is the battery life really that bad?

[anon(661246)]

I keep seeing threads about battery life? Would 4 hours screen time get me through a whole day?

 

[VW Maverick]

Yes.
Many of the gloom and doom types always have battery complaints but they are the extremely vocal and extremely small minority.
The Nexus 6 has great battery life.
Easily lasts a day with normal usage.
And yes, "normal" is a relative term. It is different for everyone but unless you are using the device non-stop for 8 straight hours, a "day" of use is easily obtainable.

Mav.

Sent from my Sprint Tri-Band Nexus 6.

 

[UJ95x]

It definitely doesn't have AS good battery life as other flagships from last year. So if you're a heavy user you're going to have trouble getting through a day. But like mentioned above, I think for most people it will be good enough through last at least a day.

Sent from my Galaxy S4 running Lollipop 5.0.2

 

[vaughaag]

I was disappointed with the battery life initially. I've had the phone now for just over a month and I'm a lot happier. On an average day I'm getting over 4.5 hours screen on.

On a light day, I finish the day with 45% +/- battery remaining on a heavy day I charge it.

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[VW Maverick]

Good point.
You need to use the device for at least a week before the battery settles in and starts to give good life.

Mav.

Sent from my Sprint Tri-Band Nexus 6.

 

[con5150]

I will say this , after coming form the S4 I now don't fret when I head of to work with my fully charged Nexus 6 and I've forgotten to bring the charger....no problem , get home at 4:30 with on average over 60% left....obviously at work usage would not be very heavy ..still, I love the battery life on this .

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[Jeremy8000]

I keep seeing threads about battery life? Would 4 hours screen time get me through a whole day?

Unless a good chunk of those 4 hours of screen time are spent playing cpu-intensive games, it should, easily- though there are some factors that can have pretty significant impact (like keeping screen at 100% brightness, being in a very weak signal area, and running a lot of apps that have substantial background data flow, e.g Facebook).

 

[vaughaag]

This was me yesterday after a mid-heavy day.
Screen was between 35-45%, mainly in email and a work application with a bit of Clash of Clans . I am running Pure Shamu with the Franco kernel, ambient display is off as is adaptive brightness.

 

[UJ95x]

This was me yesterday after a mid-heavy day.
Screen was between 35-45%, mainly in email and a work application with a bit of Clash of Clans . I am running Pure Shamu with the Franco kernel, ambient display is off as is adaptive brightness.

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Custom ROMs help a lot ;p

Sent from my Galaxy S4 running Lollipop 5.0.2

 

[raqball]

Mine is good. I get about 5 hours of screen on time. Its not as good as the Note 4 (I got close to 7 hours from it) but all things considered, its not bad at all..

 

[Jeremy8000]

This was me yesterday after a mid-heavy day.
Screen was between 35-45%, mainly in email and a work application with a bit of Clash of Clans . I am running Pure Shamu with the Franco kernel, ambient display is off as is adaptive brightness.

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First point is it's a custom ROM, which could make it less efficient. Second, we don't know where you have your brightness, how many hours of screen time that was, or how cpu-intensive that 'work application' is, and there's no way of knowing if that is good or bad battery life without knowing those.

 

[JoePa2624]

I really would like yo know how you guys can get 5 hours+ of SOT? The best I've gotten in about two weeks has been 3.5 hours, averaging right at 3 hours.

Honestly, the battery has been my biggest complaint. Frankly, my only complaint. But it is pretty frustrating. I'm a heavy user, living on my phone for work and I never get past 4pm.

I absolutely love everything else about this phone.

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[UJ95x]

First point is it's a custom ROM, which could make it less efficient. Second, we don't know where you have your brightness, how many hours of screen time that was, or how cpu-intensive that 'work application' is, and there's no way of knowing if that is good or bad battery life without knowing those.

Custom ROMs actually improve battery life more often than not. Especially if also using a custom kernel

 

[UJ95x]

I really would like yo know how you guys can get 5 hours+ of SOT? The best I've gotten in about two weeks has been 3.5 hours, averaging right at 3 hours.

Honestly, the battery has been my biggest complaint. Frankly, my only complaint. But it is pretty frustrating. I'm a heavy user, living on my phone for work and I never get past 4pm.

I absolutely love everything else about this phone.

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How bright is your screen?

 

[Jnorton2724]

I get about 4 hours 30 minutes sot with stock but I keep location services on battery saving mode. Google play services seems to be the one thing that kills my battery life unless I use that mode for location.

Posted via Nexus 6

 

[Golfdriver97]

I wouldn't exactly call the battery life great.

Which Android phone has a better battery life?

 

[JoePa2624]

How bright is your screen?

I leave it at 50% usually.

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[JoePa2624]

Which Android phone has a better battery life?

My Oneplus One had the best battery life I'd ever seen. I consistently went 2 days on charge, 7-8 hours SOT.

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[dpham00]

Which Android phone has a better battery life?

Gn4,am2,dt to name a few.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 4

 

[ray sital]

I keep seeing threads about battery life? Would 4 hours screen time get me through a whole day?

What device are you using now?


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