The S4 will always have better battery life. Because the battery can be upgraded. The best battery life will never come from phones with embedded batteries.
Which Phone has better battery life? S4 or HTC ONE?
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There is no damage to the battery if you're topping it off during the day. If the battery dissipates over the day and you want to plug it in before you leave from work, do so.
mrbootcrm
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Charge it as often as you can. The less you let it discharge the longer the battery will remain healthy. If you can charge it charge it. Letting the battery run low to empty is actually pretty bad for battery health.
Coming from an iPhone to the One, I don't get quite the battery life, but I didn't expect it. Overall I've been happy with the battery life of the One.
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Habiib
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My battery life has been amazing. I can easily go more than 1 day between charges. Also the battery doesn't discharge as much as other phones when I'm web browsing, taking pictures, and recording videos.
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I switched to the S4 from the ONE for numerous reasons...
wanted the larger S4 screen and latest Gorilla screen (since I don't use screen protector),
ONE fonts seemed narrow,
ONE felt rough w/sharper edges when holding,
even though I knew it when I purchased the one...mentally I realized I wanted a replaceable battery...what if I do keep it for 2 years and have trouble selling the One since the battery is 2 years old?,
decided the replaceable cover of the S4 could be an advantage at sell time,
lighter and shorter S4 is an advantage for me.
I think the primary reason is the 5" screen...some say it's not a major difference but for myself it is...
using the ONE basically meant using my reading glasses 100%, using the S4...I can get buy much of the time w/o reading glasses unless I'm cruising web pages, magazines, etc.
I am not dogging the ONE since it is pretty nice...but these were just the thought processes I went through when I decided to switch...glad I did however.
...
Oh yeah, my battery life on the S4 has gotten MUCH better but I was forced to use "Green Power" and turn off most of the Google Location stuff (maps, latitude, etc...). I've also disabled a few apps via application manager since I'm trying to avoid rooting to get a good feel for the S4 in it's stock state.
Can anyone speak to life on either without disabling everything?
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cgardnervt
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After disabling my GPS and data connection information from Google I get a lot better battery life.
Ive used both the one and s4 and the the note 2. I like the battery life of the one over the s4. I could get over a day with moderate to heavy use on the one. S4 was just from morning till bed time with the same usage. The note 2 is nice but I compare it to the one in battery life. Id say ones not better than the othee.
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Depends on your settings and usage...This thread is as subjective as all the others that compare phones unless you literally own both and do the "Kayak commercial" with the dummies tied together with a pole. My battery is great...but, so am I 
If battery size is the difference, then S4 will have better battery life because its battery is bigger than the One's.
bembol
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S4.
By the end of a 12 hour shift my One had 14%, while the S4 had 26%.
I brought the One to work on Friday and S4 the next day.
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By the end of a 12 hour shift my One had 14%, while the S4 had 26%.
I brought the One to work on Friday and S4 the next day.
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There are tons of things to factor in. Such as the S4 battery is bigger.. But they have alot more sensors that could deplete the battery worse than the smaller battery of the One so the One could last longer. It could also go the other way by changing some settings / tweaking and then the S4 is better.
Battery is always about what you have running, how much screen time, syncs, all that. On weekends I can get almost 3 days out of my battery on my S3...during the week I am at 25-40 % usually 4-5 hours into work.. Because I use it a ton more at work then I do at home... Mainly using network data due to streaming music the whole time.
So as everyone has said a hundred times over.. Depends on your usage and what you do.
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mrbootcrm
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Battery tests by GSMArena gave the HTC ONE a battery rating of 48 hours and the Galaxy S4 a 63 hour rating. You can see the results at the two links below:
HTC One battery life test is complete, breakdown is inside - GSMArena Blog
Samsung Galaxy S4 battery life tests are done, here's how it did - GSMArena Blog
HTC One battery life test is complete, breakdown is inside - GSMArena Blog
Samsung Galaxy S4 battery life tests are done, here's how it did - GSMArena Blog
the international One received an update in April (after the GSMArena tests) which was reported to greatly improve battery life.
Can you point me to the HTC ONE battery test that was done after the update showing better battery life. Ill update my post. Thanks.
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