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Battery vs apps?

skrble — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:55:21 GMT

Hi all,

I'm seriously thinking about Sola to buy, but there is still one thing, that tells me to rather wait for answer:

I've asked to some owner of this phone to measure for me the battery life. His result (1% per 6 minutes of mid-brightness) is for me great, but he also told me about one interesting problem: when he installed game (HillClimb), battery suddenly started to drain extremely fast - about 1% per minute. Is this normal on Android, or some special "feature" of this phone? Have you met this problem yet?

Thanks and please excuse my english level

regards, skrble

Re: Battery vs apps?

Uliwooly — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:05:50 GMT

that's an app/game issue, some games/apps are either poor coded or they are heavy games that require a lot of resources, thus, draining your battery faster.

Re: Battery vs apps?

skrble — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:19:22 GMT

Thanks! So should I stay in belief that Sola's battery is after last update better than it was?

Re: Battery vs apps?

Uliwooly — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:30:22 GMT

I don't have this particular Xperia so I can't quite comment on its battery life

Re: Battery vs apps?

tech-no-logical — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:27:24 GMT

do not buy a sola, it's a waste of money. buy a htc phone. check the forum : sony support svcks, and unless you hack your phone and install a custom rom you will have bad battery life whatever you do.

simply put : stay away from sony.

Re: Battery vs apps?

EowynCarter1 — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:59:21 GMT

I rather like sola battery life.

But, sony having already decided the sola was end of life and will not get updates, go for someting else. Someting with at leat jeally bean if you go for android.

Games ARE expected to drain battery faster.Whetever the phone, whatever the OS. But a properly coded app will not drain battery when not in use.

Re: Battery vs apps?

tech-no-logical — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:08:18 GMT

I like the battery life that CM9 gives me, true. with stock firmware, it's always been horrible for me.

also, if I were to choose now, a year later, I'd not go for a 512MB phone. it works, but it's just not enough to work smoothly with larger apps and some games.

Re: Battery vs apps?

EowynCarter1 — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:26:17 GMT

Battery life was quite ok with stok rom, after removing / freezing some of the sony stuff.

And yeah, 1G ram seams a must have now. At least if you want to run facebook.

Re: Battery vs apps?

skrble — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:22:13 GMT

I appreciate your suggestions a lot! Thank you all for great suggestions! I will rather buy Xperia P.

Re: Battery vs apps?

tech-no-logical — Thu, 02 May 2013 07:31:25 GMT

be aware that, while with an xperia p you have better hardware, you're still stuck with sony's software and support, which both s/uck. you'll probably not get the updates you want, and will be stuck with a barely working phone.

don't do it. it's a waste of money. go htc or samsung. anything but sony, really.

Re: Battery vs apps?

skrble — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:47:16 GMT

Okey... But last question - why also P? I've read, that last FW for Xperia P (Jellybean) is quite good... So how is it in real?

Re: Battery vs apps?

tech-no-logical — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:21:37 GMT

I've no experience with xperia p and it's firmware, so you'll have to ask in the p forum. at a glance, I see similar problems (and similar lack of replies from sony) in that forum, although it's less than for sola.

for me it's pretty simple : any company pushing new models to market on a monthly basis cannot support them all, unless the hardware is really similar. which in sony's case it isn't.

ultimately it's your decision. I'll never buy sony again, and regret having ever bought a sola.