I sold my iPhone 6+ to get the Note 5 and yeah the battery was better but only in standby time. If I try to game or watch a movie it would drain just like any other phone and maybe just as fast. One thing to keep in mind is there is hardly any background action on the iPhone, the OS is simpler vs all the things going on with Android (widgets, better notification system, backgrounding apps and so on). So to get 16 hrs and almost 5 hours of SOT is beautiful for me at least. In addition, the fast charging on this thing is amazing (had 52% when I got in my car after work and after a 25 minute drive 91% ridiculously fast). Love it!!
So for me it's almost the same between the two for battery. Iphone 6+ was great in standby so when I wasn't using it NOTHING drained from the battery.
With this phone there's a lot background apps that run even with screen off so it doesn't seem to be better in that respect.
However when I did have SOT for iPhone seemed to drain faster when I did actually use it vs the Note 5.
One difference for me is cell reception. I don't get great reception at my home so I need WiFi on. For some reason with WiFi and cell on in my home I get more drain on the Note.
For iPhone I believe their radios in the device are better and stronger so I never had an issue.
I'm averagong between 10-12 hours with moderate to heavy use on my Note 5. On the iphone it was 12-14 hours.
I also liked the fact that on the 6+ I could tell specific apps if I wanted GPS or not vs Note 5 which is set to use it in different power modes. However the iPhone GPS drained battery MUCH faster when in use. Location on iPhone hurts battery in a big way when using it.
For me I just prefer Android and the camera on this is much better that my iPhone but then again I'm not a pro photographer and thought photos on the 6+ were good.
I just wish I didn't have to change so many things to get battery optimal for heavy use. I use it for work not play and therefore need good battery. It's OK. Not great. But OK.
I've looked at all the long battery life from others and fidn myself laughing out loud because I use my phone constantly and down get that. My SOT is about 4.5-5.5 hours and I'm getting 10-12 hours. I weekends it's more like 15-18 or more but I'm not reaching for it as much.
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