dumbphone and getting a tablet with mobile data.

There is also the option of car chargers, or small portable USB chargers so you're not looking for an outlet.

I don't mind the plugging in at the end of the day its the getting there most days is an issue. I'm pretty mindful of whats connecting and syncing and trying to minimize that as much as possible but its still tough most days to stretch it out. One day... companies jam so much power into these devices with bigger and bigger screens, then you need some apps (even just the basics) but fail to pair it with power to keep you off the charger for any significant amount of time. Its just a little frustrating that power and connectivity (wi-fi or Network) seem to be low on the list of what makes a phone good....at least it has facebook