What is your favorite Turbo Feature?

[k1ngr4t]

I'm actually ok with non removable battery. I was anti-NRB for awhile, but...honest question, does it really matter these days? Battery pulls are almost never needed anymore, there's other methods now, and there was nothing worse than dropping your phone in a crowded room and 3 pieces go flying in different directions. Sure if a battery goes bad you can just get a new one, but that's so rare at this point the benefits almost outweigh the negative.

The only real benefit IMO was being able to switch it out if you need power quick. But now we have wireless charging and the turbo charger, it almost seems counterproductive to HAVE a battery anymore.

SD Card however should be mandatory. Why don't they include these in NRB phones? I assume it's a size thing since everything is packed so tight inside. So now they need to focus on making SD guts smaller so I can use my 64gb card again!

 

[cr6]

I'm actually ok with non removable battery. I was anti-NRB for awhile, but...honest question, does it really matter these days? Battery pulls are almost never needed anymore, there's other methods now, and there was nothing worse than dropping your phone in a crowded room and 3 pieces go flying in different directions. Sure if a battery goes bad you can just get a new one, but that's so rare at this point the benefits almost outweigh the negative.

The only real benefit IMO was being able to switch it out if you need power quick. But now we have wireless charging and the turbo charger, it almost seems counterproductive to HAVE a battery anymore.

SD Card however should be mandatory. Why don't they include these in NRB phones? I assume it's a size thing since everything is packed so tight inside. So now they need to focus on making SD guts smaller so I can use my 64gb card again!

I honestly thought they were making huge strides in battery life when the S5 was released. Aside from the Turbo and a few of the larger phones that have a much larger battery, they really haven't made much progress 1 year later. I understand much of this has to do with UHD screens, but they haven't really been compensating for this comparatively speaking. The fact is, one of Google's main selling points of the Lollipops, months before it's release, was "improved battery life". Having followed OS updates across numerous makes/models, I haven't seen anyone specifically point out a dramatic improvement in their battery life after taking the latest 5.0 upgrade.

Point is, I don't think removable batteries are obsolete quite yet. While my S5 makes it through a full day with heavy usage, I still think that having the "option" is important.

S5 tap'n

 

[PereDroid]

Google "up to 90 more minutes". Up to... Not dramatic. Dramatic for me would be 4 more hours. Lol

TapaTurbo

 

[k1ngr4t]

I honestly thought they were making huge strides in battery life when the S5 was released. Aside from the Turbo and a few of the larger phones that have a much larger battery, they really haven't made much progress 1 year later. I understand much of this has to do with UHD screens, but they haven't really been compensating for this comparatively speaking. The fact is, one of Google's main selling points of the Lollipops, months before it's release, was "improved battery life". Having followed OS updates across numerous makes/models, I haven't seen anyone specifically point out a dramatic improvement in their battery life after taking the latest 5.0 upgrade.

Point is, I don't think removable batteries are obsolete quite yet. While my S5 makes it through a full day with heavy usage, I still think that having the "option" is important.

S5 tap'n

So this would suggest it's more of a software optimization thing than an actual battery thing, no? If Lollipop did improve battery life, would you then choose a NRB? Having the option is always the best choice no doubt, but hypothetically speaking for S&G's, if there were only two phones that performed identically, one with a battery and one without, which would you choose and why?

Again this is just for fun, curiosity for the sake of curiosity...

 

[PereDroid]

I think the battery thing is a byproduct of ART. More efficient apps.

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