It's just a basic test but here it is
1 45min Episode of Star Trek TNG Note 2 10% battery Drain Effective 1% drain per 4.5 Min
1 45 Min Episode of Star Trek TNG DNA 17% Battery Drain Effective 1% Drain per 2.6 Min
Both are using Cell Network not wifi.
DNA was set to auto brightness
Note 2 Full brightness
Too bad TNG is not in HD so that extra power consumption on the DNA would be put to good use.
Haha!
But it still gives you an idea on media playback.
I would say this is typical when camparing a phone with 3100 mah and one with 2000 mah
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Let's be realistic, no one's buying the DNA for fantastic battery life. But you'll notice it's much closer to the N2 in web browsing. AMOLED does better than LCD on dark content (video) while the reverse is true on light content (browsing).
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BarryH_GEG said:
Let's be realistic, no one's buying the DNA for fantastic battery life. But you'll notice it's much closer to the N2 in web browsing. AMOLED does better than LCD on dark content (video) while the reverse is true on light content (browsing).
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But were those done on the Verizon note? The initial tests were on the At&t version.
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But were those done on the Verizon note? The initial tests were on the At&t version.
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It doesn't matter. The browser test is done over Wi-Fi and the video playback test is using looped local content. Here's how they test and what the endurance number means.
The web browsing test is performed using an automated script which reloads a webpage every ten seconds. There are no flash elements on the web pages, so the playing field is even. The brightness of the phones' displays is set to 50% and we use a Wireless N router placed a few meters away to get full connectivity bars.
In our video playback test we measure how long it takes for a device to run its fully charged battery down to 10%, while looping a standard-definition video. We stop at 10% since most devices shut their video players at this point. The display is again set to 50%, and all radios on the device are switched off (Airplane mode).
Finally, our overall longevity rating gives you an idea of how much battery backup you can get on a single charge. A score of 40h means that you'll need to fully charge once every 40 hours if you do one hour of 3G calls, one hour of video playback and one hour of web browsing daily. Essentially, it's an aggregated and normalized score, which factors in the three mentioned tests along with the real-life standby power consumption, which we also measure.
Here's what they said about LTE.
The HTC Droid DNA has pretty efficient standby, which helped it score an endurance rating of 49 hours (that’s the time between charges if you do an hour each of calling, browsing and watching videos). While we would have liked to see a bigger battery in a phone the size of the HTC Droid DNA, it turns out that 2,020mAh are quite enough to keep the beast going. Just keep in mind that taking advantage of that fast 4G LTE connectivity will add further strain on the battery.
Things could be much worse though...
Note 2 - 3100mAh Battery - 10% loss means 310mAh was used during that time.
DNA/Butterfly - 2020mAh Battery - 17% loss means 340mAh was used.
IMO ... not much difference keeping in mind the better screen of the DNA/Butterfly ... I would vote for HTC here
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Note 2 - 3100mAh Battery - 10% loss means 310mAh was used during that time.
DNA/Butterfly - 2020mAh Battery - 17% loss means 340mAh was used.
IMO ... not much difference keeping in mind the better screen of the DNA/Butterfly ... I would vote for HTC here
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But it's kind of like comparing a Toyota Corolla that gets 27MPG with a range of 343 miles to a tank to a Land Cruiser that gets 18MPG but has a range of 442 miles. The Corolla's great if you you can refuel somewhere along those 343 miles if you're going on a 442 mile trip. And since recharging phones is a nominal expense more is always going to be better. And being able to swap batteries is even better than that. But when the consequence is running out of gas any phone with a small-ish non-removable battery's efficiency only gets it so far. Obviously not an issue for light users or people that can top-up frequently. I had a Teg3 One X with a battery only 11% smaller than the DNA's so I've lived the dream.
Agreed .... What I can state from my experience with phones is that HTC's Quality/Aesthetics is the nearest that can be achieved on Android when compared to iOS (Again IMO, dont flame) ... And the way I see is that if I can carry extra battery in the pocket, I can carry a portable charger as well ... Would not have traded-in the slim figure of the Butterfly with thicker one just to increase little battery capacity.
And these have been my phones in past 3 months (no particular order) ...
HTC Butterfly (Current, Non-LTE)
iPhone 5 (LTE)
Galaxy S3 (LTE/Non-LTE both)
Note 2 (LTE)
Xperia V (LTE)
HTC One X+ (non-LTE)
...
The one thing I don't understand is why HTC doesn't learn and increase the battery size. They focus on efficiency which is really good. AFter 8 hours of standby my DNA lost 1% battery. But when you use the dna for video and on screen time it just drains too fast. It needs a bigger battery. HTC keeps sticking small batteries in 4.8+ Inch phones.
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The one thing I don't understand is why HTC doesn't learn and increase the battery size. They focus on efficiency which is really good. AFter 8 hours of standby my DNA lost 1% battery. But when you use the dna for video and on screen time it just drains too fast. It needs a bigger battery. HTC keeps sticking small batteries in 4.8+ Inch phones.
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What is too fast? I consistently see 12-14 hour days out of a charge with lots of screen time and music, even with a couple vids thrown in there too.
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Here's some updated figures
Note 2 with Power saving mode on lost 5-6% Battery life
DNA still 17%.
I'd expect between 10-15 hours of life on power saving mode just watching movies on netflix.
While the DNA will be dead within 4-5 hours.
That's the big difference. On screen time consumes the most energy and that's where the dna is lacking in battery size and it shows.
I really see no point to this thread. The note 2 has a gigantic battery, the DNA has average/slightly above average, of course the note will have better battery life. Anyone who is surprised by that needs to get tested.
The DNA still has above average battery life. Its not lacking in any way, it just doesn't have a monster battery size.
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The DNA has average/slightly above average [battery]
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If you wouldn't change the meaning of my words that'd be nice.
I said battery life, not battery capicity. Yes the mah is a little on the low side, but the screen and processor are more efficient than just about any others out there. Which makes for good battery life.
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I really see no point to this thread. The note 2 has a gigantic battery, the DNA has average/slightly above average, of course the note will have better battery life. Anyone who is surprised by that needs to get tested.
The DNA still has above average battery life. Its not lacking in any way, it just doesn't have a monster battery size.
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Exactly my sentiments as well. It's like saying the N2 lacks in form factor...but really it's just preference.
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If you wouldn't change the meaning of my words that'd be nice. I said battery life, not battery capicity.
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Sorry, wasn't intentional.
Yes the mah is a little on the low side, but the screen and processor are more efficient than just about any others out there. Which makes for good battery life.
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Not really. The only difference between S4 Pro and S4 is two additional cores which, when under load, draws more power. Likewise for the additional pixels and the need for a more powerful GPU to push them. Whether for the DNA or any other device people's satisfaction with battery life depends on the size of the battery and how much energy what they typically do in a day requires. So an individual can’t say “battery life is good;” only that it’s good for them. I lived with a 1,800 mAh battery on a One X and was fine with it because I carried battery boosters around. But I would never have recommended it to someone that battery life was important to. And it's not like HTC has to use smaller batteries, other phones on the list are as thin or thinner. At least with a 2,300 mAh battery the M7 forum won't be littered with "it's fine - no it isn't" battery discussions like all of HTC's other recent phones.
"At present, this is the same Krait CPU as what we've seen in MSM8960 in phones like the USA versions of the Galaxy S 3 and HTC One X."
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6112/...agon-s4-apq8064adreno-320-performance-preview
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Sorry, wasn't intentional.
Not really. The only difference between S4 Pro and S4 is two additional cores which, when under load, draws more power. Likewise for the additional pixels and the need for a more powerful GPU to push them. Whether for the DNA or any other device people's satisfaction with battery life depends on the size of the battery and how much energy what they typically do in a day requires. So an individual can’t say “battery life is good;” only that it’s good for them. I lived with a 1,800 mAh battery on a One X and was fine with it because I carried battery boosters around. But I would never have recommended it to someone that battery life was important to. And it's not like HTC has to use smaller batteries, other phones on the list are as thin or thinner. At least with a 2,300 mAh battery the M7 forum won't be littered with "it's fine - no it isn't" battery discussions like all of HTC's other recent phones.
"At present, this is the same Krait CPU as what we've seen in MSM8960 in phones like the USA versions of the Galaxy S 3 and HTC One X."
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6112/...agon-s4-apq8064adreno-320-performance-preview
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Yes, the s4 pro has 2 more cores, which allows it to complete any given task faster and allow it to get back to idling quicker. And it is a 28 nm processor, which is more efficient than the note 2's 32 nm processor, which is the main focus of this thread.
Also, the DNA has a super LCD 3 display, which is super efficient.
The battery life on the DNA is on par with the gs3.
If people use their phone enough to be able to complain about battery life on their DNA than they should of known that they would of needed either a note 2 or a RAZR maxx.
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HTC could have easily put a 3100mah battery in the phone, my point is that they always lack on battery size and capacity.
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I currently have a droid charge. It has a vastly superior screen compared to the thunderbolt, and a better gpu. However on standby, it destroys it's battery. I'm talking around 10% per hour just on standby. I was wondering what standby was like on your phones. Htc has been pretty good about this in the past and I may jump ship to the thunderbolt just for the ability for my phone to be there after a day of doing nothing. Thanks in advance.
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I currently have a droid charge. It has a vastly superior screen compared to the thunderbolt, and a better gpu. However on standby, it destroys it's battery. I'm talking around 10% per hour just on standby. I was wondering what standby was like on your phones. Htc has been pretty good about this in the past and I may jump ship to the thunderbolt just for the ability for my phone to be there after a day of doing nothing. Thanks in advance.
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It depends on several factors in my experience. Network coverage: are you on 3g or 4g? If 4G, how many apps are using it? If 3G, how weak is the signal? System settings: does the kernel throttle down the CPU with screen off?
I've had respectable experience with 3 HTC's recently; the dInc, dInc2, and the Tbolt. In my opinion, the dInc2 is what EVERY HTC should aspire to be. Completely lag-free, never a force-close, beautiful, biright, and color-honest screen, power to run any app, and better than useful battery life. I'm talking standby measured in days and talk time upwards of 6 hours or better. The Tbolt seems to dump about 5% to 6% per hour standby on LTE. Half that on CDMA. You might also want to theme everything on your phone as dark as possible. white text on black if you can find it. That screen will actually eat more power to produce the same brightness of white as a Super LCD. However, to produce the same brightness of red, it will consume around half the power. I've also noticed on my Tbolt that the Idle Process is eating a lot more power than i think it should and I'm not sure what to do about that... like around a third of the battery over 10 hours.
Thanks, I should clarify. This is actually happening on 3g with a strong signal. I rarely use 4g at all actually. I use an app that sets the phone to conservative cpu usage. I'm using juice defender and I'm hoping that will make a difference.
Really it all depends on a combination of what rom/kernel/radio your using, your coverage and your settings. Turn off assisted dialing, tell HTC, and phone finder as they tend to eat up alot of juice in standby. In install everything you don't use with titanium backup pro, including backup assistant, tell HTC, stocks, news etc... Turn all your sync acts to 4 hours or more, use auto brightness for screen brightness. Etc...
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Thanks, I should clarify. This is actually happening on 3g with a strong signal. I rarely use 4g at all actually. I use an app that sets the phone to conservative cpu usage. I'm using juice defender and I'm hoping that will make a difference.
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wow..... That's insane.... If you don't need the phone at night, I'd kill the radio and let it sit over night. It should use next to no power then. If it is, there's something quirky in the ROM or apps.
Yeah, compared to all the other android phones I've ever used, on the Droid Charge the os battery usage is pretty high. I don't really keep anything running in the background and even try to go with dark wallpapers seeing how it's super amoled+. No dice, it just sits in my pocket and dies. When I plot my batter use, it looks like I was talking on the phone. I find it kind of absurd that some phones allow you to talk on them for almost the same amount of time I can be on standby with this one. How long can the Thunderbolt last on standby. What are you guys averaging per hour on idle in terms of battery usage.
I usually go from 100%->84% overnight which is around 7 hours, so I'm losing ~2.3% per hour.
I keep 4G and background sync enabled. Currently running CM7 1.4 with Tiamat 1.0.4 undervolted.
Wow. I burn almost 10% per hour on standby with an undervolted conservatively governed phone on 3g. I'm really considering jumping ship. I'm willing to have an inferior screen and gpu if I can just have a phone that can last a day in my pocket.
i get around 10-15% drain per hour myself when my Thunderbolt isn't in use(even if i turn off mobile data and/or use something like juice defender).
heck, and just watching 1 movie on this thing kills like 50-60% of the battery.
i say phones just suck!(battery)
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i get around 10-15% drain per hour myself when my Thunderbolt isn't in use(even if i turn off mobile data and/or use something like juice defender).
heck, and just watching 1 movie on this thing kills like 50-60% of the battery.
i say phones just suck!(battery)
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This is from last night, heavy use through out the day. You need to check your settings or change your rom/kernel/radio you should not be getting that kind of drainage.
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Wow, that's freaking amazing! I could never get that kind of battery life on my charge. Looks like I'll be picking up a thunderbolt tonight. What is your setup?
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Wow, that's freaking amazing! I could never get that kind of battery life on my charge. Looks like I'll be picking up a thunderbolt tonight. What is your setup?
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Gingeritis 3d beta 6, Chingys new radio leak and ziggys kernel (kernel comes with beta 6). No Oc or any tinkering with kernel, just settings in the phone for as little batt drain as possible. 3g and wifi when its available. I only use 4g if I need to dl something big like a rom and I don't have wifi available.
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Well, I ordered my Thunderbolt today. I should hopefully have it by Wednesday since I ordered it so late in the day. I'm really hoping for a phone that doesn't commit suicide in my pocket while on standby.
Its all guna depend on your phone/batt/rom/kernel/radio and settings my friend
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I really don't have a problem not enabling 4g unless I need it. Interestingly enough, when I looked at the specs of the thunderbolt and the charge side by side, the charge is rated for a longer talk time, but the thunderbolt is rated for a longer standby time, even though the charge has a substantially larger battery.
For battery life with the Tbolt my standby was always at 58% or more in 4G area. Until I installed "2x Battery" from the market and my battery has gone from lasting 6-8 hours to doubling and almost tripling my battery life. So definitely check that app out if you are having excessive standby waste. I'm pretty sure I got that app idea from here somewhere.
I'll definitely look into that. Thank you.
Tried last night with 3g on instead of 4g and I went down 8% in 8h10m. This is on the stock battery, so battery life is pretty good running AOSP. I remember it would drain a lot more when I used to run sense though.
@somai - i followed what you have the gingeritis 3D VI with ziggy kernel and I am losing battery life.
I charged the battery 100% and battery calibration set then I am getting loss 100% to 76% in 5 hours with moderate use.
I tried using the OMFGB and CM7 got damn good battery life 2-3 days in moderate use.
I don't understand why your gingeritis 3D got better than my gingeritis 3D. =/
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Yes, SGS3 battery is bigger, but the screen is bigger two, 4 cores of CPU and a more power hungry GPU, then Smart Stay eye tracking will be using front camera, that should drain battery as well...
So bigger battery could serve the extra changes from SGS2 and SGS3 would probably stay out of wires or induction charging for the same time as SGS2?
What do you say?
MicroSIM - does it use less power than SIM?
Its actually kinda useless when it comes to discussion like this as no one has the phone in their hands yet. Filling the pages with speculation and assumption will simply set a good/bad reputation to the mobile itself.
Id like to see this thread come alive after the release
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i was getting 30-40 hours out of my gs2 running stock at&t. i would think the gs3 would do the same even with the added goodness. but even with the induction charging... i would imagine we will still need an extra battery or wired charger plugged in. there will always be times when the battery gets low and have to be charged while using it.
The photo I've seen looks like a mini sim, not micro sim.
No idea how the battery would be but the Samsung HK-MG 32nm process looks very promising, based on it's implementation in the iPad2,4 revision. More info:
http://www.androidnz.net/2012/05/samsung-galaxy-s3-secrets-revealed.html
Don't think the "camera tracking" will take up much power either, they could probably just make due with a snapshot every 5 minutes(or when it would normally go into standby) or so and do facial recognition.
I was hoping for a battery close to the RAZR MAXX
Now that the battery is 2100, then i'm hoping that users will be able to control all new features. By that i mean turn them on and off. I really don't care for the many new features that Samsung has come up with. If it was possible I would replace Samsung's modified Android version with a Out of the box version like on Galaxy Nexus. Personally i was hoping that Motorola soon would come out with a new Quad Core phone with their 3300 battery.
Currently the one S with a 2x battery ap holds a decent amount battery battery with smart use of connection and other features by default, so I would have thought that it would work nicely on the bigger sg3. However I'm planning to have a 2nd battery handy and not worry about running out at any point.
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I'm hoping for an extended battery that adds a little to the phone. Maybe a 2750 or even 3300. Also to the gut who said Motorola one with quad. Don't, Motorola is terrible with their lies about bootloaders abd updating.
Samsung does a pretty good job at power management, I think battery life will be good especially with that 2100 Mah battery and the fact that the SoC is based on 32nm so less power used. We should be able to get a full day pretty easily.
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I'm hoping for an extended battery that adds a little to the phone. Maybe a 2750 or even 3300.
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It could be a problem with batteries made by 3rd parties, as the original SGS3 battery has NFC antenna inside
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I have VERY BAD fealings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DfoKoDYD7c&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Look at that review: Battery life goes from 92% to 84%...
That means quite nothing (We don't know what they do in cutted frames)... but in my mind I am quite sure that battery life will be even shorter than my LG Optimus 2x (16h with push notific and so on..)
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I have VERY BAD fealings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DfoKoDYD7c&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Look at that review: Battery life goes from 92% to 84%...
That means quite nothing (We don't know what they do in cutted frames)... but in my mind I am quite sure that battery life will be even shorter than my LG Optimus 2x (16h with push notific and so on..)
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It's over a period of 30 minutes, which seems to suggest an approximate battery lifetime of around 5-6 hours with the display on.
This is not really a bad thing but simply due to powering such a large display, but really most phones seem to get around 5-7 hours these days.
The Galaxy Nexus have the same "problem", but as I recall the Nexus also had some of the best idle/no display battery lifetime i.e. Only taxing antennas and processors.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5310/samsung-galaxy-nexus-ice-cream-sandwich-review/14
See the battery lifetime for the gsm version during talk or hotspot sharing the Nexus easily have some of the best performance there.
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It's over a period of 30 minutes, which seems to suggest an approximate battery lifetime of around 5-6 hours with the display on.
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Well I have not looked at the time on display but: Yes, I say that video proves nothing, too.
But, You know, it is the same old story: "nothing special" battery life.
Marketing, specs (Batt. 2100mAh, CPU (32nm, 4 core))..
At the end of the day: Nothing special.
This is the frustrating thing..
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Well I have not looked at the time on display but: Yes, I say that video proves nothing, too.
But, You know, it is the same old story: "nothing special" battery life.
Marketing, specs (Batt. 2100mAh, CPU (32nm, 4 core))..
At the end of the day: Nothing special.
This is the frustrating thing..
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in Moscow there is some mobile analytic(Eldar Murtazin). He using engineering sample of SGS3 for 2 or 3 month. And he noticed, that the battery enough for 10-12 hours of active use, when compared with SGS2 - 5-6 hours, his words
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Much work has been done in terms of energy efficiency, battery 2100 mAh, and the device works like my day with a fairly thick load. What will happen in the commercial samples, I can not judge, more importantly, that time has grown and it is noticeable to the eye. On the other hand, to take advantage of this, it is necessary to disable all of the additional and not very necessary function. They are in the unit, in the opinion of the average user, it became much more.
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On the other hand, to take advantage of this, it is necessary to disable all of the additional and not very necessary function.
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First of all: thank you very much for this news!
As I said: The same old story!
I like to be able to choose whether or not activate a function.. BUT WHY Samsung put it there?
Marketing!
Even a child would understand that a camera that follows your eyes constantly consumes battery!
Like voice recognition that is only useful to make the bully with friends at the bar.
If it makes you all feel any better I had the one x and even with the retail firmware 1.26 I was getting 12-16 hours with 2-3 hours screen on time with a crap 2g signal using internet regular and with really light use well over a day that was 1800mah battery
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If it makes you all feel any better I had the one x and even with the retail firmware 1.26 I was getting 12-16 hours with 2-3 hours screen on time with a crap 2g signal using internet regular and with really light use well over a day that was 1800mah battery
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http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_vs_htc_one_x-review-759p8.php
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Wots the point ??? I gave you real life usage figures from the one x!!
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Wots the point ??? I gave you real life usage figures from the one x!!
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The point is in that a sgs3 has better battery stats compared to htc 1x. That's all.
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http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/11/3012990/htc-evo-4g-lte-review
I can't see how the battery life can be worse than the One X (I guess radio connection to a poor sprint network could effect it), but the verge said they had a tough time making it through the day.
Normally it wouldn't be that big of a deal, but sice we can't replace this battery I am a little worried.
Still waiting for the main tech sites to give reviews with battery tests.
dont listen to reviewers on websites about battery. they are morons who use the phone for 2 days with brightness all the way up. bluetooth on, wireless on, 3g on, and gps on and with no sleep timer on the screen.
This was an interesting review, I wonder why his pictures turned out like garbage when all the other reviews have great pictures, it's almost like there is a giant fingerprint on the lens or something. Either way, not that good of a review. I hope the battery life is better than stated.
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dont listen to reviewers on websites about battery. they are morons who use the phone for 2 days with brightness all the way up. bluetooth on, wireless on, 3g on, and gps on and with no sleep timer on the screen.
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I didn't always listen to reviewers about battery life, but they were spot on about the Evo 3D. When I bought it I thought "they don't know what they are talking about'". Turns out I wanted the new phone to be good so badly I ignored the truth.
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I didn't always listen to reviewers about battery life, but they were spot on about the Evo 3D. When I bought it I thought "they don't know what they are talking about'". Turns out I wanted the new phone to be good so badly I ignored the truth.
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I hope the battery life is better on this phone. That has to be the number 1 complaint of users from the beginning of smartphones. I hope HTC & Sprint are smart enough to make that a priority.
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A quote from SlashGear's review of the EVO 4g LTE (http://www.slashgear.com/htc-evo-4g-lte-review-11227839/):
"The battery life here is pretty excellent, just like the HTC One X on AT&T and the HTC One S on T-Mobile, you’ve got the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 backing your whole system up with its ability to stay strong without draining the life out of your day via the battery. Count on this device to last you what it’s lasted us, that being 10+ hours a pop with heavy use, no problem. If you’re the type of person who only uses a device lightly during the day, don’t worry about charging it up except at night when you head to bed – always a good practice anyway."
Every review will hold differently, it's all subjective to how much they are running the phone, what their expectations are, and many other factors.
I don't expect battery life to be great but I do expect it to be on par with the Evo 3D..I'm not worried but I'm in my truck the whole day for work and don't really care much either..My battery never sees anything below 70% lol.
I stare at one of these bad boys all day.
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lol the most interested man in the world hahah
But yeah the review said he listen to the radio tru the network so thats a big drain right there when I stream music tru the evo for one hour battery is at 15% so means nothing really still amaze he listen to 40 mins and still got 8 hrs thats a big for me.
every site have their own way to review device..All of them post different thing about battery life so dont listen to them..Just listen to your xda fellow member when device available on sprint..
Yeah battery life is not a concern to me because I know that xda will fix any battery life problems REAL quick. Come one guys, my EVO 4G got some of the worst battery life imaginable and then I join XDA and manage to achieve 64 hours before I need to charge my phone (average maybe 40 - 50). No concerns here.
I'm not worried about it at all. The Evo 3d had better battery life than the 4g, and I'm expecting the Evo LTE to have slightly better battery life than the 3d. I would not trust most of the Evo LTE reviews on battery because they're not spending very much time with the device, and they're probably not using settings that would conserve battery life.
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I'm not worried about it at all. The Evo 3d had better battery life than the 4g, and I'm expecting the Evo LTE to have slightly better battery life than the 3d. I would not trust most of the Evo LTE reviews on battery because they're not spending very much time with the device, and they're probably not using settings that would conserve battery life.
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Nor are they rooting and using SetPCU or custom kernels with amazing governors or custom ROMs with performance and battery-conservation tweaks...
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dont listen to reviewers on websites about battery. they are morons who use the phone for 2 days with brightness all the way up. bluetooth on, wireless on, 3g on, and gps on and with no sleep timer on the screen.
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But considering all the things the reviewer did, I'm a little surprised:
The One X has great battery life, so the fact that the Evo has an even larger 2,000mAh battery than its sibling (and no LTE to worry about) gave me great hope for its longevity. Unfortunately, I found that even getting a full day from the Evo took some finesse. Consider: I unplugged the phone at 4:15am, used it a bit on the way to the airport, turned it off on the plane until about 9, then streamed music through Rdio for about 40 minutes and did some browsing and tweeting from the device, with brightness at about 40 percent. By noon, I was down to 25 percent battery. We're running our official test now for more comparable results, but though in practice you should be able to get a full day's use from the phone with some battery TLC (and a lower brightness setting), I'm still a little underwhelmed with its performance.
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First off its cdma which uses more battery then gsm least from my understanding and sounds like he was in some areas with no signal and all cdma phones drain hard when you have low to no signal also maybe what the app he was using for music had a mem leak or something reviews are diff everywhere like everyone said who's gonna have 3g GPS Bluetooth and GPS and WiFi on all day no one lol
Android central is still doing their review so far they say they are impressed FYI
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review sucks. more emphasis on his books in the background than the damn phone.
Ever heard of calibrating your battery?
I recommend slashgears review
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There is already a thread on this review here....please keep the discussion in same thread...
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I still dont see why people are so quick to judge this phone because of its specs. The screen is awesome, the battery life is outstanding and on par with the note 2. 3d gameplay is great and smooth and camera also is great. The lag people talk about is little hiccups here and there. Thats all the lag I see since I received my phone. It might not be todays flagship but really. it can run everything the note 2 does and what the s4 does also. If you dont like it cool. Keep it to yourself. We like it. Thats why we bought it. Galaxy mega ftw!! 6.3"
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I still dont see why people are so quick to judge this phone because of its specs. The screen is awesome, the battery life is outstanding and on par with the note 2. 3d gameplay is great and smooth and camera also is great. The lag people talk about is little hiccups here and there. Thats all the lag I see since I received my phone. It might not be todays flagship but really. it can run everything the note 2 does and what the s4 does also. If you dont like it cool. Keep it to yourself. We like it. Thats why we bought it. Galaxy mega ftw!! 6.3"
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Why wouldn't it run like butter? It has two A15 cores, which in some tasks are comparable and in some outperform the four A9 cores of Galaxy Note 2! And since noone can call the Note 2 a sluggish performer, it doesn't make sense to call the Mega 6.3 this way. Have a look at benchmarks, comparing the Mega 6.3 with other flagship phones outhere: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_mega_63-review-939p5.php
Still think it's sluggish?
Take notice of its score in Epic Citadel benchmark - 55.5fps vs almost 60fps by the Galaxy S4 Octa (the quickest phone right now!) Some people i know got 57+fps in this benchmark. Basically, the HD screen on the Mega 6.3 with Adreno 305 GPU is pretty much as powerful combination as a FullHD screen + Adreno 320 or similar GPUs that current flagship phones have. All the extra power of their GPUs is taken away by the extra resolution their screens have, working hard to feed those extra pixels with information, eating the battery while doing that.
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Why wouldn't it run like butter? It has two A15 cores, which in some tasks are comparable and in some outperform the four A9 cores of Galaxy Note 2! And since noone can call the Note 2 a sluggish performer, it doesn't make sense to call the Mega 6.3 this way. Have a look at benchmarks, comparing the Mega 6.3 with other flagship phones outhere: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_mega_63-review-939p5.php
Still think it's sluggish?
Take notice of its score in Epic Citadel benchmark - 55.5fps vs almost 60fps by the Galaxy S4 Octa (the quickest phone right now!) Some people i know got 57+fps in this benchmark. Basically, the HD screen on the Mega 6.3 with Adreno 305 GPU is pretty much as powerful combination as a FullHD screen + Adreno 320 or similar GPUs that current flagship phones have. All the extra power of their GPUs is taken away by the extra resolution their screens have, working hard to feed those extra pixels with information, eating the battery while doing that.
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Whilst I do concur that the mega is indeed very smooth and fast to use, it is running a pair of Krait 300 cores not A15's unfortunately. Basically a dual core version of the CPU in the SIV and HTC One.
You're right about the Adreno 305 @ 720p == Adreno 320 @ 1080p though.
I guess it wasn't right to call Krait cores A15 cores, to be more specific Krait cores "have architectural similarities to ARM Cortex-A15". My point was that Krait is more advanced architecture compared to last year's A9, which is used in Note, which is partially the reason why SGM runs similarly or outperforms Note 2.
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I still dont see why people are so quick to judge this phone because of its specs. The screen is awesome, the battery life is outstanding and on par with the note 2. 3d gameplay is great and smooth and camera also is great. The lag people talk about is little hiccups here and there. Thats all the lag I see since I received my phone. It might not be todays flagship but really. it can run everything the note 2 does and what the s4 does also. If you dont like it cool. Keep it to yourself. We like it. Thats why we bought it. Galaxy mega ftw!! 6.3"
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Very true!
I have a Note II as wel, but this thing is awesome. I was a little concerned about the specs too but it runs very well. The screen is very sharp and colours are better than the note.
While I totally agree the screen is sharp and the phone is smooth, I dun agree that the battery life is outstanding, probably the 6.3inch LCD is the culprit, taking up 70% of the battery life, from observations, juz surfing the net on power saving mode, drops 1% of power ever 5 mins, cell standby can also be taking as high as 70% of battery life.... seriously I hv no idea what is eating the battery.... and the phone gets hot fast when surfing, something that didn't happened on my note 2
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While I totally agree the screen is sharp and the phone is smooth, I dun agree that the battery life is outstanding, probably the 6.3inch LCD is the culprit, taking up 70% of the battery life, from observations, juz surfing the net on power saving mode, drops 1% of power ever 5 mins, cell standby can also be taking as high as 70% of battery life.... seriously I hv no idea what is eating the battery.... and the phone gets hot fast when surfing, something that didn't happened on my note 2
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Im seroiusly getting superb battery life no life. I have posted some screenshots and have lasted about 30 hours and 7 hours screen time..no charge., Thats amazing to me. :laugh:
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That is seriously good, I must admit mine is better than the S3 but I have not stopped to see how much better.
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Im seroiusly getting superb battery life no life. I have posted some screenshots and have lasted about 30 hours and 7 hours screen time..no charge., Thats amazing to me. :laugh:
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according to the graph you posted, the phone was charged twice during this period
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according to the graph you posted, the phone was charged twice during this period
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Holy cow, how did I miss that? <smh>
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according to the graph you posted, the phone was charged twice during this period
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Where do you see that. Impossible. I was at work.
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Charged while in my car. 10 minutes usb to and from. Thats it. Usb charging doesnt really make a big difference. Once you plug in at home the clock resets itself.
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Phone was charged twice during the period the screenshot shows; with first charge quite significant. Hence this doesn't show the true picture.
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Charged while in my car. 10 minutes usb to and from. Thats it. Usb charging doesnt really make a big difference. Once you plug in at home the clock resets itself.
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just look at the graph. the green line shows charging and according to the graph you had two periods of charging and the first one was significant - the battery charge went from about 35% to about 90% and it took at least an hour, so, stop writing nonsense. or why do you thing your graph went up two times during this period?
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Where do you see that. Impossible. I was at work.
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Definitely he charge it twice.. As shown on the graph..
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While I totally agree the screen is sharp and the phone is smooth, I dun agree that the battery life is outstanding, probably the 6.3inch LCD is the culprit, taking up 70% of the battery life, from observations, juz surfing the net on power saving mode, drops 1% of power ever 5 mins, cell standby can also be taking as high as 70% of battery life.... seriously I hv no idea what is eating the battery.... and the phone gets hot fast when surfing, something that didn't happened on my note 2
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Had the same problem and wasn't too happy about it.
Loved the great battery performance of the note2.
However, I disabled airview and screenmirroring. Not things I need all day and it seems ok now. 30% left after a day of normal use.
Ok I went back and checked charges. Indeed sorry about the missed facts. The first charge was for about an hour and 8 hours later it was usb charged for about 15 minutes. Ill try to catch it again when I have 5% low battery without any charges.
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I just got my Note 7 yesterday and so far I'm pretty happy with the battery life. It's a great improvement compared to my previous phone (iPhone 6+), though I'm still figuring out on things to do to make the battery last longer.
if you want the maximum battery life, then disable animations in the dev settings (look around to learn how to get there if you don't know. only saying it cause you said you came from iPhone and thus idk what knowledge you have on android lol).
Um, also use minimalist wallpapers with a dominate black aspect.. (as in, use a wallpaper that is mostly pure black, since with AMOLED screens, true black means the 'pixels' are turned off completely, thus saving you a tiny tiny bit in battery). Also just don't use live wallpapers in general.
Ummmmmmmmmm..... oh, don't keep the phone at 100% alot. I'm kind of a hypocrite with that one though. I keep mine around 100% all the time because I never know when I'll randomly be out of the house for the majority of the day. thus having a 'full' battery means possibly an extra 30 minutes to an hour of 'usage'. But this also means that the battery will not last as long later on during its life. It also produces its most stable power delivery around the 83-85% area, so that's where you get the best 'bang for your percentage' so to speak. You'll notice it stays in the 83-85% range alot longer than it does at any other percentage.
But all in all, just keep the brightness down to a reasonable level, don't install apps that constantly run in then background (for example, I recently started using a podcast app called Pocket Cast, and ever since installing it, my battery % at the end of the day is generally 60% less than usual. As in, i normally can end my work day with about 78% battery remaining during an 8 hour shift, but after using this app, i'll be lucky to make it out with 10-20% battery. It seems to hog the battery when you're using it as well as when you're not. So at this point, I'd highly NOT recommend using it, even though its such a pleasure to use. Wow this was a long side note haha.), don't use the phone if its hot or cold, and idk I mean, everything I've listed is pretty much everyday basic things. So I doubt you are someone who doesn't already know these things XD
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if you want the maximum battery life, then disable animations in the dev settings (look around to learn how to get there if you don't know. only saying it cause you said you came from iPhone and thus idk what knowledge you have on android lol).
Um, also use minimalist wallpapers with a dominate black aspect.. (as in, use a wallpaper that is mostly pure black, since with AMOLED screens, true black means the 'pixels' are turned off completely, thus saving you a tiny tiny bit in battery). Also just don't use live wallpapers in general.
Ummmmmmmmmm..... oh, don't keep the phone at 100% alot. I'm kind of a hypocrite with that one though. I keep mine around 100% all the time because I never know when I'll randomly be out of the house for the majority of the day. thus having a 'full' battery means possibly an extra 30 minutes to an hour of 'usage'. But this also means that the battery will not last as long later on during its life. It also produces its most stable power delivery around the 83-85% area, so that's where you get the best 'bang for your percentage' so to speak. You'll notice it stays in the 83-85% range alot longer than it does at any other percentage.
But all in all, just keep the brightness down to a reasonable level, don't install apps that constantly run in then background (for example, I recently started using a podcast app called Pocket Cast, and ever since installing it, my battery % at the end of the day is generally 60% less than usual. As in, i normally can end my work day with about 78% battery remaining during an 8 hour shift, but after using this app, i'll be lucky to make it out with 10-20% battery. It seems to hog the battery when you're using it as well as when you're not. So at this point, I'd highly NOT recommend using it, even though its such a pleasure to use. Wow this was a long side note haha.), don't use the phone if its hot or cold, and idk I mean, everything I've listed is pretty much everyday basic things. So I doubt you are someone who doesn't already know these things XD
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Thank you for the very informative reply, i have been switching back and forth from iOS to Android (eversince the first iPhone the first Xperia X10)
It is indeed an awesome switch for me this year, i hated my iPhone 6+ and the more i use the note 7 the more i like it. Given that it isn't "perfect", it's keeping me satisfied so far.
Let them tips coming
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Thank you for the very informative reply, i have been switching back and forth from iOS to Android (eversince the first iPhone the first Xperia X10)
It is indeed an awesome switch for me this year, i hated my iPhone 6+ and the more i use the note 7 the more i like it. Given that it isn't "perfect", it's keeping me satisfied so far.
Let them tips coming
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Well the biggest tip I can give is this: GET A GLASS SCREEN PROTECTOR.... if you don't, you will regret it within weeks. The "Gorilla Glass 5" screen is complete crap. It scratches easier than plastic screens.... most Gorilla Glass phones have a hardness of around 5, but the Note 7 is only a 2-3. Some people have their phones scratching at level 2, others level 3... level 3 is just slightly better than plastic, and level 2 is worse than plastic... So get proper screen protector for the front, probably one that is good to be used with a case if you plan on getting a case as well. I'll personally be getting a DBrand skin for the phone and a screen protector from a company called Myrax? I think that's what it is. lemme go check.
Myriann is who makes it =3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JFHA16G/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=KYMJDORDQX1V&coliid=I2ELMRA3UAHQMC&psc=1 and here's the link to its page. lol.
I thought the TGSP for the "edge" type phone is a hit and miss. I mostly read bad reviews about them and i think i only saw around 5 good reviews (or posts here) out of like 50 reviews
Have had mine for around 24 hours now and after a good charge after buying it, I got around 6.5hrs of SoT. Pretty happy with that. Only gonna get better haha.
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The battery saving option really does work!
Move from 6s Plus to Note7, I'm not really happy with Note7 battery life. But I think it will improve in next two week. I aslo need UVable kernel to make phone cooler as I did on Note5
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Move from 6s Plus to Note7, I'm not really happy with Note7 battery life. But I think it will improve in next two week. I aslo need UVable kernel to make phone cooler as I did on Note5
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How long tmdoes your Note 7 batt last from full charge?
My experience with note 7 930FD using latest firmware.
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My experience with note 7 930FD using latest firmware.
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Will updating affect the "rootability" of the phone?
First run (52-0) I got 4hrs SOT during initial set up.
2nd most present run I got 6hrs 26mins (8% left) within 15hrs of usage, although I played Pokemon Go for 3hrs on max brightness which did some pretty hefty damage.
For those who want max battery life, this is what I've learned in my limited time:
- Download (buy) Package Disabler Pro (PDP) and disable the bloatware
- Disable the unnecessary sensor stuff throughout the settings app
- If you dont use Always On Display, disable it
- Disable Auto Brightness, and use the minimum brightness manually
- If you play Pokemon Go, download "Battery Saver for Go", it turns the display off when idle
- Enable MID Battery Saver mode with unchanged resolution, enabled Limit Performance, and disabled Prevent background network (if you stream or need it, otherwise enable it). Set max brightness to 80%
---- Be sure to re-enable Device Maintenence in PDP to get customisable power savings back.
- If you want, use the BLACKEST theme you can. I personally dont like any of them, so i kept to Samsungs stock theme
- DONT USE FB OR FB MESSENGER, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM etc. Use the web versions
- DONT USE CHROME. Samsungs Stock browser takes time to get used to, but its much more battery friendly
Without me playing Pokemon Go, I could have easily pushed for 7hrs SOT++ which is damn impressive for having the brightness at 80%.
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