Note9 or iPhone Xs Max?

[cardboard60]

I must confess I am bemused about how people use their phones with this expectation of "all day battery life". There seems to be a lot of begrudgement if anyone has to plug their phone in more than once a day. I myself charge my phone many times a day with no bother. Let me explain.

I strictly keep to the 80/40 rule. I hate with a passion letting a battery run a long way down then waiting an hour to recharge. Once my battery reaches 80%, I use it for a good amount of time till about in the mid 60's. I then plug it in and by the time I have a small break, have a cup, a bit of food, call of nature etc, it's recharged back to 80%. It takes no time to go from 65 to 80, and this is not even fast charging, just regular charging.

This is a much more convenient way of using the phone I think than trying to make the battery last all day. Even if a phone can genuinely make it all day, it's not a good way to treat a battery. Li ion batteries like small, regular charges, not long recharges.

Also, I place my phone on a heatsink when recharging. It cools the phone which makes it charge faster. I have downloaded Goodlock with Routines set up and my phone goes into airplane mode whilst recharging. That combined with sitting it on a heatsink allows it to recharge very quickly on just standard charging. If you don't have a heatsink, just sit the phone on any piece of cold metal plate whilst charging.

You get any papers with your phone telling you to only charge it a certain way ?

Or did in the store you bought it from, say it's best to charge it like this ?

I charge mine all the time when be I use it.

Have always been charged it to 100 %.

 

[BlackZeppelin]

You get any papers with your phone telling you to only charge it a certain way ?

Or did in the store you bought it from, say it's best to charge it like this ?

I charge mine all the time when be I use it.

Have always been charged it to 100 %.

It's a standard thing with all Li ion batteries. Charging that last 90-100% puts the internal chemistry at high stress. Overnight charging is even worse. Fast charging, wireless charging heats the battery beyond normal charging. And it's a standard fact for Li ion batteries that for longevity, do small regular charges and avoid running down below 40%.

Even in settings in my Note 9 there is a disclaimer saying that activating fast charging may heat the phone up.

 

[cardboard60]

Bet the Geek squad at Best buy or Google can put another battery in.


I'm not babying batteries in my phone.
They give me service or they are gone.
Don't have time to play around.

You charge yours how ever you want.

I never charged any battery the way you do.

 

[BlackZeppelin]

Bet the Geek squad at Best buy or Google can put another battery in.


I'm not babying batteries in my phone.
They give me service or they are gone.
Don't have time to play around.

You charge yours how ever you want.

I never charged any battery the way you do.

You make it sound like a horrid chore. It's really a piece of cake. Charge to about 80%, use it for a decent bit, quick recharge back to about 80 again.

Easy peasy. No effort at all.

 

[cardboard60]

I stick my phone on charge when it goes from 100% to 83%.

And I remember, I have Google by insurance.

Like I said.
I got a pixel charger too.

Google didn't send me nothing to charge my Pixel 3 XL like you said.

Samsung didn't send me nothing like that on my Note 9 either.

It gets stuck on the charger when it's off 100%

 

[anon(5719825)]

You make it sound like a horrid chore. It's really a piece of cake. Charge to about 80%, use it for a decent bit, quick recharge back to about 80 again.

Easy peasy. No effort at all.

No one has time to go through all that. WE are not harming out batteries at all by charging from 5% to 100%. I know this for a fact because I still have phones going all the way back to the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 5S, Nexus 4 days that still turn on and power up and last all day today just like they did when they were new.

It's that you do that but I've never seen any evidence that what you do actually helps a phones battery.

 

[note1note9]

You get any papers with your phone telling you to only charge it a certain way ?

Or did in the store you bought it from, say it's best to charge it like this ?

I charge mine all the time when be I use it.

Have always been charged it to 100 %.

I tried doing the 40-80% thing but I couldn't keep up with it. It's too much work trying to maintain your battery within that range...

 

[felloffthetruck]

Dumped my blue Note 9 for the iPhone XS Max but I'm thinking about going back to the Note 9. :-\

The iPhone is so boring.

The Midnight Black 512GB is on my radar.

 

[Almeuit]

Dumped my blue Note 9 for the iPhone XS Max but I'm thinking about going back to the Note 9. :-\

The iPhone is so boring.

The Midnight Black 512GB is on my radar.

Still don't know how you can buy the same phone more then once .. I think it would physically hurt me to do it .

 

[cknobman]

Still don't know how you can buy the same phone more then once .. I think it would physically hurt me to do it .

Our society is built on the incredible ease of obtaining credit.

Very few people understand the value of what they have due to the ability to obtain things on credit that they cannot truly afford.

Maybe this poster is just filthy rich, but they would be the exception to the rule.

 

[Climb14er]

Still don't know how you can buy the same phone more then once .. I think it would physically hurt me to do it .

It's called... chasing the elusive dream.

 

[cardboard60]

No way could I trade a note 9 for a eyephones.

But that's just me.

 

[Almeuit]

Our society is built on the incredible ease of obtaining credit.

Very few people understand the value of what they have due to the ability to obtain things on credit that they cannot truly afford.

Maybe this poster is just filthy rich, but they would be the exception to the rule.

Oh no -- I wasn't asking how as in money wise. You don't have to teach me about credit.. trust me .

I meant more on the side of I couldn't bring myself to do it because I refuse to pay for a phone twice.

 

[Almeuit]

It's called... chasing the elusive dream.

Might be. I just can't buy the same phone twice. No way my brain would allow that.

 

[mustang7757]

If people Change phones that much only to come back to the same one they started , I just go best buy each day play with different phones and get my fix . that way your not constantly changing or spending money.

 

[felloffthetruck]

Still don't know how you can buy the same phone more then once .. I think it would physically hurt me to do it .

Not to mention the financial cost.

 

[felloffthetruck]

Our society is built on the incredible ease of obtaining credit.

Very few people understand the value of what they have due to the ability to obtain things on credit that they cannot truly afford.

Maybe this poster is just filthy rich, but they would be the exception to the rule.

I pay full retail for these phones and don't need credit.
When I sell them after a couple months of use I always lose money and that's not a good thing.

 

[TechBob]

Is there any app for either phone that will give read receipts from corporate email?

If you are still looking for a mail app that sends read receipts, try Nine. It is a paid app but it is awesome. I have 3 Exchange accounts and it handles them all better than Outlook. Syncs everything your desktop Outlook syncs.

I have been reading this thread with interest and let me add my 2 cents. I have the 9 and likely I will be getting the Max as I support both platforms and the Max does things that my 7 Plus doesn't. But my 9 will remain my daily driver. The difference, in my opinion, is that Apple is a closed wall system and Android is not. If you like everything the way Apple envisions it, you will be happy. But if you want something really different, it won't happen. For instance, my boss, an iPhone user, wants to put
Mesh networking in his house. There is a great app that runs on Android that will give him signal levels on his WiFi, but Apple doesn't allow that do I had to setup an Android phone for him. You may think that is a special case, but when you delve deeper, it is not. Web browsers, for example, all use Safari at their core because that is all Apple allows. It is a close system. Again, not saying it is bad, but it does come down to what you want from your phone and if the Apple world fits, you will be happy. For myself, way too many limitstions from the choice of how my home screen looks (I use Nova Launcher) to app functionality that I use that just doesn't exist in the Apple world. And yes, I was determined to find ways around the limitations, but couldn't. So when I carry an iPhone, I have to carry an Android phone with me.

To sum up. If all you do is email, text, browse and watch videos, you will be great on either platform. If there is something else that you do, make sure you can do it on the platform you choose. On Android, likely not an issue as there will be 10 ways to do it. On IOS, make sure you like the way they do it as there are walls.