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this episode of Android authorities brought to you by lynda.com go to lynda.com slash Android to start your free trial hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe handy from Android Authority comm and this is Android QA where you ask in we answer this week we're going to be talking about 64-bit processors Android 4.3 on all Samsung phones battery life problems and a whole lot more so let's get started well Raj asks weight for 64-bit processor from Android or buy an Android phone with a 32-bit processor I plan to have my phone for at least two years here's the thing with 64-bit processors there's still a whole bunch that we don't know we don't know if Android Kit Kats going to support 64-bit processing we think that they will but we can't be sure until it's actually announced device manufacturers haven't announced the phone yet that'll have a 64-bit processor and processor manufacturers are still just trying to get these things off the line so what I'm gonna suggest to you is to get a 32-bit device for right now and then when you're ready to upgrade again there will be more 64-bit devices for you to choose from and you can make that transition more easily Anna Ruud asks hey my mom just got a note 3 which is supposed to have great battery life she was using a bada phone previously which she charged once every 3 to 4 days with moderate use while I was checking out the note 3 at 8 2 to 4 percent of battery an hour is it a problem or is it supposed to be like that given the screen and the processor 4% drainage per hour actually isn't half bad most Android devices get about 12 hours a day with some getting about 16 hours a day at 4 percent drainage per hour you're looking at about a 25 hour charge which is substantially higher than the average for Android smartphones and beats out pretty much every other smartphone that you can think of these days see no slug asks what is a stable AOSP ROM based on Android 4.3 for the Galaxy s2 i 90 100g any ideas for uses a daily driver I did a little searching and I found out that Santa Jomon 10.2 is available for the Samsung Galaxy s2 I 90 100g according to their known issues page there are no known issues with this ROM so if I were to recommend one it would be that one of course be sure to make an Android backup just in case there's something wrong that's not on there unknown issues page so you can revert back if you need to ritchie asks hi Joe I'm currently using the Xperia Z should I upgrade to the Xperia z1 or wait for next year's Xperia z2 that's a really good question the Xperia z1 is an amazing device with some great specs but according to rumors the z2 is going to be even better however those same rumors say that the phone isn't supposed to be released until next spring or about six months from now so the question I have to ask myself is do I want to wait six months for my next smartphone if the answer to that question is yes then I would keep what I have and just wait for the z2 to drop if the answer to that question is no then go ahead and get the z1 it's still a really great device and you really can't go wrong with either of them lots of people asked when will the galaxy s3 galaxy s4 and Galaxy Note 2 get the Android 4.3 update according to Samsung the update should be finished and rolling out to people by the end of October of course that time may change depending on your carrier some people make it at knocked-over others may have to wait for November and December and for Verizon customers it'll happen eventually given the number of carriers and devices that have to be updated I can't give exact dates because none of them have been announced yet so just be patient because it is coming once again i'm joe handy from android authority comm and this is android Q&A if you have a question for us follow the link in the video description where you can ask us anything feel free to subscribe to our youtube channel and if you like this show check out some of our other ones the social media links and the written companion are in the video description thank you for watching and have a wonderful day