Yeah. The guy doesn't even have the phone and is complaining about battery life? That makes sense....show me one person that's not happy with the battery life that knows what the battery life is.
Note 5 Battery life thread
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Yeah. The guy doesn't even have the phone and is complaining about battery life? That makes sense....show me one person that's not happy with the battery life that knows what the battery life is.
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The editorial is not spot on. Real life reviews are important. Not assumptions based on specs. Several here are proving that the battery last longer in the Note 5 vs. the Note 4. The construction of the phone is far more superior to that of the Note 4. Now, the Note 4 is a very beautiful and powerful device. But there is no way someone can say it is better. The ONLY reason people will say the Note 4 is better is because it has a removable battery and an SD card option. Oh and the IR Blaster which majority of the population does not know about or use. Only us tech nerds really.It's NOT a review, but an editorial based on early impressions and the opinion that the Note 5 is no longer for power users due to the loss of user-replaceable battery and SD card features. Personally, as a Note 4 owner I think the editorial is spot on!
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But what if the battery actually lasts longer? (And it is for me) Then the uneducated preview would be not spot on.It's NOT a review, but an editorial based on early impressions and the opinion that the Note 5 isn't for power users due to the loss of user-replaceable battery and SD card features. Personally, as a Note 4 owner I think the editorial is spot on!
And this post says that a lot of people aren't happy with the battery life. Which is untrue. I've yet to see anyone that has one say that.
XDA people tend to hate everything... even things they don't have or understand. Battery life is sooooo complicated of a thing that it is nearly impossible to judge. Certain torture tests are good for judging phone #1 vs phone #2 under reasonably controled conditions. Real life is a very poor tool to evaluate battery life.... and mah is terrible comparable. I have a smart watch that has a 325 mah battery and it lasts 2 days, even though its running android and 1/10th the battery size. The screen on the note 5 is not 10 times larger... there clearly are other factors. (extreme and stupid example, but you get the idea)
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Battery life, in general, is really difficult to judge. Even most reviews, when done professionally, state that they get so much time, and ESTIMATE an average user should get about the whatever amount. Depending on what apps, widgets and other things you use, you could get way more or way less. Maybe you don't use wi-fi, always like having your location settings on and like your screen up full blast? Probably not going to get the same battery life as someone who uses a ton of wi-fi, no location, no Bluetooth and doesn't use a lot of widgets or emails that pull information constantly. You can go through just about every single forum for every single phone on here, read through the battery life threads and see how a few people get crappy life (either due to a bad phone or due to their settings), some get phenomenal life (luck of the draw, knowing how to use their phone, rooting or maybe using certain battery apps) and everyone else pretty much somewhere in the middle.
As the tech gets better, battery life does too, but it all depends how you use it.
As the tech gets better, battery life does too, but it all depends how you use it.
wait a year and compare again, Li-Ion battery does degrade over time, you know, like 10-30% capacity loss a year.
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Imo, an editorial based on conjecture after Samsung unpacked event and even after some people got some time with the device is pointless. Might as well wait for a few days and do a hands-on. Now, if this was a while back then sure conjecture at that time would be fine.It's NOT a review, but an editorial based on early impressions and the opinion that the Note 5 isn't for power users due to the loss of user-replaceable battery and SD card features. Personally, as a Note 4 owner I think the editorial is spot on!
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Actually i do agree with removing the sd card...they are slow compared to int storage... sd cards belong in the past tech is about the future ... i also can live with the smaller battery if battery life i at least equal to my note 4
BUT ....i can NOT settle for a 64 gb
My note 4 has 96 gb and it's almost full ...i mean the S6 has a 128 gb option and it's a smaller phone
Why would they not do the same for the note???? ...it makes no sense
If i buy the note 5 it would be a huge DOWNGRADE ...storage wise
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BUT ....i can NOT settle for a 64 gb
My note 4 has 96 gb and it's almost full ...i mean the S6 has a 128 gb option and it's a smaller phone
Why would they not do the same for the note???? ...it makes no sense
If i buy the note 5 it would be a huge DOWNGRADE ...storage wise
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I actually think they will bring out a 128GB option in the next.month or 2. They are trying to get the phone put there as quick as possible. If I remember correctly the s6 didn't start selling the 128gb model for at least 2-3 weeks after release on the UK.
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Then I'd miss out on the usable fingerprint scanner, the improved camera, taking notes without waking up the phone, raw image support, faster launching and focusing camera,wireless charging built in, no lag and the awesome feel. And Samsung pay
Don't really need a removable battery if the battery lasts more than a day.
And I already have a note 4 I will be selling tomorrow.
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I agree. I don't understand why the S6 edge plus wasn't the new model of the Note Edge.
Part of the problem is allot of people bought the Note for reasons that have nothing to do with it being the Note. The S6 edge plus is for them. So what should happen now is all users that like the screen size and such of the note but don't care about the S-pen should get the S6 edge +. All of those users that got it for those reasons probably screwed up statistics and now samsung doesn't really know what real Note users want.
That may sound elitist but it is the truth. Many people bought the Note for reasons that have less to do with what the note functionality and more about it simply being the biggest phone with top end hardware.
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That may sound elitist but it is the truth. Many people bought the Note for reasons that have less to do with what the note functionality and more about it simply being the biggest phone with top end hardware.
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Today at 50%. On pace for 20 hours battery life with 7:30 of screen time. Very nice. Had a funeral to go to so I used navigation for 30 minutes and about an hour of streaming a podcast thru Bluetooth in the truck.
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IMO, it's hard to tell how good a battery is until a few months has passed. Initially, almost any high end phone will do good for the first few weeks and will show some sign of faster draining after a few months like any batteries. But that's good to know that the new exynos chipset is way more power efficient than the note 4.
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