How many people think the Galaxy S4 battery life could have been higher than 2600mah? Compared to the Note 2, battery life is in the middle of the Galaxy S3 and Note 2. Not impressed at all. Its a total dealbreaker for me. If the S4 had at least 3100mah or higher than I would have considered it.
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How many people think the Galaxy S4 battery life could have been higher than 2600mah? Compared to the Note 2, battery life is in the middle of the Galaxy S3 and Note 2. Not impressed at all. Its a total dealbreaker for me. If the S4 had at least 3100mah or higher than I would have considered it.
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Um what it's the 2nd largest battery in any phone. How is this a deal breaker.
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I was expecting the galaxy 4 battery life to be way better than the s3. I had the note 2 and it had excellent battery life. Anything less than that is a disappointment. Galaxy 4 will have more features but it will eat up the battery faster so 2600mah is not good enough.
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its the 3rd biggest, Droid RAZR MAXX HD is biggest at 3,300mah and note 2 at second i believe at 3,100mah... just saying
I too wished they packed 1739400mah battery but for sake of device size and weight/form factor my bet would be that is why they have chosen 2600mah instead.
Deal breaker ? Get extended batteries when they will be out. Close thread please.
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How many people think the Galaxy S4 battery life could have been higher than 2600mah? Compared to the Note 2, battery life is in the middle of the Galaxy S3 and Note 2. Not impressed at all. Its a total dealbreaker for me. If the S4 had at least 3100mah or higher than I would have considered it.
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No.
1 MM thinner. While the battery gets bigger. Amazing huh?
Nearly the same dimensions as the s3. Its amazing how they were able to fit a bigger battery in and making the device slimmer. Plus there is no official battery tests yet.
Looks like your already set on your mind when it was announced.
The note 3 is waiting for you.
awesomedeals88 said:
How many people think the Galaxy S4 battery life could have been higher than 2600mah? Compared to the Note 2, battery life is in the middle of the Galaxy S3 and Note 2. Not impressed at all. Its a total dealbreaker for me. If the S4 had at least 3100mah or higher than I would have considered it.
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A deal breaker? that's a stretch. It is a huge size I think. But that leaves you 2 options, Razr Maxx HD or the Note line. You shouldn't consider any other phone until they have bigger batteries I guess.
I'm not complaining about the battery.. 2600 mah sounds fine..
but if I could trade an extra 500 mah for 5 gms and 1mm thickness, I would do it in a heartbeat.
That's why Samsung made it removable so that you can put that 10000000000mah in it :thumbup:
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I'm not complaining about the battery.. 2600 mah sounds fine..
but if I could trade an extra 500 mah for 5 gms and 1mm thickness, I would do it in a heartbeat.
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Same here. However, I'm planning to get a couple of the battery kits. They seem really useful.
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I think battery life will be good on the device. 2600mAh is quite a lot for a battery, and the processor/ screen are both more efficient which should improve battery life. I'm waiting on gsm arena's battery test for a definitive answer.
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Biggest battery on a FHD phone.
Just 7.9mm thick
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How many people think the Galaxy S4 battery life could have been higher than 2600mah? Compared to the Note 2, battery life is in the middle of the Galaxy S3 and Note 2. Not impressed at all. Its a total dealbreaker for me. If the S4 had at least 3100mah or higher than I would have considered it.
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Still it is atelast better than so called super class, highly stylish htc one and xperia z. You can, t compare a phablet, s battery to phone. I also own nite 2 and I love ite battery, still I think 2600 is fair enough. Will run for a day. I am just interested to see how 8 cores will impact the battery
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Still it is atelast better than so called super class, highly stylish htc one and xperia z. You can, t compare a phablet, s battery to phone. I also own nite 2 and I love ite battery, still I think 2600 is fair enough. Will run for a day. I am just interested to see how 8 cores will impact the battery
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-_- the octacore chip won't affect the battery negatively. It'll increase battery life.
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-_- the octacore chip won't affect the battery negatively. It'll increase battery life.
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People are confusing.
When they talk about CPU strength, they complain "Oh it's not 8 cores, only quad-core. Octo-core is a gimmick"
When they talk about power consumption, they conplain "Why we need 8 cores? They will eat up your battery quickly"
In reality, I saw a same person commented both on a website.
P/s: personally, I prefer HPM implementation. Accourding to the instruction, without any task needed, cores will be shut down and vise versal, all 8 cores can run at the same time. So we can have only one core runs or all 8 cores run, which increases the strength significantly but only affects a little on battery.
I know they are different models but if a S3 i9305 can get this kind of battery life with 4g on over 90% of the time, then I imagine the S4 with a 2600ma battery should be just as good, if not better.
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I prefer removable battery option than a biggest battery size.
While Galax keep this option, sold millions every year.
HTC is sleeping.:angel:
Seriously what is the problem here. Replace the battery with an anker 5400mah when it becomes available. That's the luxury you have with a Samsung phone compared to the competition.
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I can't possibly imagine 2600mAh will be a problem. Just plug it in every night and there won't be any trouble at all. If you do think a 5" smartphone should last 14 days on a battery, you might as well spend your money on a time machine.
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How many people think the Galaxy S4 battery life could have been higher than 2600mah? Compared to the Note 2, battery life is in the middle of the Galaxy S3 and Note 2. Not impressed at all. Its a total dealbreaker for me. If the S4 had at least 3100mah or higher than I would have considered it.
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Comeon, my first Note has 2500mah, and it's the longest battery of any phone I've owned. Don't forget its a 5.3" and it's DEFINITELY the brightest AMOLED display EVER MADE. It's definitely more than enough.
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cnet Australia: "Poor battery life keeps SGS2 from being our phone of the year"
http://www.cnet.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-339309232.htm
Title says it all.
I wonder who spread the rumor that version 2.3.3 has any trouble with battery life for double CPU smartphones (HTC Sensation has superb battery life under 2.3.3).
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http://www.cnet.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-339309232.htm
Title says it all.
I wonder who spread the rumor that version 2.3.3 has any trouble with battery life for double CPU smartphones (HTC Sensation has superb battery life under 2.3.3).
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Have you actually owned or played with a Sensation? I had friends complain about the battery life being worse than the DHD despite the battery being of a higher capacity.
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Have you actually owned or played with a Sensation? I had friends complain about the battery life being worse than the DHD despite the battery being of a higher capacity.
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Ditto, there is a guy in my office, constant ***** fest about the battery life.
I can third this. Some people I know have this dhd on steroids and they like the phone but say its on par with the dhd. Not better by any means. Which is a good thing too. But still I can get through one day on my sgs2. That's all that matters. Would I like better battery life? Yeah. So far its OK. the sensation on the other hand is worse.
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http://www.cnet.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-339309232.htm
Title says it all.
I wonder who spread the rumor that version 2.3.3 has any trouble with battery life for double CPU smartphones (HTC Sensation has superb battery life under 2.3.3).
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I think that unit that they tested was faulty. In 7-8 hours, my battery lost 7% whilst syncing (all via push) gmail, Microsoft exchange, facebook app and hub, and hotmail. I had one SMS message, 4 fb notifications, 5 gmail emails and 2 exchange emails. Hardly poor for idling. When I've been using my internet, the battery has been really quite good.
And I highly doubt the Sensation is better. On A SIMPLE LEVEL - qHD = more pixels, and so the battery is using more power, to power the pixels, and it has a smaller capacity, and on Super AMOLED Plus, black pixels need no, or very little battery because the pixels aren't illuminated (or something like that).
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I wonder who spread the rumor that version 2.3.3 has any trouble with battery life for double CPU smartphones (HTC Sensation has superb battery life under 2.3.3).
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Eldar Murtazin(or something like that)
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Eldar Murtazin(or something like that)
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Dont know where he claims battery life sucks, my SGS 2 Battery life is awesome ! way better than my old DHD and iPhone 4
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Dont know where he claims battery life sucks, my SGS 2 Battery life is awesome ! way better than my old DHD and iPhone 4
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I'll believe the DHD, but there is no way the SGS II has better battery life than an iPhone 4.
My SGSII has great battery life for an android phone, but it isn't even close the iphone 4 i had.
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I'll believe the DHD, but there is no way the SGS II has better battery life than an iPhone 4.
My SGSII has great battery life for an android phone, but it isn't even close the iphone 4 i had.
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The iphone 4 has a good battery life. But not with all handsets. 3 of 7 people i know say their iphone battery is rubbish. My desire could out last two of those three people. Its not as simple as you may think.
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Allot of iphone users probably don't know they can turn power draining features off, and they are much more likely to have the brightness set high.
I bought an iphone 4 to play with for a few weeks, the battery life is absolutely amazing compared to android.
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Allot of iphone users probably don't know they can turn power draining features off, and they are much more likely to have the brightness set high.
I bought an iphone 4 to play with for a few weeks, the battery life is absolutely amazing compared to android.
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Battery life is also amazing on my gsii if i turned draining features off. And many of the people i know, know how to save battery, because they need to. I just strain my eyes trying to look at the minimum brightness screens.
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I'll believe the DHD, but there is no way the SGS II has better battery life than an iPhone 4.
My SGSII has great battery life for an android phone, but it isn't even close the iphone 4 i had.
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Completely agree, as I own both.
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Eldar Murtazin(or something like that)
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I dont think thats right dude, I remember him championing the battery life. He said it was great and 50% better than Galaxy S.
I think think half of these "my battery sucks" threads are user error or dodgy apps.
When I first got my phone I installed everything under the sun and my battery didnt make it to the end of the working day. After a hard reset and a careful reinstall, I can get 2 days on the same useage.
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I just strain my eyes trying to look at the minimum brightness screens.
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I'm not sure about other devices but, me and my friend who both have a galaxy sii agree that the minimum brightness is still way too bright for night but actually very adequate for shade use. But if your trying to view minimum brightness in daylight, then I suggest you just switch to manual brightness and use the notification bar as a brightness bar. seriously I'd rather turn it up to read whatever at that moment out find a shady area, seeing it in sunlight at minimum is way to hard. not worth the 30 seconds of battery life you'll probably save
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From looking at the battery graph on the review, that has to be either a faulty device or possibly a brand new device which hasn't had even a single charge cycle. I'm not going to say this phone has the best battery life ever (name me a phone on XDA without a battery life complaint thread or a battery boosting kernel), but it is much better than my N1 and DHD, although it did take a few cycles to reach this level.
So to me, the SGS II is CNET Australia's phone of the year!
Bonza!
Regards.
Honestly all these battery threads and battery bashing reviews make me want to vomit *PUKE*...
seriously I'm having the best battery life with my sgs2 then I had with any other phone before and yes I did own an Iphone *shoot myself in head*, Desire HD, Wildfire, Dell Streak...
I doubt its faulty hardware and I'm sure that android OS bug is due to another reason (fixable, as lot of people dont have it) and I might get flamed for saying this but I bet everybody that has sh!t battery life is retarded and doesnt know how to setup his phone properly.
If you get sh!t battery life = blame yourself!
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After a hard reset and a careful reinstall, I can get 2 days on the same useage.
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what do you mean by careful reinstall?
Anything you can share with us about your way of installing carefully?
Edit: I am actually very happy with the battery life that I get out of mine. I wouldn't even say I heavy use of the phone, I'd say constant use which is like only sometimes putting the phone down to walk to another building at uni or talking to a friend who is walking with me. Or of course im occupied with something else
Its a curse, I can't get enough if always playing games with it, or reading xda or looking through market or when I'm thinking about what else to do on the phone, I play with my smooth launcher pro home screens and 3D app drawer. So basically here is my battery graph
Basically you can see with that much awake time i got roughly 7-8 hours on a single charge, also im not sure what that giant dip in battery llife is any ideas cant remember what i was doing. But even with that im happy
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what do you mean by careful reinstall?
Anything you can share with us about your way of installing carefully?
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I just mean think about what it is your installing, does it run in the background? How much battery is it using? Do I really need it? Does anyone else have a problem with it? etc. Theres a lot of crap out there.
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I'm not sure about other devices but, me and my friend who both have a galaxy sii agree that the minimum brightness is still way too bright for night but actually very adequate for shade use. But if your trying to view minimum brightness in daylight, then I suggest you just switch to manual brightness and use the notification bar as a brightness bar. seriously I'd rather turn it up to read whatever at that moment out find a shady area, seeing it in sunlight at minimum is way to hard. not worth the 30 seconds of battery life you'll probably save
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Completely agree. Through colours still look vibrant on minimum.
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Battery life is also amazing on my gsii if i turned draining features off. And many of the people i know, know how to save battery, because they need to. I just strain my eyes trying to look at the minimum brightness screens.
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i'm not trying to start trouble, but i would like you to prove that and do tests to support your claim. i would like you to set up your SGS2 however you want, airplane mode, factory reset, remove every single app from the phone, dont log in to any google accounts, whatever you need, and then make it last as long as an iphone 4. do both phones screen on time, web browsing over wifi, or watching a movie. cause i just dont believe the SGS2 can ever outlast an iphone 4 even under the best conditions possible.
So I did an extensive test on my gf's new iP5. (ended up getting 8.5 hours of 'awake' time usage)
Usage: Amount of time iPhone has been awake and in use since the last full charge. The phone is awake when you’re on a call, using email, listening to music, browsing the web, or sending and receiving text messages, or during certain background tasks such as auto-checking email.
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Usage (2nd full day of usage):
- LTE on all day, BT on, no WiFi at all
- Brightness set to manual at ~ 20% brightness (still quite viewable during the day though. gotta love IPS LCD displays.)
- A few videos, use of camera, panoramic shots, heavy LTE browsing including data intensive sites like TheVerge, Engadget, other tech blogs. No gaming, and phone calls that added up to ~10 minutes total
- iP5 is equipped with a 1424 mAh battery. 8.5 hours of usage for an LTE device is tremendously awesome in my book.
- I'm a proud Verizon Galaxy Nexus owner, btw. And no, I would never replace the gnexus for the paltry 4.0 inch iP5 haha. I prefer productivity driven OS :fingers-crossed:
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So I did an extensive test on my gf's new iP5.
Usage:
- LTE on all day, BT on, no WiFi at all
- Brightness set to manual at ~ 20% brightness (still quite viewable during the day though. gotta love IPS LCD displays.)
- A few videos, use of camera, panoramic shots, heavy LTE browsing including data intensive sites like TheVerge, Engadget, other tech blogs.
- iP5 is equipped with a 1424 mAh battery. 8.5 hours of on-screen usage for an LTE device is tremendously awesome in my book.
- I'm a proud Verizon Galaxy Nexus owner, btw. And no, I would never replace the gnexus for the paltry 4.0 inch iP5 haha.
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I was wondering the same thing. I read am article a few days back however on how its extremely impressive that Apple has made all their components so very energy efficient. It is actually quite impressive, and JUST IMAGINE the battery life we could get if Samsung did the same!!
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It's the more advanced software in Android that sucks the life out of the battery. Also even though Android is mso much better as and OS then Apple it is a mess how it is written. It is just not battery optimize at all.
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It's the more advanced software in Android that sucks the life out of the battery. Also even though Android is mso much better as and OS then Apple it is a mess how it is written. It is just not battery optimize at all.
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I'm really looking forward to the Razr HD Maxx from Googorola. If that phone can do 7 hours of on-screen usage w/ LTE on all day I will run and buy one asap lol.
Wow!! That is seriously impressive.
Is it because our S3 has more pixel to process or something?
But 8.5 hours of screentime is almost impossible in S3..even with WiFi and Data off all the time...
I know background processing in Android kinda sucks the juice out of battery..but most of the background jobs are uselss and are without user conscious...\\
Android has lots to catch up in this department
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Android has lots to catch up in this department
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I think Google is aware of power consumption on Android devices, which is why I like the new Razr line.
I spoke with a Google Maps engineer and they're concerned about battery consumption usage while using that app. He is saying that they're trying to free up clutter in Google Maps.
oh and the Apple Maps was atrocious in terms of battery life. I enabled 3D viewing mode and panned around for a few minutes. I lost 5% battery life in that time period. I was NOT impressed.
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Wow!! That is seriously impressive.
Is it because our S3 has more pixel to process or something?
But 8.5 hours of screentime is almost impossible in S3..even with WiFi and Data off all the time...
I know background processing in Android kinda sucks the juice out of battery..but most of the background jobs are uselss and are without user conscious...\\
Android has lots to catch up in this department
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He must have a magic iPhone that does what others can't.... None of the reviews I've read seem to mention such magical endurance, they all seem to say it will last the day (A bit better than the 4S.) with medium usage, pretty much like any other phone.
I smell an iFan...
I smell a troll......why post here when he has a nexus?
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He must have a magic iPhone that does what others can't.... None of the reviews I've read seem to mention such magical endurance, they all seem to say it will last the day (A bit better than the 4S.) with medium usage, pretty much like any other phone.
I smell an iFan...
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erm, I'm not a corporate fanboy. I like gadgets period. I don't feel like I should be loyal to any particular publicly trading, multi-national corporation.
and I'm an avid user of both ecosystems. and btw I was no fan of iP4/iP4s due to the hardware design (made of all glass, lol)
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He must have a magic iPhone that does what others can't.... None of the reviews I've read seem to mention such magical endurance, they all seem to say it will last the day (A bit better than the 4S.) with medium usage, pretty much like any other phone.
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Engadget got 14 hours of usage on their AT&T LTE model.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/18/apple-iphone-5-review/
In a day of heavy usage with LTE, GPS and WiFi all enabled, we managed 14 hours and 18 minutes before the phone succumbed to the elements.
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ihone 5 is dual core chipset
s3 have big screen than iphone and have quad core processor...btw s3 handle best on battery
and y u people compare samsung vs iphone u ..dnt like iphone then get a samung...
is 'usage' actually screen on time? Or could it be 'awake' time? just asking?
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is 'usage' actually screen on time? Or could it be 'awake' time? just asking?
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actual on-screen time, afaik. (it means 'awake' time)
i set the device so it never locks itself automatically, so the screen was on the entire day mostly.
there are caveat's however, as you can listen to music and have screen off and that will be considered as 'usage.' I made sure I did not do this during my testing.
iPhone is designed from ground up to give as good a battery life as possible and a smooth UI. It is a design philosophy. Android on the other hand is designed for realtime multitasking, battery life and UI smoothness be damned. That's why our 2100 mah SGS3 has worse battery life than a 1400 mah iPhone and the animations are patchy all over despite having a stronger CPU and GPU. There's nothing that can be done about it other than rewrite Android from scratch.
I never left my screen on without using anything?I think if you can set the gs3 to keep the screen on without using app's you can get the same
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I never left my screen on without using anything?I think if you can set the gs3 to keep the screen on without using app's you can get the same
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I didn't leave the screen on and keep it like that all day.
I used it a good amount. heavy LTE browsing, viewed some trailers, push email, facebook, and texting throughout the day sprinkled with some camera usage and actively using the panoramic feature. Did a small bit of Apple Maps but that app was garbage. Completely kills battery life.
Where is the screen on time at? That just says usage which would represent total awake time not just screen time. I have got close to 8 hours awake time before with 5 hours screen on time. Here is a screenshot of what i am trying to ask. Notice the difference in awake vs screen time.
Not tying to say that you didn't get 8 hours. Jus5 trying to figure out if we are comparing apples to apples rolleyes with the term 'usage'.
Edit: Nevermind see that you and others beat me to this question and answer.
Can't compare a Nissan GTR to a Prius.
Enough said...
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erm, I'm not a corporate fanboy. I like gadgets period. I don't feel like I should be loyal to any particular publicly trading, multi-national corporation.
and I'm an avid user of both ecosystems. and btw I was no fan of iP4/iP4s due to the hardware design (made of all glass, lol)
Engadget got 14 hours of usage on their AT&T LTE model.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/18/apple-iphone-5-review/
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Yes, but Engadget reckon the S3 can last a full day with intensive use. Why should we be getting excited again?
http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/25/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-review/
I've got a few mates with the 5 and none of them are reporting biblical battery endurance, and they would because we banter about this stuff constantly so to be frank I do not even come close to believing you....
I am hearing horror stories about iphone 5 battery life. A friend of mine in Hong Kong said he was down to 10% after 5 hours use with only 2 hours screen time. He said his friend is experiencing the same thing. I did a Google search and discovered many others are getting woeful battery performance also. I rarely get less than a day with that kind of use on my SGS3.
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Can anyone explain to me why Samsung are concerned more over the charging part of the phone than the battery itself?
It's all good and well to be able to charge the phone super quick, but if I'm just going to be stuck to a cord/wireless charger all the time I may as well just use my laptop - the whole point of a battery is to get away from the plug, isn't it?
3000 mAh for a 5.7 QHD display also sounds pretty weak to me
I've never had a Samsung phone before, but Samsung Pay with its use-virtually-anywhere system sounds really interesting, but I really don't want a weak battery coming from a Nexus 4
Thoughts?
The smaller the battery the faster it is full. Strange Samsung logic but only one of the strangenesses they presented today. Charging times didn't even matter that much at times when Samsung offered replacable batteries. No charging can be that fast as to open the cover, switch batteries and restart the phone. Fast charging mainly only cures a problem that is selfmade.
Since there has been little in the fundamental way that a battery works, having it charge faster is one way to make the phone a better product.
I have an S6 edge, and I have amazing battery life compared to my old Nexus 4, which came out in late 2012.
Now if we can just convince Samsung that an SD Card is necessary.... I wonder who convinced them that it wasn't... sure as hell wasn't me !
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I must agree. I believe that having a replaceable battery is better as well.
There was a reason that I left apple and that was in part due to the battery replacement and lack of external SD Card.
I honestly think that in some regards, Samsung has forgotten what got them their customers... and that was that they were NOT like apple products.
I know a lot more is going to streaming (Netflix, Spotify etc), but if you're going to be recording 4k with their "best ever camera ever yet they've released ever", you're going to be filling the max capacity of 64GB pretty quickly too
I was considering trying out the whole no removable battery thing since I don't mind using a large battery case of some sort (love my zerolemon 9300mah battery in my note 2) but no SD slot? What are they thinking?
I don't care if it's faster to have internal memory.
Fine then give me fast internal memory but don't take away my option to use an SD card for my random vacation pictures from 4 years ago!
I'm not sticking those on my internal memory and a big HECK NO!! to the freaking useless cloud!
I'm all for External micro SD cards, but given the design of the S6 Edge and Edge plus where would they put it? Making the back of the phone glass made it virtually impossible. With the curved display the metal edge that separates the front and back glass is too narrow, and it wouldn't be practical to make the back removable. Just my 2 pennies.
How about somewhere on the bottom. If there's a hole for the charger /usb couldn't there be a little slot for the SD too? Like on the side of my note pro 12.2
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I was considering trying out the whole no removable battery thing since I don't mind using a large battery case of some sort (love my zerolemon 9300mah battery in my note 2) but no SD slot? What are they thinking?
I don't care if it's faster to have internal memory.
Fine then give me fast internal memory but don't take away my option to use an SD card for my random vacation pictures from 4 years ago!
I'm not sticking those on my internal memory and a big HECK NO!! to the freaking useless cloud!
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I'm all for External micro SD cards, but given the design of the S6 Edge and Edge plus where would they put it? Making the back of the phone glass made it virtually impossible. With the curved display the metal edge that separates the front and back glass is too narrow, and it wouldn't be practical to make the back removable. Just my 2 pennies.
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If they can fit a SIM card, they can fit a MicroSD card. Just make a slot on the side or top.
I reserve judgement to when I can actually see a review.
Well Samsung "Cares" very much about its loyal Note users whom they have listen to very attentively (according to the first 5 min of Unpacked event) and then decided that the Note fans don't know anything.
So you like SD card, can't have it!
You want bigger battery, here is a smaller one;
but then you can't swap the battery out for quick power refill, don't worry here are some over the top expensive fast charging accessory for that!
And by the way after listening to our loyal fans we have decided they don't exist in UK or in EU!
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Well Samsung "Cares" very much about its loyal Note users whom they have listen to very attentively (according to the first 5 min of Unpacked event) and then decided that the Note fans don't know anything.
So you like SD card, can't have it!
You want bigger battery, here is a smaller one;
but then you can't swap the battery out for quick power refill, don't worry here are some over the top expensive fast charging accessory for that!
And by the way after listening to our loyal fans we have decided they don't exist in UK or in EU!
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Yeah Samsung doesn't seem to care about what their customers want. It's becoming a trend in the smartphone industry. HTC did the same thing regarding the M9+. It's like why should we make what the customers want. We'll decide what they want. Stupid customers. Lol.
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I step out of the house with a spare battery in my back pocket or backpack, without the worry to stick my phone to a cable or a charger. I swap out my batteries every day, and it has been working perfectly fine with my Note 3, but with the new non-replaceable batteries, its big downgrade for me.
I'll have to go about hunting battery charger ports when i am out. A microsd card is not a big deal for me, i can delete unwanted stuff, but cannot deal with battery chargers.
The battery on the note 5 is actually better than the note 4's... The one on the s6 edge+ should be similar, so stop wining
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3178480
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The battery on the note 5 is actually better than the note 4's... The one on the s6 edge+ should be similar, so stop wining
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3178480
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The battery life on the note 5 and edge+ will suck period... Both phones run the same internals as the s6 which battery life in the s6 is not great. I get on average 4hrs sot in my s6 edge which is rooted, running custom Rom, debloated like crazy, and I always have four bars of lte in Verizon.
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The battery life on the note 5 and edge+ will suck period... Both phones run the same internals as the s6 which battery life in the s6 is not great. I get on average 4hrs sot in my s6 edge which is rooted, running custom Rom, debloated like crazy, and I always have four bars of lte in Verizon.
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Ok you can't consider any rom for the s6 on verizon "custom" since their bootloader are locked and all. All they are is de-bloated roms. I was getting anywhere from 4.5 to 5.5 on screen time with a debated rom and that was with the regular s6 on verizon and that was also with 5.0.2.
I'm using a note 4 now and my SOT isn't much different using stock 5.0.1not rooted so I'm agreeing with previous user that battery life probably won't much different.
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The battery life on the note 5 and edge+ will suck period... Both phones run the same internals as the s6 which battery life in the s6 is not great. I get on average 4hrs sot in my s6 edge which is rooted, running custom Rom, debloated like crazy, and I always have four bars of lte in Verizon.
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You are wrong. I thought the same as you but it's been very very good so far.
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40% left looking Good so far as well for beginnerstech on twitter
haha i call it the S6 Edge- Anti Battery edition here hoping there is no issues with the battery or at least we can get some good hours out of it only time will tell
Discuss your battery life here.
Anyone have any early reports on battery life
A user on Reddit has one and did a first rundown.
7.5 hrs sot on overall 8.5 hrs on a first charge.
Still to be seen how the standby is, but all reports look for it to be better than expected which is good news. Also he doesn't notice any ram issues. First impressions are good.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/3h02kx/my_att_note_5_was_delivered_today_ama/
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Damn fine if you ask me. Better than my note 4. I'm surprised as hell. I never believe the improved efficiency and optimization stuff but somethings working.
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I personally am not that worried about run time on the battery. My Note 4 has great battery life for me and I would expect the Note5 to be good. Quick charge really makes a big difference and the recent introduction of quick charge external battery packs means that I will not have to really worry that much about battery life. Others may have a different point of view.
One thing that really worries me is the internal battery. I have owned the Note2, 3, and 4. I have had to replace the battery on both the Note2 and Note3 when the original battery failed. I give my old phones to other family members and sooner or later the batteries always start to fail. On the Note3 it took a little over a year and a half. Probably about the same time period on the Note2. If you go to youtube you can watch some videos that show you how to replace the battery on the S6. It looks like a miserable project. Nothing I want to worry about. Finally, I am personally offended by the throw away connotations of a smartphone with an internal battery. With a glass screen protector and a case, these phones can still be like new after a year or so of use. It just seems wrong to build a product that you know is going to fail for as trivial a reason as the battery.
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Damn fine if you ask me. Better than my note 4. I'm surprised as hell. I never believe the improved efficiency and optimization stuff but somethings working.
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Wow. Great news.
What apps do you have installed/downloaded and which ones did you disable? Do you have all the Spen stuff enabled?
Can you show a screenshot of your apps battery usage?
That's actually amazing, with just a 3000mah battery. See, don't judge by the specs people
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Wow. Great news.
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That's probably just somebody who watched a movie for 2 hours.
I can watch 10+ hours of movies on my Note 4 with a charge.
DrexelDragon said:
Wow. Great news.
What apps do you have installed/downloaded and which ones did you disable? Do you have all the Spen stuff enabled?
Can you show a screenshot of your apps battery usage?
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I charged overnight so it's reset. I can post that this evening
All the spen stuff is on. I did disable all the AT&T apps like I always do. I haven't had location on. No Power saver. Basically Web browsing, tapatalk, a couple of you tube videos..etc.
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That's probably just somebody who watched a movie for 2 hours.
I can watch 10+ hours of movies on my Note 4 with a charge.
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No movies here dude. And you don't have to come in here and defend your note 4. Still have one myself. Just trying to show some battery life stats for people that are considering the 5. If that's not you then please move on.
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So overall is your impression that the Note 5 has better battery life than your Note 4 ? That would be impressive.
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So overall is your impression that the Note 5 has better battery life than your Note 4 ? That would be impressive.
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I'm feeling like it'll at least be as good. Which I was not expecting at all. Right now it's been better but I haven't really left wifi much.
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A user on Reddit has one and did a first rundown.
7.5 hrs sot on overall 8.5 hrs on a first charge.
Still to be seen how the standby is, but all reports look for it to be better than expected which is good news. Also he doesn't notice any ram issues. First impressions are good.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/3h02kx/my_att_note_5_was_delivered_today_ama/
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According to the images they posted - They had 8hr 42mins of total battery life
The screen accounted for 24% total battery - Android System 21% etc.. Not sure how screen can be 24% and still be 7hrs of a total 8hr 42 on battery ??
Fantastic if proves to be accurate though.
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According to the images they posted - They had 8hr 42mins of total battery life
The screen accounted for 24% total battery - Android System 21% etc.. Not sure how screen can be 24% and still be 7hrs of a total 8hr 42 on battery ??
Fantastic if proves to be accurate though.
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This kind of results is what you got when you basically just display a black image and do almost nothing.
That's what I get using aldiko (dark theme) to read ebook.
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Top picture is the final stats with my note 4 ( which I still have). Bottom is my stats so far with the note 5. I'm averaging significantly better screen time on the 5.
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What did you do differently to go from 6h 41m to 8h 20m SoT?
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What did you do differently to go from 6h 41m to 8h 20m SoT?
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Just used the phone more. You'll see that the standby time went down as the SOT went up. I'm thinking it'll settle in around 22 standby and 6-7 screen on. Which is better then anything I've had for awhile. I have the note 4 and s6 active right now. And had a s6e. This phone will get me a little more then even the active I think.
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thank you all
can you tell us how is the Device temperature ?
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Top picture is the final stats with my note 4 ( which I still have). Bottom is my stats so far with the note 5. I'm averaging significantly better screen time on the 5.
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Question though, could it be your note 4's battery is old?
If they were both brand new then it would be a fair test.
What do you think?
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Question though, could it be your note 4's battery is old?
If they were both brand new then it would be a fair test.
What do you think?
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Well I just got my note 4 less than a month ago. I have 24 lines with my business so I've always got upgrades. I by me the latest and pass down my old phones.
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Second day by BeginnersTech on twitter with the s6 edge+ (which has an identical battery size to the note 5), not too bad if you ask me.
So far Day 3 of using the device on a normal workday. (It is officially released in Singapore on 15 August 2015)
Seems pretty well optimised!
No powersaving mode, normal use at the end of a typical workday, some calls, WhatsApp, text messages, games, etc.
Using the Scroll Capture btw.
Thanks for all the screen shots - it's sad that it's only gonna be 3-4hrs of sot. My note 2on stock battery and Cm12.1 gets 6-7 sot.....
Hopefully the note 5 gets better than your initial findings.....
Adidasfreak's numbers translate to about 4 hours SOT before dead... For me that is bare minimum acceptable, as I really like to keep my phone >25% in case I need the reserve.
I'll have to wait and see others results. 4 hours SOT isn't anything to brag about though.
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Well here's mine. Much better
Even when you post battery data people still just ignore it. 50% remaining after 10 hours (3:45 SOT), averages of 17.5 hrs with 8.5 hours of SOT) is damn good by any measure.
I don't get all this negativity. OK. Maybe the SD card is real but you can't really dispute that it seems that battery life isn't something to complain about. For a group of technically adept users, I find this amazing. I swear reading all these posts is like reading transcribed rants of spoiled teenagers...
Phone Arena just did a comprehensive benchmark test on the Note 5s battery. Apparently, it really does outperform the Note 4. But by how much in real world usage, that's still debatable. At any rate I am a lot less worried about battery life on the Note 5. And, I got to play with the gold S6 Edge + and the beautiful titanium gray Note 5, today. Not as wowed as I thought I would be regarding feel, but they do look beautiful.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Galaxy-Note5-battery-life-benchmark-Outperforms-the-Note-4-despite-smaller-battery_id72735
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Adidasfreak's numbers translate to about 4 hours SOT before dead... For me that is bare minimum acceptable, as I really like to keep my phone >25% in case I need the reserve.
I'll have to wait and see others results. 4 hours SOT isn't anything to brag about though.
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Yeah, I saw his results and was a bit underwhelmed
I think the only way I'll be able to decide is to just pick one up and eat the $35 return fee if it isn't good enough.
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Where's the screen on time?
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I think the only way I'll be able to decide is to just pick one up and eat the $35 return fee if it isn't good enough.
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This is always my approach. I look at it like a "Try It Before You Buy It" fee that's refunded if you keep it.
Last year I actually added a third line to see if I really wanted to go back to Apple (had an S4) then cancelled the third line within the 14-day window once I convinced myself I wanted it...
...of course that was a failed notion since this POS has been slowly driving me mad ever since. Yes Mr. Jobs, I ONLY want to snooze for 9 minutes. Yes Mr. Jobs, of course I would NEVER want a keyboard that changes case to match what I'm typing. Mr. Jobs! Of course I wouldn't want to have free access to all that memory you graciously allowed me to buy at rediuculous prices as if it was a USB stick... :cyclops:
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Where's the screen on time?
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7hrs 2min 19sec
I really wish battery life was so obvious to compare, but it isnt. We are too smart here to fall for this. Battery life is extremely personal and nearly impossible to compare. "Normal day" usage... that's just funny. The best you can do is to compare consistent benchmark data.
Why don't you use a power bank in case the battery is getting low? The Note 5 battery life is not the best among others, but based on the benchmarks and users' reports, it is acceptable and not terrible.
I've never had a better battery. I hope it stays like this
Getting about the same since Monday evening. It charges freaking fast tho
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The Note 5 battery is *brand new* vs almost a year old on the Note 4. Until that is considered, these comparisons are bullsh*t.
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The Note 5 battery is *brand new* vs almost a year old on the Note 4. Until that is considered, these comparisons are bullsh*t.
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I already saw a comparison of a 1 month old Note4 vs a brand new Note5 and it was pretty much the same story.
Unless a 1 month old battery is going to be VASTLY worse than a brand new battery.
Also the Note5 SHOULD use less power than the Note4, they moved from 20nm SoC to 14nm, moved from LPDDR3 to LPDDR4 which runs at lower voltage (and faster), and the new display which is 18-23% brighter while using 20% less power.
So it really is no surprise the Note5 is getting better battery life with a smaller battery.
What about the fact that the Note 4 is running an older version of TouchWiz and an older version if Android as well? Was that considered?
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What about the fact that the Note 4 is running an older version of TouchWiz and an older version if Android as well? Was that considered?
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Of course, but since they dont have identical builds we can't really compare it at the moment. But even on the newer OS I really doubt there is anything they can do about the inferior hardware of the Note4. The newer tech in the note5 just uses less power, hence the smaller battery with similar or better battery life than the Note4.
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What about the fact that the Note 4 is running an older version of TouchWiz and an older version if Android as well? Was that considered?
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lol why bother trolling with ridiculous hypotheticals? Maybe we should pull out a Note 1 and demand a current version of TouchWiz and Android to make it a device lifespan comparison? Newer devices are built to accommodate advances in hardware as well as software so it's idiotic to demand comparisons like you're proposing. The reality is that once a new device is released the older ones lose priority for software updates and optimizations and you're rarely, if ever, going to get a true apples to apples comparison.