Battery life

[willypguy]

How is everyone's battery life so far? I know its only been 24 hours, but just seeing how the Active is holding up so far.

 

[Golfdriver97]

People won't see an average battery life curve for about a week of use.

 

[anon(1733)]

Here is my battery stats so far. Nothing major as I haven't had it long but here it is after 1 day.

 

[jimd1050]

People won't see an average battery life curve for about a week of use.

I agree with Golfdriver97... don't even try to test your battery life until you've given the phone a chance to settle into a pattern and let you get used to the phone.

 

[Old g]

that's exactly why you want to wait at least a week right now you'll be playing with it every day all . give it some time to settle in

 

[anon(522296)]

I'm already getting two days and just got it Friday. With the 835 and 4000mah this thing will go forever.

 

[jimd1050]

I'm already getting two days and just got it Friday. With the 835 and 4000mah this thing will go forever.

Awesome - great to hear! Keep the reports coming people... talk me into saving myself some $$$ and buying one BEFORE the Note 8 hits the Market!

 

[Anarkie13]

Happy to report that after almost a full week of "standard" use for me, I lose about 4-5% per hour. that's with a mix of screen on/text, a little bit of games and a lot of listening to music. No WiFi and I work in a minimal signal building (lead box style).

Each day I go to bed with 30-40% left. Beats my VZW Note 5 which needed a bump charge by 2PM.

 

[jimd1050]

Happy to report that after almost a full week of "standard" use for me, I lose about 4-5% per hour. that's with a mix of screen on/text, a little bit of games and a lot of listening to music. No WiFi and I work in a minimal signal building (lead box style).

Each day I go to bed with 30-40% left. Beats my VZW Note 5 which needed a bump charge by 2PM.

GREAT to hear... thanks for the Report. Sounds like it's going to be a winner like it's predecessor (in the Battery life department)!

 

[PowrDroid]

Happy to report that after almost a full week of "standard" use for me, I lose about 4-5% per hour. that's with a mix of screen on/text, a little bit of games and a lot of listening to music. No WiFi and I work in a minimal signal building (lead box style).

Each day I go to bed with 30-40% left. Beats my VZW Note 5 which needed a bump charge by 2PM.

Are you using it with Always On Display? 4% to 5% per hour is kind of a lot. I'd be curious to hear if there would be additional battery savings if AoD were to be turned off.

 

[anon(522296)]

I'm running about 2-3% an hour here, I do have some apps disabled with package disabler too. I use AOD and Bixby as well. Overnight without use it burns .8% an hour and my SOT is probably about 7 hours, I could easily get two days out of this device with decent usage.

 

[jimd1050]

I'm running about 2-3% an hour here, I do have some apps disabled with package disabler too. I use AOD and Bixby as well. Overnight without use it burns .8% an hour and my SOT is probably about 7 hours, I could easily get two days out of this device with decent usage.

Agreed... when I first got my 7, I ran AOD and I shut it off after about 2 months and saw a significant increase in battery life! I'm sure it would be the same with the 8!

 

[willypguy]

My battery life so far. Not bad at all.

 

[PowrDroid]

This is good information. Could anyone that posts battery info also tell us what your screen brightness setting is at along with the screen shots showing screen on time?

 

[Anarkie13]

Are you using it with Always On Display? 4% to 5% per hour is kind of a lot. I'd be curious to hear if there would be additional battery savings if AoD were to be turned off.

I have AoD on, and display at just under 50% brightness. Again, remember, I'm listening to local files the whole time and my signal inside the building is in is terrible. I actually really like the AoD being on as I don't turn on the screen to see what type of messages I might have and I use the calendar all the time.

 

[mehofmann]

How is it that you have a dark mode type screen shot.

 

[Centerman66]

How is it that you have a dark mode type screen shot.

Samsung themes

 

[Centerman66]

My wife's first full day with her active. 30% battery used and 5:37 hours of SOT. Amazing. She's been using it for candy crush and she syncs 3 imap accounts and one office365 account with mail, contacts, and calendar.

I thought my s8+ was awesome with battery but her active is even better.

 

[jimd1050]

My wife's first full day with her active. 30% battery used and 5:37 hours of SOT. Amazing. She's been using it for candy crush and she syncs 3 imap accounts and one office365 account with mail, contacts, and calendar.

I thought my s8+ was awesome with battery but her active is even better.

Glad to hear!

 

[mehofmann]

Which theme