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Samsung Aims to Improve Galaxy S6 Battery Life in Latest Update

Kellen April 16, 2015 129

How has your battery life been on your Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 Edge? As you know, we considered each to have "average" battery life at best in our review. I don't think we are alone in describing it as that either. And while a number of you are reporting better...

Google is Working on Improving Battery Tech for Consumer Electronics

Kellen April 10, 2015 50

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google has a small group inside its Google X research lab to try and improve battery technology for things like smartphones and wearables. The group is led former Apple battery guru, Dr. Ramesh Bhardwaj, who of course, was...

Friday Poll: What’s Your Average Battery Life?

Kellen February 6, 2015 295

I think it's safe to say that battery tech is about 45 years behind everything else in our smartphones. Our processors keep getting more efficient and powerful. Our displays suck less juice while their resolutions and sizes grow. Our cameras pick up more...

Apple Watch, With Its Unattractive Square Design and Average Battery Life, Ships in April

Kellen January 27, 2015 213

Am I trolling with that title? A little. Just keep in mind that I'm not the one who called the Apple Watch ugly or said it should be round or who wouldn't give Apple fans hope of it lasting more than a day on a single charge. Nope, not me. But because the...

Deal: Slim BookMark Battery Pack is Just $34.99

Kellen October 30, 2014 20

Battery packs are awesome and an accessory that I always tell people to consider buying when they are on sale. You can keep them in the bottom of a bag, in the glove box of your car, or on your coffee table for those times on the couch where you need extra...

Does the Moto 360 Really Have Dramatically Better Battery Life Now? Yes.

Kellen October 1, 2014 148

On Monday morning, Moto 360 owners couldn't help but take to the internet to talk about the "dramatic" increases they were now seeing with their smartwatches thanks to an update that rolled out to the masses on Friday. Even Tim pinged me that morning to...

Moto 360 Update Said to “Dramatically” Increase Battery Life

Kellen September 29, 2014 224

Last week, Motorola began rolling out a software update to the Moto 360 as build 1.0.1.1448224, an update that was officially listed as nothing more than a Bluetooth connectivity fixer and bug squasher. But now that the update has been on devices in the wild ...

If You Plan to Buy a New Moto X, Buy a Turbo Charger Just in Case.

Kellen September 15, 2014 345

Over the weekend, Motorola announced that the new Moto X would go up for pre-order on Tuesday, along with their Turbo Charger, a device that utilizes Qualcomm's Quick Charge 2.0 technology to give the new X up to 8 hours of battery power within 15 minutes. If...