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>> "Has built-in FM radio" Technically, your phone does, too, but access to it has been blocked. http://freeradioonmyphone.org/
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I remember once when I was roaming at exhorbitant cost, I was regularly turning off data to save money and my battery life was greatly improved. I wish I could have finer control on the polling frequency and volume of most apps...
It should be doable to build an Android app that turns data on every X minutes. Does such a thing already exist ? Does it really help with battery ?
Can we talk about the Nokia 8210 candybar phones? Circa 1999 this thing was indestructible and had battery life that would probably outlast 3-4 iPhones. I think there is a market for these types of phones again. Even if it was ugly it was durable and functional. There is definitely a market for a phone that can be dropped and still function.
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I remember once when I was roaming at exhorbitant cost, I was regularly turning off data to save money and my battery life was greatly improved. I wish I could have finer control on the polling frequency and volume of most apps...
It should be doable to build an Android app that turns data on every X minutes. Does such a thing already exist ? Does it really help with battery ?
I remember ten or so years ago being in Ghana and being amazed that after driving 3 hours to a remote village, the residents had better cell coverage than I had oftentimes stateside.
Of course, he then gave a knowing look and applied the same metrics to the USA.
>> "Has built-in FM radio" Technically, your phone does, too, but access to it has been blocked. http://freeradioonmyphone.org/
Technically, all of my smartphones so far have a working FM radio app preinstalled (I'm in EU). Is this block some US thing?
>> "Has built-in FM radio" Technically, your phone does, too, but access to it has been blocked. http://freeradioonmyphone.org/
Technically, all of my smartphones so far have a working FM radio app preinstalled (I'm in EU). Is this block some US thing?
wireless carriers are dragging their feet and won’t activate the FM chips that are in every smartphone
So it's probably something similar to SIM-locking, and what happens if you buy a phone from a carrier.
My experience has been the same with Asian no-name smartphones, in that they all come unlocked and with FM radio. The reference platform has the feature, and the manufacturers wouldn't bother removing it because doing so would mean extra work and one less bullet-point in the feature list.
Wait, so that "power bank" is only 1,000 mAh? I saw an Alcatel One Touch 20.01 "for seniors" recently that looked much better/slimmer yet still have a 1,000 mAh battery. It didn't cost much more than this. I think ~1,000 mAh is pretty typical for such a low-end feature phone.
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Technically, all of my smartphones so far have a working FM radio app preinstalled (I'm in EU). Is this block some US thing?
According to that link: wireless carriers are dragging their feet and won’t activate the FM chips that are in every smartphone So it's probably something similar to SIM-locking, and what happens if you buy a phone from a carrier. My experience has been the same with Asian no-name smartphones, in that they all come unlocked and with FM radio. The reference platform has the feature, and the manufacturers wouldn't bothe…