{"items": [{"author": "Danner", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=643892946252", "anchor": "fb-643892946252", "service": "fb", "text": "This is exactly why battery life was my major factor for my laptop purchase, and I hope to obtain the same level of \"I forget the last time I charged my phone\" as I get with the laptop. It's the elimination of an item on my mind.", "timestamp": "1388845325"}, {"author": "Mac", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=643893799542", "anchor": "fb-643893799542", "service": "fb", "text": "For the last three phones, I've bought extra batteries -- by the manufacturer, _not_ after market. Not only does it give you spare \"emergency\" power, but it extends the life of your phone well past the life cycle of your battery.", "timestamp": "1388846146"}, {"author": "Danner", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=643893874392", "anchor": "fb-643893874392", "service": "fb", "text": "I've currently got 3 batteries, plus an external. One in the phone, one on the charger, one in my bag. I'd say I need to swap 2-3 times a week.", "timestamp": "1388846219"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=643908664752", "anchor": "fb-643908664752", "service": "fb", "text": "How much do you spend on your cell phone plan?", "timestamp": "1388848637"}, {"author": "Hollis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=643912087892", "anchor": "fb-643912087892", "service": "fb", "text": "Danner, what laptop did you purchase, in the end?", "timestamp": "1388851424"}, {"author": "Danner", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=643912457152", "anchor": "fb-643912457152", "service": "fb", "text": "Hollis: This was a while ago, I got a thinkpad X220 with a 9 cell battery. at first it lasted 15 hours without a charge, it's down to 9-12 now, but I still go a few days between needing to find my charger again.", "timestamp": "1388851540"}, {"author": "Mac", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=643914183692", "anchor": "fb-643914183692", "service": "fb", "text": "Whenever my computer is at my desk, it's charging. But that's where it lives when it's in the house. Your computer might lead a more peripatetic life.", "timestamp": "1388852056"}, {"author": "Vivian", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=643931044902", "anchor": "fb-643931044902", "service": "fb", "text": "Danner: How did you shop for it? I've gotten half the advertised battery life on my last two laptops (comparing advertised DVD-watching time to actual web-browsing time), and I haven't had any better luck with cell phones.", "timestamp": "1388862349"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=643933539902", "anchor": "fb-643933539902", "service": "fb", "text": "@Peter: \"How much do you spend on your cell phone plan?\"
I'm on the T-Mobile $30/month plan, unlimited texts and data. Pretty happy with it. (This involves buying the phone up front, which is very much worth it. Carrier subsidies are highly expensive loans.)", "timestamp": "1388864440"}, {"author": "Christopher", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=643968834172", "anchor": "fb-643968834172", "service": "fb", "text": "Jeff, how did you choose your phone and what are your reactions?", "timestamp": "1388888393"}, {"author": "David", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=643980386022", "anchor": "fb-643980386022", "service": "fb", "text": "I still have a flip phone so I guess I am a D&D rogue (can't do magic, has other skills instead).", "timestamp": "1388894149"}, {"author": "Satvik", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=644011059552", "anchor": "fb-644011059552", "service": "fb", "text": "Jeff, how did you acquire a $30/month plan? When I check unlimited data for unlocked phones on T-mobile's website it's $70/month.", "timestamp": "1388934263"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=644013689282", "anchor": "fb-644013689282", "service": "fb", "text": "@Satvik: Go to http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans , click \"Which plan is right for you?\", look at the far-right column. You have to buy online or at Walmart.", "timestamp": "1388936454"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=644013799062", "anchor": "fb-644013799062", "service": "fb", "text": "@Christopher: \"how did you choose your phone and what are your reactions?\"
I got it as a present, so no choosing really, but I think it's the one I would have gotten even if I had been choosing. It's a good size, good battery life, feels snappy. I like it.", "timestamp": "1388936532"}, {"author": "Aryeh", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=644045261012", "anchor": "fb-644045261012", "service": "fb", "text": "Great analogy, Jeff. Just upgraded from a Galaxy Nexus (2 y/o) to a Moto X and very impressed so far. The battery lasts much longer (I had to keep 4G off on the GNex to get 12 hours) and the battery indicator is much more accurate.", "timestamp": "1388956127"}, {"author": "Dustin", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=644080799792", "anchor": "fb-644080799792", "service": "fb", "text": "@Jeff: it only shows a 50/mo plan at that link", "timestamp": "1388973565"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=644099776762", "anchor": "fb-644099776762", "service": "fb", "text": "@Dustin: you have to click on \"Which plan is right for you?\"", "timestamp": "1388984027"}, {"author": "BDan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/643892167812?comment_id=644484276222", "anchor": "fb-644484276222", "service": "fb", "text": "And by the same analogy, using a two year old phone with steadily worsening battery life is like living in Larry Niven's \"The Magic Goes Away\" -- I now have to think about things that I didn't use to.", "timestamp": "1389281756"}]}