Hi,
I don't own a Nook tablet yet but I'm really interested in buying it considering its value.
One thing I'm worried is about battery life.
How does it perform on stock rom and CM10.1? How many hours do you get when reading only, browsing, watching video, gaming or whatever you do? And when it's deep sleeping?
B&N said that it holds up to 9 (video playback) and 10 (reading) hours, but I doubt it's true, or am I wrong?
I appreciate your opinion
My wife uses her HD+ (non rooted) just for reading and some music and she is getting right around 10 hours, she is coming from an e-ink reader and wishes it was more but it does seem accurate.
Mine is rooted stock, I get about 7 hours (screen time) from mine. I unplugged Wednesday at 5:30am used it a bit more than 2 hours a day and when I plugged it in Friday night (yesterday) I had about 15% with 7 hours screen time. I play games and read mostly but do watch an occasional video and/or listen to some music. That seems to be my average. I think I could get more if I used it all in one day but I don't have 8+ hours in a single day to test that theory.
I see about 1 to 2 percent loss overnight roughly 6 to 6.5 hours between when I go to bed and when I get up. Not sure what my wife is seeing. That seems to be on par with what I was getting on my Lenovo.
Overall the times they quote seem pretty close. You can extend it by shutting off wifi and turning down brightness but that is not the way I use my tablet.
The video playing estimates are with the wifi off and the video loaded on the nook. I usually stream over wifi from Amazon and am getting around 4-5 hrs. Which I think is pretty good considering the 9 in screen and the low price. Probably would be more but where I am usually watching is bright so I have the screen up to 100%.
One area that the Nook HD+ beats all other tablets is with battery drain economy when sleeping. The Nook bleeds on 1% at most over night, where others range from 3% to 10% (the latter end being more common). The Nook is the first tablet (besides the iPad or the TF300 with battery dock) that I feel comfortable going with somewhere for beyond a day without a power supply. Android tablets usually suck for battery drain in sleep mode, but the Nook HD+ bucks that trend. I notice the same result with stock 2.1 and CM 10.1, so 10.1 is a no-brainer for anyone wanting to truly use the Nook HD+ as a tablet and not just a reader.
rushless said:
One area that the Nook HD+ beats all other tablets is with battery drain economy when sleeping. The Nook bleeds on 1% at most over night, where others range from 3% to 10% (the latter end being more common). The Nook is the first tablet (besides the iPad or the TF300 with battery dock) that I feel comfortable going with somewhere for beyond a day without a power supply. Android tablets usually suck for battery drain in sleep mode, but the Nook HD+ bucks that trend. I notice the same result with stock 2.1 and CM 10.1, so 10.1 is a no-brainer for anyone wanting to truly use the Nook HD+ as a tablet and not just a reader.
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Stock kindle HD 8.9 was even more impressive on stock kernel (which is otherwise useless, of course):
So perhaps the 4470 lends itself to better economy or they just happen to have better hardware level coders.
I was losing 1% over 4 days with stock nook HD+
with verygreen full install (not hybrid) 6/24 build I was losing 2-3% overnight at most.
with 6/30 build, it's back to not even losing 1% overnight which I'm thrilled about.
My previous tablet was a Yuandao N101T and that damn thing lost 2% per hour,but
very likely to poor hardware implementation of sleep mode...that thing never
went below that drain no matter which rom I used.
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I was losing 1% over 4 days with stock nook HD+
with verygreen full install (not hybrid) 6/24 build I was losing 2-3% overnight at most.
with 6/30 build, it's back to not even losing 1% overnight which I'm thrilled about.
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Note that stock has wifi off when sleeping by default, so it's not a fully fair comparison.
(and they do this because they totally suck with wifi on in sleep, juts like we did when we used same drivers).
My previous tablet was a Yuandao N101T and that damn thing lost 2% per hour,but
very likely to poor hardware implementation of sleep mode...that thing never
went below that drain no matter which rom I used.
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That just sounds like htere was no deep sleep at all, or some device was not turned off and kept draining power.
Actually I would be very interested in other people's screen time. Like most people here I'm getting great battery during sleep by not so great when I'm actually using the thing. With apps like BetterBatteryStats I'm getting 3.5-4 hours of screentime, and 1.5-2 when watching movies. So I would be interested to see what you guys get...
BTW I'm running VG's 7/18 CM on EMMC, brightness is at about 1/3rd and I'm running the "hot plug" governor.
So what your screen time is like?
I'm using vg cm10.2 0824 build. Right now it's with 66% being 3 days turned on with 3 hours screen on. Have been only browsing web and gmail. I'd say it'd last for 9 days and 9 hours screen on if the battery is ok or cm calculation is good. Let see how it goes. By the way, I let my screen on 1/3 or 1/4 of brightness.
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Excuse me?
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2011/03/09/google-xoom-still-weak-says-global-equities-honeycomb-a-mess/?mod=BOLBlog
He's full of ****. He's never seen a Xoom, much less touched one. I'm getting the better battery life than any device I've ever used.
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http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2011/03/09/google-xoom-still-weak-says-global-equities-honeycomb-a-mess/?mod=BOLBlog
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Completely inaccurate. I did a standby test with wifi on for 8 hours and it didn't even drop 1%. If sales are weak, it is more likely due to price.
This article really upset me! How can this guy make such assumptions w/o citing any sources!??! It's probably taken from the Apple shareholder meeting minutes...
the guy hes sourcing has been completely inaccurate in the past. i would take this article with a grain of salt.
I've definitely had numerous random app crashes but i expected this from a baby OS. I've had no such problems with battery life though...
so far battery life has been excellent
I unplugged Friday morning and didn't have to charge it until Monday night.
I viewed my screen on time and it was at just under 9 hours of screen on.
He's entirely accurate- the 2nd day I got it, my life was on standby for 10 hours while I used it (and still had battery left!)
WOW so should we all post screen shots of the over 24 hours of life we get out of this?
Lol..my Xoom gets the best battery life out of any tablet I've had so far.This coming from a ipod touch 4th gen..a Archos 70 & a dell streak 7.The Xoom's battery life is incredible.
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Honestly...I've had mine off the charger for 2 days, 5 hrs, 34 mins., and it's at 34% battery. I will never complain about performance like that.
I'm having issues with the battery life on my Xoom and can't figure out what's doing it...
I can take it off the charger in the morning, use it for 10 minutes then put in standby and when I get home after work it can be down as far as 50%.
I've disabled cell data, put in airplane mode, disable wifi, checked app sync settings (disabled push for exchange just in case).
Nothing seems to help
This is funny.
I had my Xoom on a battery for 4 Days and like 17 hours without charging it. And it was only at 30%! Now, it only had minimal use, of course. I didn't play with it all that much until I received my screen protector. All data services were disabled. WiFi on. So, that's still amazing to have almost 5 days without a charge if you're not using it.
The battery life on the Xoom is excellent!
Did anyone else get annoyed by the insane amount of quotation marks in the article? He might as well have just linked to the source he was pulling all of that fodder from. Plus he didn't conduct his own tests.
Next...
My Xoom matches my old iPad 1, about 10 hours of straight use (reading Kindle books with Wifi/3G on and push Exchange email) or days with mixed use and standby.
I'm running on 1 day 16 hours and I'm still at 40%.
dont listen to that article...the battery life is (in use case scenario) as good as my iPad...
meaning, I don't have to worry about it on a daily basis like my iPad. I think the iPad may get one more hour of vid playback, but the difference between 9 and 10 hours is not huge really.
I went on a ski trip recently and did not bring my xoom...went from Friday morning and plugged it in Sunday at midnight and the Xoom still had 30% left. I did a lot of music playing, web browsing, some gaming, etc.
Standby is definitely longer than 10-12 hours without a doubt.
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Please complain. Tiernan Ray is an idiot for quoting an even bigger idiot.
Hello,
new to posting here! To be honest I didnt read that first post as mine seems to last ok, but thats where I wanted some help. Since I got mine this Sunday, when I have it fully charged or not, my battery seems to go down about 10% or so during the night when I sleep. Thats about 8 hours I leave it unplugged. Is that to be considered normal? I am just coming off the ipad so 10% feels a little bit more then I'm used too.
I leave wifi on all the time, but no bluetooth, no location services or whatnot, I do leave on that background sync though, would that really drain me that much though during non usage time?
Again, not major but I would like my battery to last as long as possible =]
Thank you for your help in advance!
BTW, love this Xoom!
I put up a good comment at that site. What a douche that guy is. I think that article should be taken down for retarded opinions/claims. I know they said everyone has a right to an opinion, but... this isn't an opinion it's a complete BS claim to try and make people look at the iPad. Hehe.. sorry to burst your bubble there guy, but... us Android users already know the truth about how awesome we are.
I bought my transformer and updated it to 3.1 on day one. So I don't know how good battery performance is in 3.0. But after updating to 3.1, one day stand by drops the battery level to 50% with wifi on. Is it normal?
That would seem normal to me if you're leaving your wifi on all the time. Really it all depends on how many background services you keep running while the device is in standby. In my case when I first got my TF, the wifi was never set to turn off while in standby, so all of my accounts and application synchronization continued while the screen was off. My battery typically lasts about a day or two if I allow those services to run when the device is not in use.
If instead you turn off the wifi, sync, and even live wallpaper, you should be able to get a few extra days of standby time.
Normal for me is 3-4% drains overnight with wifi on. Sometimes it will drain ~20%, and goes back to normal after I reboot it. Must be some rogue app or something causing problems.
It lasts a lot longer if you turn wifi off.
Better yet, check out JuiceDefender. It has a free version and paid versions that give you more control/settings. Try the free one. If you need better control, then buy it. I don't buy lots of apps as usually the free ones do it for me, but it really works well.
The only other app I bought was TitaniunBackup (for my phone, but as it turns it, once you root the TF, it works there too.)
Other threads already started here seem to indicate that while docked the TF will drain at around 5%/hour while in standby (wi-fi or no) and 2%/hour while completely turned off.
This is not the case when the TF is not docked so this is not necessarily a question of having wifi on or rogue apps.
I would not consider this an acceptable drainage level. Hope Asus is looking at this problem and a firmware update will fix this...
Otherwise, very satisfied with the combo.
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Other threads already started here seem to indicate that while docked the TF will drain at around 5%/hour while in standby (wi-fi or no) and 2%/hour while completely turned off.
This is not the case when the TF is not docked so this is not necessarily a question of having wifi on or rogue apps.
I would not consider this an acceptable drainage level. Hope Asus is looking at this problem and a firmware update will fix this...
Otherwise, very satisfied with the combo.
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yeah, I was expecting much longer stand by time even with wifi on from a tablet. Asus should fix this to be at least close to what ipad does.
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yeah, I was expecting much longer stand by time even with wifi on from a tablet. Asus should fix this to be at least close to what ipad does.
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Others may correct me but I think the standby time with wifi for the tablet is ok. The battery life is a problem only when the TF is docked.
Nothing wrong at all with the battery life, not sure where Asus are getting their 8 hour battery life from, I have far exceeded 8 hours and have currently been going over 5 days (still with 20% left)
i think the battery life is based on playing 720p video at a certain screen brightness(60 nips or nits i think but i have no clue what that means) of course you can get more life depending on what you're using
and i guess everyone has different opinions on acceptable drain but i wouldn't expect my laptop to last more than 2 days if its internet connection is on and sync'ing so why expect a tablet? laptops(that i've used) shut off connections and do nothing when left alone to save battery
people who need their tablet to last for days while not in use(or very minimal use) should just turn off wifi(or turn off the tablet) when you're not going to use it for hours... or leave it charging
Concerning battery drain of the keyboard dock when the tablet is sleeping:
There is a setting SCREEN>MobileDock Battery Saving Mode.
"Disables wake-up function on keyboard when the device is asleep to save more power"
I have to assume this setting should be checked. If not, that may be why your battery doesn't last long when asleep.
Asus states 9.5h (9h30m) battery life on tablet alone, see bottom of this page, *1:
http://usa.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_TF101/
they tested 720p video @ 60 nits (lowest screen brightness), I think with wifi on.
prior to 3.1 update I've been getting 9h15m to 9h25m per charge.
I use the TF for 2-3 hours at a time and shut it off (not put to sleep) when not using.
since 3.1 the best I got was 8h15m on a charge (same type of use as before).
I went through TF settings, i monitor the apps, got rid of all my Widgets and still am getting over an hour less per charge than before 3.1 update....
there has got to be some kind of a bug in the new release.
granted, there are some welcome improvements in 3.1, but this battery life issue bugs me
I hope Asus fixes it in the next update.
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I really hate to be "that guy", but who cares?
As long as it lasts through a day of normal use, you charge it at night, and that's that. I never understood the obsession with "My device gets 5 days without a charge!" Good for you. Those of us who have electrical outlets only need 1 day. Unless you're doing something special that requires you to be away from an electrical outlet for several days at a time, it really shouldn't matter. If that is the case, it's probably your responsibility to look into ways of saving power.
Cutting WiFi while inactive is one solution. Keeping it charged while idle is another.
Stand by doesn't mean 0 battery is used, it means less battery is used. I'd say 50% is pretty decent after 24 hours of inactivity.
Hi everyone
My question is for techy people in this forum.
According to you why standby time of TF is so bad when compare to ipad2.
Is this software or hardware related problem?
Is it fixable?
Thank.
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Hi everyone
My question is for techy people in this forum.
According to you why standby time of TF is so bad when compare to ipad2.
Is this software or hardware related problem?
Is it fixable?
Thank.
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Software problem, IIRC mainly related to the keyboard dock (dock will drain battery when it should be asleep). I still get several days of standby time, which is far more than acceptable. I don't need 2 week standby .
This post needs to go in the proper forum, however.
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Software problem, IIRC mainly related to the keyboard dock (dock will drain battery when it should be asleep). I still get several days of standby time, which is far more than acceptable. I don't need 2 week standby .
This post needs to go in the proper forum, however.
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Sorry, I though this is related to development.
So you are saying that honeycomb is bad by design to battery? Because all honeycomb tablet have the same problem.
There is some thing about standby mode that consume for power than ipad, but why?
It is nice that the tablet does not run out of battery when you really need it.
After leaving my Transformer untouched for about 4 days last week, the battery was sitting in the 80-ish percent area. Seems like pretty damn good standby time to me.
Standby time depends on whether you have the pad docked to the keyboard or not.
If you keep the two separated the standby time is pretty good although I haven't timed it.
If you keep the tablet attached to the dock then standby time for the dock is greatly reduced as it seems to keep charging the tablet until it drains to zero even if you started with a fully charged tablet. It is a very annoying problem that no-one seems to have found a cure for yet. If you let the dock discharge fully some people have found it impossible to charge again.
I am comparing TF and ipad2 without the dock for the obvious reason.
And how long is the iPad 2 standby time?
After using a HTC Desire with poor battery life for the past year I find the standby time for the Transformer to be fantastic. I'm able to use it a bit each day for at least about 5 days. Nothing heavy, but the fact that I can pick it up after a few days of no use and it's still got a decent charge is impressive to me these days.
never used an ipad/2 for extended period of time but stnadby time on the asus is pretty good. what i find helps greatly is if you plan on leaving it in standby for a awhile, then its best to turn off WiFi as it'll help save battery life even more.
i had it fully charged this morning and unplugged it to take to work. Unplugged it around 730am, powered it on and turn off wifi and let the screen timed out. Finally turn screen on at like 130p and the battery still shows 99%
My stand by time was horrible on stock 3.1 I don't why. Once I rooted and installed Prime and OC kernel at 1.2ghz I get much better standby time. Almost comparable to my Ipad 1. Battery life seems to be better too as compared to stock 3.1
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After leaving my Transformer untouched for about 4 days last week, the battery was sitting in the 80-ish percent area. Seems like pretty damn good standby time to me.
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mine is stock 3.1 and never lasts that long, my ipad 2 lasts multiple weeks!
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mine is stock 3.1 and never lasts that long, my ipad 2 lasts multiple weeks!
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let the wifi shut off when the tablet goes to sleep, it's something iOS does by default and turning off radios will make the battery last a lot longer.
also, if you are going to leave wifi connected, the less widgets and applications you allow to pull data (or adjust the intervals they are set to sync), the longer your battery will last. iOS also is a very passive OS so when you put an ipad to sleep, everything is basically shut down, android allows apps to keep running if you have set them to sync data (ie, twitter, facebook, etc) which will also consume more battery.
the dock issue is an issue. but undocked, mine will last a week or so with light/moderate use, then again i generally charge it at night anyways.
and yes, this should be in general section, it has nothing to do with development for the device, you are asking a general question about the device/platform.
I just took my transformer on a 5 day trip, fully charged to start with, and i didn't bring the charger. I probably only used the tablet 3 times for 15 minutes, and the rest was standby. When i got home and plugged it in, it was down to 2% battery, just about to die. That is just unexceptionable. And iPad 2 under slimier circumstances would have consumed maybe around 20% of it's battery life?
I read somewhere that the new samsung galaxy tab 10.1 is rumored to have up to 75 days of stand by. I don't believe that at all, but if they are claiming that, i would assume that i would last much longer than 5 days. (plus i played with one the other day in best buy and it just feels awesome in the hands)
conclusion: hopefully future updates will help out with the transformer's battery life and stand by time.
Thread re-opened and moved to General.
Mark.
Which is your WIFI policy?
I have it on WIFI off when screen off, and stand-by time is pretty good. I guess that if you need WIFI always on it will adversely affect your battery usage.
Regards.
Its not a Honeycomb issue its a Asus issue. I have a Samsung 10.1 and the stand by time is much better then the Asus. The stand by time for the 10.1 is about 7 hrs and it eats up only 3%. Also, the wifi policy on the 10.1 is set to stay on when it goes into stand by mode. My TF wifi policy is set to turn off when the screen is off and it still eats more battery life then the 10.1. I pretty much have the same apps on both tablet.
Yeah, I have mine set to turn off the wifi when the screen is off (pretty sure this was the default setting), and my standby time is much better than I was expecting (as per my post on the first page). Given the drain I've experienced, I'd expect it to last 2 weeks or so on standby, which seems pretty good to me.
It could be that your wifi disconnect policy is not set to go into standby when the screen goes off. Don't worry, it waits 15 minutes before actually turning off the antenna. But there is a bug where it defaults to "Never" after being charged (including the dock), or after a reboot:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=16720
I get a few days out of mine, but I don't give it much chance to be standby, I use it regularly in the evenings.
Hi,
I am sorry, I think I didn't well explain it.
It is the fact that TF has less standby time than ipad2.
But, my question is more about Technic.
Ipad2 does email sync with wifi always ON beat TF wifi off.
But why? There is some app working in background? Why it need to be in standby mode?
I still hear email notifications even with Wifi policy set to turn off when screen is off. Definitely a software problem. In regards to the dock issue, ASUS needs to make some changes to Honeycomb so when it knows the dock is plugged in, the power saving features still kicks in when on standby despite the tablet being charged. It probably assumes the dock is actually a wall charger and doesn't kick in any power saving features. (default behaviour set by Google)
I think the main question in this thread needs to be why are people leaving their Transformers in standby for soo long!!
USE YOUR TABLET EVERY SECOND GOD GIVES YOU AND YOU WONT CARE ABOUT HOW LONG IT WILL LAST WHEN ITS ASLEEP
Mark.
Hi Guys,
How is your battery performance going? We have three 64GB 3G Lenovo tablets in our office and we are struggling to get two hours usage out of any tablet. Even just leaving them in standby mode will drain them fast (less than a day). I have the acer iconia A500 and can leave that around for days and still have some juice when I pick it up again. Any idea why battery life is terrible on the Lenovo? We are all running different apps. Mine is pretty much just running stock with a few ebook reader apps.
Cheers,
SB
Something is wrong with them if the battery life is that poor. Presumably with the hardware if you're running things mostly stock. Strange, though, that it'd be all of them and not just one. Mine gets 8 solid hours of medium to heavy use, no sweat, and other people have indicated theirs get about the same. You might want to contact Lenovo's tech support (though just a word of warning, they have kinda lame tech support nowadays...).
I've got a 32GB no 3G tablet that continues to surprise me with it's battery life. I'd read plenty about folks with crappy recharge and usage times.
Mine will still have the same charge the next day if I don't put it in the dock and I generally get 7-8 hours out of a full charge, even over the period of a few days.
The old 'cell-standby' battery drain disappeared a while back. Don't know why. Don't miss it at all.
Under normal use for me (sketchbook pro, browsing, and an occasional game) I get about 8-12 hours of use (basing that on the screen on %), with 3-4 days between charges. Something is certainly up with yours, what is listed under settings>about tablet>Battery Use?
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Tablet 1:
Battery 69%, 7 hours on battery, maybe 20 minutes use. (Mobile broadband turned off)
Screen 39% (on auto brightness)
WiFi 26%
tablet Idle: 23%
Cell Standby 7%
Android OS 7%
The other two are not available, but as a colleague ran out the door, he mentioned that his cell standby was 33% despite mobile broadband being turned off.
Thanks for your feedback so far.
Mine (16GB version) lasts for 4 hours when it's REALLY busy, that means when I stream videos over wireless.
Otherwise...after a full day of normal usage I'm back from 100% to 40%.
Anything else I think is not acceptable..I suggest you guys have your tablets replaced.
Wait, I just had a thought. Are you guys using the keyboard folio with the tablets? If so, there's something you should know. After putting the tablet to sleep, you can't close the folio for another 10-20 seconds afterwards. Otherwise, the optical trackpoint ends up detecting motion from the tablet being on top of it and it wakes the tablet up repeatedly while the thing is sitting closed. So you have to put the tablet in sleep with the folio still open, let it sit until it goes into deep sleep, wave your finger over the trackpoint to make sure it has (after 10-20 seconds), THEN close it up.
my battery is good on standby (with wifi sleep).
Your battery drain is because of cell network. use airplane mode !
I RMA's 2 of them with the same symptoms, took all day to charge, discharged way to fast they ended up having both bad motherboards and bad batteries. I called up lenovo sent them in and had to wait about 3 weeks for the parts to come in, but they have been working incredibly well now.
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I RMA's 2 of them with the same symptoms, took all day to charge, discharged way to fast they ended up having both bad motherboards and bad batteries. I called up lenovo sent them in and had to wait about 3 weeks for the parts to come in, but they have been working incredibly well now.
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That sounds very similar to the three we have. 6-8 hours to charge. Less than an hour of use to discharge. Less than 10 hours on standby to discharge. Lenovo suggested a factory reset (ha ha) to fix the problem. I'll humour them for the weekend.
What's the battery life of this tablet like?
I have a job that involves 8+ hours away from the office.
I really like the spen functionality the tablet provides as well as the multitasking potential it offers.
I don't really need to know how many hours of watching movies or playing games this tablet will sustain.
I want to know what battery life is like if I will be primarily using this tablet for web browsing and reading PDFs, typing up notes using word processing apps, non stop 8+ hours a day at let's say at 40 to 50% percent brightness.
Does this tablet at minimum beat the ipad 4 in terms of web browsing/reading PDFs battery life?
What would it take to completely drain the battery life of the tablet if one were to only use it for web browsing?
Can anyone post their experiences to ease the worries of a wary buyer that want's to know what their getting for such a pricey tablet.
I'm getting a average of 7 to 8 hours of screen on time out of my note10.1 2014.
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i get 9-11hrs, but i always have my brightness set at 25% or lower.
With average usage I'm getting around 8 hrs also. With heavy use (video calling and games) I get around 5hrs.
Everyday is different, unless you do the same thing everyday at the same time for the same amount of time. But with all the piddly things I've had issues with on this tablet the battery REALLY impresses me, and I'm a real heavy user (IE, Sketching, Games, YouTube, Web Surfing etc.) But I also keep my auto brightness on (I know, I hate it too) and common sense, if you don't need the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, turn it off, although I never do and have been really impressed so far with the battery. pound for pound awesome tablet.
I have yet to have this thing die on me. After using it heavy all day, the lowest I've seen the battery before plugging it in is about 18% and my day starts at 8 (8-5 Work Day - Moderate to Above Average Use) and ends anywhere between 11pm to 2am with 6 o'clock till I go to bed HEAVY HEAVY use, especially since I'm new to tablets and still playing with this one a lot. It never leaves my hands basically.
Hope this helps.
you rarely need to exceed 40% brightness on this thing. this is the first thing i've used that i found to strain my eyes when at 100%. 25-40% works 90% of the time.
As far as iPad comparsison goes, supposedly it has slightly worse battery life. I think phonearena or something gave iPad 9 hours and this device a little over 8. Battery life isn't a concern. You should be able to get through the day without a hitch.
So it seems that the consensus is that the tablet will definitely last a full day's use assuming a typical 9-5 workday using it for browsing purposes.
The battery life averages about 8 hours or so at around 40 percent brightness at continuous use.
Can anyone with the previous generation note comment on how the 2014 model compares to the older model?
I get the impression that it's about the same. Although it has a slightly larger battery, the increased power draw from the higher resolution screen makes it average out to around the same average battery life for things to power the things we do more frequently - that is, browsing, reading, and typing notes, with the occasional movie here and there.
I currently own a galaxy tab 2. I can verify that at about 40 percent brightness, i'd also get around 8 hours or so of mixed use. If I'm strictly using it for a heavy web browsing session, the battery only lasts about 6 hours.
This is me being very conservative with my estimates.
I get the impression that this note 10.1 2014 does a bit better in that regard huh?
8 hours browsing?
Also owned the 2012 note 10.1 and indeed battery life is the same.
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I was just in an 8-hour class where I used S-Note extensively. (From 8:30a to 4:30p.) I took around 20 pages of notes. When I wasn't actively taking notes, I was experimenting with the features of S-Note and the tablet in general since it's pretty new to me, as well as browsing the web, Facebook, etc. When the class started my battery was at 83% (I didn't plug it in until very late last night and didn't turn it off while it charged, so it wasn't fully charged when I left home this morning). As of now, over 45 minutes after the class, my battery is at 53%. My screen brightness has been around 25% all day which was plenty bright in a brightly lit room.
We did have a half-hour lunch, and a couple breaks during which the screen was off. But, not too shabby, if you ask me.