I have a G7 "play" edition, the smallest in the G7 line (still too big for my taste, but it's about the smallest Android phone you can get that isn't complete junk, so it's tolerable). I get similar battery life as you and also it charges pretty fast.
Allan Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > My Motorola (Moto G7) phone will go at least 2 days on a charge unless I'm > watching a lot of video or video chatting. If I only use it to play music > it'll go 3 full days. My only complaint is that the camera isn't great, not > as good as the Moto X3 it replaced but on balance its fine. > -Curt > > On Monday, May 4, 2020, 7:27:33 PM EDT, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I wonder how much "upgrading" is just changing things to make them use more > computing power for the same end. > > I have an old MacPro 2.1 (I think), and other than having to jump though > hoops to upgrade past 10.6.8, it does anything I need it to. Main problem > these days is that no one updates "old" software (anything older than six > months, it seems), so I get web pages that won't work, have to buy new > software that does exactly the same thing the old stuff does but requires > "new" OS functions. > > Bloatware to the max! > > There have been few, if any, speed increases over the last decade (or two, > for that matter) -- silicon based CPUs aren't going to run over 3 GHz without > liquid nitrogen cooling, and more than four or six cores and the coordinating > software eats all the functional gains. > > Same deal with cell phones, I upgraded because Verizon is dropping CDMA/1x > service and my phone was that style. A bit cranky, but a charge lasted a > week of moderate use. New (used) Samsung has the be charged a couple times a > day and is a royal PITA to use as a phone. Too small to use as a computer, > and the keyboard was obviously designed for small children, can't seem to > ever push just one key at a time with my XL sized fingers. > > I'm becoming an old grump. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
