The Note 7 Battery life Thread

[jjj651]

Battery life is definitely not as good as and iPhone 6 Plus but I've just decided to just live with it.

 

[1901Madison]

Battery life is definitely not as good as and iPhone 6 Plus but I've just decided to just live with it.

What was your battery life like on the iPhone 6 Plus? I went from the 6s Plus to a Moto Z Force and the Force gets far better battery life than the 6s Plus. I would have thought the Note 7 would get similar battery life to the Z Force since they both have 3500mah batteries.

 

[RadeonHD4250]

I know this is a Note 7 forum, but I feel posting this here might conjure up interesting discussion.

Mind you, the screenshot is a Note 4 that has a smaller (older battery), an a less efficient SoC and operating system.

I browsed the Android Central app and got over an hour of SoT and only used 10%. If I were to continue to browse in that same amount of time, I'd easily hit 11-12 hours of SoT. But this isn't "normal" use to me. Everyone can easily hit 8 hours SoT if all they did was browse a forum on it.

Obviously those who have higher SoT use their phones with the screen on for longer "sessions" ie watching a movie, browsing a forum, reading an ebook, etc.

If you're actively turning the screen off and on (answering a text or message) or have a high STANDBY time, obviously you'll get less SoT, but MORE Standby, which is the more important factor to me.

I average 4-5 hours SoT with 48-72 hours of standby on average with my Note 4. The day someone shows me a screenshot of 7-8 hours of SoT with more than 48 hours uptime, THEN I'd be impressed. But so far, most who hit that magical number are not getting a full 24 hours of use from it.

Just use your phone and be happy. I don't have the Note 7 yet, so just be happy you own it!

 

[ThrottleJohnny]

I wasn't even going to post on this or any other battery threads anymore as it seems that people still find the need to critic people that do their stuff to just get the best out of the phone's battery life, and it simply gets tiresome.

But, some of you are complaining that are getting less battery life than an iPhone with a 4.7" and 720p screen and about 523 maximum nits or the other iPhone with a 5.5" and 1080p screen with about 563 maximum nits. Ehhh, sorry but you bought a phone with a Quad HD 5.7" screen and over 1000 maximum nits, so yes, having the phone at maximum screen brightness will hurt battery life more than anything else and a lot if not all of other phones out there.

I'm not going to say that you shouldn't use it the way you want, just that if you do, then you need to take everything in consideration because you are not comparing apples to apples here.

Do yourself a favor and see all the hints of people used to Samsung phones and their screens and services and work around 50% of brightness, turn off Google Location Services, disable or Uninstall all the phone bloatware and turn off sync for unused Google Account services and you will see the huge difference in your battery life, and will see that you are not crippling the phone just getting the best out of it. None of the above are iPhones issues simply because they don't have them, plus they basically converts the phone in a dumb phone once you turn that screen off, totally opposite to android's approach in which everything is on by default.

Don't fool yourself, this phones need some managing on the initial setup and the Quick toggles are there for something remember, you can also leave all your house's lights on all the time but what do you really do? Get the point?

Listen, I'm not here to begin a discussion about this, for me this is pure deja vu, you do what you want to do, just try to understand that people with great battery life are not liars or Samsung fan boys, they are just savvy owners getting the most out of their phones resources.

Thanks you!

 

[Nakrohtap]

I've spent the last several days tweaking my Note 7 to the way I like and use my device for me to be efficient. I set the screen to auto and put the slider just about 50%. After playing around on AC forum, music for 45 minutes at the gym and a few text I checked SOT and was very surprised at the results. The only thing I really did to help with battery was turn off "ok google". View attachment 236518View attachment 236519

6 hours 42 minutes SOT with 9 hours off the charger is not typical. Typically, unless you are doing something out of the ordinary, you want your phone to last all day. That screen time is great. But, don't expect to get 16 hours off the charger and almost 7 hours SOT. Some people are comparing against other people and should just be comparing their stats to their previous phone.

 

[thegame161]

For those worried about battery life why not buy the official Samsung battery case?

 

[zmann]

I'm loving this battery life.. I even streamed music to a Bluetooth speaker outside for 2 hours today. Much better battery life than my note 5.

 

[Connert]

6 hours 42 minutes SOT with 9 hours off the charger is not typical. Typically, unless you are doing something out of the ordinary, you want your phone to last all day. That screen time is great. But, don't expect to get 16 hours off the charger and almost 7 hours SOT. Some people are comparing against other people and should just be comparing their stats to their previous phone.

I agree, this is not normal. I was not expecting to see this. I do generally get through most of a day on one charge. I have very heavy days from time to time and can burn through a full charge in half a day.

Tomorrow will be my first full work day with my new Note 7. I'll be keeping an eye on things and see how it goes.

 

[byrds8]

Sitting here off and on playing with mine all day, I have 3hr 9min on SOT and used 50% of the battery. Been off charger for slightly over 11 hours.

 

[Aquila]

So much cringing. Makes me shudder.

 

[Aquila]

Also, where's the obligatory, "you have 4 hours SOT! Go outside! That's too much on your phone! Get a job ye hippy varmints and get off my lawn!" That guy is always fun.

 

[aj888]

I already worded the wireless battery pack from Samsung be here tomorrow.

 

[blessedred]

I CRINGE so much at these posts. they happen after every phone. there are always around 4 guys who get double the standard screen on time like they've somehow managed to defy science. its not hard to put screen brightness at an unreadable level, using wifi and gimping your phone. its just not realistic and hardly something to brag about. ah you internet folk never cease to amaze

When I first got my S7e and was getting 7hrs of SOT via wifi and mobile data and around 50% brightness. Just because your unit can't achieve that doesn't mean every one has a bad apple.

Posted via my Black S7 Edge

 

[spasell]

Whoa. Never seen this on battery monitor?

Anyone know what the top offender here is in this picture?

Good news is I've almost 5 hours of SOT and 13 hours overall

 

[Nanope]

Whoops double post

Posted via the Android Central App

I don't have that seting in my battery option.

 

[Nanope]

I CRINGE so much at these posts. they happen after every phone. there are always around 4 guys who get double the standard screen on time like they've somehow managed to defy science. its not hard to put screen brightness at an unreadable level, using wifi and gimping your phone. its just not realistic and hardly something to brag about. ah you internet folk never cease to amaze

Cmon I talked to a guy that avg 48 hours SoT on his note 4. I believed him too who wouldn't.

 

[jdfry15]

I may be wrong but it seems that the battery threads and battery bashing are pretty low for a high end android release. It seems in the past this thread would already have a 1k responses about how bad the battery is and how to fix and tweak it. I find the battery just fine, but not great. It seems to be better than my note 5 and a little worse than my iphone 6s plus. On a busy day at work I can get 5.5 to 6 hours of screen time but only last 10 to 11 hours. This weekend I've gotten 13 to 14 hours with 3.75 hours and 4.5 hours. Both are good for me on weekends when I don't use my phone as much.

 

[TJA3500]

Re: Whoa. Never seen this on battery monitor?

It's part of your operating system

 

[dpham00]

Re: Battery failure.

There are Samsung repair facilities, the nearest one to me is probably 5-10 miles. They can do it same day

 

[Viscomi4444]

Re: Battery failure.

This is exactly why I kept my note 3. Just in case something happens, I still have a high end phone.