[gps-talkusers] Re: battery consumption on the iPhone
- From: Mike Arrigo <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Cory Martin <cory.martin.mailinglists@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 00:45:30 -0500
It does make the iphone 5 slightly larger, but I think it's worth it. I do wish
Apple would have just used micro USB on the phone itself, there is no advantage
to using these proprietary connectors.
On Jul 3, 2013, at 10:09 PM, Cory Martin <cory.martin.mailinglists@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> micro USB connector on the case, so when you charge it you are charging the
> case battery as well as the phone. The advantage is that you have your extra
> battery with you all the time and you can turn it on or off with the flick of
> a switch. The disadvantage is that your phone is much larger because of the
> case. Personally I like the Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation better because it
> is a separate battery, about the size of two thirds of an iPhone 5. It has a
> USB port on it so you can charge any USB device on it and it's 6000 MA. I
> have the $79 one but there is a smaller and cheaper 4000 MA battery for $49
> and a more expensive one which is $99. Personally that's what I would
> suggest but the Mophie Juice Pack case has its advantages. Cory
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> On 03/07/2013 5:40 PM, Justin Hull wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Could you please explain how you charge your iPhone with a micro USB cable
>> considering the new lightning connector is proprietary?
>>
>> Thank you
>> Have a great day.
>> Justin Hull
>>
>> On Jul 3, 2013, at 12:58 PM, "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I would suggest something like the mophie juice pack. This will just about
>>> double your battery life, and, it will allow you to charge your device
>>> using a standard micro USB cable instead of Apple's proprietary cables.
>>> Unfortunately, many of the common bluetooth receivers do not work with the
>>> iphone, the holux 1000, iblue 737 and qstarz 818 are prime examples. I
>>> think any receiver that does work must be Apple approved, admitedly, this
>>> is one of many pet peves I have about IOS, it's far too restrictive. All of
>>> these receivers work great on Android devices.
>>> Original message:
>>>> All of these GPS apps suck a lot of battery, especially when using
>>>> Bluetooth
>>>> and Wi-Fi at the same time. I have seen the battery go down as much as 20%
>>>> per hour using Navigon and also on the Seeing Eye GPS app.
>>>> I have the Garmin Glo receiver and will do a test soon to compare battery
>>>> drain with and without this external receiver. If anyone has another
>>>> receiver or the Garmin, please test as well. This will be valuable feedback
>>>> for folks.
>>>> Many of us have back-up batteries because of this and other apps that
>>>> necessitate extra power for power users.
>>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Michael May, CEO
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>>>> Developers of accessible GPS
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>>>
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