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first of all it's nasty

 

 

second it looks glossy, which would make it even nastier.

 

Im pretty sure its like soft touch matte silicone 

 

Well, I got myself a 7000mAh battery extension for way less than $100!

And it looks slick too.

It has a DIY feeling to it.

 

No

 

 

I don't get it...

My iPhone 6 has two and a half day battery.

 

Sure, I might not use it as much as Linus but there is no need for a battery pack imo.

 

My 6 doenst get through the day, I take it off charge at 7am, and I have to charge it by about 7pm

 

that is a day with no youtube, no gaming, and very little music

 

if I use it heavily, like making calls, or gaming , it can drain in a few hours - hence I have a battery case for weekends and heavy days away from the office

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Well, I got myself a 7000mAh battery extension for way less than $100!

And it looks slick too.

It has a DIY feeling to it.

 

You can get a 10000mAh one with the same size, you should upgrade your cover :P

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Im pretty sure its like soft touch matte silicone 

the black one looks soft touch, the white one looks glossy.

 

My 6 doenst get through the day, I take it off charge at 7am, and I have to charge it by about 7pm

 

that is a day with no youtube, no gaming, and very little music

 

if I use it heavily, like making calls, or gaming , it can drain in a few hours - hence I have a battery case for weekends and heavy days away from the office

wow it's bad lol

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You can get a 10000mAh one with the same size, you should upgrade your cover :P

Well, considering I spent like $10 on mine, I'd say I should get 2 of the models I already have for an amazing battery pack of ~14000 mAh !

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Well, considering I spent like $10 on mine, I'd say I should get 2 of the models I already have for an amazing battery pack of ~14000 mAh !

Or.... 4 of them.

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the black one looks soft touch, the white one looks glossy.

 
wow it's bad lol

 

 

Nah its the same material

 

 

Its not bad at all, every other smartphone would fair the same, even if a phone lasted twice or 3 times as long, it would still struggle on a heavy day

 

if I have a light day, it does last 2 days

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Or.... 4 of them.

2 on the front as well, am I right?

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C'mon apple, even you should have been able to make it look better than that...

 

 

I mean really, how hard is it to make a batter pack at least match the styling choices of the phone its going on >.>

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Its not bad at all, every other smartphone would fair the same

no they wouldn't... 6 has a battery life straight from 2013, we are way past that now.

 

z3 compact and z5 compact are legit doubling the battery life of iphone 6 in every test I can find. That's why Linus uses Z5 Compact now.

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No

Oh yes <3

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Wtf Apple, really i dont know anyone besides dickheads and hipsters who would want to have form over function. I'd take a fat, powerful (not saying the iPhone isn't powerful but there are more powerful phones out there) android phone that has good battery life rather than a bloody phone with shit battery life and a shit case that makes it very awkward and shit looking so you can have some extra battery life.

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no they wouldn't... 6 has a battery life straight from 2013, we are way past that now.

 

What? its top of the chart for wifi browsing battery life? omg i must be in a time machine /s

 

yeah its not the greatest, but its not the worst either

 

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Apple is all about design and they create this cover? It's hideous

Need I remind you?

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What? its top of the chart for wifi browsing battery life? omg i must be in a time machine /s

 

yeah its not the greatest, but its not the worst either

it's browsing on apple phone with apple browser, sure it does well there. just so you know lg g4 which is right at iphone 6 level has bad battery life too, by todays standards. 

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it's browsing on apple phone with apple browser, sure it does well there.

 

that is all that matters though, does it carry out the functions it was designed to do and optimised for, yes

 

 

the iPhone 6 is a shit hammer btw

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that is all that matters though, does it carry out the functions it was designed to do and optimised for, yes

 

 

the iPhone 6 is a shit hammer btw

yeah, still. Today's phones last way longer than iPhone 6. 6s plus is pretty good, still not top performer where battery life is concerned, but okay. 

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yeah, still. Today's phones last way longer than iPhone 6. 6s plus is pretty good, still not top performer where battery life is concerned, but okay. 

yeah its just kinda mediocre, I hope this means apple will fix this  with the 7

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What complete idiot thought it was a good idea to make a battery cover with only 2/3s of it actually containing battery and that doesn't have a passthrough for the connector? Are you kidding me? And why didn't they just make the phone thicker?

 

Also, 100$? WHAT? I can buy 64 Ah worth of battery packs with that money, combined they should last almost a month without recharging any of them.

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yeah its just kinda mediocre, I hope this means apple will fix this  with the 7

ooooor you could buy an android phone.

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it's browsing on apple phone with apple browser, sure it does well there. just so you know lg g4 which is right at iphone 6 level has bad battery life too, by todays standards. 

Dunno what to say, but battery life on my LG G3 has been excellent. Even more so since I've changed my ROM.

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Dunno what to say, but battery life on my LG G3 has been excellent. Even more so since I've changed my ROM.

screen on time and usage time? if you get 3-4 hours of screen on time it's not excellent, it's okay. LG G3 has excellent stand by time because SD801 is fucking nuts, but the display is power hungry.

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ooooor you could buy an android phone.

 

or I can buy the stuff that I like?

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or I can buy the stuff that I like?

but you don't like the battery life.

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but you don't like the battery life.

 

its fine for 90% of things, and I have a battery case for the days when its not

 

I prefer the phone overall as a device, I really do not like Android much, though I might get one as a second phone just so I have the best from both worlds

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