Many reviews list the battery life favorably, some do not for sure. The 3 sites listed above are a sample of about 15 reviews I have seen. More of them have been positive than negative on the DNA battery life, to be sure. More data on this and more real world tests will help all of us for sure. I would keep in mind that no 2 sites use the phone exactly the same testing methodology or do the same tests.
Every person's use case is different as well. What is "acceptable" to one person may not be to another. In addition, lots of other factors will cause variances in reported battery life (from sites and from users). During a normal day of use, things that cause battery life variations are:
- How often daily are you on wifi?
- If you are in a 4G area, HOW GOOD IS YOUR SIGNAL ?
- How frequently do you have your apps set to poll for data?
- How much screen on time per day do you actually use?
- What brightness is your screen at when you use it?
- How many phone calls?
- How much gaming do you do?
- WHAT apps do you have running (some apps are poorer than others in the background)?
- MANY MANY other factors (too many to list here)
No answers to the questions above are right or wrong, but one can understand that there will be widely varied battery life reports based on ones usage. Since the title of this thread is WAIT AND SEE, I highly agree that it's a good idea to see what users think once its released. Review sites are great for sure, and helpful, but they are open to widely varied use cases, as all users are ...