I planned to change my BlackBerry Bold 9900 to a new smartphone maybe between iPhone 5s or Galaxy S4 or maybe others.

BUT after few research, I found out that most of the new smartphone now days got "Poor" battery life.

Example for S4.

Personally I was going to pick up a Galaxy S4 as my new phone. It's a really great smartphone. But after few research. I figured out that lot of people complain about hot battery or super fast battery drain problem.

Of course it's normal, nothing is perfect. You get a smartphone with lot of great features which need lot of power. But however, if I want to keep the battery in good condition, I have to disable most of features that it make my smartphone to become like other normal smartphone. I can't get the great experience as I should get.

If not, the phone will last only few hours then run out battery. What is the point when I purchase a thing that I can't get the maximum result. That's the only point I can't deal with.

I am an university student who use a lot camera and web search, also talk with friends (DUH)..

Pretty disappointed.

Anyone have a suggestion for a smartphone that have a battery can last me at least a day with some good features? When I say a day it means maybe after a year, my battery life can still hold for a daily usage.

S4 is great, but like Air gesture or smart pause... that's just totally useless for me. Maybe iPhone 5s? I have a MacBook Pro. So maybe I can get some advantage between my Mac and an iPhone?

Thanks.

i use the note 3. i send/receive a few hundred texts a day, check email, some browsing. all with max brightness and still at 40% after 9 hours. i rarely talk on it, so dunno how that impacts battery life. if i dim the screen i can get even more battery life out of it, but that's not necessary for my purposes.

if i leave it on but dont actively do anything on it, i'm still at 90+% after 9 hours.

i've heard horrible things about iphones and battery, but that's all hearsay.

This post was edited by carteblanche on Feb 10 2014 11:59pm

my iphone 4s dies with like 30% battery alot sometimes more. as soon as they come out with a new phone expect to shit on the one u have now

Hate Apple

I hated the iphone 5 my battery would last maybe an hour with heavy use, s4 is much better 4-6 with heavy use

My HTC one out lasts my wifes s4 in battery life

Finally I got S4. Just like I said, I turned everything down to save more battery life.

First time use, it last me 2 days without charge. (Of course, brand new battery)

We'll see with time.

Just got a 5s and it's not bad. Never had the battery die.
From what I can tell the charge should last a full day+
Just don't have Max brightness

This post was edited by toyake on Feb 14 2014 02:29pm

always android

my iphone 5s lasts days if i need to it too.

havnt had a single problem with it yet. i owned an iphone 4 for 2 years prior to this phone and i didnt have to replace it once. the battery life was shortened towards the end there but thats to be expected with any 2 year old phone