Galaxy Note 3 Battery Review

[msndrstood]

Here's a link to the thread I started. I'm just surprised at how much control you can have over everything and nobody uses it.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=322082


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[daveappen]

How do you do that?

Nothing too special. I enable power saving mode, keep the display brightness pretty low (probably at a setting of 10 out of 100), and only autosync necessary apps. I find the display on the Note 3 really, really bright compared to my old S3, so the 10/100 setting is plenty bright. Also, a lot of the 8 hours of screen time was spent browsing or doodling in the sketchbook app (where there's no real data/video/music). I'd say only ~1 hours of the screen usage was for videos (like netflix, youtube, etc.).

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[sudbury78]

This. Amazing how bright the phone is at such low brightness levels.

 

[Tyler Lietz]

Has anyone tested battery life with gaming? Most of these battery test shows nobody ever plays games on the Note 3. Just play a game max graphics at 50% brightness for 30 to 60 minutes, then post how much battery % you used and we'll be able to take out our calculators and do the math on how many hours of gaming this can do

 

[UJ95x]

Nothing too special. I enable power saving mode, keep the display brightness pretty low (probably at a setting of 10 out of 100), and only autosync necessary apps. I find the display on the Note 3 really, really bright compared to my old S3, so the 10/100 setting is plenty bright. Also, a lot of the 8 hours of screen time was spent browsing or doodling in the sketchbook app (where there's no real data/video/music). I'd say only ~1 hours of the screen usage was for videos (like netflix, youtube, etc.).

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http://i.imgur.com/oNizXByl.png
http://i.imgur.com/EbbVNi4l.png

Holy ****. Do you turn on airplane mode and use at the lowest brightness?

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[daveappen]

Holy ****. Do you turn on airplane mode and use at the lowest brightness?

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LOL, no. No airplane mode whatsoever, although I should mention that most of the data usage was on WIFI (not sure if that's better/worse compared to 4G LTE battery consumption wise). My screen brightness was dialed down pretty low (probably 10/100), but even at this setting, the screen was plenty bright. I find the screen on my Note 3 to be crazy bright, compared to my old S3. Almost overkill, unless you're outside in bright sunlight...

 

[UJ95x]

LOL, no. No airplane mode whatsoever, although I should mention that most of the data usage was on WIFI (not sure if that's better/worse compared to 4G LTE battery consumption wise). My screen brightness was dialed down pretty low (probably 10/100), but even at this setting, the screen was plenty bright. I find the screen on my Note 3 to be crazy bright, compared to my old S3. Almost overkill, unless you're outside in bright sunlight...

Damn, I'm jelly XD I can get 5 or so hours on my S4 over 10-15 hours depending on my day. I want to try and get 6+ hours by using airplane mode.

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[daveappen]

Damn, I'm jelly XD I can get 5 or so hours on my S4 over 10-15 hours depending on my day. I want to try and get 6+ hours by using airplane mode.

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Time to upgrade your S4 and get a Note 3 and you can get this battery life too

 

[UJ95x]

Time to upgrade your S4 and get a Note 3 and you can get this battery life too

It's too big for my taste, only had my S4 for about 4 months anyway. No need to upgrade

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[fkpalm]

Had my s4 for 6 months and upgraded to my note 3 and not looking back love every minute of it.

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[ZarathustraHead]

My Note 2's battery life was noticeably better than my Note 3's. Must be the processor.

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[sudbury78]

This is my first full day and nothing to be excited about. At all. brightness probably at 15%

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[sudbury78]

Just thought about something. I am using the Samsung default orange background for both lockscreen and home screen. Does that contribute to eating of battery. I wonder if a dark background would change that.

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[UJ95x]

Just thought about something. I am using the Samsung default orange background for both lockscreen and home screen. Does that contribute to eating of battery. I wonder if a dark background would change that.

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Yes, using dark backgrounds (Color black more-so than others) will decrease battery consumption

 

[Dantmobi]

The battery life on my Note3 is much, much worse than the Note2. I'm not sure what to do?

 

[ZarathustraHead]

The battery life on my Note3 is much, much worse than the Note2. I'm not sure what to do?

Reduce screen brightness. Keep it on a dock. Carry a spare battery. Or return the phone.

I'm sticking with suggestions 2 and 3, but battery life seems to be improving a bit these past few days.

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[msndrstood]

Mine seems to have improved with the new maps update. I haven't changed any settings but the battery seems to have settled down a bit and is not draining as quickly. Fingers crossed. As I mentioned before, before all the apps downloaded upon activation, the battery was talking forever to drop from 100% > 75%. We'll see....

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[dpoverlord]

I have it on this in the evening and at night

And on auto brightness +3 when outside

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What does in learning mode mean? How do you get this?

 

[clevin]

So can we compile the data and see how much impact does screen brightness have on the battery life?

10%--> 8 hrs
50%--> 6 hrs?
100%-->4 hrs?

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[clevin]

Started at 94%