I Can Be Your Hero
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If it lasts a full day use for me, then that's all I'd want.
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I wholeheartedly agree that we are not in the place we ought to be. Battery technology has not improved for decades now. And this is the first time I am aware, that both HTC and Samsung produced flagships with regressive battery performance.Saying the S6 has "the best battery life of all flagships" is just a way of saying "the least poor of all the poor performers." Smartphone battery life, across the board is frankly dismal compared to what is needed.
mjc
All right, an S6 edge battery stat, admittedly on lighter use, some short gameplay and photography, much browing and checking the usual suspects (weather, transit, email etc.), GPS high accuracy on, mostly on WiFi while connected to 4G network. Some app installing and themeing, an hour of calling and some chat.
Definitely an improvement, although if you add more gaming, more time under the sun and some music streaming, I'd say the SoT would be an hour or so worse. Please note that I'm on March 1 SW.
I found this from one of the members at XDA:
With final version using Qualcomm modem, results should be much better.
Battery life should be one of the very most important concerns.
All the cool features (bells & whistles) don't work when the battery is dead.
I found this from one of the members at XDA:
With final version using Qualcomm modem, results should be much better.
I found this from one of the members at XDA:
With final version using Qualcomm modem, results should be much better.
This proves my initial calculation based on GSMarena's test rating, namely, s6 has bad standby performance. I have made some calculation based on this graph. It seems, the battery dropped 7.1% in 6.5 hr standby overnight, which translate into 1.1%/hr in standby. This is VERY high.
Good news is it can be avoided, it should either 1) be fixed by sammy; or 2) be fixed by users by turning off sync and data when in standby mode. The target should be 0.2%/hr.
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Yeah but they had the high accuracy mode on, who the heck does that unless you're traveling? I think it's outstanding considering that one factor, talk about a battery draining mode...shessh.
Yeah but they had the high accuracy mode on, who the heck does that unless you're traveling? I think it's outstanding considering that one factor, talk about a battery draining mode...shessh.
This proves my initial calculation based on GSMarena's test rating, namely, s6 has bad standby performance. I have made some calculation based on this graph. It seems, the battery dropped 7.1% in 6.5 hr standby overnight, which translate into 1.1%/hr in standby. This is VERY high.
Good news is it can be avoided, it should either 1) be fixed by sammy; or 2) be fixed by users by turning off sync and data when in standby mode. The target should be 0.2%/hr.
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Techno Buffalo, likewise, ok battery. Not so good camera. Buy recommendation only if a fan but not for overall design, performance and functionality.
Yes, and that is because Samsung's modems are worse than Qualcomm's. A better modem can fix the bad standby time, which is why I'm confident battery life figures will improve with the Qualcomm modem.
what Samsung modem is using so much power in standby?
Huh?