Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

crimsonnocturne t1_j6x7wur wrote

Reply to comment by zolikk in Samsung's S23s don't have an answer to Apple's Emergency SOS via Satellite by needlesfox

Because old phones were glorified calculators with one or two radios in them, not 8 core computers with 7 inch 4k screens and 20 different sensors and GPS and multiple high powered internet radios in them.

29

zolikk t1_j6x9jii wrote

You didn't understand what I said.

What I said is that you could have a power saver state in a modern phone that disables all those sensors, put the processor in a low power state (which is much, much better than those in any old processors), you aren't using your screen because the phone is just standing by not doing anything, and in such a state it should last much longer than an old phone because it would have lower power consumption and a larger battery.

Obviously it's not going to last long if you're using all those features, but it should be able to last long if you aren't. The reason why it doesn't is because even the ultra power saver setting on the phone still leaves things working in the background. Why not have a hyper-super-ultra power saver setting as well that disables them too?

3

bnonymousbeeeee t1_j6zfvv7 wrote

My Galaxy S5 Active, in Ultra Power Save mode would last 12 days according to it's in phone estimate. I was never able to push it in that mode the whole way through, but 2 days sipped about 10 percent of my battery when I tried, so I fully believe it was possible on that device. It downclocked the processor, turned basically everything off, like you said, and even lowered the display resolution and color to greyscale. I don't think I've seen a later phone than that with such a huge Ultra Power Saver.

2