I recently upgraded my phone from HTC HD2 to HTC Amaze. It is very good phone except for the battery part. Battery wise I'm getting roughly the same backup I used to get on HD2 with its much smaller battery. I am a medium to heavy user.
I have rooted the phone and installed custom ROM which has OC Daemon inbuilt for better CPU scaling, also enabled manage power efficiently option (which basically does the same thing as juice defender i.e. disable network connection when not needed), calibrated the battery however by night phone is completely discharged on most days. I'm getting like 16-17hrs battery life. The phone doesn't lose much power on standby, however when the screen is on the phone eats the battery like anything..mostly I get 1% drop on average for every 1-1.5 minute the screen on (with auto brightness) and I'm web surfing or using any app...
I was wondering if the high res. screen is the main culprit on Amaze and if switching to galaxy s2 will help ? What you guys think ? Please let me know, what battery life you get on tmo sgs2, I will help me make my decision..
My amaze sucked juice bad. My sgs2 was lasting a good couple hours longer.
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As a former amaze user, who used it and tried everything for 2 months.
The amaze barely gets 3 hour screen on time. I would say 2.5 average.
The galaxy s 2 has the best battery life as of today. I say it's better than the ip 4s or about equal to. We average 4 hours screen on time. Nothing less than 3.5. I've hit 5 hours once. So like I've said many times. Our battery life, is about 1.5-2 times more than the amaze.
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Teo032 said:
As a former amaze user, who used it and tried everything for 2 months.
The amaze barely gets 3 hour screen on time. I would say 2.5 average.
The galaxy s 2 has the best battery life as of today. I say it's better than the ip 4s or about equal to. We average 4 hours screen on time. Nothing less than 3.5. I've hit 5 hours once. So like I've said many times. Our battery life, is about 1.5-2 times more than the amaze.
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Wow actually I had calculated the same thing...the way the % keeps dropping when screen is on, I often wondered the phone would be dead in about 2 hrs..
I don't know gsmarena guys do the battery test, they reported 7:35 hrs of video playback and 3:55 hr on web browsing on sensation in their battery test, when I bought the phone I was expecting similar numbers from amaze especially as it got a slightly bigger battery but boy are they wrong
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I hope so too, only i got to find a buyer soon for my amaze
Well here's the thing bro i'm on the stock rom... rooted and bloatware free... i get around 9-10 hours on average usage and 7-8 hours on heavy usage.... Best battery life that i hv ever seen.... really i'm in love with this beauty
chamalgsg4g said:
Well here's the thing bro i'm on the stock rom... rooted and bloatware free... i get around 9-10 hours on average usage and 7-8 hours on heavy usage.... Best battery life that i hv ever seen.... really i'm in love with this beauty
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9-10 hours of average usage is really low bro
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9-10 hours of average usage is really low bro
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But for the AMAZE that's probably AMAZING!
But nah, I had the Sensation which is pretty much the same thing, and I would probably get about 10 hours max under moderate use stock.
My Galaxy S II is rooted but I'll get anywhere between 15 - 20 hours depending on how much I'm using it.
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9-10 hours of average usage is really low bro
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yeah bro i knw thats not much but the title says compared to amaze so it's definitely better than that
Lmao, I don't know what Amaze's you guys have, but mine lasts through the whole day with average usage and moderation. The battery life isn't crazy, but you guys are doing something wrong if you can't even pull more than 10 hours of battery life out of it. The SGS2 does have better battery life than the Amaze, but 1.5-2 times more is such a boost, smh.
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Lmao, I don't know what Amaze's you guys have, but mine lasts through the whole day with average usage and moderation. The battery life isn't crazy, but you guys are doing something wrong if you can't even pull more than 10 hours of battery life out of it. The SGS2 does have better battery life than the Amaze, but 1.5-2 times more is such a boost, smh.
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1. the Amaze can get 10 hours of battery life.. heck it can get 24 hours of battery.. but it all depends what you do with it. Mine was averaging 12-14 hours, but thats just light to moderate usage with about 2.5 hours display on time.
2. I think you should measure your screen on time for your amaze to measure battery life because that is the main factor for battery usage.
3. I've owned both devices and did what I can with the amaze, I even did reviews and comparison for it... probably even before you owned the amaze. So before you think i'm exaggerating the battery life of the sgs2... you should try owning one before you assume anything.
4. 1.5x more may sound like a far cry but it's not.. lets say you have 12 hours of battery usage... the gs2 gets 18 hours with the same usage.. and believe me many gs2 users gets beyond 18 hours.
5. the amaze's battery isn't BAD, it's about average, but it just appears bad because the gs2 has the best battery life out in the market right now.
However you look at it, you agree, the gs2 has better battery life.
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I have to charge it twice a day, and my use is for only couple of hours talking and few browsing.
I tried that with stock as well as
[ROM] cwm-Phantom-X-
is anyone else also experiencing the same?
a few hours being like 10 hours straight talking?
You're crazy. This battery is the best I've seen in a long time.
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im getting 12 hours with normal use and 8-9hours with very very heavy use(basically on my phone all day non stop)
I can drain a battery in 6 hours or less. I can't make it through a 8 hour work day without charging it. I guess you guys that go 12+ hours on a charge aren't power users. I tried every rom and kernel and my results are exactly the same.
Maybe the people who are complaining about battery life came from a flip phone or a blackberry. As far as smartphones go, this is the best you'll find for the features and enormous screen we have. Don't believe me then get an Amaze, Sensation, myTouch 4g Slide or G2x.
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jessejames111981 said:
I can drain a battery in 6 hours or less. I can't make it through a 8 hour work day without charging it. I guess you guys that go 12+ hours on a charge aren't power users. I tried every rom and kernel and my results are exactly the same.
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this is exactly what I am talking about.
Before I had HTC G2 and same amount of use it last for whole day (around 12+ hours) but this one hardly goes upto 7-8 hours with one charge...
I did the battery wipe with full charge, if that makes any difference.
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I can drain a battery in 6 hours or less. I can't make it through a 8 hour work day without charging it. I guess you guys that go 12+ hours on a charge aren't power users. I tried every rom and kernel and my results are exactly the same.
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I drain mine in 6. But i'm on it constantly. That's damn good for a phone like this.
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Getting 24 hrs+ with a custom rom, juggernaut....
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I dont know bout anyone else... but the only battery problems ive experienced is the fact that ive become so damn lazy on keeping the phone charged.
The battery lasts so long that i forget to charge it, and then i run out of battery
I'm a heavy user literally all I do is watch 1080p movies and plays games on my phone. I get twelve to fourteen hours every day. I also get at least a text every fifteen minutes if not more. Maybe the developers didn't remove career ciq which bogs down performance and drain the battery. You can also try a different kernel.
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don't forget that in areas where you have crappy signal, you phone pumps up the power to try and compensate. you may notice your phone heating up in your pocket too. If you have no signal at all, i weep for your battery life.
go into airplane mode to save juice.
I too get 24 hours or more from light to moderate use with juggernaut.
Heavy use still nets me at least 10 hours. Although I toggle things off if I remember and don't need them. Like wifi, data, auto bright, sync, etc. although WAY lead important with this phone than it was with vibrant running cm7.
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I had some weird battery drain with the stock rom. I couldnt get more than 5 hrs with light usage or heavy usage. I flashed streamlined (a mostly stock rom) from teshxx and im back to having 9-10hrs of battery life with moderate to heavy usage (3hrs of on screen time)
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I have a 12-14 hour work day and I have 25-35% battery life left when I get home, heavy usage. Best stock battery for Android I've ever had. This is my 8th Android phone.
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shyboy1 said:
this is exactly what I am talking about.
Before I had HTC G2 and same amount of use it last for whole day (around 12+ hours) but this one hardly goes upto 7-8 hours with one charge...
I did the battery wipe with full charge, if that makes any difference.
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Why don't you try adding another core to your G2 and see if you can even get 6+ hours!!!
Cmon man, this is a dual core phone...it's just common sense that it will use twice as much battery power to get it to run smoothly.
But honestly, I was able to get 21hrs out of a full charge. With heavy use but i had it UC'd @ 1.2max and 192min. Still ran pretty smooth tho.
I get about 18 to 20 hours from a full charge. Stock. Non-rooted, and no modifications of any kind. I have all my apps auto-sync every 4 hours, and my usual display "on time" is around 4 to 5 hours. Here are some screen shots. This is the best battery life I ever had.
Just to add. My brightness is at 40%
is it better to use autobrightness on our device or a set brightness setting to save battery?
immunityx said:
is it better to use autobrightness on our device or a set brightness setting to save battery?
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I'd say set it to certain level. Having the phone constantly adjust I would think would use more battery.
Hi,i see the topic of the battery stats,but this is a little different:how much is your average battery life?I don't want to know what's that consume a lot of battery. what that is real important is the daily use.
For this I made this poll
I hope that this will be usefull for all
I can miss a night's charge and still have some juice left, with an average of around 1-1,5 hours of screen on time
I'm quite happy with mine to be honest, contrary to people having problems I haven't had one. Battery is currently running at about 4 and a half hours. I do have a lot of the bloat ware turned off though, and I don't mind minimum or auto brightness. But I do spam the browsers and plume and tasking widgets though. I prolly get around 24 hours of battery too. Have gone longer but average around 15 hours before I stick the charger in. Still have around 30 battery when I do though as I very rarely get down to 20%.
Sorry for the ramble, but I really am quite happy with me little phone
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I'm happy as well.
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I'm happy as well.
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Wow, we must be the only ones in the whole forum.
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I am heavy user and btw it can last for me at the average rate of 15 hours +
Hows that for a non batterytime?
This phone, so far, is a good joke
P.s. minimum or autobrightness for the whole... Hour
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According to the Poll, the battery live rocks on One X.
@Op, what do you mean with battery live?
How much it will last in years or about the duration in hours?
I think I get great battery life with my HOX (latest firmware). I'm usually at 40% around 17hrs or so regular use. Heavy use I get about 9hrs. I also have an HTC Inspire and that thing died way faster.
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With normal usage the battery lasts around 48 hours.
Think that's pretty decent.
I just want to know is there any guy like me, have used one x for 5~ 6 months. Now the battery performace get worse？
I have not changed the rom for 4 months. Same usage pattern. Before after full charge, the battery go down from 100 to 90 take more than hour. Now just few minutes it drop fast to that. Also screen on time seems only 2.5~3 hours compare to before is 3.5~4 in average.
I do not hope to get a reason why this happen, but just see is other old user of one x has same experience see the obvious battery performace down.
Thanks for your input!
I own hox since it came out and what I can say about battery is that it is very inconsistent, it all depends on where you use phone more home, work, bad signal areas etc. Sometimes I get 4 hours screen time on 24 hours standby, sometimes only 2. I can't really tell how it should be. All I care is that I'm feeling ok with its battery. Although I'm really liking the idea of being able to put in onex+ battery, but I couldn't do it myself
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I have my hox since May, no problem at all, flashing aprox 2 roms per day...battery is the same as first day but lasts more thanks dev work
SkyDragon Sense Rom V1
I have Evo Lt, almost same phone but krait s4 dual core and 2100 battery. After 6mo., I swear I'm seeing degradation.
hurled from my AOKP'd Evo LTE. Enjoy.
mmx6688 said:
Before after full charge, the battery go down from 100 to 90 take more than hour. Now just few minutes it drop fast to that. Also screen on time seems only 2.5~3 hours compare to before is 3.5~4 in average.
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2.5 hours screen on time is a drop of 10% every 15 minutes. Not every few minutes.
Try installing better battery stats to see.if anything is using the battery when.it shouldn't be.
Also, it could be something like signal strength.
I have been destroying my battery in many ways: overcharging, playing games while charging, discharging completely...but it still doesn't get worse...
Look after apps you've installed in last month, they are the evil...(the worst of them a those with notifications
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I own a lg g2, 2nd thinking about the note 3
I hit 5 hours screen time easily
Browsing, texting, at least 45 min gaming too
How's the note 3's battery?????
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LG G2 has better battery
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Right now at 11 hrs with 24% battery left. Been on wifi all day. Played an hour worth of games too. Battery life is great.
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renny083 said:
Right now at 11 hrs with 24% battery left. Been on wifi all day. Played an hour worth of games too. Battery life is great.
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this stock?
bodom_hc said:
I own a lg g2, 2nd thinking about the note 3
I hit 5 hours screen time easily
Browsing, texting, at least 45 min gaming too
How's the note 3's battery?????
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I can get as much as 10+ screen on time with my Note 3 though 8-9 hours is more normal. That's with -5-6 or so hours of SlingBox/Netflix/HBO GO/YouTube streaming with Web, Note taking and email all day. I've watched whole NFL games with my SlingBox in HD with 40% brightness and still had 55-60% battery left to give you an idea. I run my Note 3 with 25% or so brightness most of the time unless I'm streaming video content. I'm not into a gaming much on my phone though. I don't want the burn in with Amoled displays so I keep my screen low unless i need it up.
I don't know a lot about the G2 but the Note 3 is a beat with battery life. The SS is from a few days ago with 4 episodes of Breaking bad and an hour of the Super Bowl streaming with my SlingBox. Damn GF hauled my ass out of the house for an hour during the SB. That's 5+ hours and still 47% battery left.
Stock battery life = anywhere from a day and a half with 12-16 screen on hours to a full days use with 8-12 hours screen on.
Zero lemon im getting up to 5-6 days with at least 24hrs screen on time but have seen 36hrs screen on before, minimum battery life i have gotten was a solid 48 hrs with heavy use and 26-32 hrs screen on.
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I'm running stock ROM but removed bloat, CIQ, running leankernel and typically go 3 days between having to charge the phone.
I am on WiFi 90% of the time, and mainly just use the phone for checking SNS, email, and some texting/chatting and daily YouTube updates for 30-60 mins.
Been getting roughly 8 hours screen-on time before hitting that 15% battery remaining notification.
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this stock?
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Yes this was stock at the time
I'm not familiar with the real-world performance of the G2 battery. But I must say that, by far, the Note3 has the best battery performance out of any smart phone I've ever owned. (Which isn't saying much cuz I can say that about every smart phone I owned compared to the previous phone) I just use it as much as I want. I don't even worry about it anymore.
I've even gotten crazy and started underclocking to 960mhz with conservative governor. Keep your screen around 40-50% and (so long as you aren't in a very low signal on all protocols area) it barely drains and I barely notice even the slightest hit to performance. (...and I am picky as hell about stuff like that. 30fps drives me crazy, I can detect latency in the 10-20ms range...it's a curse really). I just get a clump of lag every now and then. For 2 days off charge? I'll take it.
I don't keep track of screen on time...yet. I guess I should do that one of these days. But I take my phone off the charger at 6:30am and usually plug it in again around 12:30am or so...I'm usually around 35%, give or take 10% depending on if it was a heavy or light use day.
Sorry I can't answer your direct comparison question. I can't imagine a phone having better battery life stock (even if I didn't underclock)...but from what I've read in this thread the G2 is the one to beat. It seems as though they are at least comparable within a reasonable margin of error.
I've not had the G2 but from what I've been reading if they are fairly comparable with the GS with a 5.2" display and 3500mah battery and the Note 3 has a 5.7" display with a 3200mah battery I would have to look at the OS optimizations as being better maybe with the Note 3. Plus you do get the Spen and 3GB of RAM instead of 2GB of Ram with the G2
Note 3 Battery life is amazing and even better if you get the Zerolemon extended battery (completely overkill btw)
DroidLife; HTC One (M8) Review
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/04/07/htc-one-m8-review/
Battery life sucks on the M8 ?
HTC claims that the new One (M8) could see upwards of 40% better battery life over last year’s M7, but I’m not I’m buying it. I saw average battery life in my testing on the 2,600mAh battery that wasn’t necessarily greatly improved over last year’s One. My testing typically includes multiple days in a row of nothing but 4G LTE, followed by a few with WiFi mixed in. On 4G LTE-only days, my phone was almost always begging for a charger after 10-12 hours of use and around 3 hours of screen-on time.
Per this review they say battery life is average at best, and not that good, only getting 3h On Screen time, and overall just like 10h - 12h of total battery life on the phone, and with WiFi on they get 14 hours total battery life.
I thought all the real world reviews of people, and other sites were raving about the battery life on this new One M8 ? getting like 5h to 6h On Screen time ?
That review was either based on bad 4g reception, or the reviewer was flat out lying. Also , what is "multiple days in a row"? That's not very scientific. Very bad reviewer in my book
I get very good o2 4g reception, but mostly use WiFi or no data. I have 30 percentage charge left when I go to bed and I get about 4.5 hours screen on.
Can't imagine why anyone would want 4g on all day long but to each their own. Personally I only use 3g on the go unless I really need super speed.
AnandTech's device reviews are the only ones that matter and they saw upwards of 70% improvement in battery life.
For me, the M8 battery is lasting at least twice as long as the M7. First phone I've had in a long time that can last in excess of 48 hours with my normal usage
Right now my battery stats say 1 day, 17hrs: 4h 28m screen on. The battery is currently at 48%
After reading more about that DroidLife, they seem very pro Samsung #1, and then Nexus devices #2, and anything else just sucks. Also one of the reviewers is known to be an HTC hater, per the comment section of regulars on that site.
Clearly they haven't used the M8 everyone I know is getting 4-5+ hours screen time.
The reviewer is flat out lying and a tool. Every other review says it's good and we all know it's good from owning and using one.
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This was after my 3rd full charge/discharge cycle. 6 days on just reg power saver and light use.
It's all subjective... I get some 3 to 3.5 hours screen on time with auto brightness. I also have lots of apps background syncing and waking up the phone constantly. So it all depends on how you set up your phone, number of apps, usage criteria. So good battery life for one person may not be the same to other.
So no point to argue on battery life good or bad.
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It's all subjective... I get some 3 to 3.5 hours screen on time with auto brightness. I also have lots of apps background syncing and waking up the phone constantly. So it all depends on how you set up your phone, number of apps, usage criteria. So good battery life for one person may not be the same to other.
So no point to argue on battery life good or bad.
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kirdroid said:
It's all subjective... I get some 3 to 3.5 hours screen on time with auto brightness. I also have lots of apps background syncing and waking up the phone constantly. So it all depends on how you set up your phone, number of apps, usage criteria. So good battery life for one person may not be the same to other.
So no point to argue on battery life good or bad.
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Good point, but for me 3h to 3.5h On Screen time would be extremely disappointing. I use my phone a ton during the workday, and realize I need at least 5h On screen time minimum, perfect for me is more like 6h On Screen time. I need a phone to last a full solid day, from like 6:00am to 10:00pm.
Coming from the Nexus 5 my battery life has been stellar in comparison to what it was. I'm very happy so far.
Zorachus said:
DroidLife; HTC One (M8) Review
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/04/07/htc-one-m8-review/
Battery life sucks on the M8 ?
HTC claims that the new One (M8) could see upwards of 40% better battery life over last year’s M7, but I’m not I’m buying it. I saw average battery life in my testing on the 2,600mAh battery that wasn’t necessarily greatly improved over last year’s One. My testing typically includes multiple days in a row of nothing but 4G LTE, followed by a few with WiFi mixed in. On 4G LTE-only days, my phone was almost always begging for a charger after 10-12 hours of use and around 3 hours of screen-on time.
Per this review they say battery life is average at best, and not that good, only getting 3h On Screen time, and overall just like 10h - 12h of total battery life on the phone, and with WiFi on they get 14 hours total battery life.
I thought all the real world reviews of people, and other sites were raving about the battery life on this new One M8 ? getting like 5h to 6h On Screen time ?
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Lol, whoever wrote that review is taking out their ringpiece. I've had my m7 for 8 months and now my m8 for 2 weeks and the battery life is tons better.I don't have to carry a battery bank in my pocket anymore. When I take my phone of charge and stick it in my pocket it will stay on 100% for least 2 hours if I don't use it.my m7 would drop down to 94% in that time. Don't listen to stupid reviews like that. He is probably an Apple lover who is gutted that his once awesome device is now being overshadowed by an android phone AGAIN.
Depends on how you use the device. Anandtech and other sites show heavy use in weak signal areas can drain any device.
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Coming from the Nexus 5 my battery life has been stellar in comparison to what it was. I'm very happy so far.
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how much more battery are you getting? I'm not the N5 right now and debating on getting the M8.
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how much more battery are you getting? I'm not the N5 right now and debating on getting the M8.
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I'm rocking both the n5 and m8 right now, and this is totally a subjective statement without any real numbers, but I find myself plugging in the n5 a lot more than the m8. I am using the m8 more now because I like it more and the n5 still drains away just sitting there. The m8 is on verizon and the n5 is on tmobile, both have good reception in the area. I feel like I could comfortably use the m8 for 2 days and 1 night until I would want to put it on the charger. I'd estimate that I use about 2-3 hours screen time, 1-2 hours talk time and <1 hour navigation per day. Just my opinion based on real world observations, I'm not really interested in detailed usage tracking or anything like that. It works great and I'm going to keep the m8 and ditch the n5 when the month is up.
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For me, the M8 battery is lasting at least twice as long as the M7. First phone I've had in a long time that can last in excess of 48 hours with my normal usage
Right now my battery stats say 1 day, 17hrs: 4h 28m screen on. The battery is currently at 48%
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wow
I've heard nothing but great things about the battery life.
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I dont know about this reviewer... The battery life to me is incredibly good. I can stream 4g/3g music through spotify while working a full day(around 8-9h playtime), while snapchatting, while texting(regular texts) and while texting in Kik and also using the internet for other things.
Without power saver, and using Greenify to prevent most wakelocks, I'm avergaing 7-9 hours screen on time with 10-15% charge remaining when I go to bed the second night.