the current discussion is wrongly headed. There are people complaining about bad battery with 4-5hr sot, there are people beinf happy with 3 hr sot. There are people suggesting 7hr sot.
If people don't even know what are the average expectation, there is no way to tell him or her if the phone is normal or not, or if there is a problem to be worried about at all..
The real controversial issue is that there is no issue with battery life.
I don't care what Andrew said in the podcast, he is dead wrong. While there are always going to be phones that just don't work for us no matter what, and some well respected members like my friend hero who just can't do well with his S6 in his country, or some others who are on T-Mobile. There really isn't a real battery issue.
Sure lollypop has some bugs that drain battery life, but nothing like we see on broken or phones like we watched with T-Mobile. If your phone is not a lemon and it has great firmware for your radios you should have 5 to 6 hours of SoT regardless that you may find cell standby listed in the battery setting. Some depending on use will get more SoT and total standby. Some will get less.
I've tested my phone in two ways. One way with everything turned on, and another with everything on but a few tweaks to add some battery life (such as wifi on but always scanning off). I get an extra hour of SoT and 2 extra hours of standby with the tweaks. Both tests are as follows....
3 hours of gaming (DH5, hearthstone, PBA bowling)
At least 1 hour of YouTube
1 hour of web browsing
Some light texts, email, bla, bla
Everything syncing but social media. Located services turned on with phone tracking services and geotaging on photos and videos.
Tests are stopped and screen shot as close to 20% remaining battery or completed fully and then pics are recorded no matter what the remainder is of battery. Both tests completed before the 20 percentile.
Auto brightness is too dim for me indoors so I set it to 35% or if gaming or watching videos it's at 50% brightness. Outdoors it is always on auto.
There is no way that with my results that anyone can say that with over 5 hours of screen on time and 16 hours of standby with everything turned on is poor battery life on AT&T. Yet Andrew says on the podcast that the S6 is so bad with battery life "that the only way you are going to get good battery life is with your S6 on your desk doing nothing."
You can't tell me that he doesn't know that others not on T-Mobile are doing battery wise. You can't tell me that Andrew hasn't seen my screen shots that are listed in almost every battery thread, sometimes multiple times. You can't tell me that Phil is not once again trying to start controversy against Samsung like the S4 vs m7 just two years ago. Nobody could even keep a straight face and was laughing every time they were talking about the battery.
There will always be issues with all new releases. But bugs will be fixed. Issues will be solved. The S6 is far from perfect.
There will always be exceptions and some no matter what will have awfully bad battery life. But truly, there is no battery issue globally.
As for trying to understand what is normal for battery life, everyones battery life will be different but it should last you approximately the same or better battery life compared to the S4 or m7 with slightly better SoT or standby. If such phones were used by you and you were fine with the battery life then you'll be happier with the S6 even with the lollypop issues.
I'll repost the screen shots once again here if requested. I normally don't care what others think when it comes to what phone I should buy. I buy what is best for me as I tell others to do and not what is popular or hip at the moment. I'm in no way defending my purchase. I couldn't care less if people like our hate the phone. But when all you are seeing is battery threads questioning what is really going on it takes a toll when all the proof is out there and yet people are still worried? There is no battery issue with the S6 unless you have a lemon, have bad firmware for your county or carrier, or are on T-Mobile and refuse to change a setting or what seems like changing what wifi band you use.
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