Hi,
I am planning to buy a phone and I find it difficult to choose between LG G2 and Galaxy S4+ i9506. From all the reviews of snapdragon 800 phones, it seems they are battery friendly which is why I feel that the s4+ should be much beter on battery than the regular s4 i9505. The LG G2 would have been a no brainer for me except that they omitted an sd card slot. But I eard the batery life on it is really amazing.
I usually check battery life on gsmarena but it seems they will not do this for the i9506.
Can someone that have this phone please make a battery review?
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I just got new S4 in black and i am loving it. I really feel for the first time that iphone has a real competition now, as the user experienced is very much improved.
Any how we all know S4 is the best, but it is very bad with battery time. I previously had a note2 device you and it usually last more than 2 days on my average use (despite of its much bigger screen size). To make S4 last longer i have turned off every extra feature (i.e air view, smart scroll and all such stuff) but still battery is draining very fast. So this is what i wanted to know...
WHICH IS THE BEST KERNEL THAT CAN HELP IN BOOSTING THE BATTERY TIME OF S4?
when i had a S2 i used Siyah, and it almost doubled my battery time, 2 days even with data on. It was crazy. I am expecting something similar. Please guide me.
And thank you all in advance
what version do you have 505 or 500
Hazerd said:
what version do you have 505 or 500
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its i9500
adam kernel may safe some battery
can anyone give advice about battery life?
which rom can make battery life longer?
s4/I9505
thanks
Just got rid of my Xperia Z and my iPhone 5. Just have a few questions before getting one. No point asking the people in the shops they just want to sell.
The battery life on my iPhone 5 was pretty good and it charged very quickly. Yet the Xperia z was awful drained so fast at least it charged fairly quickly. But the iPhone charged well on the USB whilst being used where as the Xperia Z only charged if you didn't use it on USB.
Is the battery life on the s4 better than both or similar. Is the USB charging issue an android thing.
Also the Xperia z had a poor wifi signal. How's the s4's
Any other tips would be nice.
Overall the charging... is super fast in S4 because the charger out put was 2A and the battery also heats when charging but not so long ...
My i9500 is very smooth can handle any games you throw at it. The battery is not good currently hope be samsung fix it in future update. I just give my opinion.
You the decider for buying it! DON'T blame me if you not satisfied with it.
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THUDUK said:
Just got rid of my Xperia Z and my iPhone 5. Just have a few questions before getting one. No point asking the people in the shops they just want to sell.
The battery life on my iPhone 5 was pretty good and it charged very quickly. Yet the Xperia z was awful drained so fast at least it charged fairly quickly. But the iPhone charged well on the USB whilst being used where as the Xperia Z only charged if you didn't use it on USB.
Is the battery life on the s4 better than both or similar. Is the USB charging issue an android thing.
Also the Xperia z had a poor wifi signal. How's the s4's
Any other tips would be nice.
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I would like to start with Sony Z i used for a week and hate that device coz of battery , heating, sound quality.
And compare to Sony Z ... S4 is far far better starting from battery , perfomance display music some of the software features etc
ii cant tell u diffrntce between S4 and I5 as i never used it
And if u are a high user of the phone u myte need to have a xtra battery or can use a custom kernal like persues which gives u a option of underclocking etc and u will never regret having this phone
Note I have I9500 and as of now it does not supoort CM10 etc and I9505 does support
for the variant u have to take a call
But S4 is worth a buy anytime compare to device u have used for sure
I have the gt9505 variant.
The battery Life is very good when on a custom kernel, I use ktoonsez kernel for instance and it allows me to make a profile to reduce the max ghz used when the screen is off. Greatly improves battery Life Imo. Also allows you to set the GPU max mhz when screen off.
On stock however I didnt really like the battery Life. I came from a note 2 which has fing awesom battery Life.
It's not bad on stock but the iPhone 5 will last longer I think.
Also depends on your usage of the device tho.
Check some battery Benchmarks which are around on the web.
As it stands right now iirc the 9500 loses to the 9505 atm in terms of battery Life.
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Hello friends,
I use my phone for primarily for 30 min calls & 30 min browsing per day.
I have seen lot of reviews on net including XDA and it seems that i9505 has marginally better battery life than i9500 on stock ROM.
How does battery life compare on Custom ROM's. ?
If i exclude CPU performance, gaming, graphics, benchmarks & LTE, which of the two devices would have considerably better battery life considering my usage above.
Please give your feedback ...
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please pour in your views ... thanks in advance.
I9500 has 2 quadcore processors one more powerful nd one less powerful nd more power efficient so when u do light tasks like browsing or calling more power efficient one is working while in i9505 its a power hungry processor working everytime so you may get better battery life on i9500
If you like putting custom roms and experimenting new root apps features. then I would highly recommend you i9505. If you are never going to put custom rom and i9500 is cheaper than i9505 at your place then only you should get i9500.
I have never compared custom rom battery life with stock rom battery life. but I can tell you that there is a difference.. Custom roms provide better battery life than stock roms. because stock roms have so much bloatware apps installed which are always running and sucking battery juice. Also there is an app special for snapdragon powered devices called Snapdragon™ BatteryGuru. I have never used it. but it has some good reviews. It can be useful.
I am a i9500 owner and I hate this phone so much. because it has no good custom roms like cyanogen,pacman,paranoid,aokp,aosp etc. because samsung has made exynos chip source code closedsource.
I dont think there will be much difference in terms of app performance. Both can run apps equally smooth and good.
Btw why dont you get nexus 5 32gb? I guess both s4 and nexus 5 has same price tag. In terms of performance nexus 5 is far better than s4.
Hi everyone.
Thinking of getting either the international version of the S4 or the OnePlus One.
Will save some bucks if I get the S4.
With a new battery and MM custom ROM (are there stable ones?) I was thinking this might be a good device.
Or as owners would U say I should add a few $ and opt for the OPO?
Thanks a million!
don't know the battery size of oneplus but the s4 benefits from carrying a spare or using a high capacity battery. opo has a much better CPU. always go newer for me...
3mel said:
don't know the battery size of oneplus but the s4 benefits from carrying a spare or using a high capacity battery. opo has a much better CPU. always go newer for me...
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Thanks for that input. The OPO has a 3,000 mhA battery and since I am a light user, lasts me 2 days (running stock CM 13 MM).
I guess battery wise the S4 would be a downgrade then. Carrying an extra battery is not an option for me as I will lose it within a week
it's hard to judge but if you're getting two days usage out of 3000mAh then you should be OK with 2600mAh to get back to a charger again. roms with alucard's kernel can be underclocked and or undervolted as well as being run on a power saving profile. that said I'm sure opo has similar options available...
You can also get a 3000mAh battery for the S4.
That being said, it really depends on how high the price difference is.
I personally would go for the OPO, because of the better specs. But I dislike the fact that it has no card slot. This is pretty much a deal-breaker for me.
How's the battery life on the s5 ? Thinking of getting one but was curious about battery.
Also how's the custom ROM scene for this phone?
dont buy it
stick with s6/s7/s8
they are better in both hardware and battery life