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I have a few questions for anyone familiar with the Galaxy. I looked at the phone in the TMobile store and I like it and the specs look good. But before I lay out cash, a few questions:
1. What is the battery life like? The battery in my current phone sux. Maybe you can get an hour of browsing, talking or taking pictures at best. And the worst thing is that you cannot use the phone while it is charging because it will say "cannot charge phone due to excessive current' so you basically have to charge it on dark screen. And it takes forever to charge with a mobile charger. Are these issues with the Galaxy too? I want to be able to use the phone for at least 2 hours and I want to be able to talk while it is plugged into a charger.
2. My current phone is very hard to turn on after it goes dead. You have to hold the button on top of the phone down for like 25 seconds before it will turn on and then wait an eternity for it to boot up to use. I want a quick on button but I can accept the long boot up time.
3. I also want front and back cameras because I use Glide a lot.
I'm going to assume you mean the S5. I have had mine for about a month now and I love it. The battery life is fantastic for a smart phone. My old phone never made it through a day of use, I get 2 days with similar use out of the S5. I'm not a heavy users, mostly texts, emails, some internet browsing. It wakes up very easily, just a quick press of the button. It does have a front and back camera. I haven't taken any photos using the front camera yet but the photos with the back camera are very good for a smartphone.
If you're talking S4, the battery life is adequate, but pick up some spares off Amazon if you want to have ultimate convenience. I keep two batteries fully charged, for me and my wife, and while our S4s will last a full day of normal to medium-high usage, she forgot to charge hers the other day. Just slap in a new battery and you're good to go.
I'd say boot-up takes around 20 seconds to be usable, but it's still loading apps in the background.
The only thing that kills my battery is some app will pull up the GPS while I'm indoors and will not stop. Constant polling like that will kill the battery in about an hour sometimes. I'm thinking it's Cover, Aviate, IFTTT, or any other number of convenience apps I run.
But, the Galaxy line is great. Plastic workhorses. Very robust but getting a case on them is nearly mandatory to eliminate the shame associated with the cheezy battery cover. Or that is true for the S4.
My wife and I now have Galaxy Win's for a few months and we get a day and a half out of the battery. We also have a car charger in the car if needed and my wife carries an external battery that can be bought fairly inexpensive on EBAY or elsewhere.
If you do not have too many apps running, then battery will last the longest. I shut bluetooth when not in car and wifi off when not needed, the more items on, the worse the battery life will be.
Yes my phone can be charged when in use but it is probably not a good idea to talk a lot on a phone while it is being charged unless you have to.
Yes it has front and back cameras and the Win also allows two sim cards, so we can separate different types of phone calls or texts.
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