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It concerns me, but until we have more data I won't say it's a deal breaker. Lack of SD card support is a deal breaker for me.
Yes, I would agree with that statement. However, thats not the case here. The device will NEED more power (bigger screen and 1080p quality) with more or less essentially the same power capacity. I hope it is at least the same as the current X but I doubt it will be better. The VP of Motorola only has one statement to say when people ask him about the new Xs battery capacity and that is "It last long enough for me". Maybe I'm overbeasting this issue but it really bothers me.
Unfortunately, we can't say " just get a different phone, that's the beauty of android" because I can't get a different phone with the Moto features/hardware options that has a respectable battery...unless I wait for the new MAXX Droid but I doubt it'll come in metal/leather and wood options.
It took the verge's battery test 8h44m to run down the new Moto x battery. The same test took 8h16m to drain the g3.
Not real world, but it's the first side by side I can find.
Because they all vary by user, location, signal strength, antenna, time of day, etc etc. At least from the bench test you can see the thing isn't ridiculously under powered.But they said it doesn't last as long as G3, which is weird.
I would wait for other reviews like GSMarena, Anandtech. If it's no better than G3, S5 on battery, I'm passing new moto X.
The Verge review stated the battery life isn't as good as other flagship phones like the HTC One M8, Galaxy S5 etc.
Dealbreaker to me. Not going to swap my phone for one with worse battery life.
While I fully recognize we don't really know yet...
It only bums me out because as best it will probably "as good as anything else". They could have engineered in a larger battery and made it potentially fantastic, but instead it seems they took the just enough approach. This is not an area I predicted they would skimp on...
I guess they wanted it to match the moto 360 *rib*rib*... Too soon?
Again, how do you know they 'skimped' on the battery? By the capacity? That only tells part of the story. Next time I buy a car, I'm going to compare it's efficiency and range solely on the size of its tank. Doesn't make sense, does it? No, cause the size of the tank only tells part of the story. Until I see some evidence when it's RELEASED, I see no reason for anyone to complain. Hope, yes, but not complain.
You can make a pretty good educated guess that battery life will be similar to the previous years phone as there hasnt been any significant break throughs in battery life.
Other than the difference between the S801 and the S600 and according to the experts, more power efficient screen technologies?
You can make a pretty good educated guess that battery life will be similar to the previous years phone as there hasnt been any significant break throughs in battery life.
And u think those minor differences are going to make battery life significantly better?
I don't think the difference between the S600 and the S800 is minor at all. It's not going to double SOT, but it is astounding for standby time which contributes greatly to total battery life for most consumers. The two devices will probably be in the same ballpark, but increasing efficiency and increasing battery size by 9-10% should result in a net increase in an already very solid battery life.
I'm saying I don't think with those minor differences that u can say battery life will be greatly better or worse. I agree upgrading all the things they upgraded and keeping on par or better than the previous model is a good thing. I can't even think about this phone because I need at least 4-5hrs SOT minimum which my s5 barely gets if I'm lucky. I wish more manufactures quit thinking thin is better and there was a few more phones that packed enough juice for us heavy users.
Take something like the s5 to compare since it also uses the 801, has a 1080p super amoled screen which I'm sure will be very similar to the moto x and roughly the same screen size.
In just over a week of using the device as our daily driver, we've averaged between 13 and 14 hours of heavy use on Wifi and LTE, with between three and four hours of screen-on time. That week was spent performing normal smartphone duties, including web browsing, music streaming the occasional call, and probably heavier photo and video use than we'd normally subject a phone to.