How's the battery life on the Moto X Pure Edition?

[bigfunkychiken]

My biggest issue with the 6p is the amoled screen. I am worried about burn in.

I've had my Galaxy S4 for two years now and I've had absolutely no problem with burn in.

Ordered a Pure the other day though because the S4 is a terribly slow phone.

 

[andy a]

I shouldn't have to (charge on the car). Phones should have enough battery to get you through the day. You should be able to use it without having to worry about whether is going to die or not before you get home which is what I got from my OPO. I was able to use it without having to worry about battery life. I think Motorola should have considered the screen size, resolution and the CPU processing power before deciding on battery size. I think everyone would have agree that a larger battery like (3400 or 3500) would have been perfect for this device. And this is not to blame Motorola only, many companies do this and it really needs to stop. Get us a bigger battery, we will all benefit and thank you for it.

This is not to say that if your phone dies at 5pm because you were playing games the entire time we should blame hardware manufacturers for that. But you should be able to make it through the day with normal daily usage no questions ask.

I really dig the feel/look of the Moto x and the speakers on that thing are rocking but battery life is high on my list of priorities and I just cant go back to having crappy battery life. Needless to say I will be going back to my OPO for now. I pre-ordered the Nexus 6P (looking forward to checking out the battery life on that)

I agree with you if you are a moderate user you shouldn't have to have it constantly charging in the car, I really fancy a new phone as I have a weakness for trying different phones and I was dead set on getting the Style BUT the battery life bothers me and I know everyone has different useage but there are a lot of people who are getting really poor battery life, I like my phone screen to be nice and bright so if I got the Style I am sure it wouldn't last me long.

I wasn't sure about it at first but the new Nexus 6P is really grabbing my interest as hopefully that battery might last longer than the Style!

 

[damian015]

BTW as an FYI, the Nexus 6p will be using a last generation Samsung screen as per the nexus team. Hopefully that will be a plus.

 

[damian015]

Because he shouldn't have to, he's not asking the phone to last all day while he plays games and watch netflix,he's a moderate user and wants the battery to last a full day which it should

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Exactly. Its not that I cant, its that I shouldn't have to.

 

[thejesse]

Exactly. Its not that I cant, its that I shouldn't have to.

I totally get that you shouldn't have to and I can absolutely see why mediocre battery life is a deal breaker for many folks. But charging in the car just seems like a good practice. You never know what might come up and when your next charge might be.
I've always charged whenever I'm driving. Even my OnePlus One which had the best battery performance of any smartphone I've owned.

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[thejesse]

Wouldn't it be great if Moto Maker offered options for screen resolution and/or battery size?
I would have ordered a 1080/3400mah combo in a heartbeat.

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[andy a]

Wouldn't it be great if Moto Maker offered options for screen resolution and/or battery size?
I would have ordered a 1080/3400mah combo in a heartbeat.

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That is a great idea I would have ordered the same

 

[MTeator]

Wouldn't it be great if Moto Maker offered options for screen resolution and/or battery size?
I would have ordered a 1080/3400mah combo in a heartbeat.

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That would have solved every problem with this phone, other than the camera contrast/blooming/clipping issue.

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[damian015]

Wouldn't it be great if Moto Maker offered options for screen resolution and/or battery size?
I would have ordered a 1080/3400mah combo in a heartbeat.

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That would have been sweet. I would have totally done that

 

[VoltaicShock]

I've had my Galaxy S4 for two years now and I've had absolutely no problem with burn in.

Ordered a Pure the other day though because the S4 is a terribly slow phone.

That is good to know. I just haven't had good luck with AMOLED screens.

 

[krishnansasikumar]

I agree with you if you are a moderate user you shouldn't have to have it constantly charging in the car, I really fancy a new phone as I have a weakness for trying different phones and I was dead set on getting the Style BUT the battery life bothers me and I know everyone has different useage but there are a lot of people who are getting really poor battery life, I like my phone screen to be nice and bright so if I got the Style I am sure it wouldn't last me long.

I wasn't sure about it at first but the new Nexus 6P is really grabbing my interest as hopefully that battery might last longer than the Style!

The Nexus 6p battery life supposedly comes with Marshmallow. So the moto phones should also benefit from that. So the cheaper Moto is still a good buy

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[VoltaicShock]

The Nexus 6p battery life supposedly comes with Marshmallow. So the moto phones should also benefit from that. So the cheaper Moto is still a good buy

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That is something I am wondering about. Will the update fix the battery issues. I am having battery issues on my Nexus 5 and that is due to the bug in 5.0 with the cell standby.

 

[ezvv]

I'm just hoping marshmallow fixes the radio active bug. It's basically the only thing draining my battery. When I'm at work all day I probably average about 2-2 1/2 hours screen on time. That's just basically social media and some light web browsing, maybe a few photos. While I'm home, like I was all day Sunday I get almost 4 hours connected to wifi all day.

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[ezvv]

And that's with heavy web browsing and constantly waking my phone for sports updates and taking pictures.

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[andy a]

The Nexus 6p battery life supposedly comes with Marshmallow. So the moto phones should also benefit from that. So the cheaper Moto is still a good buy

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Hi there

Thanks for your answer and that sounds good as at this moment I don't want to spend £499 on a 64gb Nexus 6p as I can get the Moto Style 32gb for around £365 and I can put an sd card into it so financially it is better for me as I have an Xperia Z3 and don't really need to replace it

Andy

 

[Brian Baldwin]

Think mine did ok yesterday with the first all day of the charger day. When I am at work I am always around a charger and have the ability to quick charge. Yesterday being off work and just around the house I had mine off charger from 6 AM to 9 PM and still had 20% left which the phone was estimating 5 hours left. I used it a lot during the day, I am always checking Facebook, taking pictures, texting. No phone calls though

 

[rushmore]

I confirmed two things compared to my stock VZW Note 4: Both the GPU and radios drain more battery than the Note 4 and radio reception is virtually the same dBm in the same areas.

The GPU strains with any content that is actually 1440p. Not referring to straight video playback, but apps actually using the GPU for data calculations for output. VR apps are ten degrees hotter and the battery drains three times faster with apps such as Cmoar Cinema. The Pure drains fast and gets WTH hot and tops over 120 degrees. True 1440p video though does get the device a lot warmer than the Note 4.

The data radios also drain more battery than the Note 4, but does not get the device hot. It just chugs battery in weak signal areas and the device gets warm. All 3G and LTE radios do drain more battery, but the Pure drains battery Samsung S3 level bad in weak areas.

I think those two issues are heavy weighted and explain the big differences in user battery life. Catch is even light users can get slammed battery-wise if in weak areas. Not as profound as the GPU issue, but overly high draining none the less. My wife's Razr HD and son's DNA both get better signal reception and better battery life in weak areas.

The data radio is such a drainer I just turn that off if no decent signal. Seems both the data radio and the GPU on this device need some taming. That said, the data radios tend to be as-is and more antenna and attenuation dependent. The GPU can be tamed if Motorola deems it a "worthy" update.

 

[MTeator]

I drain at about 4%/h if I'm on WiFi, 10%/h at work with no WiFi, so that seems to make sense.

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[rushmore]

Think mine did ok yesterday with the first all day of the charger day. When I am at work I am always around a charger and have the ability to quick charge. Yesterday being off work and just around the house I had mine off charger from 6 AM to 9 PM and still had 20% left which the phone was estimating 5 hours left. I used it a lot during the day, I am always checking Facebook, taking pictures, texting. No phone calls though

I ran into an example of no charging options at an all day presentation in a hotel today. AT&T had decent signal in the giant ballroom, but Verizon data was weak to non existent. The Pure was no better than my Note 4 has been in the same room for dBm signal. What the Pure did do though was drain my battery a lot faster and to the point I turned my data radio off to avoid running to zero. That was with no gaming and literally just MMS texting some Tapatalk and a web check for imail at less than one hour total SOT. I was down to 49% by 2PM. That equates to less than two hours SOT at 20% brightness. This device as far as radios seem not as good as the Droid 3, Razr, Razr HD, or the DNA.

Good example where a spare battery option would have been handy.

 

[thejesse]

I ran into an example of no charging options at an all day presentation in a hotel today. AT&T had decent signal in the giant ballroom, but Verizon data was weak to non existent. The Pure was no better than my Note 4 has been in the same room for dBm signal. What the Pure did do though was drain my battery a lot faster and to the point I turned my data radio off to avoid running to zero. That was with no gaming and literally just MMS texting some Tapatalk and a web check for imail at less than one hour total SOT. I was down to 49% by 2PM. That equates to less than two hours SOT at 20% brightness. This device as far as radios seem not as good as the Droid 3, Razr, Razr HD, or the DNA.

Good example where a spare battery option would have been handy.

This phone clearly is not for you.

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