[RadeonHD4250]

I know the Note 7 isn't out just yet, but I decided to put this here since it will be released very soon.

I'm curious as to what happened to standby and general battery performance as a whole.

The Note 2 was rated at 800 hours of standby time. Eight...hundred...hours. That's more than the iPads get! Screen on Time also averaged out at 6-8 hours real world use.

It was no wonder people could literally go days on one charge with little to no "optimizing." I couldn't imagine how much more the Note 2 could squeeze out with Doze.

Once the Note 3 came out, it all went downhill from there.

Ultra Power Saving Mode can't even squeeze out as much standby as a Note 2 can. UPSM gives you about a third of the standby with all the stripped down features.

I know, more features are and stronger processors are put in; however; aren't they more energy efficient than previous versions? I thought battery life was supposed to get better and better. It seems we've struck a plateau. The average Galaxy S7 Edge battery life is no better or worse than the average Note 4, or Note 5 for that matter despite the better architecture.

Maybe someone with a better understanding can explain it to me.

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[dsignori]

The average Galaxy S7 Edge battery life is no better or worse than the average Note 4, or Note 5 for that matter despite the better architecture.

That is not true. The S7E does get better battery life than these 2.

Also, the Note 2 was only 720p if I recall. The Note 3 was 1080p, We're up to 1440p now, so there is more strain on the batteries. Honestly, I would wait to see what battery life folks are getting on normal use after a few weeks of the phone being available to the general public, before wondering how it will do.

I guarantee you there will be dozens of battery-related threads the moment it comes out :-)

[Kelly Kearns]

Simple answer.. Software, hardware and feature upgrades. Also take into account app upgrades that take advantage of the above upgrades.

My Note 2 didn't take the place of my computer, my Note 5 basically does.

[Golfdriver97]

To a degree battery technology has improved. In approximately the same footprint as the Note 2, the Note 7 has a battery that is 500 mAh larger.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 vs Samsung GALAXY Note II T-Mobile vs Samsung Galaxy Note 7 - Visual phone size compare

[jeepentj]

I've had every note made thus far with the exception of the first Note. In day-to-day use I don't recall the Note 2 being significantly better than the any of the other models. They all seemed to run out of juice at about the same time (give or take).

[Aquila]

Battery life of the S7 Edge is better than the Note 5 which was better than the Note 4. The Note 7 is the Note 5 with a 16.67% larger battery, rather than the 20% larger battery that the S7 Edge had. Expecting Note 7 and S7 Edge to have almost identical battery life.

[Kelly Kearns]

To a degree battery technology has improved. In approximately the same footprint as the Note 2, the Note 7 has a battery that is 500 mAh larger.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 vs Samsung GALAXY Note II T-Mobile vs Samsung Galaxy Note 7 - Visual phone size compare

The Note 2 had a 3100 mAh battery.

The Note 5 has a 3000 mAh battery.

A smaller battery in the Note 5, the technology advances, hardware advances, app advances included.. If the battery technology hadn't advanced so much, the 3100 mAh battery of the Note 2 wouldn't be enough to run the Note 5 for more than a couple of minutes at the most.

Smaller battery and MAJOR advances in hardware, software and apps and app usage. Without the battery advances, basically a car battery would be required for the Note 5 😆

[Kelly Kearns]

Battery life of the S7 Edge is better than the Note 5 which was better than the Note 4. The Note 7 is the Note 5 with a 16.67% larger battery, rather than the 20% larger battery that the S7 Edge had. Expecting Note 7 and S7 Edge to have almost identical battery life.

I'm hoping the Note 7 will continue and have a little better battery than the S7. Don't burst my bubble please!

[dpham00]

Note 2,4,and 5 were fine. Note 3 was a bit disappointing for me