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Newly bought S8 and a 4.5h battery life. Is is normal?

So I got my GS8 yesterday and this is the battery life I get with:
AOD off
No battery saving profile
Wifi on all the time
4G network but no data
Automatic brightness
No gaming, about an hour of video playback
Since I can't share outside links I'll just write the info here: (From 100% to 3%)
Last charged: 10h ago
Screen on time: 4 hours and 30 minutes (812mAh)
Android System: CPU total: 3 hours and 11 minutes (312mAh)
This is not even close to what I expected, do you think this is normal?

Normal. It's happened with both my S8 and my G6. Your battery life will get better in 3-5 days. Android is setting stuff up and optimizing battery life behind the scenes.

You bought it yesterday. Give it time to settle.
Also, turn off automatic Samsung cloud backup, it's on by default.

HanMan5000 said:
Normal. It's happened with both my S8 and my G6. Your battery life will get better in 3-5 days. Android is setting stuff up and optimizing battery life behind the scenes.
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How much better are we talking about? Like what would be my screen-on time on average?

InVaderrr said:
How much better are we talking about? Like what would be my screen-on time on average?
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I am 45% with 4 hours SOT. But I have days like yours with 4 hours SOT at end of day... It depends on how you use it.
Also depends if you debloat it or not (no root required)

InVaderrr said:
This is not even close to what I expected, do you think this is normal?
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What did you expect from a 3000mah battery? It all depends how you use the phone, i can empty the battery in an hour if I want.
4.5h is more than respectable, if you want more lower the brightness and use a black theme.

peachpuff said:
What did you expect from a 3000mah battery? It all depends how you use the phone, i can empty the battery in an hour if I want.
4.5h is more than respectable, if you want more lower the brightness and use a black theme.
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I expected the sot other users (like people from this forum) get. This battery life I got is bkarely better than that of my 3-year-old Xperia Z1!
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Another question guys. Is a 6% drain over 7 hours of being idle normal? Wifi on and AOD off.

InVaderrr said:
I expected the sot other users (like people from this forum) get. This battery life I got is bkarely better than that of my 3-year-old Xperia Z1!
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Another question guys. Is a 6% drain over 7 hours of being idle normal? Wifi on and AOD off.
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It pretty much. Also depend on how many apps you installed. If you dont want it run much, add it to smart manager sleep list. My idle about 3hrs/1% man. This is my battery current round and apps list. About 10% wasted battery because I did clear davikcache a few times

This should be normal. with AOD on, my phone takes about 2% per hour, but when browsing webpages, every 1.5 hours costs about 10% of power, watching videos should take more. also, the 1080p and 2k resolution have notable differences. so it seems that the white-background screen cuts down most of battery life, i think.

xdauser'17 said:
This should be normal. with AOD on, my phone takes about 2% per hour, but when browsing webpages, every 1.5 hours costs about 10% of power, watching videos should take more. also, the 1080p and 2k resolution have notable differences. so it seems that the white-background screen cuts down most of battery life, i think.
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For an hour of browsing, mine decreases by 15-20 percent! (On wifi and auto brightness)

InVaderrr said:
For an hour of browsing, mine decreases by 15-20 percent! (On wifi and auto brightness)
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hmm, i turned my phone as power-saving as possible - brightness is less than half of the bar, suspended all background apps, and FHD resolution. also, after some days of usage, the system should be able to auto balance the power consumption by sleeping some unused apps and some Samsung's system services maybe. so i don't think this is an issue.

InVaderrr said:
I expected the sot other users (like people from this forum) get. This battery life I got is bkarely better than that of my 3-year-old Xperia Z1!
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Dont believe every sot someone posts here, i've seen a few 8 or 9 hour sot's but i'll bet the brightness was as dim as can be and they used a black theme. Or they were probably reading a book on the phone which uses no cpu at all or using the battery saving feature.
Your z1 also had a 3000mah battery, yet it had a smaller/dimmer screen, lower resolution, less ram, much slower cpu/gpu. How can you be complaining?

peachpuff said:
Dont believe every sot someone posts here, i've seen a few 8 or 9 hour sot's but i'll bet the brightness was as dim as can be and they used a black theme. Or they were probably reading a book on the phone which uses no cpu at all or using the battery saving feature.
Your z1 also had a 3000mah battery, yet it had a smaller/dimmer screen, lower resolution, less ram, much slower cpu/gpu. How can you be complaining?
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yeah, you're right, the AMOLED screen with high brightness and white color is the real battery killer. also BTW, does the 'sot' mean 'screen-on time'? sorry for my bad English...

Yup screen on time

4.5h is more than enough ! I am coming from a S6E+ it used to give me 2h SOT MAX ! Hated my life with it.

Do you plat Pokemon Go? I find a lot of people I see complaining about battery do, that game is very poorly optimized for battery consumption.

whoamanwtf said:
Do you plat Pokemon Go? I find a lot of people I see complaining about battery do, that game is very poorly optimized for battery consumption.
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Well no, as I said no games at all.
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And thanks everybody for posting your opinion. It really helped me!

It's more normal than not.

Screen on time

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 Moto X4 before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

I'm getting 6+ hours and true all day use, easily.

Easily the best SOT of any device I have owned... Over 6 hours yesterday and was at 45% when I plugged in for the night. I don't believe I will need to charge this thing at all other than overnight. Amazing!

Crap I'm getting 4 hours at a stretch.

mightysween said:
Easily the best SOT of any device I have owned... Over 6 hours yesterday and was at 45% when I plugged in for the night. I don't believe I will need to charge this thing at all other than overnight. Amazing!
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The X4 has a bad cell reception. On wifi i get 7-8 hours but in mobile data only 4h maximum

I was off WiFi yesterday traveling and still had nearly 7 hours SOT by 10pm and 12% battery left. I live in rural Wyoming.

I'm at 3.5 hours SOT, and I'm still at 43%. A good bit of that was relatively intensive. I had GMaps download 3 offline maps covering 5 states, Play Music downloaded ~3GB of music for offline. I logged in and set up a bunch of apps (social media, etc), and played Clash Royale for ~1.5 hours.
AccuBattery says I'm averaging 11.2%/hour Screen On, and 0.7%/hour Screen Off.
Clash Royale is ~13-14%/hour, where both my old Nesux 5x and Nexus 7 (2013) were ~25-30%/hour.
I am extremely impressed with the battery life on this. I can't wait to get a kernel with hotplug and root with Greenify to see if I can't get it down even more.

Update: Over a 36 hour period, I got 5.5 hours SOT, and plugged it in with 12% left. That includes running benchmarks, playing games, and all the stuff I mentioned in the previous post. I'm guessing I could get 7-8hours in a day of continuous light usage, and probably an average of 6 hours SOT with a generous mix of gaming and youtube thrown in.
Overall, I'm VERY happy with the battery life.

Had 4:40hr sot at 51% battery

That's Nobody said:
I was off WiFi yesterday traveling and still had nearly 7 hours SOT by 10pm and 12% battery left. I live in rural Wyoming.
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What service provider, Verizon or AT&T? I live in Wyoming too.

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Can anyone help me with this question? I read that an LED screen will consume slightly less power the "whiter" it is, unlike AMOLED. So I've been changing all of my wallpapers, backgrounds, etc. to white/light to help the battery life. Could someone add to this with some facts?

TerpU82 said:
Can anyone help me with this question? I read that an LED screen will consume slightly less power the "whiter" it is, unlike AMOLED. So I've been changing all of my wallpapers, backgrounds, etc. to white/light to help the battery life. Could someone add to this with some facts?
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That is false. OLED or AMOLED screens are made up of thousands (millions) of tiny LEDs, so black backgrounds save power by simply turning off a portion of the screen when it wants to show black. This is why you get battery saving.
The screen on the Moto X4 is a LED-backlit LTPS IPS LCD. Because the backlight is separate from the LCD itself, and the IPS LCD is an active matrix, there's no way to reduce the power consumption simply by changing the color. The IPS LCD has to use power to change the color no matter what it is, so it's kind of irrelevant. The only change that can (and WILL) make a difference on your battery life is brightness of said backlight. This is why everyone knows to lower your brightness to save power.
If there was a way to segment out the LED backlight into a per-pixel basis, then you could obtain the same battery saving features as an AMOLED screen, but at that point you're basically building 1/3 of an AMOLED screen anyways, so why not just build the whole thing?
An interesting side note, because these phones are using LTPS technology, the LCD itself does use less power than older phones, even at the same resolution. It's still dwarfed by the consumption of the backlight, but power saving is power saving, amiright?

wow, this sd630 is awesome! getting 6+ hours with some heavy wifi downloading, installing apps, making a hotspot, streaming music, watching videos, etc.. why did i ever want a flagship?? my old op3 couldn't get close even underclocked and with a black substratum theme lol

battery life is crazy on this phone. what did lenovo/moto do?
i can use it for social media and some gaming and I'm always on 4g and theres days when I dont charge it at all. loving it.

I got 6+ hrs SOT on 1st day let's see how it's perform in next few days

I am getting 8 hours SOT with moderate usage. However I am using data over WiFi only and no gaming.

battery life is great here as well.
even with 2.4ghz wifi (being at reasonable distance from the router),
browsing on screen time with speakers playing music but not on loudest,
i seem to be able to hit 10hours easily.
best phone battery i've had. (compared with Samsung SII plus & Moto g3rd
(I don't play games on my phone tho so i can't comment on that)

i'm a heavy user but only play Marvel contest of champions on my phone sometimes. Mostly i play youtube videos on loudspeaker with maximum volume, check facebook, twitter, chat on whatsapp etc. And i'm still getting nearly 6 hours of screen on time!

I don't track my SOT but definitely impressed with the X4. I normally charge my phone (and remove the charger) before going to bed (12mn) and until now (it's 2pm here), I still have 60% battery left.
I don't play games but I frequently use my phone for social and media consumption.
I'm not worried that my phone won't last til I go home (~10pm).
With my previous phone (HTC 10/ Huawei P10), the battery percentage may be around 40% by now.

Mine on first charging...

Screen on time

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 Huawei Mate 10 before depleting the battery.
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6 hours 20 min
Just got mine a couple of days ago and wanted to test the battery out.
I had 100% at 7.36am and then went out. I did some normal chrome browsing during that time. I also did the first big update. The translator one that was about 300meg. I downloaded around 500 songs to Spotify.
I got home around 4pm and this is where I really used it almost non stop until 8.34pm.
I watched some YouTube, a 45 min Netflix episode, a ton of web browsing, checking out all the phone settings, Facebook, and about 90 min of gaming (tower defence, top down 2D scrolling shooters).
I stopped at 8.34pm at 5% left. Phone has been on battery for around 13 hours.
Screen on time during the above time reported at 6 hours and 20 minutes.
I was pleased with that though doesn't hit much of the hype I've read lately.
Coming from a Nexus 6P, which my only complaint was battery life (3.5 your SOT on average) I'm happy and really my wish was to have a phone that I could use heavily all day without needing to recharge either at home or out with a power bank.
It's still early stages and I will keep monitoring.
I forgot to add this was at 1080p resolution.

Sad that Moto Z Play beat this 4000mah on my Mate 10, I did lyft for 8hrs no turning off screen non stop playing Spotify and YouTube red on the background and using lyft app and Google map on the Z play and after 8hrs I still have 15% left on 40%screen brightness. The mate 10 only last 6hrs and 10%left. So lesson is don't buy Z Play then buy another more expensive phone. Bought mine $703 on ebay and I am using AT&T and I get same speed as iPhone 7 plus with regards to data speeds. I have a S8 too which I sold because of screen burn in, but the Mate 10 is a beast. It beats my S8 speed with regard to experience using the phone. And IPS is really the way to go if you use the phone how I use it everyday 8-16hrs of screen on time.

So after a few days use and after a 100% charge I get this estimated use. Hmmmn

tboy2000 said:
So after a few days use and after a 100% charge I get this estimated use. Hmmmn
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Were you using the phone heavily during those days?

Jamdonut said:
Were you using the phone heavily during those days?
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Yes.
So far I get an average of 6.5 - 7hrs of SOT with average of 18-22 hours battery. Is that good?

tboy2000 said:
Yes.
So far I get an average of 6.5 - 7hrs of SOT with average of 18-22 hours battery. Is that good?
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IMO, it's very good considering the screen size :good:
Did you try comparing SOT with QHD vs FHD resolutions? I understand that SOT won't really improve if you go for lower resolution..
All pixels on the screen are used regardless. Just a bigger sample size with FHD. However, QHD will use a little more battery if you are changing the image on the display. For the fact that it has to draw that many more pixels each time the image changes. Which is millions of pixels. But I believe a lot of static image changing is done by the cpu and not the gpu. where gpu is used mainly for constant motion on screen.
But honestly part of the reason they have such high resolution is for VR. That and to make more sense of taking UHD pics and videos. Most people won't notice a working difference between the two through regular use unless they keep it really close to their face, or have very good eye sight.
So you will see it use some extra battery. Not a detrimental amount more unless you are a heavy user of games and whatnot. Or if you force GPU rendering, then you should see a big difference in battery
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but its still interesting to see the results. If its like 0.5-1h of SOT to a SOT result which on QHD is 6-7 hours, I would never go for lower resolution..

jemeljsh said:
IMO, it's very good considering the screen size :good:
Did you try comparing SOT with QHD vs FHD resolutions? I understand that SOT won't really improve if you go for lower resolution..
but its still interesting to see the results. If its like 0.5-1h of SOT to a SOT result which on QHD is 6-7 hours, I would never go for lower resolution..
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I didn't try the higher resolution yet as 1080 for me is absolutely fine looking to my eyes. I came from a nexus 6p which was poor on SOT which I attributed to partly to the resolution.
Still it will be worth to try it at some point to see the difference.
My worst result with battery was today. 4.5 screen time but I did the most gaming and had hours of messenger chats with a 40 minutes voice chat thrown in.

super battery
i want to share my mate 10 battery with app ( gsam batterry )
i used whatsapp , instagram , twiteer . youtube , snap chat , phone calls lte , the screen is wqhd 2560x1440 all the time , screen bright is manual on 50 % level brightness
this what i got 13h 49 mint
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SOT:
Now after 10 days, mine is usually around 5-7 hours, if I just surf internet, Youtube, using FB, IG, RSS reader and camera (usually without flash). I'm mostly on WiFi using also only 1 SIM at a time (the other switched off).
If using games, this drops to 4-5 hours max. Seems the GPU is burning through battery like butter, the phone is also getting somewhat warmer.
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nomad4ever said:
SOT:
Now after 10 days, mine is usually around 5-7 hours, if I just surf internet, Youtube, using FB, IG, RSS reader and camera (usually without flash). I'm mostly on WiFi using also only 1 SIM at a time (the other switched off).
If using games, this drops to 4-5 hours max. Seems the GPU is burning through battery like butter, the phone is also getting somewhat warmer.
Also been noticing that the mate 10 performs bad in games, could be because the games are not optimized to kirin ?
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Please can the posters just say if it is the Mate 10 or Mate 10 pro, that they have ? thanks

Regular Mate 10
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This is what I got so far.
8hrs 50mins 23s
* Max resolution set - WQHD - disabled Smart resolution toggle
* Social media, surfing, on WIFI like permanently all throughout the day
* Minimal youtube, no gaming (since I'm at work)
* first couple of days I was able to get around 7hrs SoT average
https://imgur.com/a/zAXPx
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You guys know this is a waste of time without giving which model as the Pro in theory should have a better SOT with lower res and OLED

Mate 10 with AT&T Sim and always on Wi-Fi. This is what I get. Most of the time is on Twitter, Chrome, 30 minutes on sling TV today.

Seriously??? [emoji23]?
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Not bad at all, gps on, Bluetooth on for miband 2, mostly wlan connection. Definately more sot than my s7 edge

drkprd said:
This is what I got so far.
8hrs 50mins 23s
* Max resolution set - WQHD - disabled Smart resolution toggle
* Social media, surfing, on WIFI like permanently all throughout the day
* Minimal youtube, no gaming (since I'm at work)
* first couple of days I was able to get around 7hrs SoT average
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what update were you on ? 115 gave me a very good battery, but with 119 update i m loosing battery a lot faster !
Also, i m using only Full HD mode... but now i toggled smart resolution toggle, tho i m not sure how it really works.

Shady282 said:
what update were you on ? 115 gave me a very good battery, but with 119 update i m loosing battery a lot faster !
Also, i m using only Full HD mode... but now i toggled smart resolution toggle, tho i m not sure how it really works.[/QUOTE
...still on 115.… the smart resolution changes the reso automatically depending on the app requirements (from my understanding) ... haven't received the 119 but will definitely check as soon as I get it.. ?
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Mate 10, FHD, Auto Brightness
https://imgur.com/a/nPUWx
I'm definitely impressed with this phone's battery life

Screen on time

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 Moto G7 Power before depleting the battery.
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Loving the battery life. I have the XT1955-2 dual sim, I believe its for the Mexican/Latin market. After using it for 5 days and giving it a few full charges, I'm having no problems getting 12 hours of screen on time. Right now I'm at 54% with a screen on time 7 hours and 54 minutes. Yeah the phone has some short comings, I bought for the battery life and it is exceding my expectations. Wonder what the single sim phone will do.

What apps do you use? Do you keep gps or Bluetooth on? Is most usage on wifi or LTE?

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I have bought Moto G7 Power too, the European Model. Its battery life is impressive really! I keep open 4G at all times and I get about 14 hours of SOT.

I am sorry in advance not trying to insult or anything when it comes to battery life of any smartphones in general
But under heavy usage. How long can this phone last?
I'll be travelling soon so i need the longest battery possible
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If anyone is kind enough to conduct one test on this device
There is an app called "photorealism benchmark 2018" (very heavy GPU infinite test)
If someone can download this free and let the phone run from 100% > 0% with around 30% brightness on WIFI and see
I doubt it can last more than 5 hours of screen on time running this app

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Loving the battery life. I have the XT1955-2 dual sim, I believe its for the Mexican/Latin market. After using it for 5 days and giving it a few full charges, I'm having no problems getting 12 hours of screen on time. Right now I'm at 54% with a screen on time 7 hours and 54 minutes. Yeah the phone has some short comings, I bought for the battery life and it is exceding my expectations. Wonder what the single sim phone will do.
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Hey there. Did you use any particular App to save battery life?
And how would you discribe your usage pattern?
Any special apps on daily, heavy usage?
I got around 5 hours SOT right now and fully charged around 24 hours ago with 60% juice left.
I feel like my battery life is a bit weaker than your experience. Or do I overreact ?

Mondfox said:
Hey there. Did you use any particular App to save battery life?
And how would you discribe your usage pattern?
Any special apps on daily, heavy usage?
I got around 5 hours SOT right now and fully charged around 24 hours ago with 60% juice left.
I feel like my battery life is a bit weaker than your experience. Or do I overreact ?
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What kind of SOT type tho?
Just Youtubing and social media? 5000 mah can last hours / offline watching video via internal player can get this more than 15 hrs of SOT i think with 5000 mah?
What about under heavy usage like running GRAPHIC BENCHMARK continously?

35 hours on a charge
8.5 hrs SOT
Around 6 hrs at 100% brightness
More than happy with this phone. Especially at only $212.00
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thienthancongtu said:
What kind of SOT type tho?
Just Youtubing and social media? 5000 mah can last hours / offline watching video via internal player can get this more than 15 hrs of SOT i think with 5000 mah?
What about under heavy usage like running GRAPHIC BENCHMARK continously?
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That's why I asked him.

How is the camera, and does gcam portrait works ?

My battery life experience with moto g7 power, pt.1:
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Now: 6% left
Last charged: 2 days ago
Screen on time: 11h 21min
> last charged friday night (it's monday 9 a.m. now.)
> Tasks: watching YouTube videos, gaming, social media, WhatsApp, browsing, some internal tasks with arranging picture folders, encrypt media with an app, downloading from cloud. Shared a hotspot and connected a bt headset.
>Tried to not use screen that often. I think it does a decent job for what Motorola promises.

Mondfox said:
My battery life experience with moto g7 power, pt.1:
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Now: 6% left
Last charged: 2 days ago
Screen on time: 11h 21min
> last charged friday night (it's monday 9 a.m. now.)
> Tasks: watching YouTube videos, gaming, social media, WhatsApp, browsing, some internal tasks with arranging picture folders, encrypt media with an app, downloading from cloud. Shared a hotspot and connected a bt headset.
>Tried to not use screen that often. I think it does a decent job for what Motorola promises.
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In my opinion Watching Youtubes / Social Media / WhasApp / Browsing do not drain the battery that much
Only running GPU or ALwAYs 3D GRAPHIC ON counts towards depleting the battery.
IF you can download photorealism 2018 free and using that app to drain your battery from 100% with 40% brightness you will see
Doubt anyphone with 5000 mAh can pass 6 hours SOT mark

[email protected] said:
How is the camera, and does gcam portrait works ?
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Yes GCam is perfectly working, more info here

Closest to dead I've gotten mine is 42%.
Auto brightness, with brighter bias.
12hrs 48mins SOT
4hrs light gaming, 4hrs heavy gaming, Spotify the whole time, Reddit and forums, and 2hrs live TV.
My wallpaper is Sachs Marine Aquarium (photo realistic Aquarium). And yes, I stare at the fish sometimes. Quite relaxing.
No wifi, no Bluetooth. Some downloads, some app updates.
No phone calls. Minimal texting.

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Closest to dead I've gotten mine is 42%.
Auto brightness, with brighter bias.
12hrs 48mins SOT
4hrs light gaming, 4hrs heavy gaming, Spotify the whole time, Reddit and forums, and 2hrs live TV.
My wallpaper is Sachs Marine Aquarium (photo realistic Aquarium). And yes, I stare at the fish sometimes. Quite relaxing.
No wifi, no Bluetooth. Some downloads, some app updates.
No phone calls. Minimal texting.
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I went a whole weekend using the phone on mobile data only, no WiFi, and the battery was wonderful. Better than being on WiFi. Wasn't expecting that.

Very good info so far IMO
Dead_Dude said:
Closest to dead I've gotten mine is 42%.
Auto brightness, with brighter bias.
12hrs 48mins SOT
4hrs light gaming, 4hrs heavy gaming, Spotify the whole time, Reddit and forums, and 2hrs live TV.
My wallpaper is Sachs Marine Aquarium (photo realistic Aquarium). And yes, I stare at the fish sometimes. Quite relaxing.
No wifi, no Bluetooth. Some downloads, some app updates.
No phone calls. Minimal texting.
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Very cool info so far in my opinion SIR for SOT of an smartphone
But, i was hoping you did super heavy usage of SOT
Hey guys i've played pubg from 100% battery to 0% (with high quality settings) + 50% screen brightness Plus example GPS all other features turned on in the background. ... etc
Additionally with multitasking in the backgrounds too.

Heavy usage?
Does this count?
4hrs MarioKart Tour, 2hrs TinyTower, 4hrs TV, 3hrs Reddit, Instagram and other social apps for another 2hrs.
I'm at 38%
80% brightness
GPS always on (testing weather in Kustom)
And about an hour in Kustom editor.
Live wallpaper at 60fps
Sometime soon, I plan on seeing how long this will do vr. That ought to be enough for a decent battery drain test
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Running this device around 70-80% of it's max speed seems to be the point where the battery starts to drain. What I mean is, pushing this device hard results in almost normal draining (compared to a standard battery size). Light to moderate usage seems to have no effect on the battery life, but larger more demanding tasks that push it clearly drain the battery. I'm trying to explain the battery barely drops until a big game is loaded. Then it drops slowly (but quick compared to light usage). I anticipate getting 8hrs of real gaming (psx emu) and still 8hrs light use.

For those who are rooted using Magisk, can you try the the FDE.AI module for a week or so and see if you are getting better battery life. I'm seeing some noticable improvement.

One last SOT update from me:
5hrs12mins Stardew Valley with max brightness and volume
Bluetooth Controller
1hr internet browsing
1hr social media
'8hrs 13mins Screen Usage Since Last Full Charge'
50% remaining
'11hrs remaining'
Feels safe to assume 12hrs SOT for me...

i want to buy that phone is the battery really good u get always about 5h screen on?
can anyonye upload pics from screen on

Screen on time

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 before depleting the battery.
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8 hours 30 minutes, not bad. And it seems like this is on 90hz.
https://youtu.be/gLXO-jeJlTQ

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8 hours 30 minutes, not bad. And it seems like this is on 90hz.
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Dream on. No way is there 8 hours on screen time in real life usage

crusht said:
8 hours 30 minutes, not bad. And it seems like this is on 90hz.
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While I don't believe you would get that amount of SOT over a prolonged period, it does point out that raw mah isn't everything.

I agree it won't get that much in real life. I am curious however how the SOT will be for people that will not use the radar, no AOD and possibly even no face unlock, stay on 60hz and just want a great camera, good speed and latest assistant and have the best Google ecosystem experience. I am that kind of user.
I looked at the 3axl but it is noticeably slow and I need a fast phone for different work needs.

crusht said:
I agree it won't get that much in real life. I am curious however how the SOT will be for people that will not use the radar, no AOD and possibly even no face unlock, stay on 60hz and just want a great camera, good speed and latest assistant and have the best Google ecosystem experience. I am that kind of user.
I looked at the 3axl but it is noticeably slow and I need a fast phone for different work needs.
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no doubt, those conditions that you just stated should save a substantial amount of battery life. My 6T is 3700mah and I get around 6-8hrs sot(depending on usage) no reason to think the pixel can't achieve that with superior software.

Got the phone yesterday, charged all the way up before turning on at about 5pm. Went to bed about midnight. Galaxy S2 watch connected around 7 pm. Did setup, some netflix, and typical messing around with a new phone. Didn't screen shot it, but when I was going to bed last night, I had 4h03M SOT with 47% left. I don't expect it to translate to 7hrs or anything, but it seems better than my previous Note 9 and S8+.

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Got the phone yesterday, charged all the way up before turning on at about 5pm. Went to bed about midnight. Galaxy S2 watch connected around 7 pm. Did setup, some netflix, and typical messing around with a new phone. Didn't screen shot it, but when I was going to bed last night, I had 4h03M SOT with 47% left. I don't expect it to translate to 7hrs or anything, but it seems better than my previous Note 9 and S8+.
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Roger that on the N9! My wife's N9 looses a minimum of 10% overnight at idle. Shoot, my Chevy suburban with 6 people going uphill at 75mph gets better mileage! ???

I got the phone yesterday and charged it too 100% and my screen on time was 6hrs 5 Mon with 9% left. I don't get why the negative battery comments and reviews so far. 6 hours is more than enough.

First cycle with dynamic 90hz no point of forcing always to 90hz. Most social media apps. Tg and duo suck a lot of battery.

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First cycle with dynamic 90hz no point of forcing always to 90hz. Most social media apps. Tg and duo suck a lot of battery.
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How was the duo quality for you and the other person?

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How was the duo quality for you and the other person?
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Lol ? it was alright when they were on data and it improved when connected to WiFi

The battery is not that bad... here are my screenshots. I am not a gaming person but I usually was surfing the internet, Facebook, etc... and use message app and did use the camera. I turned motion sense off since I am Deaf so I can't hear the music and my hands are getting tired from wave and wave.
sorry for bad grammar.

Good. Maybe the haters will STFU now

Got my 4XL yesterday and it was at 60% out of the box. I used it like normal and with more than 3hr 30min of screen on-time it was at 24%. I don't think it will be that bad.

2nd cycle I guess since it's under 75% it was at 60hz didn't notice any difference screen still very smooth.

Kevtrejo37 said:
... since it's under 75% it was at 60hz...
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Explain

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Explain
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I believe they meant the screen brightness was under 75%. When it is, the screen only runs at 60hz.

So I've had the Pixel 4 XL , for 3 full days in the UK now.
Day 1 SOT was 6 hrs 3 mins with 9% left
Day 2 SOT was 6 hrs 15 min with 4 % left
Day 3 SOT is 5 hrs 1 min with 18% left.
The battery is more than adequate. I had the 3 XL which would get a max of just over 4 hours. I'm new.to the forum but I have screenshots as well but don't have a clue how to upload lol. The phone is on 90hz at all times too But most times you can't really tell. It's an amazing phone so fast, the disappointment is video quality again and some of the pic quality is similar levels to 3 XL but I need to fully utilise the camera.

I got similar SOT with 6 hr 12 min and 9% battery left. This with using "force" 90hz , 87% brightness , and always on display (thought it was not always on!). Battery is more than adequate for my usage.