Note 4 vs Note 5 Battery tests.

[Porkchopexpress1969]

Taken from

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Benchmark Beats Note 4, HTC One M9, iPhone 6 Plus In Battery Life Test

Here is the list of high-end devices and the corresponding battery life scores:

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active – 12 Hours 9 Minutes
Motorola DROID Turbo – 10 Hours 42 Minutes
Sony Xperia Z3 – 9 Hours 29 Minutes
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ – 9 Hours 29 Minutes
Samsung Galaxy Note5 – 9 Hours 11 Minutes
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 – 8 Hours 43 min
Google Nexus 6 – 7 Hours 53 Minutes
Asus ZenFone 2 – 7 Hours 34 Minutes
Apple iPhone 6 Plus – 6 Hours 32 Minutes
HTC One M9 – 6 Hours 25 Minutes
LG G4 – 6 Hours 6 Minutes

So the Note 4 is not that much behind the Note 5 in Battery Performance. thought it would of been a lot better with a different processor.

 

[bkeaver]

So your not taking that as a big difference considering it has a smaller battery? I mean I know the actual times aren't that far off but considering its higher than the Note 4 and has a smaller battery...

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[SpookDroid]

Andrew's usage is pretty much similar to the Note 4, and it's not the first time I've read that it does marginally outperform the Note 4 in terms of battery life. That's good!
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-5/567332-i-have-galaxy-note-5-ask-me-about.html

 

[natehoy]

So your not taking that as a big difference considering it has a smaller battery?

Well, what is being compared is net battery life with the designed battery. Overall, 28 minutes (or about a 6% increase in longevity) is nice, but no, I would not consider it a "big difference". It is a difference, and it's nice, but I wouldn't call it a "big" difference.

If I wanted a "big" difference, I'd slap a ZeroLemon or Hyperion into my Note 4 and get 18-24 hours.


Comparing overall efficiency, which is a separate but also important discussion, is a rosier picture for the Note 5, of course. The actual difference in battery draw (3000 mAh in 9.25 hours versus 3300 mAh in 8.75 hours) is about 15%.



Had the Note 5 been designed with the same 3300mAh battery the Note 4 had, it would have about 10h 45m of battery life.

THAT would have clearly qualified as a "big difference". Two hours of additional battery life is very significant.

 

[atakin77]

I'd be all over that phone I'd they had put the rumored 4100 battery in it. Oh well... Saves me $850 for a phone I don't need!

 

[smoothrunnings]

Taken from

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Benchmark Beats Note 4, HTC One M9, iPhone 6 Plus In Battery Life Test

Here is the list of high-end devices and the corresponding battery life scores:

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active – 12 Hours 9 Minutes
Motorola DROID Turbo – 10 Hours 42 Minutes
Sony Xperia Z3 – 9 Hours 29 Minutes
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ – 9 Hours 29 Minutes
Samsung Galaxy Note5 – 9 Hours 11 Minutes
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 – 8 Hours 43 min
Google Nexus 6 – 7 Hours 53 Minutes
Asus ZenFone 2 – 7 Hours 34 Minutes
Apple iPhone 6 Plus – 6 Hours 32 Minutes
HTC One M9 – 6 Hours 25 Minutes
LG G4 – 6 Hours 6 Minutes

So the Note 4 is not that much behind the Note 5 in Battery Performance. thought it would of been a lot better with a different processor.

That must be under heavy load. I get a day to a day and half on my Note 4, so that would mean I should get about 2 days maybe more on a Note 5 or S6 Edge+.

 

[natehoy]

That must be under heavy load. I get a day to a day and half on my Note 4, so that would mean I should get about 2 days maybe more on a Note 5 or S6 Edge+.

Yes, this is probably something similar to BatteryMark, where the screen is on at automated brightness in a set light level and it's doing something light on the CPU like playing a video. If you don't keep the screen on all the time, battery life can get a LOT better. And if you have the screen on in a brighter-lit area, are in a weak signal area, or use the CPU a lot, battery life can get a LOT worse.

It's just a somewhat consistent benchmark test to see how well a phone does out of the box under conditions consistent with other phones out of the box.

 

[natehoy]

Just looked again, this ibtimes article is a reprint from a PhoneArena test. The actual article from PhoneArena is here:

Galaxy Note5 battery life benchmark: Outperforms the Note 4 despite smaller battery

Their test runs a script designed to mimic real life usage with the screen set at a consistent brightness (200 nits).