Battery life is amazing

[RaRa85]

So ive been using my s10+ for a couple days now, and the other day my phone lasted me 11+hours with a SOT of 7.5 hours. Is anyone else getting this kind of battery life with intensive usage?

Full resolution and not the 1080p one out the box? That's pretty impressive.

 

[racedog]

I keep everything turned on all the time except NFC. I don't run CPU intensive games but do a lot of news reading and forum reading. I'm getting great SOT, but I don't make any claims other than this is my experience on my phone, YMMV.

 

[neil74]

Almost a week in and my S10+ remains unremarkable and below par IMO for the battery size. Yesterday for example I went out for the evening straight from work and it was 100% at 5:15pm when I left work, I had 30-45 minutes on a train listening to spotify and generally looking at the phone on and off. It went onto flight mode for 90 minutes (I was at a football match) and when I got home just after 11pm it was just above 50%. Personally I think that is disappointing.

For comparison with phones I have owned over the last year or so I would say it is worse than the Note 9, Xs max S9+, Mate 20 pro, Mate 10 pro, View 20, Pixel 2 XL, it is also IMO slightly better than the following overall but worse for standby LG G7, V30, 3XL, iPhone X. Yes I am a phone addict!

Curiously yesterday I received a background power use warning for an app I had previously restricted in the background so maybe there are some software gremlins for Samsung to iron out, I also mentioned on a previous post that you cannot restrict facebook services (you could on the Note/SA9+) so maybe that is chewing from some power? maybe also there is a difference between SD and Exynos. Overall though I'd describe my battery as not terrible but below par.

 

[ClintRo]

Remove facebook and use one of the other apps... they access facebook thru the mobile web side and use way less power. I use Simple for Facebook and like it a lot.

 

[neil74]

Remove facebook and use one of the other apps... they access facebook thru the mobile web side and use way less power. I use Simple for Facebook and like it a lot.

I know there is always the option to remove FB but my point is on a level playing field the battery is not as good as the other phones mentioned. It is liveable just not as good as I think it should be.

 

[bhatech]

I know there is always the option to remove FB but my point is on a level playing field the battery is not as good as the other phones mentioned. It is liveable just not as good as I think it should be.

It's all personal experience, I have owned every flagship as well and the S10+ had the best battery life out of them all including the Note 9, Xs Max. And no disabling of any app here or setting, used the phone normally like I do.

 

[Notefan161]

Been a nightmare day today and not even used it much as working

Going to need to put on power mode by 16.00 at this rate to get Me through to before I go bed

 

[ClintRo]

I know there is always the option to remove FB but my point is on a level playing field the battery is not as good as the other phones mentioned. It is liveable just not as good as I think it should be.

I gotcha.

 

[neil74]

It's all personal experience, I have owned every flagship as well and the S10+ had the best battery life out of them all including the Note 9, Xs Max. And no disabling of any app here or setting, used the phone normally like I do.

Snapdragon or Exynos?

 

[bhatech]

Snapdragon or Exynos?

Snapdragon, and I only have experience with Snapdragon since I'm in the US.

 

[Liquid_Chaos87]

Battery life has gotten better after a week. I also didn't charge it overnight and let the battery go down to 33% and recharged it up to 100%. Doesn't seem to drain as fast. Would a smart outlet be beneficial to make sure the phone stops getting a charge once it hits 100%?

 

[GrooveRite]

Battery life has gotten better after a week. I also didn't charge it overnight and let the battery go down to 33% and recharged it up to 100%. Doesn't seem to drain as fast. Would a smart outlet be beneficial to make sure the phone stops getting a charge once it hits 100%?

I've read that its not good to fully charge to 100% because it puts stress on the battery and ultimately shortens battery life. Also not good to do full charge/discharge cycles which kill battery life way faster.

https://www.sciencealert.com/how-to-charge-phone-battery-to-last-longer-advice-science

 

[GrooveRite]

BTW, I charge mine up to 80% and only let it go down to 30% before I recharge back to 80%. I'll let you guys know in 3 years how well this experiment goes!

 

[waveuk]

Best battery ever!!

No other mobile allowed me more than one full day with 8 SOT

 

[gogoplata1980]

Still not great for me either. Yesterday I got around 4 hours SoT. Today, doing the same thing, I'm headed to way less.

 

[ClintRo]

It will reportedly degrade battery... but not way faster... LOL

 

[ClintRo]

BTW, I charge mine up to 80% and only let it go down to 30% before I recharge back to 80%. I'll let you guys know in 3 years how well this experiment goes!

HAHAHA... I doubt it will have this phone in 6 months.

 

[GrooveRite]

... but not way faster... LOL

Ok....maybe quicker..er.....you know what I mean!!

HAHAHA... I doubt it will have this phone in 6 months.

C'mon man, thats when the party begins! You must have a hard time holding onto phones....and money, lol!

 

[ClintRo]

Money... you can't take it with you!!! hahaha

 

[anySmarterIdRunLinux]

I'm eager to see how the s10e will perform once I receive that. If it gets me thru the day without any anxiety then s10e will be the keeper over S10+

Interested in your 10e experience.. Easily making it through a full day? If you had an S8+, can you compare battery life expectations?