S8 battery life

[johnmcc0710]

I plan to go to T-mobile tomorrow and look at the S8 and S8 +. I currently have the S7 edge but I like the S8 when looking at battery size I am not impressed with the S8.

What are other thoughts and experiences? I know few have hands on.

Thank you

 

[smooth4lyfe]

A lot of the reviewers have said the battery lasts longer than the S7 Edge, so I think you have not much to worry about

 

[flyingkytez]

The smaller chipset means less battery consumption and better performance. Really can't wait to see how it performs. Phones are becoming more efficient.

 

[Nakrohtap]

Unless you are off the grid often and away from a power source, this shouldn't be any concern. I never thought twice about it when ordering. More concerned about overall size. The slightly smaller battery will also charge slightly faster as well.

 

[johnmcc0710]

Thanks,. I will head to the store today and look at both and decide.

 

[rpoli86]

This is what I'm most concerned about. My Note 5 battery has been awful on Marshmallow.

 

[Adranalyne]

The 10nm process on the Snapdragon 835 is going to help, but so is the more efficient display. If I'm not mistaken, I think DisplayMate tagged this display as 10% more efficient than the prior gen on the S7. Given that the display is the biggest battery drain, I'm hoping that added efficiency offsets the larger display.

 

[Cobravision]

The S8+ lasts a bit longer than the S7 Edge with a slightly smaller battery. I assume the S8 will last a bit longer than the S7 with the same size battery, but won't reach the S7 Edge.

On paper, the 835 is 40% more efficient than last year's. But your screen is easily half of your consumption, so it won't be a 40% savings across the board. The display may be 10% more efficient, but the screen has grown ~15% from the S7. So that's a wash at best. So you're looking at a 20% increase in battery life, tops, based purely on CPU related functions. The gsmarena test shows the S8+ is a bit over 9% improved over the S7 Edge, but with a 3% smaller battery. So the S8 will probably be 10% better than the S7.

 

[EMGSM]

The smaller chipset means less battery consumption and better performance. Really can't wait to see how it performs. Phones are becoming more efficient.

I can't wait to check it out as well. I have high hopes for the chipset.

The 10nm process on the Snapdragon 835 is going to help, but so is the more efficient display. If I'm not mistaken,

That's right, they said that basically even though the S8 has a larger screen the power consumption is relatively the same as the S7 due to having a more efficient display.

 

[jcp007]

You guys are making the wait for the GS8 unbearable. LOL.

 

[Soggly]

You guys are making the wait for the GS8 unbearable. LOL.

2 entire weeks..

 

[Nakrohtap]

2 entire weeks..

...max. Hopefully, less.

 

[EMGSM]

This looks like more good news as far as S8 battery life.

 

[20blks]

https://youtu.be/X7P5xqKsce4

 

[kramer5150]

Wow... 7+ hours SOT, without taking drastic measures to trim anything down. Thats impressive.

 

[1901Madison]

Wow... 7+ hours SOT, without taking drastic measures to trim anything down. Thats impressive.

I see 5:50 SOT. Where do you see 7 hours?

 

[wolfedude88]

I see 5:50 SOT. Where do you see 7 hours?

Its in the video right above. The s8 has 5hr 50m SOT, but 7 hr 7m for the s8+

 

[kramer5150]

I see 5:50 SOT. Where do you see 7 hours?

Its in the video linked

 

[Viscomi4444]

Granted that video was done with the exynos version and on full HD but with brightness at max.

The snapdragon 835 should be about the same as the exynos version regarding the battery life and from my experiences, full HD and wqhd didn't really make a difference on my battery life. I don't use full brightness neither.

All in all, the US variants should be close to the exynos variants.

 

[20blks]

The battery life is finally coming into our favor it seems