Why is nobody challenging this in the tech journalism world.
Does anybody REALLY think that from one phone generation to the next, a year later, Apple suddenly found a way to squeeze out 5 extra hours with normal use?
The point is that I haven’t seen anyone with the balls to say “This is BS until you prove it”
Maybe … just maybe … music playback ….. and that’s a big maybe … but this 5 hour claim was just thrown out, with no context and peopl are lapping it up … Without strenuous pessimistic.
Thom77
<blockquote><em><a href="#465501">In reply to jrswarr:</a></em></blockquote><p>They lied about having an FM antenna.</p><p><br></p><p>What was the benefit in that?</p><p><br></p><p>By the way, to be clearer than my original post, I'm not saying they are blatantly lying, I'm just saying we all know these battery tests are not indicative of real world use and are purposefully controlled in application.</p><p><br></p><p>I might be proven to be 100% wrong. Maybe everything people normally do on their phone, they will do 4,5 hours longer.</p><p><br></p><p>But that's not the point of this post.</p><p><br></p><p>4,5 hours improvement in ONE generation is, IMO, an extraordinary claim and deserves extraordinary evidence. Until that evidence is provided, it should be treated with HIGH skepticism. I'm not seeing that. </p><p><br></p><p>I dont think iPhone users will use their phone as they normally do, and get 4,5 hours of extra time doing whatever it is they do normally.</p><p><br></p><p>And if that's the case, THEIR CLAIM IS BUNK.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Thom77
<blockquote><em><a href="#465505">In reply to paul-thurrott:</a></em></blockquote><p>You dont get credit for taking a stance when you hide behind journalism weasel phrases like "one might say"</p><p><br></p><p>Come out and say it. Take a stance. Call them out.</p><p><br></p><p>THEN you get credit.</p><p><br></p><p>Your literally proving my point in your attempt to disprove it.</p>
Thom77
<blockquote><em><a href="#466519">In reply to wunderbar:</a></em></blockquote><p>"I like to crap on apple, but one thing where they don't mess around with is battery life claims"</p><p><br></p><p>The first generation 12 inch Macbooks were nowhere near their battery claims.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Thom77
<blockquote><em><a href="#466565">In reply to Daekar:</a></em></blockquote><p><br></p><p>My whole post was wondering why the tech media has absolutely ACCEPTED this …. with no real-world data. Perhaps its because theres really nothing else to hold onto and run with. The whole event was a boring failure. </p><p><br></p><p>I've seen tech journalists have no problem doubting Laptop batter life claims (as they should) when i comes to Windows 10 laptops, because they point out (as they should) that these claims are derived from very controlled, optimized tests to get the best number, not to get the most accurate.</p><p><br></p><p>Why arent they coming out and blatantly saying exactly that about the Apple's claim. </p><p><br></p><p>Whats so hard about saying "Apple claims 4,5 hours battery life, but we all know how these companies manipulate their testing, so this claim is doubtful until proven otherwise considering it is a pretty big leap from one generation to the next. Time will tell"</p><p><br></p><p>See how easy that was?</p><p><br></p>