Reliable alarm + music phone?

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Reliable alarm + music phone?

by JaydoDre Dec 1, 2015 5:44AM PST

Hello,

To me a phone is an MP3 player with an alarm...that can also make phone calls once a week.

After my Sony Ericsson finally gave up after about 7 years of loyal service, I have been forced to switch to a smartphone and I have been late to work twice already because my new Motorola G3, despite having 1/3 of its battery life left in the evening, could not stay alive until morning and the alarm does not ring when the phone is off. My old phone would sound the alarm despite a dead battery. Also, the music quality and controlls seem worse regardless of the equaliser and expensive headphones.

I’ve read that the problem of the alarm and the music quality applies to most android phones because they are all more or less the same.

Can someone knowledgeable recommend me a modern phone that is capable of waking up like my old phone did and, ideally, specializes in music?

Or alternatively, maybe a phone that has an extremely long standby time is the solution? I thought about getting an iPhone because my iPad seems to last for weeks when locked, but if I look at the specs of an iPhone, the standby time is much shorter than other phones so I guess not all Apple products are similar in that aspect.

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Tell more about the 1/3 battery.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 1, 2015 7:06AM PST

Here that means it's time to plug in the charger. If you don't it may not make it through the night.

I may have missed where you did or knew that.

As to the last paragraph, I'm sorry to write that no smart phone may fit your request. That is, when it gets say under 50%, I plug it in.

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Exactly

by Pepe7 Dec 1, 2015 9:07AM PST

It simply blows me away that someone is complaining about battery life but not bothering to charge so the phone is ready to go first thing in the morning LOL.

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Oki doki

by JaydoDre Dec 3, 2015 2:57AM PST

Thanks, the reasons why I didn't charge it overnight on 1/3 battery are:

a. My old phone (supposedly with a much weaker battery) had no problems making it through the night on standby so I was not accustomed to the drain of a new phone. By the way, I tested the phone since then and I am now relatively sure that the reason the battery died so quickly was because some program in the background was draining it in chunks despite the phone being on standby (most likely the navigation app) so I guess I just have to learn to manually close all the apps before I go to bed.

b. I learned long ago that if you charge a battery to 100% and then keep charging it, that shortens battery's life. I am not sure if that still applies to modern phone batteries (does it?).

But are there really no phones out there anymore that sound the alarm even while off?
Just wondering.

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Let's set your information straight ;)

by Pepe7 Dec 3, 2015 7:08AM PST

a) What the old phone did is irrelevant since the new phones behave much differently and in no way enjoy the same battery life that our old Nokia candybar style phones did. The new ones do have other stuff running in the background (even when all apps are closed, btw) that will affect the aforementioned battery life.

b) Nope. FWIW, the battery is not affected like the old ones were in this manner. In fact, if you peruse the battery technology sites, they will tell you that keeping the battery above 80% isn't a bad idea and does not shorten its lifespan.

Regarding whether or not there's a phone turned 'off' (as in powered completely off?) with alarm still on- no. Not like that. OTOH, you could place your phone in 'airplane mode' which should allow you to reduce battery consumption (turning off all the radios) and permit the alarm app (etc.) to ring.

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CNET just put up a page about battery misinformation.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 3, 2015 8:28AM PST

It's over at http://www.cnet.com/videos/common-battery-myths-that-need-to-die/

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Pepe7 · Answer 1 · Dec 1, 2015 9:10AM PST

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Buying a newer phone means using the charger more often

by Pepe7 Dec 1, 2015 9:10AM PST

That's something you simply cannot escape. The newest devices are doing so much more with multiple radios broadcasting constantly, and have larger color screens that draw more power than the older devices ever had to.

FWIW, all Android handsets are not equal since the hardware (speaker, screen, etc.) can vary radically. It's trial and error mostly.

Ideally, you would pick a newer smartphone and utilize a charger overnight. Done.

elenablack93 · Answer 2 · Dec 3, 2015 10:33PM PST

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Turn off the backgroud apps

by elenablack93 Dec 3, 2015 10:33PM PST

Smartphone apps use the network and the battery even if your phone is on standby mode. Try using a third party app from play store may useful for you. The task killer app helps to kill apps which runs in the background and causes a phone battery to drain fast.
About alarm, I am not sure of any phone that provide such a feature like that. Try using the above tip. It may help to keep the phone battery on until morning and will turn the alarm on because battery is not dead

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