Google Nexus 5 battery woes trouble users
NEW DELHI: Though it is nearly a year old, LG-manufactured
Google Nexus 5 is still ranked among the best value-for-money smartphones in
India. However, a number of those 1.72 lakh in India who have purchased the
smartphone since its launch in November 2013 are bitter about Nexus 5
developing serious battery problems within a few months.
One of our colleagues has been using Google's Nexus 5 for over five months now. She often charges her phone by connecting it to her laptop when at work. Over time, the battery life of her smartphone has rapidly degraded. She has to plug in the charger at least thrice in 24 hours.
A few days ago, when she connected her Nexus 5 smartphone to her laptop in order to charge the battery, her phone's charging duct heated up. "When I tried to remove and re-plug my smartphone, I noticed that the USB and charging duct of the phone had become really hot and a strong burning smell was coming out of the charging port," she told us.
One of our colleagues has been using Google's Nexus 5 for over five months now. She often charges her phone by connecting it to her laptop when at work. Over time, the battery life of her smartphone has rapidly degraded. She has to plug in the charger at least thrice in 24 hours.
A few days ago, when she connected her Nexus 5 smartphone to her laptop in order to charge the battery, her phone's charging duct heated up. "When I tried to remove and re-plug my smartphone, I noticed that the USB and charging duct of the phone had become really hot and a strong burning smell was coming out of the charging port," she told us.
"I immediately switched off my smartphone and waited a
while for it to cool down. Approximately 30 minutes later, I tried to connect
it to a colleague's MacBook Air and the same thing happened — the charging duck
heated up again and the burning smell continued."
In order to save her phone from any further damage, she switched it off. When she took it to a nearby LG service center, the person in-charge inspected the phone and told her that there was has been a 'short-circuit' in the charging duct that caused the heating up and the burning smell.
"Since the warranty doesn't cover such 'incidents', I had to pay to get the part replaced," she told us.
Emails sent to LG and its PR agency for their clarification on Nexus 5 battery woes did not even elicit a response.
Her's is just one among the many battery problems faced by Nexus 5 users we spoke to. Though not all complained of a similar issue, some Nexus 5 buyers complained that within a few months, the battery stopped charging beyond 50-60% even while the phone is plugged in overnight. Yet others said that the battery charge goes down from 100% to 35-40% within a couple of hours.
Mukti Lamba, an actuarial analyst, told us, "My Nexus 5 takes a lot of time to get fully charged... what's worse is that it gets discharged within a couple of hours of being fully charged. Charging via USB is very slow... In short, it has to remain on charger for around 16 hours a day."
In order to save her phone from any further damage, she switched it off. When she took it to a nearby LG service center, the person in-charge inspected the phone and told her that there was has been a 'short-circuit' in the charging duct that caused the heating up and the burning smell.
"Since the warranty doesn't cover such 'incidents', I had to pay to get the part replaced," she told us.
Emails sent to LG and its PR agency for their clarification on Nexus 5 battery woes did not even elicit a response.
Her's is just one among the many battery problems faced by Nexus 5 users we spoke to. Though not all complained of a similar issue, some Nexus 5 buyers complained that within a few months, the battery stopped charging beyond 50-60% even while the phone is plugged in overnight. Yet others said that the battery charge goes down from 100% to 35-40% within a couple of hours.
Mukti Lamba, an actuarial analyst, told us, "My Nexus 5 takes a lot of time to get fully charged... what's worse is that it gets discharged within a couple of hours of being fully charged. Charging via USB is very slow... In short, it has to remain on charger for around 16 hours a day."
Surprise!
Kolkata has more Internet user that cyber hubs Bangalore and Hyderabad
While Mumbai, with 16.4 million
Internet users, tops the online penetration in India, Delhi has registered the
highest year-on-year growth in users, shows the IAMAI-IMRB I-Cube 2014
Findings.
Delhi has the second largest number
of internet users at 12.15 million, followed by Kolkata at 6.27 million.
Kolkata has overtaken Bangalore (5.99 million) and Chennai (5.58 million) to
come to third slot.
In 2013, Mumbai had 12 million
internet users, while Delhi had 8.1 million.
Delhi registered With 50 per cent
y-o-y growth, while Mumbai followed with 37 per cent, and Bangalore with 36 per
cent. Hyderabad and Pune, with a growth of 34 per cent each are at fourth while
Kolkata and Ahmedabad with 33 per cent each are at fifth position. Chennai with
24 per cent has registered the lowest growth rate among the top eight
cities.
Overall, the top four metros have a
23 per cent penetration of Internet Users in India. The other four Metros have
11 per cent.
Among the smaller metros with a
population of more than 1 million, Surat, Jaipur, Lucknow, Vadodara and Nagpur
are the top five cities with highest number of internet users.
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