Very impressive battery life so far.

[clevin]

The other thing I disliked was how the battery would be at 10% by 3:00pm, based on how I used it. Since I also use the phone for business, I'd have to change batteries. Not a huge deal, but still a pain.

Since I got the N5, my battery lasts well into the evening, using the phone the same way, with the same apps. For me the phone is a perfect fit, and these ARE real world experiences, not some guy doing an article in a magazine, running games or Facebook for hours on end.

I just want to mention that your experience on the battery contrasts with many other users experiences, as well as battery run down tests.

I understand some people don't give a rat a$$ about the run down test, I do however, hope they believe that individual usage habit bares no value for purpose of comparing two phones.

My advice to any buyer, is still that rundown test is the best way to compare the products when making a decision. Not because its perfect, but simply because everybody is different, and there is no other better way to pick one out of two or three or four.

 

[anon(8256055)]

I just want to mention that your experience on the battery contrasts with many other users experiences, as well as battery run down tests.

And it also follows the experiences of many other users. One thing the battery rundown tests may not properly address is how efficient the phone is in the standby state. The N5 is very efficient, and the battery loses little power when not being used. My S3 was poor in that regard, so during the course of a day the battery would deplete faster. That's with the phone setup the same way.

Then again, this is mostly 'wasted breath'. I've personally owned both phones, so I CAN make a real world comparison.

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[UJ95x]

You hit one of the main reasons I switched to the N5. (I apologize if I'm going off on a tangent). I think my SGS3 was a good phone, overall (even though I like to fire people up about it being junk). It took a tremendous amount of abuse, and kept on working, until it finally ended up dropping from a scaffolding, and getting run over by a man-lift on the job site. It also took decent pics, just not in low light.

The reason I didn't buy the S4 was because I felt I was left behind in OS updates. When I changed phones last month, the latest update to my SGS3 was 4.1.2. Unacceptable. I got so tired of waiting for updates that at I rooted the phone and installed CM10, but after a while I got frustrated with how buggy it was and restored it back to stock. The other thing I disliked was how the battery would be at 10% by 3:00pm, based on how I used it. Since I also use the phone for business, I'd have to change batteries. Not a huge deal, but still a pain.

Since I got the N5, my battery lasts well into the evening, using the phone the same way, with the same apps. For me the phone is a perfect fit, and these ARE real world experiences, not some guy doing an article in a magazine, running games or Facebook for hours on end.

And as I've mentioned before, I take hundreds of photos a week while on the job site, and the camera on this phone is really very good. The forthcoming update will only make it better.

Oh yeah, the swipe keyboard in KitKat is also very good out of the box!

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Great post. Every one's mileage will vary, and sometimes vary greatly. I got 7 hours and 18 minutes f screen time on my S4 yesterday (custom ROM) over 28 or so hours and I see posts where people have trouble making it through one day with very little screen time.
While it depends mostly on the user, sometimes people get faulty phones or have wakelocks they can't seem to fix which drains the battery a lot.

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[clevin]

And it also follows the experiences of many other users. One thing the battery rundown tests may not properly address is how efficient the phone is in the standby state. The N5 is very efficient, and the battery loses little power when not being used. My S3 was poor in that regard, so during the course of a day the battery would deplete faster. That's with the phone setup the same way.

Then again, this is mostly 'wasted breath'. I've personally owned both phones, so I CAN make a real world comparison.

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except most run down tests i cited do test standby as well, like this Samsung I9300 Galaxy S3 Jelly Bean battery life test concludes, see how it did - GSMArena Blog

btw, it rated GS3 as 50hrs endurance, N5 as 40hrs. If it only counts run down tests, how do you think it reached 50 or 40 hrs?

all major review you can read, from verge to engadget, all offers a result of battery run down, and a general "day to day" feeling.

just because you didn't read them, doesn't mean you can claim they did not do that job.

 

[LegalAmerican]

I just want to mention that your experience on the battery contrasts with many other users experiences, as well as battery run down tests.

I understand some people don't give a rat a$$ about the run down test, I do however, hope they believe that individual usage habit bares no value for purpose of comparing two phones.

My advice to any buyer, is still that rundown test is the best way to compare the products when making a decision. Not because its perfect, but simply because everybody is different, and there is no other better way to pick one out of two or three or four.

His experience is identical with mine, my best friends, and my brother in laws. We all have the S3 on different carriers and live in different areas of a large city. So a pretty good range of variables.

 

[clevin]

His experience is identical with mine, my best friends, and my brother in laws. We all have the S3 on different carriers and live in different areas of a large city. So a pretty good range of variables.

maybe we can do this math together, supposed you have 100 best friends and brother in laws, plus him and you, let's see....

102/50000000 is how many percent?

 

[LegalAmerican]

maybe we can do this math together, supposed you have 100 best friends and brother in laws, plus him and you, let's see....

102/50000000 is how many percent?

Where'd you get the 50000000?

 

[LegalAmerican]

Have you owned the S3? Looking at your device history I don't see that you have. Good heavens. You're a piece of work commenting so much on two devices you have zero knowledge of. This is fun!!

 

[clevin]

Have you owned the S3? Looking at your device history I don't see that you have. Good heavens. You're a piece of work commenting so much on two devices you have zero knowledge of. This is fun!!

I can't say I owned one, but my close friend does, i played with it for a while. I can safely say its battery was better than my old HOX, and I never seen it run out of juice in 10 hours. He usually charge it every other day.

and thanks for the kind word, you are surely a piece of work too. and guess what, I bet I have more knowledge on the aspects of the device (you may have kindly noticed that I don't comment on every aspect of the device) than some people who actually owns it.

 

[LegalAmerican]

I can't say I owned one, but my close friend does, i played with it for a while. I can safely say its battery was better than my old HOX, and I never seen it run out of juice in 10 hours. He usually charge it every other day.

and thanks for the kind word, you are surely a piece of work too.

I'm just thankful for your expertise. Usually I look for people who know what they're commenting about but in this case that clearly isn't necessary.

 

[clevin]

I'm just thankful for your expertise. Usually I look for people who know what they're commenting about but in this case that clearly isn't necessary.

interesting, you seems are claiming I don't know what I am talking about, while has zero prove of what I said was incorrect. tacky tactic. nice piece of work! a round of applause is needed! :-$

 

[Yogi217]

The fact is people at different ages, different jobs and riding in a car or public transportation makes that chart useless. I am almost always near a place that I can recharge or top off my Nexus 5. My Nexus 5 can do everything on that chart since I can top off the battery at almost any time no matter where I am. Fact is I didn't have to spend $728.98 to get just a little more battery life during the day. Then there are cheap portable battery with 12000mAh that can charge my phone several times if I was camping in the woods without AC power. That is why my Nexus 5 meets my needs and it may not meet the needs of the Samsung phablet trolls that are only here because they admitted they hate Google. The fact is I'm not buying a phone based on other people needs since I am buying them on my personal needs which isn't to play games or live on social media for four hours or more a day. I got the best phone at under $500 that will be updated with the current release which is the Nexus 5 and I laugh at people spending $728.98 for a device that will be abandoned by Samsung for updates after about a year. My buddy with his Note 2 has been waiting for a long time to get his updates;

There are some nice portable batteries. I bought one from anker last year because my S3 battery was so poor. I don't even know where it is now since my Nexus 5 has been making it through the entire day!


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[Yogi217]

well, this is first time I defend Note 3 here, since somebody already claim I was doing it (which is untrue).

Why I am here? I'm bored, and I hate lies. That's it, I will be gone soon, no need to worry. I had a period of macrumors frenzy years back, in which I challenge all lies at macrumor forums. Its a brain exercise. I was ranked in top 20 or so in number of posts posted at that time, which was crazy.

I am fed by intense discussion, and I mostly stick to grabbing data from all sources to arguing points, to me, there is nothing about N5 that I can't get from internet, I don't need to own one to know something about it. I usually don't get involved with personal slanders, as some people do.

Dude, not for nothing, you kind of are getting into slander by claiming people to be liars when they are just sharing their personal experiences. I could see how that would offend people. Especially when someone who doesn't own the device says what they are saying is untrue.

Tests have their place, and so do authentic user experiences. Those Internet tests are not clinical in nature and have inherent biases, and so do people's experiences.

If someone's experience contradicts the data you find doesn't mean it's not true. Just because a website posts data doesn't mean it's absolutely free of biases.

Remember too, when the same person uses two devices and does a comparison, the only variable that's has changed is, for the most part, their phone. So they do have a credible opinion on the matter.

Anyway, we'll still welcome you on the Nexus train next year when you get tired of twiz and lack of Sammy support. ;-)

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