HTC One M8 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 battery drain test.

[Habiib]

I found this clip where the One M8 and S5 where both given the same test for seeing how long the battery lasts during video playback. To say the least, this wasn't even close (M8 lasted 7 hours and S5 lasted 5.5 hours). I give this some credence, since it actually shows the graph for the battery stats and gives granular detail of the testing methods.

Samsung Galaxy S5 vs HTC One M8: Battery Life: Samsung Galaxy S5 vs HTC One M8: Battery Life - YouTube

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[warpdrive]

If all you do is watch videos, then you have a clear winner. Personally, I use my phone for much more.
But both should have great battery life.

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[I Can Be Your Hero]

How does it do that? Are AMOLED screens worse for battery life or something?

I'm pretty sure the GS5 has the larger battery, so it *should* have had the better battery life.

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[LCFC Tom]

Z1 had a large battery but had many reports of bad battery life. Suppose it settings and software as well

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[Skyway]

How does it do that? Are AMOLED screens worse for battery life or something?

I'm pretty sure the GS5 has the larger battery, so it *should* have had the better battery life.

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Software optimizations. Sense 6 is a lot lighter, more refined ui than most others. Battery size (maH) alone isn't enough, you need to be able to manage that battery as well

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[Skyway]

I found this clip where the One M8 and S5 where both given the same test for seeing how long the battery lasts during video playback. To say the least, this wasn't even close (M8 lasted 7 hours and S5 lasted 5.5 hours). I give this some credence, since it actually shows the graph for the battery stats and gives granular detail of the testing methods.

Samsung Galaxy S5 vs HTC One M8: Battery Life: Samsung Galaxy S5 vs HTC One M8: Battery Life - YouTube

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It looked like he was using a gpe m8, which might or might not affect battery life. Just thought I would point that out

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[TriBeard92]

I don't think so. The signal bar/notification bar icons look like sense 6 icons. He's probably just got nova launcher on there.

 

[kandekilla]

You can see the Nova Launcher icon in the dock. Stock M8 with 3rd party Launcher. Looks like the S5 is running Nova as well.

 

[Skyway]

Gotcha, the background, widgets, and icons looked like stock android.

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[UJ95x]

It looked like he was using a gpe m8, which might or might not affect battery life. Just thought I would point that out

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That would very likely play a big part. From what I've seen: TouchWiz S5 > Sense M8 for battery life.

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[law2010]

That would very likely play a big part. From what I've seen: TouchWiz S5 > Sense M8 for battery life.

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Both phones were using Nova Launcher and just for the record, TouchWiz is less efficient than Sense 6.

Neither phone used was GPE. Take a look again and you can see it is Nova Launcher, which means the phones are being pitted against each other with the same launcher. I am guessing they used the same launcher to try and make the phones as even with each other as possible for testing.

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[UJ95x]

Both phones were using Nova Launcher and just for the record, TouchWiz is less efficient than Sense 6.

Neither phone used was GPE. Take a look again and you can see it is Nova Launcher, which means the phones are being pitted against each other with the same launcher. I am guessing they used the same launcher to try and make the phones as even with each other as possible for testing.

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Yeah, I saw that after I replied. Sense may be more efficient, but like I said, I have seen better results on the S5 in terms of battery life.

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[KoukiFC3S]

As much as I love my M8 I do know that amoled phones do better with movie playback battery tests. Very odd.

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[fernandez21]

As much as I love my M8 I do know that amoled phones do better with movie playback battery tests. Very odd.

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I depends on what the video is. Amoled does better with black because it shuts off the pixels, so if your watching something like the dark Knight or gravity an amoled screen will do better. However as far as I know they are worse for battery on anything bright or white, so if you watch something like castaway with lots of daytime scenes with bright sunlight and white sand a regular LCD screen will be better for battery life. No this may have changed with newer amoled panels, but I know that was the case at least a year or so ago.