Smartphones are the future, as well as the present. For the majority, the smartphone has become an integral asset. It makes perfect sense, a computer in your pocket with all the benefits of a phone. Being connectable everywhere is now, as they say, key.
Instagramming your lunch, tweeting on the bus, checking in at the Pav; all regular events. Yet this instant information at our fingertips comes at a price. While the common denouncement is that it stifles direct contact, converting us all into smartphone dependent drones, this article isn’t about that. The real price we pay is mobility. While the software technology for smartphones has leaped forward in the past five years, the less glamorous development of longer lasting batteries has lagged way behind.This has resulted in creating incredibly fast and complex software which drains the battery in less than.
Long gone are the days of the Nokia 3310 (13 years have past in fact) and with it have the reality of having a phone last a battery cycle for three full days. Currently, the iPhone 5 can last up to 660 minutes browsing on WiFi. That’s eleven hours at probably the bare minimum anyone would use with their phone, not accounting for making calls, taking pictures or using 3G data(and definitely not accounting for 4G). This lifespan is further reduced when the iPhone 5 is running on the new operating system of iOs 7; it loses 200 minutes of battery time.
While people may argue that the iPhone is notoriously poor for battery life, the competitors do not significantly increase this figure. This brings us to the crux of this article: the phenomenon of what I shall coin as “Socket Trawling”, in reference to the deep sea fishing technique. Anyone who has a smartphone that is anymore than a year old should instantly know what it refers to. Noticeable in most public spaces, “socket trawling” or “cruising for sockets” refers to all those around you with their smartphone plugged in and charging. For those amongst us without the funds to update to the latest modules it’s the search to continue our daily fix. The transition from being king/queen of Snapchat to holding completely a lifeless phone is a harsh slap from reality. No longer are you constantly included in six way Whatsapp conversations nor in on the joke of the moment. By the time you get home to charge your phone, the invitation for that coffee may have long past.
This is where Anymobilesmartphone comes in to play, as soon as we know of a future Smartphone with a battery that will last for days may be weeks we will let you all know?
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