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How is the battery of SGS2 when compared to Amaze

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.
See you over here soon
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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

Mafioso said:
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.

One x battery life

Having used my one x for a couple of days the battery life hasn't been brilliant although to be fair I can't put this excellent phone down. Then yesterday I went to settings,development settings and turned the back ground processes to maximum of 4 processes running in the back ground at once which improved the battery life really well,the only problem is it reverts back to normal the following day. Is there any way of keeping the settings picked?
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Just realised changing the running processes in the development section only reverts back to normal when the phone reboots, so just need to remember to change them on reboot.
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Cheers going to give this a shot.

if you have root supercharger does the same mission, except you can control it as you want and make it stick

Today will be my first true test at work. Off the charger at 4:00am. Let's see how this bad boy handles my day.....

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JOHNGAETANO said:
Today will be my first true test at work. Off the charger at 4:00am. Let's see how this bad boy handles my day.....
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I'm excited to see what results you get. If it gets anything better than my Skyrocket, I'd be really happy.

vioalas said:
I'm excited to see what results you get. If it gets anything better than my Skyrocket, I'd be really happy.
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I had just under 19hrs off charger and was at 16% with 1.5 hours talk, 2 hours Google Music, 45 mins GPS, 250 text, 50 emails and heavy G+ usage. Not bad for an unrooted and stock powerhouse.

I just ordered my One X now, how long should I charge it when I get it first?

My battery stats on day 4. Starting to feel like it should get me through a day and better then my old faithful desire.
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Little by little its starting to get much better with a full days use. I noticed improvements each day, has anyone else? each day it seems to be much better.

Ok, long day for me. Unplugged at 4:00am. 17 hours unplugged and I'm at 30%.
Impressive. But I used my phone only 65% as much for phone calls as normal.
Voice calls 40%
Screen 36%
Cell standby 7%
Idle 6%
Mail 4%
OS 3%
WIFI 2%
System 2%
Overall, not bad. I'm pretty happy. I certainly can't complain. I'm pushing 3 email accounts too.
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Here is a screen shot
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I had just under 19hrs off charger and was at 16% with 1.5 hours talk, 2 hours Google Music, 45 mins GPS, 250 text, 50 emails and heavy G+ usage. Not bad for an unrooted and stock powerhouse.
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Can we have some screenshots please...
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hetalmp said:
My battery stats on day 4. Starting to feel like it should get me through a day and better then my old faithful desire.
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Hi what App did you use in the screenshot...

JOHNGAETANO said:
Ok, long day for me. Unplugged at 4:00am. 17 hours unplugged and I'm at 30%.
Impressive. But I used my phone only 65% as much for phone calls as normal.
Voice calls 40%
Screen 36%
Cell standby 7%
Idle 6%
Mail 4%
OS 3%
WIFI 2%
System 2%
Overall, not bad. I'm pretty happy. I certainly can't complain. I'm pushing 3 email accounts too.
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I just did 16 minutes of web browsing over 3G/HSPA. After that the battery was down to 90%. Of course it may not really have been at a 100% (although it said that) when I unplugged it but still.....2.5 hours of browsing is not a lot ;-)
But it does go VERY easy on the battery with push mail....much unlike the SGS2 I have!

network and browser draining is major flaw in our current .26
we are in need of THE ONE update...

Been using HOX for 8 days now. I have to say battery gets better everyday.

I'm a heavy user I get 7 hours with my inspire 4g, does any one of you had the desire his or inspire 4g before the one x? How does it compare, I'm traumatized, with 3 hours of screentime my inspire 4g dies
If I get 3/3.5/4 hours of screentime and 12 hours of total use with the one x I'll be pleased
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Chad_Petree said:
I'm a heavy user I get 7 hours with my inspire 4g, does any one of you had the desire his or inspire 4g before the one x? How does it compare, I'm traumatized
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Check out this thread... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24659952 They talk about battery life in there as well... It's mixed reviews but I believe that it would be better than what you get currently...
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To the OP and the others:
Guys there is already a thread opened for Battery Stats with over 200 replies
You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579392

Continue discussion here, no redundant threads please
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579392

[Q] HTC One X - Battery Consumption (How long does it last?)

Hi there,
I am a proud owner of HTC One X ..
TO me, this smartphone is awesome, its fast and i love the design.
I'm ok with the heat, at times it is HOT, but due to its Quad Core processor, well, i can live with that...
BUT battery wise... How long can yours last ?
I'm pretty new at Android and this phone makes me busy because i am trying to keep up with the Android world... And boy... i'm glad to leave my IPHONE in my drawer... No more IOS !!
Is there any fix to the Battery issue?
If there is, have you guys tested how long more can it last ?
I can use for 2-3 hours and i'm left with 45% battery !!
Anyone ?
Please reply.. i would luv to hear from you guys...
I really luv this phone but the battery is killing me..

The problem with the one X:
leaving it unused (full connectivity 3g,wifi,sync) draws about 0.6% per hour.
But once you turn on your screen and start browsing the screen will deplete the battery really fast. (As will gaming)
Once you get used to your phone and you don't use it hours at a time anymore you can easily get 30+ hours of usage time which is way longer that any smartphone I had before this one (G1, legend, Omnia7). At this moment I have 23 hours of battery time with 36% remaining.

Yeah the screen is a massive power user.
I didn't really use my one x much the past few days and it lasted 51.5 hours! That's with wifi on, data on, cellular radio on etc. Only 1 and a half hours of screen time though.
I'm still very impressed, much better than my iPhone 4S could ever have done
Decided to plug it in now as it's down to 3%
Can't post links to the screen shots unfortunately
Tom.

Thee is a huge thread on battery life already here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25095183#post25095183
Try to read abit before starting a new thread.

I don't think I would be half as annoyed with the One X if it just charged faster. Almost 3 hours to recharge a battery is kind of ridiculous.
Hopefully someone will make a custom kernel with a fast USB charge patch.

spyz88 said:
I don't think I would be half as annoyed with the One X if it just charged faster. Almost 3 hours to recharge a battery is kind of ridiculous.
Hopefully someone will make a custom kernel with a fast USB charge patch.
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Waiting for lord clockans high voltage charging kernel
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[Q] horrible battery problem on ONE X

I know there are loads of threads about the HTC ONE X battery but I really could not find a proper answer to my question so im starting a new thread. So I have had my 1X since last thursday, just over a week now and the battery life has been utterly horrible. But the worst thing is that the battery life is getting drastically shorter and shorter every day. Now its unbearable I cant even use the phone. I wonder if it might be because I did not do any 'first time battery charge'?. I just booted the phone instantly instead because honestly I did not know that you had to charge the battery before booting the phone the first time. The first time I started the phone it had just over 40% of battery and I used it until the phone shut off and charged it 100% after that while it was updating to the newest software. Is this perhaps the reason why the battery life is so god damn horrible and even worse than other 1X's?. When I charge the phone 100% it drains 1% of battery or more every minute now just when browsing the menu or the web or just doing nothing but putting the screen on. The screen brightness setting is on automatic and I have tried all kinds of battery savers and now im using juice defender ultimate still the battery life is horrible. I kill and close apps all the time and have nothing running in the background when not using it and I always turn off wifi when not using and I turn off auto sync and all the other battery eating tasks and stuff. Still I cant use the phone. When its 100% charged at about 8:00 in the morning the battery is done for at around 10:30 with moderate use. I cant get more than about 3 hours of on screen time before the battery is finished so basically what should I do? Is this normal?

okini said:
I know there are loads of threads about the HTC ONE X battery but I really could not find a proper answer to my question so im starting a new thread. So I have had my 1X since last thursday, just over a week now and the battery life has been utterly horrible. But the worst thing is that the battery life is getting drastically shorter and shorter every day. Now its unbearable I cant even use the phone. I wonder if it might be because I did not do any 'first time battery charge'?. I just booted the phone instantly instead because honestly I did not know that you had to charge the battery before booting the phone the first time. The first time I started the phone it had just over 40% of battery and I used it until the phone shut off and charged it 100% after that while it was updating to the newest software. Is this perhaps the reason why the battery life is so god damn horrible and even worse than other 1X's?. When I charge the phone 100% it drains 1% of battery or more every minute now just when browsing the menu or the web or just doing nothing but putting the screen on. The screen brightness setting is on automatic and I have tried all kinds of battery savers and now im using juice defender ultimate still the battery life is horrible. I kill and close apps all the time and have nothing running in the background when not using it and I always turn off wifi when not using and I turn off auto sync and all the other battery eating tasks and stuff. Still I cant use the phone. When its 100% charged at about 8:00 in the morning the battery is done for at around 10:30 with moderate use. I cant get more than about 3 hours of on screen time before the battery is finished so basically what should I do? Is this normal?
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I would recommend exchanging it.
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Agreed, sounds like a faulty battery.
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3 hours of on screen time isn't high but it's not abnormal either.

okini said:
So I have had my 1X since last thursday, just over a week now and the battery life has been utterly horrible.
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And if you'd have read the other threads that you said don't apply to you you'd realize that because your phone is still new battery life will improve with more charging cycles. If you expect more than 3 hours on the low-end or five on the absolute high-end of screen on time the One X isn't for you. Because of the non-replaceable battery (which shouldn't be a surprise) a lot of us have auxiliary battery chargers for getting through the day when the phone can't be topped up on AC power. Speaking for myself, the design of the phone is what attracted me to it and the non-replaceable battery is a trade-off I accepted. That might not be a trade-off everyone’s willing to accept and the One X isn't going to win any battery life awards.

Autobrightness seemed to cause my battery to drain. Turned it off and its much better (or seems that way for now)
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Charging your battery when you first get it does absolutely nothing. Wiping battery stats and callibrating also do absolutely nothing.
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Upload few screens of your battery usage so we can see what is causing such drain. I can tell you already now the screen is the main battery drain. A phone can barely survive 4 hours of heavy usage, especially not on automatic brightness.

DJ Set said:
Upload few screens of your battery usage so we can see what is causing such drain. I can tell you already now the screen is the main battery drain. A phone can barely survive 4 hours of heavy usage, especially not on automatic brightness.
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Yeah ill do that, how do I take a screen shot? Powerbutton + homebutton thing doesn't seem to work for me :S. Today for example iv'e charged the phone 3 times and after the 2nd charge I used to phone for 5 hours and 25m until only a few % of the battery was left. I had juice defender ultimate up and running most of the time and screen time was at around a bit over 2 and a half hours. All I did was some web browsing and mostly menu browsing and setting browsing on the phone and some xda developer browsing with the app. No gaming whatsoever. Really horrible battery... such a pity considering how much I love the phone otherwise. Its no problem when im at home connecting it to the computer with the usb cable all the time but when im actually using the phone outdoors its frustrating as sh*t.

It doesn't really matter what you are doing, you will only get around three hours of screen on time.
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Have you tried easy battery saver, started using it on my HOX over 30HRS ago browsing, video calls and still have 33% life left. If it doesn't work I suggest you return for a replacement. Could be factory defect.
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Ibroe said:
Could be factory defect.
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I reckon it is. My battery lasts me one and a half days to 2 on a stock standard One X.

Ibroe said:
Have you tried easy battery saver, started using it on my HOX over 30HRS ago browsing, video calls and still have 33% life left. If it doesn't work I suggest you return for a replacement. Could be factory defect.
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Yeah, that was the first one I used, it didn't really help but juicedefender on the other hand helps me squeeze out a bit more battery life
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Sounds like a lemon, have it replaced asap. HOX is the only android device I had that gets me through the day w/o charging doing basic stuffs (data always on etc) like what normal people do. I've had sleepless nights last month because my 2-week old GN got pick pocketed battery life for GN in my case was horrible (5 hours).

how do you know if your battery is defective? i'm getting around the same battery life myself :/

This is why unreplaceble batteries suck. I wish I'd bought the s3 instead still though I love the HOX only if the battery was a bit better ffs. Im getting a little bit better battery today but with loads of tweaks, still some 'untweaked' hoxes get better battery lives, still though it seems like there are loads of one x's that have the same issue as I do. Does this mean all one x are different or what?
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Here's some pics of my crappy battery performance.
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I tried calibrating the battery with a play store application. So far I've seen no improvement but I guess it's to early to say.
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okini said:
Here's some pics of my crappy battery performance.
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It its absolutely normal..

Don't use any battery saving app. You battery seems to be normal.
This is my stats.
How you guys getting more than one day .
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Droid Life review says M8 battery life not good ?

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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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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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.

Kmac_thp said:
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.

Shudder123 said:
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.

sebsal said:
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.