Related
Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Samsung Galaxy Note 8's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Who the hell plays candy crush, and for gawd sakes why for 22 hours?
Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
i've never touched Candy Crush but I tend to play with a new phone a lot. Not that impressed with battery. I'm re-adjusting to how much worse android is on standby overnight, but it sips pretty hard in general. A new phone is about my heaviest usage though, I'm not considering that any kind of real review.
Extremely impressed with the battery. I am coming from a Note 4 and the battery is much better on the 8. I was concerned that the battery was going to be a weak spot and now I think it is one of the strengths of the Note 8.
Battery life is the best I've ever experienced on a smartphone in my life
I agree that I am getting amazing battery results also. Coming from the note 4 I am concerned about the life of the battery with the possibility of me having to charge it during the day and night since I use it for work. It is not. Replaceable like the note 4 and if it only has 500 charge cycles that would not last me a year...
PsiPhiDan said:
Battery life is the best I've ever experienced on a smartphone in my life
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You should give the LG X Charge a shot! 72 hours straight with over 15 hours of screen time! Low end phone though.
100% at 6:00am
83% at 7:29am
This device demands a mobile charger.
Yea on further use I find it mediocre. Certainly compared to the iPhone I was using. I don't feel sore about it because the phone is doing so much and charges fast, it should have a larger battery. Wireless at home, car charger, charger at work. I'll survive.
Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
Really holds up well for being ran wide open. No gaming so I can't tell how long it would last under the most intense use, but I don't turn my phones down or conserve and it gets used a lot. Outlasts my iPhone 7 plus by hours.
6 months later and I am still pushing 8-10 hours SoT running in high performance mode only.
right now I'm on 68% with 3.44 on battery, 3.01 SoT but have also been streaming music for over 2 hours
j_hansen said:
6 months later and I am still pushing 8-10 hours SoT running in high performance mode only.
right now I'm on 68% with 3.44 on battery, 3.01 SoT but have also been streaming music for over 2 hours
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thats seems not possible on a Note 8. I had a note 8 had nothing installed besides the basics. Mostly used for browsing and YouTube. The battery life was shocking so i returned the device. Instead i bought a Pixel 2 XL and couldn't be happier. Battery life on the Pixel 2 XL is much better than any samsung phone i have had. Out of all samsung phones I have had the S7 Edge had the best battery life and that even gets about 2 hrs less SOT compared to my Pixel 2 XL
Considering a note device is aimed at heavy end users battery life would be the first thing you would want to get right. However this is not the case which is disappointing. I won't buy another samsung device untill they fit 4000mah batteries as samsungs are not efficient at all
sounds like you had a faulty device.
I have 2 Note 8 and they both have great battery life
j_hansen said:
sounds like you had a faulty device.
I have 2 Note 8 and they both have great battery life
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Agreed.
I have been using my note 8 exynos 128 GB for 4 months, and It runs more or less as expected, 5-6 hours SOT, I use it in entertaining mode, If you pay a high price for a high end device, it would be pointless to use it under restrains, lower resolution, lower brightness etc, all those things that make this phone a beast, but all these nice features are power hungry
rockky said:
100% at 6:00am
83% at 7:29am
This device demands a mobile charger.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
bk disabler :good:
100% at 8 AM
1% at 3 PM
Playing games (with parallel app as well) ,emails and whatsapp
mupet747 said:
100% at 8 AM
1% at 3 PM
Playing games (with parallel app as well) ,emails and whatsapp
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not much info...brightness? SOT? Signal strength? etc. would all be useful info for proper context/analysis.
3.5 hours straight sot with benchmarking antutu tekken 5 etc.
These note 8 is raped.
wont stop
Got my XA1 Ultra a couple of days ago. Battery life is surprisingly good. This must be one of the most energy efficient phones out there. 2700mAh sounds really small but the phone still gave me 6h SOT over 2 full days. Standby-drain is very good, it only dropped 3 percent over 10 hours with LTE, wifi and sync on.
For potential buyers: No need to worry about the small battery in XA1 Ultra, Helio P20 is super efficient, perhaps even more efficient than Snapdragon 625.
Great info thank you, I personally think the battery life is great too. For such a big phone you'd imagine or think slightly it will drain badly but that isn't the case as of yet.
Really do love this phone ?
Sent from my Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra using XDA Labs
I am a very heavy user and I find this phone easily gets me through the work day, and I never feel the need to run for a charger. This is mostly on 4g, without wifi and playing some games, and browsing Facebook or xda, as well as calls or texts. And I'm almost always running with full brightness with intermittent GPS use.
flipp0 said:
Got my XA1 Ultra a couple of days ago. Battery life is surprisingly good. This must be one of the most energy efficient phones out there. 2700mAh sounds really small but the phone still gave me 6h SOT over 2 full days. Standby-drain is very good, it only dropped 3 percent over 10 hours with LTE, wifi and sync on.
For potential buyers: No need to worry about the small battery in XA1 Ultra, Helio P20 is super efficient, perhaps even more efficient than Snapdragon 625.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Agreed, same here. I get 2-3 days battery life and 5 to 6 hours SOT.
Awesome battery life..
Battery life on this phone has been nothing but amazing for stock rom and no tweaks.
poy said:
Battery life on this phone has been nothing but amazing for stock rom and no tweaks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes. It is truly remarkable. Both very good SOT and low standby drain. It feels like the battery is 4000mAh rather than 2700mAh. Performance is also good. People often complain over mediatek but P20 seems like a great midrange-chip.
Best SOT I got in a 24 hour period was 7 hours and 15 mins with 10% remaining battery, amazing in my opinion...
This is mine
I dont know even myself how I got so much
Couse the brightness was max
Anyway look at pics
Once in a while, when your significant other yells at you, you might use your phone a bit less. Rate this thread to express how the Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact's battery performs under light use. A higher rating indicates that the device goes a long time when you're using the phone sparingly: no gaming or video/audio streaming, light web browsing, some calling and texts, etc.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Coming from a Z3 compact, I can't help but feel this is a huge step back in terms of battery performance. I am really, really disappointed.
Woke up today at 7:00 with a full charge, watched about 40 minutes of YouTube which took me down to 68%; now it's 3:30 PM, the phone has barely seen any use and the battery is at 52%. On the Z3c when the battery was brand new, with this kind of use I would still be around 80%.
I really don't know what to say This is now a one-day-lasting phone like any other.
faelnor said:
Coming from a Z3 compact, I can't help but feel this is a huge step back in terms of battery performance. I am really, really disappointed.
...
I really don't know what to say This is now a one-day-lasting phone like any other.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's disappointing. I've got a Z3C that I use very lightly, mostly just 10 minutes of web browsing, 20 mins on WhatsApp and a bit more general screen on time. Maybe 45 to 60 mins total per day. I still get 3 days of battery life from my 3 and a half year old phone.
I'm considering either a XZ2C or Google Pixel (2016), but not really sold on either of them, both for being larger and the battery life being poorer
xz2c upgraded to 5" full hd screen, that's why battery life isn't as good as z3c. you can't have everything unfortunately.
still, I'm very happy with battery life of this phone, i get easily through 2 full days with one charge, and 6 hours sot, average usage.
it depends from your usage pattern of course, btw with same usage i used to get half the battery life with my previous S7.
not to mention size of this phone is perfect for me! very happy
ps. pixel 2016 is bigger than xz2c and battery lasts shorter.. and it is 2 years old phone.. wouldn't suggest it
FcukBloat said:
ps. pixel 2016 is bigger than xz2c and battery lasts shorter.. and it is 2 years old phone.. wouldn't suggest it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, I know the Pixel is bigger and older, but I'm not too concerned with the performance difference and the both have 4GB of RAM, which is more important for me. also wonder if my light usage could stretch the Pixel out to 2 days too.
For the Z3C, community support for ROMs was OK, but I expect the Pixel will have a larger community and will continue to get updates for a longer time.
I think the sensible thing is for me to stick with the Z3C until it breaks, but we don't always make the sensible choice...
light use endurance is pretty good of this phone. if you just bought the phone, don't forget that the battery might need some time to adjust itself. and in my case it needed to drain the battery with some unknown usage after a system update.
My light use endurance is great. After 1 & 1/2 days being off the charger & 1 hr of SOT, I still had 70% left. Blows my Unlocked Galaxy S9+ (965U1) away in terms of both standby & in-use battery performance.
To be fair on the GS9+, however, that phone is connected to a Gear S3 Classic 24/7.
Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk
loving it, it's one week of use and i end everyday with battery at 50-60%
i use it for browsing, instant messagging, share and take photoes, waste time on 9gag and various networking configurations.
if you have battery drains check for installed applications. Disable facebook!
I still have over a day left, aiming for 3 days at the moment.
https://imgur.com/a/pCX4n6g
4,5 hours screen on here... so 1 day of stress use
FcukBloat said:
xz2c upgraded to 5" full hd screen, that's why battery life isn't as good as z3c. you can't have everything unfortunately.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ya... it's a pity that the market apparently wants Full HD also on small screens. To me, dpi>300 doesn't make sense apart from VR (which I never use), but the market wants 430dpi+ apparently. Yes, there is a tiny difference between my Mi5S (428dpi) and my previous Moto G 2014 (294dpi) in terms of sharpnes - but I'd always take the longer battery life instead.
FcukBloat said:
xz2c upgraded to 5" full hd screen, that's why battery life isn't as good as z3c. you can't have everything unfortunately.
still, I'm very happy with battery life of this phone, i get easily through 2 full days with one charge, and 6 hours sot, average usage.
it depends from your usage pattern of course, btw with same usage i used to get half the battery life with my previous S7.
not to mention size of this phone is perfect for me! very happy
ps. pixel 2016 is bigger than xz2c and battery lasts shorter.. and it is 2 years old phone.. wouldn't suggest it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi,
I recently bought this phone and it's awesome but I noticed that when I unplug the phone from the charger, it drains quickly battery even in stand by. Right now it has 18 min SOT and it's 89% (most whatsapp). Not quite like yours. Since I did just 2-3 cycles, do I need to calibrate it? If so, how should I do it exactly?
Thanks a lot!
It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
I'm waiting for users feedbacks about its SOT. I think that it will beat some records...
I'm expecting this phone to thrive in this category. The screen isn't some crazy 4K resolution and combine that with the 5000 mAh battery and we should have great SOT.
I have a bad itch to get a new phone and am tempted to get the OnePlus 7 Pro but I hear the 90hz refresh rate and fancy new screen are killing SOT
Whoever is going to post SOT, do not forget to mention screen resolution used, "tweaks" and "measures" taken in settings etc. Also show full screenshots. Thanks.
7 nm SoC coupled with a mostrous battery, it is expected to deliver great, great battyerylife.
As long as its well optimized. Other phones with big batteries have been awful due to power wastage.
SantinoInc said:
I'm expecting this phone to thrive in this category. The screen isn't some crazy 4K resolution and combine that with the 5000 mAh battery and we should have great SOT.
I have a bad itch to get a new phone and am tempted to get the OnePlus 7 Pro but I hear the 90hz refresh rate and fancy new screen are killing SOT
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There is a good review on youtube user name "Geekyranjit" He talks about the cons but says SOT is average gettting 4.5-6, he felt dropping the panel down to 60hz did not boost it enough. His biggest con he felt is that it is just really big, not balanced real well and it is heavy at over 200g. The Asus is a little smaller at 6.4 vs 6.67. I am just dying to order a new phone and replace the G7 ThinQ I am using that I got dirt cheap because of a cracked back glass corner but I have it in a Spigen so who cares.
I feel I should wait to see the Asus release and price in US as it may be what i go for. My concern is Asus updates but it will have an active ROM community I imagine
cisco kidd said:
There is a good review on youtube user name "Geekyranjit" He talks about the cons but says SOT is average gettting 4.5-6, he felt dropping the panel down to 60hz did not boost it enough. His biggest con he felt is that it is just really big, not balanced real well and it is heavy at over 200g. The Asus is a little smaller at 6.4 vs 6.67. I am just dying to order a new phone and replace the G7 ThinQ I am using that I got dirt cheap because of a cracked back glass corner but I have it in a Spigen so who cares.
I feel I should wait to see the Asus release and price in US as it may be what i go for. My concern is Asus updates but it will have an active ROM community I imagine
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I saw an other reviewer on youtube with 75% battery remaining and around 3 hours of screen-on-time.
I come from an LG G6, our phones are great (it's the phone I've kept for longer, at 1.5 years), but the battery, AY the battery... Can't wait to see the results of the ultraWide camera pics... If they look just as decent as LG's, if not better, I'll get it too...
---------- Post added at 09:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:04 AM ----------
leiros said:
I saw an other reviewer on youtube with 75% battery remaining and around 3 hours of screen-on-time.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't play with my feelings, please ? I'm used to get around that somedays with 100% of the battery... Can't wait to see people talking with their own experiences...
i've bought it yesterday, on monday i will do a full 4G day starting from 7am and till 18pm all without wifi, italy here...
erio82 said:
I come from an LG G6, our phones are great (it's the phone I've kept for longer, at 1.5 years), but the battery, AY the battery... Can't wait to see the results of the ultraWide camera pics... If they look just as decent as LG's, if not better, I'll get it too...
---------- Post added at 09:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:04 AM ----------
Don't play with my feelings, please I'm used to get around that somedays with 100% of the battery... Can't wait to see people talking with their own experiences...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I found the LG G6 was just horrible overall and its battery life was garbage. I now have a G7 ThinQ and I have to say I will not buy another LG phone again. Prior to the G7 I tried HTC U11, P10 Plus and Essential PH1, that is the phone I regret selling , it was excellent , even the camera w the google cam port was decent but the overall aspects of the phone were very good
I wish Asus would release in US sooner
mrmcphisto77 said:
i've bought it yesterday, on monday i will do a full 4G day starting from 7am and till 18pm all without wifi, italy here...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I thought they are sending them in July, am i wrong?
Virgo_Guy said:
Whoever is going to post SOT, do not forget to mention screen resolution used, "tweaks" and "measures" taken in settings etc. Also show full screenshots. Thanks.
7 nm SoC coupled with a mostrous battery, it is expected to deliver great, great battyerylife.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Chigztech on YouTube posted 9hrs 12mins sot with 6% remaining. I don't know if it was wifi or mobile but the Nex S exceeds those numbers with 1,000mah less. My best so far, mostly on wifi, has been 9hrs 4mins with 14% remaining and a new update a few days ago looks like it can approach 11 hours sot.
Battery life is very good according to gsmarena review.
https://m.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone_6-review-1937.php
Wow not a lot of good to be said for the display.
This is a bit of a let down and is now making me re-consider this as a purchase, I watch a lot of YouTube so a decent display is kinda required.
Ah well...
SOT is about 11h which is insane for me. my phone now averaging 4.30 hours - 5 hours.
Asus says the screen is IPS with 600 nits and 100% DCI-P3 which should be plenty bright and color corrected. GSMarena for sure loves AMOLED but for my usage it looks like good enough.
Not sure if this has already been posted.
Liscon19 said:
Not sure if this has already been posted.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That Pixel 3a time was a surprise. Goes to show those who don't need a top-end chipset may be better saving the cash and enjoying the efficiency of mid-tier chips like the SD 6xx. Zenfone 6 does look fantastic for battery time, but not getting quite the 20% extra time from the 20% bigger battery, even against the 90hz OnePlus 7 Pro. Hope some software adjustments can be made to further improve it, because it's great, but not as good as expected when compared to others.
TheCookieButter said:
That Pixel 3a time was a surprise. Goes to show those who don't need a top-end chipset may be better saving the cash and enjoying the efficiency of mid-tier chips like the SD 6xx. Zenfone 6 does look fantastic for battery time, but not getting quite the 20% extra time from the 20% bigger battery, even against the 90hz OnePlus 7 Pro. Hope some software adjustments can be made to further improve it, because it's great, but not as good as expected when compared to others.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It lasts 30% longer than the 7 pro. And 20% more than the regular 7. Seems pretty good to me for an lcd display against oleds in a test that includes a bunch of video playback.
acrosstheline said:
It lasts 30% longer than the 7 pro. And 20% more than the regular 7. Seems pretty good to me for an lcd display against oleds in a test that includes a bunch of video playback.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Indeed. GSMarena confirmed that in the browsing test and or in the talktime test, the ZenFone outlasted the others by a huge margin.
But how did you get 30% more? It was almost exactly 20% more than the 7 pro.
As a quick info: during setup of the phone, I lost around 25% over 10 hours with around 4 hours SOT. let's see how this settles during normal usage.
Edit: after day 1 and my regular usage pattern, I lost about 20%. This is about on par with the Lenovo P2. I will still have to see if a longer screen usage drains more (I suspect this due to the LCD instead of the AMOLED). Will report this later...
Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Very timely thread. I've been wondering about battery. This is my first device (out of 6) that I even paid attention to battery drain.
Overnight unplugged not a problem. During the day, with admittedly heavy usage, the drain seems a lot more than what I'm used to with previous devices. I've run Better Battery Stats for several days and there is no specific app nor process that I can identify as the culprit.
I'll be watching this thread to see what develops.
My Rating Out of 10: 6
Coming from a Tab S3 I'm getting much better battery life. I use to have to charge the S3 at least once during the day and sometimes again in the evening. The S6 is making it all day on a single charge.
I've just come from a Pixel C and the battery life is very impressive, yes I know the Pixel C is from 2015 so the battery life has degraded somewhat but still, it's a lot better.
Battery Life is average compared to my Ipad Air 2019 consumes 1 percent for every 5 minute Video compared to 8 minute in ipad Air !
Paulototo said:
Battery Life is average compared to my Ipad Air 2019 consumes 1 percent for every 5 minute Video compared to 8 minute in ipad Air !
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't care, the iPad could be 1% an hour and I still wouldn't be interested.
Personally I'm finding the battery on my LTE model to be very good - I used it on Sunday to watch sports pretty much non-stop for about 7-8 hours and still had 45% of battery life left - impressed me considering that was 7-8 hours running off LTE/4G.
I'm getting over 8 hours screen on time between charges which is excellent considering the size of the battery. I don't leave it on overnight though as I really don't see the point.
My old PIxel C with a larger (degraded) battery was only getting around 4-5 hours before I sold it, Tegra X1 was never the most effiecent SoC though.
Shocky2 said:
I'm getting over 8 hours screen on time between charges which is excellent considering the size of the battery. I don't leave it on overnight though as I really don't see the point.
My old PIxel C with a larger (degraded) battery was only getting around 4-5 hours before I sold it, Tegra X1 was never the most effiecent SoC though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm still on the Pixel C running 10.0 but was thinking about making the jump since the CPU is really starting to show it's age but GPU performance is still excellent. How satisfied are you with the switch?
zetsumeikuro said:
I'm still on the Pixel C running 10.0 but was thinking about making the jump since the CPU is really starting to show it's age but GPU performance is still excellent. How satisfied are you with the switch?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Performance wise I have no complaints, most apps run great but compatibility is an issue, the Pixel C might actually be more compatible which is highly strange. The tab 6 is new but SD855 is not.
Battery life is much better of course, the device itself is much thinner, smaller bezels, much better audio quality, the speakers on the Pixel C were awful.
I'm satisfied but I will be getting a replacement, uneven black levels, general issue with oled displays sadly.
Shocky2 said:
Performance wise I have no complaints, most apps run great but compatibility is an issue, the Pixel C might actually be more compatible which is highly strange. The tab 6 is new but SD855 is not.
Battery life is much better of course, the device itself is much thinner, smaller bezels, much better audio quality, the speakers on the Pixel C were awful.
I'm satisfied but I will be getting a replacement, uneven black levels, general issue with oled displays sadly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the information I appreciate it! Hopefully, you have better oled panel lottery this time around. I'll probably end up picking one up with the keyboard attachment.