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Hey,
I have a chance to buy this phone used for 70$ with one scratch on top of the screen. Digitizer is still working perfectly. I will probably replace it in future.
What about performance? I watched some gaming videos on youtube, everything looks smooth. San Andreas is also smooth. What do you think?
I have this phone for half year and i want rid of it quicky. Big problems with wifi (I repaired it 10 times) and battery drain (I have HOX+ battery, still worst). Dont buy dat ****. Get some new Motorola!
what about HTC One X+? Do you know anything about it?
Its better, but battery drain and overheating is still bad
If your hox have issues that doesnt mean its bad phone and other have issues. Build quality is great only battery is not the best but holds a day for me
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Battery is the biggest drawback for the HOX, even the + model is poor, especially when comparing with devices like the LG G2.
$70 is a decent price for the phone but jut beware of sub-standard battery life.
Does it hold at least 7 hours with medium usage? What about gaming performance? Does any game lag?
It holds for me 10-12 h with medium usage
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What about gaming?
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What about gaming?
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Like others told you before me, battery doesn't last that long. Actually, they put it quite lightly, I would say that battery life is absolutely horrible. Also, the phone will heat up quite a lot during gaming (at least mine does) if you don't underclock and undervolt it. So, don't expect stellar gaming performance.
Then, there's the above-mentioned wifi issue too. Some phones come with this issue, but it's easily fixable. I was able to fix mine with no prior knowledge of phone hardware.
But, on the other hand, $70 for it is not that bad, I would go for it. Just, keep in mind its biggest drawback, the battery life.
Hi Guys!
I'm currently looking for a new phone. I can only buy midrange phones atm and since the G4 and S6 are released, I expect both of their predecessor's price will go lower. Apparently, I'm torn between the previous flagships, G3 and S5, which is still of course still capable now. I really like the G3 over the s5 but I am bothered by the battery life that most people say is bad. I mostly need the phone to school at around 12 hrs off the charger. At school I usually just text and call a few times, take pictures and notes, occasional time wasting games on breaks and also I listen to music on trips to and from school [approx 1.5 hrs of music]. My question is, will the G3's battery be capable of that amount of usage? Or will I benefit on the S5 on this? Thanks in Advance!
Captain Mark said:
Hi Guys!
I'm currently looking for a new phone. I can only buy midrange phones atm and since the G4 and S6 are released, I expect both of their predecessor's price will go lower. Apparently, I'm torn between the previous flagships, G3 and S5, which is still of course still capable now. I really like the G3 over the s5 but I am bothered by the battery life that most people say is bad. I mostly need the phone to school at around 12 hrs off the charger. At school I usually just text and call a few times, take pictures and notes, occasional time wasting games on breaks and also I listen to music on trips to and from school [approx 1.5 hrs of music]. My question is, will the G3's battery be capable of that amount of usage? Or will I benefit on the S5 on this? Thanks in Advance!
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That's very similar to my daily usage pattern and my G3 never died on me. You can expect between 4-5h of screen on time. It really depends on your signal, if you live in a poor signal area, any phone will take a hit in battery life.
The majority of people who complain about G3's battery life came from a G2 or similar phones, and they're used to getting 6+ h of screen on time. For them, it was a downgrade in the battery department.
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That's very similar to my daily usage pattern and my G3 never died on me. You can expect between 4-5h of screen on time. It really depends on your signal, if you live in a poor signal area, any phone will take a hit in battery life.
The majority of people who complain about G3's battery life came from a G2 or similar phones, and they're used to getting 6+ h of screen on time. For them, it was a downgrade in the battery department.
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Now I'm starting to get really excited to get this phone more, well, another question, are there any major gripes on this phone? Also coming from an old phone with a really mediocre battery life (Xperia Sola), I think the battery life of this is definitely enough. Based on what I read before, It's mostly the battery, but as you said, based on my usage, I would get throughout the day easily, so the batteries are crossed out. Any other major thing (flaw?) you would say?
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Now I'm starting to get really excited to get this phone more, well, another question, are there any major gripes on this phone? Also coming from an old phone with a really mediocre battery life (Xperia Sola), I think the battery life of this is definitely enough. Based on what I read before, It's mostly the battery, but as you said, based on my usage, I would get throughout the day easily, so the batteries are crossed out. Any other major thing (flaw?) you would say?
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It's all relevant, some things that annoy some people might not be an issue for others, and vice versa.
For me, there are 2 things i don't like about the G3, but they are not that big of a deal, i can live with them. The first is i would've liked if the display can get a bit brighter (especially on very sunny days). The second, coming from the last 4 generations of nexus devices, i miss the software fluidity of stock android, despite that i appreciate some of the feature additions LG has thrown in their "skin".
All in all, i would take the G3 over the Galaxy S5 anytime.
Ok, I went to a local LG store in my place and played on the LG G3 a bit. The G4 was there, and I'm drooling over it, the leather back was so nice. Ok ok back to my question. After using it for a few minutes, I noticed the brightness to be low and I checked it, it was at 90%. My problem is as I am trying to increase it, there's a warning shown that the temp was high so I can't increase it more. My question is, does it happen often? The overheating?
As an LG G 3 power user I can confirm that the phone will indeed heat up from time to time, however, the phone you played with was most likely plugged in to a charger from what I can read.
Any phone that's being charged up and used at the same time will get hot, it simply puts more strain on the battery.
You should be able to get the 12 hours you need out of your device on a full charge, especially with the power save g to that come with it, however don't expect do go a full day (24hrs) without it having to hit the cradle.
I hope this helps.
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As an LG G 3 power user I can confirm that the phone will indeed heat up from time to time, however, the phone you played with was most likely plugged in to a charger from what I can read.
Any phone that's being charged up and used at the same time will get hot, it simply puts more strain on the battery.
You should be able to get the 12 hours you need out of your device on a full charge, especially with the power save g to that come with it, however don't expect do go a full day (24hrs) without it having to hit the cradle.
I hope this helps.
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Indeed it was plugged. So I guess it is indeed because of that. It's ok for me if I need to charge it everyday, as long as it can last for 12 hrs. Thanks!
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Indeed it was plugged. So I guess it is indeed because of that. It's ok for me if I need to charge it everyday, as long as it can last for 12 hrs. Thanks!
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You can expect much much much better battery life with G3 or S5 than your soon-to-be-ex-phone Xperia Sola.
Both G3 and S5 almost the same battery life, even though G3 is better in standby time.
If you buy G3, immediately update it to latest version. Your phone will not overheat ever, like mine never did
Only hard gaming for a 1hr+ time can make it overheat.
Well...Depends. I don't think it'll last for 12 hours. You get 5hours of SOT only on the lowest brightness setting, higher the brightness lower the SOT. For me in school it lasts for 8 hours max, then gotta charge it. Also it's true I'm using it most of the time for 4G so that may be why.
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You can expect much much much better battery life with G3 or S5 than your soon-to-be-ex-phone Xperia Sola.
Both G3 and S5 almost the same battery life, even though G3 is better in standby time.
If you buy G3, immediately update it to latest version. Your phone will not overheat ever, like mine never did
Only hard gaming for a 1hr+ time can make it overheat.
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I really think it's battery life would be enough, as what you all said, also since I can manage to use my sola for that amount of time which has a ridiculously short battery life. Hahaha! XD. Also thanks for the info! I'll definitely update it, to get a taste of the lollipop's sweetness.
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Well...Depends. I don't think it'll last for 12 hours. You get 5hours of SOT only on the lowest brightness setting, higher the brightness lower the SOT. For me in school it lasts for 8 hours max, then gotta charge it. Also it's true I'm using it most of the time for 4G so that may be why.
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I only use 3g (H+ is enough for me), so definitely/ probably I can get it pass that 12 hr mark. Signal was a bit of a problem though at school, since the school is near a jail, they seem to have network jammers installed. Weird.
Reading all the reviews and comparisons of this phone to other flagships before I bought it, I thought I was going to be settling for sub-par battery life. I bought an extra charger for work so that I could make sure I had enough juice throughout the day.
But now, I feel like I've been lied to. This phone has the best battery life I've ever seen on a stock ROM. I'm never below 70% at the end of the day, and I average about 4-5 hours of screen-on time. My battery usage screen usually estimates that I'll get between 28-36 hours of life out of my battery. I charge it every night, so I haven't tested that.
Am I the only one? Did I get lucky? I really don't understand all the fuss I've seen about the battery.
I've only had mine a couple of days but it seems okay to me, better than my HTC One (m7). I ran it down to 20% last night after loading programs and playing with it all day, several phone calls, streaming Rhapsody for a couple of hours. I didn't check the stats but it was off the charger for about 14 1/2 hours. I have marginal cell service in the building where I work and that has always contributed to excessive battery drain. Overall I'm pleased, haven't had an LG phone since the flip days.
I think many people having battery problems are with T-Mobile. They've got a piece of support bloatware that kills the battery, and people in areas of poor coverage (T-Mobile!) will consume a lot also. Plus, both these things heat the phone up so it will charge slower.
My battery drains a lot faster when I setup few things.
In smart lock set trusted places. (this keep on checking for location every few minutes)
Enabled google now for all screens .
With these two the battery drained like open tap; disabled both of em and its very good for such a screen.
My G2 had much better battery life than the G4 . I've debloated , factory restored, turned off location, lowered brightness etc... My free battery will be coming shortly so I hope it is better
This should help answer your question. I have the worst screen on time with this phone, I hit over 3 hours maybe twice. 2 hr 30 mins is usually all i get. I attached 1000 screenshots to prove that lol. Get 4 hrs SOT easy on my M9 and Nexus 6. Fortunately, standby time is glorious on this phone.
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This should help answer your question. I have the worst screen on time with this phone, I hit over 3 hours maybe twice. 2 hr 30 mins is usually all i get. I attached 1000 screenshots to prove that lol. Get 4 hrs SOT easy on my M9 and Nexus 6. Fortunately, standby time is glorious on this phone.
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Wow! I wonder why we have such drastically different results. I'm using the Verizon variant (VS986). Which network is yours on?
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Wow! I wonder why we have such drastically different results. I'm using the Verizon variant (VS986). Which network is yours on?
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Verizon of course lol
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Verizon of course lol
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Lol... I was thinking I posted this in the general (non-carrier-specific) forum.
Definitely not the g2 battery, but more than sufficient. Usually charge every other night 3-4 hours of sot. Minor debloating done.
Current stats... This is over 13 hours, went to the zoo and took a lot of pictures of the little one.
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I get the same battery usage with the G4 "stock" as I did with the G2 "ROM'd and Rooted" which I would assume after the G4 is ROM'd and Rooted it will be better.
I went almost 4 days at one point with out charging my G2. Granted it was lighter use, but still.
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This phone has the best battery life I've ever seen on a smartphone, period. And although I haven't been around for awhile, my first rooted smartphone was the HTC Evo, and there have literally been hundreds in between then, and now. So it's safe to say, that I've got my experience to be able to judge what's good and what's not. And although it's just my personal opinion, or I just got LG's one and only "super" smartphone that no one else got, and my battery is unlike anyone else's, it's highly unlikely. This battery is the shiznit, hands down. Not to mention, the LG G Pad X8.3, not to be confused with the older LG G pad 8.3, also has amazing battery life, and pretty much is just awesome all around. No lag, excellent wifi connection, excellent cellular reception, and, the specs are up to date if not advanced. Lg doing their thing right now, we just need to figure out a bootloader unlock and root, and we're good to go.
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This phone has the best battery life I've ever seen on a smartphone, period. And although I haven't been around for awhile, my first rooted smartphone was the HTC Evo, and there have literally been hundreds in between then, and now. So it's safe to say, that I've got my experience to be able to judge what's good and what's not. And although it's just my personal opinion, or I just got LG's one and only "super" smartphone that no one else got, and my battery is unlike anyone else's, it's highly unlikely. This battery is the shiznit, hands down. Not to mention, the LG G Pad X8.3, not to be confused with the older LG G pad 8.3, also has amazing battery life, and pretty much is just awesome all around. No lag, excellent wifi connection, excellent cellular reception, and, the specs are up to date if not advanced. Lg doing their thing right now, we just need to figure out a bootloader unlock and root, and we're good to go.
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Yeah, this sounds like the kind of experience I'm having, which doesn't seem to be typical from what I've read. Maybe we're just lucky.
the only time I get crappy battery life is when I am at work and that's a weak signal area. While I'm at home I easily get 4 hours screen time and still have around 20% battery left. Very happy with the battery life.
Battery life reports are always going to be subjective. You never know the full use of a device. Most people focus on data, WiFi, brightness, sot, GPS, and Bluetooth. Never really here much about what apps and what's running in the background.
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Battery life reports are always going to be subjective. You never know the full use of a device. Most people focus on data, WiFi, brightness, sot, GPS, and Bluetooth. Never really here much about what apps and what's running in the background.
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Agreed. I average only 2hr 30 mins SOT, but then, I keep my brightness on 100%, wi-fi always off. I go same settings on other phones, but get like 4 hrs, but weaker standy-by time
I'm in the same boat as the OP. I've been so surprised with all the people screaming about battery life and I'm like really? Because I haven't been able to kill this thing in a day yet. I am rarely below the 40's % mark at worst when I go to bed. I got the spare battery kit from LG but I haven't had to use it once. I suppose I'm just not as much of a power user as I once thought lol.
For those getting great battery life with 4+ hours SOT, out of curiosity, what screen brightness are you guys using? Do you have auto-brightness enabled? What apps are you actually using? etc. etc. etc.
I have found that the battery life on this phone, so far for me has been about average. No worse or better than I expected. I typically keep my brightness around 50%, have wifi on, and play a fair amount of games. I think the games running are what kills it for me for the most part. If I'm not gaming I can't possibly see using 4+ hours SOT. I get bored of reading things fairly easily.
That being said I just killed a bunch of bloatware verizon had manifested into my phone for no other reason than to make us angry. I also installed greenify to stop some background apps from running. I'm very interested to see if it gets better going forward.
Use lux from the app store for auto brightness. You can tailor to your preference.
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Hello XDA!
I'm here seeking for some advice.
I'm a happy owner of an LG G4 since November 2015.
Phone has been running great (minus boot-loop, now fixed, last September).
Recently I've been noticing battery drains much faster, with the same usage as usual.
I know battery life is a thing, but having never changed a battery, I'm not sure if that means it's time to replace it yet.
I've been using 'Accubattery' for a few days, and out of 3000mAh, it reports 1980mAh, 66% health. Voltage is pretty much always at 3/4 (above 4mV, the bars turns orange sometimes aswell. Not sure if that means something)
Having never used this app before, I wanted to have a second opinion about this result, before I spend money on a new battery.
Notes:
- Last week I decided to try Resurrection Remix, and battery has been going pretty great. Although I reverted back to stock due the lack of a proper camera app/loss of camera features.
- I've been testing various kernels these days. SimpleGX is the one I've been using for the longest, and the early days (months ago) battery life has been great with it. I still use SimpleGX, but battery life drains by 1% every 10 minutes the screen is on more or less.
- In the past, when I was still using the phone fully stock, it used to get really hot (once it even triggered the 'overheating' error). I heard heat could drastically reduce battery life, so maybe... Overheating hasn't been an issue since I started using SimpleGX.
Thanks in advance.
I think all of us LG G4 owners who had owned it for more than a year has been complaining of short bad battery life just like me, on Accubattery app my battery health is currently at 72% (2152 mah out of 3000 mah), like I get maximum 3.5 hours SOT , So I think it's best time for most people to buy a new battery but for me I'm used to a power bank. In few months time I can't wait to purchase an LG G6! I'm giving more time to the LG G4 because in few months time let's see if my battery health drops below 72% of health. Can't say if the battery used to the heat from the CPU specially while charging? That heat might have degraded the capacity of the battery Happy that the LG G6 has thermal pipes and a much better CPU SD 821 that might not heat the battery in long term use
It could be time. If you ever played games heavily like pokemon go or done anything in general which sustained heat long term, it will slowly kill your battery health. With that being said these batteries do tend to go bad pretty quick especially after around the 1 year mark. I personally opted for the power bear extended battery and and nothing but good to report since then. I highly would recommend going for a new battery. Easy and cheap solution
Not a fan of Pokemon Go, but while using it completely stock, it often went hot for long time.
It stopped only after I started using a custom kernel, but I'd say I spent about 6 months with that already.
Not a fan of those extended battery, mainly due the aesthetic factor, but that's more a personal thing.
I will be ordering a new battery soon (Aukey one). Thanks for the advice
Is the 13 beta 4.1 is better than 12 in terms of battery life?
How is the battery life for heavy users?
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Is the 13 beta 4.1 is better than 12 in terms of battery life?
How is the battery life for heavy users?
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How does being corpulent have anything to do with battery life?
I would say that it is not as good as A12 stable. However, this could just be due to that fact that it is still a beta image. There will be an official release of A13 images in the near future. So, if I were you, I would wait until the official release before updating.
Battery life is miles better on A13 it's hard for me to kill the battery on A13, after a full 12 hours I still have around 20-30% left, and that's with music and YouTube and cod mobile and daily use of course
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Battery life is miles better on A13 it's hard for me to kill the battery on A13, after a full 12 hours I still have around 20-30% left, and that's with music and YouTube and cod mobile and daily use of course
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On 4.1?
I'm unsure if i have a dodgy handset because I had crappy battery life on both A12 and A13.
That being said, I did get my phone near enough launch so unsure if it's just a weird early batch
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I'm unsure if i have a dodgy handset because I had crappy battery life on both A12 and A13.
That being said, I did get my phone near enough launch so unsure if it's just a weird early batch
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I also got mine around launch and my battery capacity is at around 94% now.. so that slightly contributes to battery life too
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I'm unsure if i have a dodgy handset because I had crappy battery life on both A12 and A13.
That being said, I did get my phone near enough launch so unsure if it's just a weird early batch
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You probably don't have a dodgy handset.
I know that people most generally, skeptically ignore my comments on cases and heat retention being one of the worst contributing factors to the shorter battery life on some Pixel 6 devices - but it's disturbingly true. At the end of a day with light usage, my phone is usually sitting between 10-20% battery remaining. But, if I remove my case for a day over the weekend and put my phone through the same usage pattern (or possibly more), the battery is usually sitting between 20-40% by nightfall.
I kid ya not, but heat retention with this particular phone happens to cause the battery to drain faster than many may find fit =). And just a pro tip, but generally speaking, any phone chips manufactured by Samsung tend to generate a bit more heat than the alternative chips that are available.
*Edit* - To clarify, Google's Tensor chip was indeed manufactured by Samsung.
*Edit 2.0* - I had forgotten to mention that leaving 5G enabled also has a relatively large impact on the battery drain when the device's temperature stays high. So, if you have battery problems, try disabling 5G before bed and see what happens with your battery usage the following day.
Battery life is abysmal on the stock 12. I keep reading that Google is running tons of services in the background but have no proof of that. If so and if they are for marketing rather than usability, Google should rethink its strategy, because, after this, I am not getting yet another Pixel. I swore the same after the Pixel 3XL, but this time I have learned my lesson.
I love the camera and it would be a great phone for traveling, but if I use Maps and take 20-40 photos, the P6P dies in about 6 hrs. If I listen to Youtube with the screen off, it dies even sooner.
I even turn off 5G, which should not be required on a phone for which I paid over $1k.
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I know that people most generally, skeptically ignore my comments on cases and heat retention being one of the worst contributing factors to the shorter battery life on some Pixel 6 devices - but it's disturbingly true. At the end of a day with light usage, my phone is usually sitting between 10-20% battery remaining. But, if I remove my case for a day over the weekend and put my phone through the same usage pattern (or possibly more), the battery is usually sitting between 20-40% by nightfall.
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The battery life is really terrible and I have the feeling that those who are happy come from older Pixels with even worse batteries.
I will try it without a case for a few days. I looked for bumpers only and while there are some nice aluminum ones for the iPhone, there is nothing for the Pixels. So if you are right and battery life is better without a case, we don't even have the option of protecting just the edges
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You probably don't have a dodgy handset.
I know that people most generally, skeptically ignore my comments on cases and heat retention being one of the worst contributing factors to the shorter battery life on some Pixel 6 devices - but it's disturbingly true. At the end of a day with light usage, my phone is usually sitting between 10-20% battery remaining. But, if I remove my case for a day over the weekend and put my phone through the same usage pattern (or possibly more), the battery is usually sitting between 20-40% by nightfall.
I kid ya not, but heat retention with this particular phone happens to cause the battery to drain faster than many may find fit =). And just a pro tip, but generally speaking, any phone chips manufactured by Samsung tend to generate a bit more heat than the alternative chips that are available.
*Edit* - To clarify, Google's Tensor chip was indeed manufactured by Samsung.
*Edit 2.0* - I had forgotten to mention that leaving 5G enabled also has a relatively large impact on the battery drain when the device's temperature stays high. So, if you have battery problems, try disabling 5G before bed and see what happens with your battery usage the following day.
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Exynos chips are notoriously hot and Google have basically made an even hotter one by giving Tensor two X-1 cores.
13 stable on my phone takes forever to charge the battery doesn't matter if it's wireless or with the cord.. Totally blows
I tried using the phone without a case for a couple of days and did not notice any improvement in terms of battery life.
I just updated to Android 13 final OTA and am crossing my fingers that there is at least some battery life optimization since Google must be aware of all the complaints.
Such a large battery should last considerably longer than it does on the Pixel 6 Pro.