How often do you have to charge your Smartphone?

whirlpool

I've gone through a string of smartphones at this stage, each one stolen from me on a night out in Dublin because I was too drunk to look after myself. So I've demoted myself to a more basic older-style phone.

The main advantage of it for me is that I can go up to 5 days without needing to charge it; and even if I listen to music on it or take a few photos or do some basic web-surfing, I could still go a full three days without it requiring any charge at all.

Whereas with each of my smartphones, a daily charge was definitely required. As phones go, that was a hassle and I'm glad to be rid and not having to worry about running out of battery every 24 hours.

How often do you have to charge your smartphone, and does it drive you mad?

srsly78

When I go abroad to London I have to turn off data roaming to avoid silly charges. Having no data on means the battery lasts for a lot longer. HTC Desire lasted a whole monday-friday on one charge without data.

SureYWouldntYa

whirlpool wrote: »

I've gone through a string of smartphones at this stage, each one stolen from me on a night out in Dublin because I was too drunk to look after myself

you must have money to burn if you didn't learn your lesson the first time

johnnyskeleton

Every night.

But I use my phone for work as well as looking up porn.

whirlpool

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

you must have money to burn if you didn't learn your lesson the first time

No. Not at all. They were always cheaper smartphones. And generally a year spaced apart. They're not that expensive!

Frosty McSnowballs

I have a "hand me down" iPhone 4.... I seem to have to charge it every 20 minutes!

I have a Siemens C25 that I haven't had to charge since '99.

xXxkorixXx

I got a galaxy s4 on wednesday and my next charge will be the 4th since then

Duff

I get about 8-9 hours of near constant use of my iPhone 5 so every day usually before bed.

Czarcasm

I'd charge mine on average every six hours or so, it depends, I could go a day without charging it, and leave it it charging overnight, but I use my smartphone practically constantly, whether I'm making calls, emailing, skype, viber, whatsapp, texting or web browsing or listening to music.

The quickest way to wear down the battery is a constant data connection, second quickest- the display, so I have the data connection disabled and the brightness turned down to it's lowest on my personal phone which I only use for calls and texts. That phone will last days before I need to charge it.

biko

Nightly usually.

lau1247

on average 3 days with 2-3 hours of net surfing each day.. but i turn off the wifi and 3g when not in use..

Nodin

...I don't have any mobile....

MurdyWurdy

Every night - but I do use it a lot during the day

entropi

Once per day at the moment. Data is only turned on for when I need it and brightness is set to auto adjust (saves battery in the long run).

Peregrine

Once it gets down to 30%, which is like every 4 or 5 days.

GPS and data off. I use WiFi and music for about an hour each every day. WiFi is turned off when not in use.

mickdw

All night every night. Galaxy S3 and I then run with wifi and bluetooth on and max screen brightness. It just about lasts to midnight from 9am.

Ted_YNWA

Clicked once a week by mistake,

usually get just over a day out of 1 charge, can squeeze 2 days out of it, if turn wifi off

wil

Defiinitely the biggest problem with dumb smartphones is the battery life.
What is the point in all the bells and whistles if when you come to make a call the battery dies. You're lucky to get a day out of any of them
I'd prefer they made them a bit heavier with longer lasting batteries,
I've an old phone that lasts up to 2 weeks on standby that is great for emergency.

If we got more than 3 weeks sunshine per year, I'd consider glueing a solar charger to the top of my head.
Manufacturers, sort out the battery

pajor

Not exactly the smartest of phones but with the Galaxy Y, I'll get 3 days charge out of it. That's with 3G on, using it as a hotspot etc etc

MadYaker

I charge it every night and in the car. But I have data on all the time.

diomed

Never. I don't have a phone.

MadYaker

diomed wrote: »

Never. I don't have a phone.

I call shenanigans on this. The only person I know who doesn't have a phone is my 87 year old great uncle. Do you have a job? Most employers will require you to have a phone. Sorry if I seem nosey but how can you function in todays society without one? Must be very awkward.

conorhal

Thank goodness!

Horror movies were increecingly having to come up with new and implausible scenarios to isolate teenage girls in places where they couldn't call for help, until the smart phone came along....

Stheno

Usually daily during the week, and Sat/Sun it's fine as I don't use it as much

smash

Duff wrote: »

I get about 8-9 hours of near constant use of my iPhone 5 so every day usually before bed.

Not a chance. I leave the house at 100% and an hour later after listening to music, sending a few texts and doing a bit of browsing I'll be on close to 60%.

BeardySi

Daily generally, though it's normally only on about 70% by the evening... Have a HTC One X+, if I go all out on the battery saving measures I can make it last for about 5 days....

L1011

Day or less with 3G on.

Three+ days when in Denmark with 3G, wifi, GPS and Bluetooth disabled due to roaming/no wifi/knowing where I was/not having the car with me. Never found out quite how long as I put it on charge after 3 days anyway.

returnNull

every day its a pain in the hole

Canis Lupus

MadYaker wrote: »

I call shenanigans on this. The only person I know who doesn't have a phone is my 87 year old great uncle. Do you have a job? Most employers will require you to have a phone. Sorry if I seem nosey but how can you function in todays society without one? Must be very awkward.

Not hard at all. I went travelling, fell out of using a phone and never got back into it. It's more habitual than anything else I reckon.

holystungun9

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Every night.

But I use my phone for work as well as looking up porn.

Twice a day. But I use it for looking up porn.

michellie

About twice a day, I have a charger in work cos sometimes it could be dead by 2.

It's a HTC one x.

Jev/N

smash wrote: »

Not a chance. I leave the house at 100% and an hour later after listening to music, sending a few texts and doing a bit of browsing I'll be on close to 60%.

You've something in the background or a stuck email.

Had a similar issue before, deleted and reloaded by email and it was back to normal - also turned off most of the location services that weren't needed.

tosspot15

Once a week-ish.

I dont use my phone, its really only a large alarm clock.

Mines great!

It's a Nokia C3. Bit of a piece of sh*t..but battery lasts ages!

Can get 4 days out of with. Frequent internet use, bitta texting, about 5 phonecalls a day...

The Backwards Man

I can get a couple of days out of mine at a stretch, hate when it's at about 50% at bedtime though, panic station time.

PickledLime

Only turn on data, wifi, Bluetooth when I need them, so typically 3 to 4 days.

Sh1tbag OToole

Every day, two days if I don't use mobile data. Inefficient android crapheap. I'm tempted to buy a second battery for it

Just wait for it. In a few years they might have phones powered by miniature gas turbines on a chip. Instead of charging you'll hold the phone upside down and push the nozzle of a €1.49 lighter refill can from Dealz into it.

hfallada

I charge my iphone every night. But my old gold and black nokia 6310i lasted 5 days at oxegen with a **** load of calling and texting and still had 2/3 of its battery. I have use it every weekend and it never needs a charge.

cloud493

Mobile data runs the battery down a ridiculous amount. I have to charge twice a day with it on, every 3 days without it.

EoghanIRL

Every night before going to sleep I plug in my phone.

C14N

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and it was acting the bollocks a few weeks back and couldn't even make it through the whole day. It got better though. I charge it every night when I'm in bed but could probably get away with every second day realistically.

ted1

iPhone 5 , therefore have to charge every 8 hours.

I wonder if I could claim that its not fit for purpose and get a refund.

Dear Apple, I would prefer if the phone was .5cm thicker if it meant the battery would last at least a day.

MadYaker

Whoever comes up with a feasible design for a more powerful compact battery for smart phones is going to make a killing.

Sephiroth_dude

Everyday.