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[Q] Battery Life

I'm a bit confused here and hope someone can clear it up for me. Some of the reviews are saying the battery life is under eight hours. However the review from Androidpolice is saying he got 22hrs heavy use and with normal use it could be almost 2 days. Can someone tell me what the battery life is really like?

I suspect the shorter times are referring to performance in a battery run down test where a HD video is put on a loop and played until the device dies.

I have only had mine for 2 days and this is not normal use because of downloads etc... but I believe I'm getting 8-10 hours out of the 2014 edition where I was getting 6-8 hours out of last years Note 10.1. I still have last years model as it is going to ebay soon so I know there is an improvement!

I'm hoping it lasts 9-10 hours at least. Coming from an iPad, I have a feeling the battery life will be one of the worst things about android for me.

I'm getting around 8h. battery life

really enough juice for me
Hello, i am a engineering student and i am very happy about my Battery life.
I Use my P-605 to take notes in the university.
For example, on a day with three lectures.
First Lecture, i use LectureNotes to mark something in the PDF scriptum and write down a few notes.
Second and third, creating a whole Entry which causes that the screen is nearly 95% of the 1,5h Lecture active.
After that, driving home with the bus with listening to music and checking facebook and xda.
The Energy saver made was enabled (because it was implemented for Such reasons) and screen on Auto (+0, +1).
After that day, 70%, not bad, or not?
I used some of the tricks mentioned here in an xda threat to increase the Batterytime.

punkmilitia said:
I'm hoping it lasts 9-10 hours at least. Coming from an iPad, I have a feeling the battery life will be one of the worst things about android for me.
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That's about what I get of screen on time.
At this exact moment I'm on pace for about 9 and a half hours with 2 days on time
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8-9 hours screen time is what mine gets. This is with a 1 minute time out and 20% brightness. If you use the default 30 second time out and auto brightness, you may be able to squeeze out another hour or so.
Go by screen time and not total uptime. One person's "heavy use" is someone else's "casual". I'll use the Note for 5 or 6 hours straight. That will get me down to 30% or thereabouts. As such, I'll never get 2 days out of it or an iPad.

Playing any type of game, even ones that aren't graphically demanding like clash of clans or plants vs zombies 2 drains the battery very very fast, i could lose 50% in 2-3 hours.

Just about hitting 8 with all the extras disabled and just browsing the web and youtube
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depends
davidcave said:
I'm a bit confused here and hope someone can clear it up for me. Some of the reviews are saying the battery life is under eight hours. However the review from Androidpolice is saying he got 22hrs heavy use and with normal use it could be almost 2 days. Can someone tell me what the battery life is really like?
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it really depends on what you do. i watch movies using plex, browse, play games for about 4 hours a day. i recharge my tablet every 3 days. at the time it still has 20%. also note that when it is in stand by mode it loses some charge

[Q] Battery life (I don't own a note 3)

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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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)

Impressed with battery life

I have been impressed with the battery on this phone the last few days. Now that Im up and running with all my apps I gave it some good tests the other day.
On my note 3, while driving with nav and music streaming from google, I would lose about 8-10% an hour.
This weekend I did about 5 hours of total driving, with nav and music on the whole time. With a few phone calls, by the end the of the day, I was still at 46%.
Last night I tested just music. I had a 2 hour round trip. (Hour there, hour back, all highway and the same route, so cell signal would be the same)
Driving down, I started at 80℅ and arrived with 76℅. No music was playing. Phone was ideling.
On my drive back, I started at 75% and ended with 71℅. Music streaming from google the whole time.
I will be testing more, but that is pretty damn impressive in my book.
I will post my settings and turned off apps list later.
Attached is a screen shot of battery use from this weekends driving.

I agree completely. I didn't have the note 3 but I did have the note 2 and this battery dominated it. And the Fast Charge is amazing 50%in 30 mins. WOW
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Extremely satisfied as well. Even with such a powerful display and CPU/GPU this phone still manages to maintain some of the best battery life I've seen in years. Samsung really poured there hearts into this device.
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As am I
I am VERY impressed and HAPPY. Coming from an S3 that would be at 50% by the time I got to my office at 9:30am. Granted I am up early and our work starts the same. I am handling everything first thing before my trek in. Anyway, yesterday I awoke to a full battery and decided to try it out. GPS, calls, email, normal business day type stuff. I had 12% left by the time I fell asleep. NIIIICE

Its 2:20pm here and I'm at 62%. My Note 3 would be about 30-40% at this point.
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It seems the more I use the phone, the better battery life gets... The only time I have seen a considerable drain is when the screen is above 40-50%.
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I'm not that impressed. Don't get me wrong, it's way better than the 4 hours I got on my S4, but I am a seriously heavy user, and I only get about 9 hours before I need to charge. It's largely because my brightness is at 100% but I expected a full day of usage between charges lol

I agree. The more I use the Note 4 the better the battery life "seems" to get. I don't know if it's just settling down or what but it does seem to have improved over the last couple of days.

Screen on time

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Sony Xperia XZ before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

4 to 5 hours at best with auto brightness during day with 4G turned on. Not too bad for a budget phone but no where what I'd accept from a flagship phone that cost this much.

Almost 4 hours of screen time only using Chrome, Messenger, YT and Video Player. 50%-75% Brightness most of the time and Always Wifi On
Haven't tried a lot of mobile data so ill try later this month

I'm using OmniROM btw, for those who are curious

Battery Life

I don't seem to see any questions about the battery life, what is the Screen On Time (SOT) for the Google Pixel 2 XL can people send some screenshots through of there's - Thanks

Bump this thread up. Come on guys don't forget the rest in the back of the bus, it's been 24 hours since some of you have had the phone - initial impressions on the battery life?

They are too busy to send their SOTs !!! ahaha

Million dollar question! Bump!

I've had the phone for just over 24 hours, so it's really too early to know anything definitive. From these 24 hours I can say this:
From a full charge early yesterday afternoon until I went to bed, I had over 6 hours of screen on time with periods of heavy use. When I went to bed, the battery had 26% left. I was on wi-fi most of this time, but I did spend about 2 hours off wi-fi in an area with sketchy signal.
This morning I've had a lot of work to do, so the phone has pretty much just been sitting untouched. 6 hours off the charger, on wi-fi, 31 minutes of screen on time, and the phone is at 98% (push/sync is off, ambient display off). I find that to be incredibly promising considering my original Pixel XL would have at best been down into the 80s on the battery percentage in the same scenario.
So far, I'm very happy with what I'm seeing out of the battery. But like I said, it's still too early to really tell where things will settle in. There are many reviews out there that go into more detail about battery life over a longer period, so I'd recommend checking those out until others here have had more time with the phone.

Sounds to be on par with my note 8, I'm hoping it's better

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Sounds to be on par with my note 8, I'm hoping it's better
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I used the Note 8 for a week and was never able to get more than 5 hours of screen on time under the same circumstances. Standby time also wasn't as good. I'll see how the next several days go with the 2 XL, but it's already impressing me more than the Note 8 on battery life.

bsweetness said:
I used the Note 8 for a week and was never able to get more than 5 hours of screen on time under the same circumstances. Standby time also wasn't as good. I'll see how the next several days go with the 2 XL, but it's already impressing me more than the Note 8 on battery life.
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Ive been averaging 6-7.5 hours sot with note 8, usually overnight it'll lose 2% which I thought was great, but I have high hopes for the pixel 2 xl with 8.0, I would imagine your battery life will only get better in next couple charges

bsweetness said:
I used the Note 8 for a week and was never able to get more than 5 hours of screen on time under the same circumstances. Standby time also wasn't as good. I'll see how the next several days go with the 2 XL, but it's already impressing me more than the Note 8 on battery life.
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My XL is much better than the my N8
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My XL is much better than the my N8
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That what I'm seeing as well a day and a half in on the Pixel 2 XL.

I've had only 1 full day and only got it down to 50% with 3.5 hrs of SOT. I don't game and use the phone for YouTube and email and browsing only

Sounds promising so far... I've always liked the pixels SO time
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Battery life is amazing

Bout like my 6p

Consistent
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Used last night almost non-stop. Browsing, videos, games, Bluetooth on, GPS on, Wi-Fi off. Off charger at 1030 PM last night, 100%. Now at 7%. 7 hours 9 minutes SOT. Not too bad.

Badger50 said:
Bout like my 6p
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How in the hell were you getting 6+hrs sot with 6p?? I get 4.5 on average.

bsg411 said:
How in the hell were you getting 6+hrs sot with 6p?? I get 4.5 on average.
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I'm just lucky I guess. I'm not a heavy user. No social media stuff, no games, YouTube once in a while, wifi much of the time. Lots of phone calls, texts, and xda browsing. My 6p is 2 years old and still works great. I do have a P2XL on order, so I hope it works well. I will miss the ease, and amount of development on the 6p. But I'll definitely keep it for my backup :good:

Badger50 said:
I'm just lucky I guess. I'm not a heavy user. No social media stuff, no games, YouTube once in a while, wifi much of the time. Lots of phone calls, texts, and xda browsing. My 6p is 2 years old and still works great. I do have a P2XL on order, so I hope it works well. I will miss the ease, and amount of development on the 6p. But I'll definitely keep it for my backup :good:
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Oh ok.....Your usage makes sense. I love my 6p....I had mine almost 2 years but the battery started dying prematurely so they replaced it out of warranty and without me having to use my Nexus protect either....and it was the rep's suggestion to see if he could attempt to do it this way.
I will miss my 6p....I don't like the pixel designs but then again I didn't like the 6p at first either....the best thing about them is how distinct they are from other phones. I also don't like the 18:9 ratio. 16:9 is better....the new ratio may feel better but it doesn't look better to me. But almost all phones are doing it.....actually what makes it worst is front facing speakers make the phone have to be even taller which sucks....the additional tallness looks better with a wider 16:9 ratio like in the 6p.

Got the phone Thursday afternoon with about 60%. Threw it on the charger around 6am Friday, but didn't quite get a full charge before I had to leave the house. Turned the phone on and it was somewhere in the 92-95% range (can't remember which exactly). At one point last night I checked and it was at like 7.5hrs SOT, which blew me away since I still had 20+% left (and I've been using Shamu for the last few months, which was back on the charger everyday by noon haha)! Took a look at the battery stats before I went to bed around midnight, and I still had 12% remaining, and the SOT was 8.39hrs! Granted, I'm not doing anything terribly intensive at this point in my life, as most of my usage consists of Messages, Chrome Beta, Inbox, Maps, some YouTube, some Duo and a few phone calls, but still! Obviously that was the first charge, and we'll see what happens as things settle, but we're off to a good start...got myself a full charge today, so I'm excited to see where she's at tonight haha
I'm a dope for not screenshotting it, but hopefully the results will be similar today so I can share