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Thursday Poll: What is Your Typical Screen on Time in a Day?

Tim February 27, 2020

It's 2020 and we still don't have the everlasting lithium-ion battery, so here we are, asking how many hours of screen on time (SOT) you get on your smartphone. Personally, I find myself averaging 3-4 hours of SOT, regardless of which phone I use these days....

Samsung’s Balls Will Make Battery Charging 5x Faster

Kellen November 28, 2017 35

Their graphene balls, guys. It's true, though - Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) has developed a graphene ball that will not only increase capacity of batteries in your phones (and electric vehicles too), they'll charge insanely fast too. After...

Pixel 2 & Pixel 2 XL Battery Life: No Worries Here

Kellen October 17, 2017 77

After almost a full week's worth of testing (unboxing, camera comparisons, first 10 things, etc.), I think Tim and I have no hesitation in saying that the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are solid in the battery life department. He's hammered on the regular Pixel 2...

Tuesday Poll: What is Your Typical Screen on Time in a Day?

Kellen April 11, 2017 132

Battery life is one of the subjects we still talk a lot about, unfortunately. While phones typically almost all excel in performance and camera departments these days, not all are great when it comes to getting you through a day without looking for an outlet....

Samsung Says 85% of Recalled Galaxy Note 7s Replaced, Confirms Battery Limiting Update is Incoming

Kellen November 4, 2016 62

This afternoon, Samsung provided new details on the status of the Galaxy Note 7 recall and also confirmed that they will push a software update to all remaining Note 7 devices that will limit their batteries and push additional pop-ups to users. According to a...

Official: Samsung Halts All Sales of Galaxy Note 7, Recommends Powering Down and Getting a Refund

Kellen October 10, 2016 260

Moments ago, Samsung confirmed that they are halting all sales and exchanges of the Galaxy Note 7 across the globe. Not only that, but they are recommending that owners of the phone turn them off and "take advantage of the remedies available." Those remedies...

Two More Replacement Note 7s Explode, So Yeah, Don’t Buy a Galaxy Note 7

Kellen October 9, 2016 274

At the end of last week, after a report surfaced of a Galaxy Note 7 owner whose supposedly safe phone caught fire on a Southwest plane just before takeoff made the rounds, and carriers began accepting returns for those worried about their own replacement...

Samsung: “About Half” of Recalled Galaxy Note 7 Devices Exchanged

Kellen September 23, 2016 83

With exchange stock arriving in stores this week, owners of the Galaxy Note 7 seem to finally have the motivation to swap out their unsafe Note 7 for a safe model. Samsung announced yesterday afternoon that "about half" of the recalled Galaxy Note 7 devices in...