Anandtech's battery life charts are all relative. No one has ever gotten 10 hours of screen time out of an iPhone 5/5S and they sure as hell won't even touch 9 hours of screen time with a 6+ in real world use. Ask anyone in the android thread if they've gotten 6.2 hours of screen time out of a Nexus 4. The answer will be no.
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Anandtech releases preliminary iPhone 6 Perf/Battery tests
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That is what they are predicting:
Anyways, I could had sworn they messed up their battery test for lg g3 due to Korean and European set being slightly different. But I think they fixed the error.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
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I would actually be really interested in that. My phone is charging at the moment so I may create a thread just to collect some data on battery stats to obtain an average
I read around after I saw that benchmark result, and most say about 9 hours. That's not too bad I guess. Did I miss anything?
That's because no one is browsing the web non stop from 100% to 0%. I have way more than 6.2 hours of screen time on my Nexus 4 though
Sir Abacus
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So Chipworks found that the A8 is only a GX6450. Really disappointing. However that means get ready for the A8X with a GX6650.
Lithium Ion batteries are harmed much more quickly if you discharge them too frequently. Always charge in between uses and fully discharge periodically just to recalibrate the battery meter.
gimmmick
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What Apple's silicon teams have been doing for these past couple of years has really started to pay off. From a CPU and GPU standpoint, the 5s is probably the most futureproof of any iPhone ever launched. As much as it pains me to use the word futureproof, if you are one of those people who likes to hold onto their device for a while - the 5s is as good a starting point as any.
Anand Lal Shimpi wasn't bull shitting us with his iphone 5s review last year.
I guess Anand really likes his tech. Positively being effusive about the iphone 5s in that link.
I don't think I've seen so much personal attention being given to any product.
CurlySaysX
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Have the tested the Z2?
I have a Z2 here that has been off the charger for 4days, with 3 hours of screen on time and still has over 25% battery life remaining. I usually get 8 hours of screen on time per charge on 3/4G.
Don't think so, I don't see it in their reviews.
Are you ever on Wi-Fi for a small portion of the day? Also, do you streaming music a bit, browse the web, and chat? (this is what I do in my usage usually with hangouts/facebook messenger on, and drive, keep, gmail, soundcloud, google photo, browser, chrome, and google music, and calender all synced up)
CurlySaysX
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Only time it is connected to wifi is when I'm at home. When is a slow day at work i'm on my phone all day and I mainly use 3G, every now and again I will switch to 4G when the network is congested but battery life seems about the same on 4g as it does on 3g.
smokeandmirrors
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I know and im going to miss his reviews now that he's not with Anandtech anymore because of that.
Terrible when used for it's main purpose - gaming.
The Faceless Master
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is 50% brightness really a bad choice? what brightness level do many people use? has to be either 50% or 100% right? that's what i usually see... does anyone actually tune their brightness to 200 nits in real usage? and that's what their browsing tests go for right?
i agree more with the AnandTech testing method, but i can see why choosing 50% could also be seen as valid.
i agree more with the AnandTech testing method, but i can see why choosing 50% could also be seen as valid.
If I'm outside, I turn it on Auto so I can see it. If I'm inside, I try to keep my screen as low as I can, I hate bright screens.
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I like that these things are tested but the fact that humanity can't get a battery breakthrough makes me sad 
imagine how good life would be if some huge nerd just up and said 'fucking hell I've got it' and bam, 6 months battery life.
imagine how good life would be if some huge nerd just up and said 'fucking hell I've got it' and bam, 6 months battery life.soundahfekz
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titiklabingapat
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How does Anandtech come up with these stats? I would have been happier with the 8 hour wifi browsing of the Nexus 5, but I only get the GSM arena one of less than 5 hours.
The Faceless Master
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good things take time. GSMArena just published theirs.
The benchmark results weren't surprising: http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_6-review-1141p5.php
Via Purifico
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Really puts into perspective how beastly the z3 compact's battery life is.
I guess iphones beating android devices in benchmarks isn't really the case anymore.
Maninthemirror
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Really puts into perspective how beastly the z3 compact's battery life is.
I guess iphones beating android devices in benchmarks isn't really the case anymore.
Being a 5.2 inch screen what's the battery comparison to iPhone 6 plus which is 5.5
Z3 compact has a 4.7 inch screen or thereabouts. Its a flat out monster battery wise. You are thinking of the Z3 normal.
The z3compact is a 4.6 inch screen.
sweetvar26
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A compacts have always been bears with respect to their battery life.
I always set my battery dependant devices to about 25% to conserve power, and if I need to see the screen in direct sunlight I adjust accordingly. Done this since DS Lite.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
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That Z3 Compact test is making me reconsider my iPhone preorder.
well you tune your brightness usually to the same level you find comfortable... it is likely 30% on one phone and 70% on other.
In the case of testing Z3C vs iPhone 6, they are both very bright so 50% will have similar real life usage. Obviously setting 50%/100% of very bright phone vs setting 50%/100% on much less bright phone will likely lead to skewed results.
WordAssassin
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I never use LTE so I'm sure that's a factor, but last weekend I got 10 hours and 15 minutes of actual usage from my 6+, and something like a day and 15 hours of standby. Took it off the charger at 9am Saturday morning and it died at 12:15am Monday morning.
Setting it to 200 nits ensures that screens from different phones are exactly the same brightness. It's a baseline for testing. Concerning brightness (and power requirements), 50% on one phone can be completely different than 50% on another phone.
In general 50% is way too bright for me on anything unless I'm outside in the sun.
Arondight
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Really puts into perspective how beastly the z3 compact's battery life is.
I guess iphones beating android devices in benchmarks isn't really the case anymore.
Yeah, If I was getting a phone, Z3C would be it. No question about it.
I'm surprised by the results though. It's lower than every other flagship phone.
Carton
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It still mops the floor with the 2014 Android flagships with respect to browser and GPU benchmarks, and its camera (esp the Plus) has been generally rated above the competition.
A high charge, especially for long periods of time, is very harmful for the battery. All LiIon batteries in storage have 40% charge because of this. Just check the charge the next time you start a laptop/phone/whatever for the first time. This is why I never charge my phone over night anymore.
Ideally the cycle should be as small as possible so going from 100% to 0% is the most harmful and will give you the fewest cycles. By cycle I mean a full 100% cycle so going from 75% to 25% would be a half cycle.
Electrical vehicles usually limit how high and low the battery can be charged to prolong the battery life. One example is the Prius PHV which will always have between 23.5% and 85% charge in the battery (SOC).
Via Purifico
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Did they include the z3 in those camera comparisons? 20.7 mp with a 1/2.3 sensor is quite insane for a smartphone, add in 4k video and it beats the iphone's 8 mp 1080p camera spec wise. Admittedly apple does have good software to compensate but it doesn't excuse the additional 300 euro pricetag over the z3.
The Albatross
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Two things that keep my coming back to the iPhone for my next phone:
- Battery life
- Camera
After being on Android for 4 years I was so shocked how long the battery life on the iPhone 5 was. I'd have a day of typical use and come home from work still at like 65-75%. Never got that on any Android handset, ever. I was so used to having 10% life at the end of the day without even using it.
And worst of all, the new phones come out like the Moto X and I am all ready to jump ship, and then I read reviews... Stellar everything, except horrible battery life... And I'm like... jesus wtf are they doing.
- Battery life
- Camera
After being on Android for 4 years I was so shocked how long the battery life on the iPhone 5 was. I'd have a day of typical use and come home from work still at like 65-75%. Never got that on any Android handset, ever. I was so used to having 10% life at the end of the day without even using it.
And worst of all, the new phones come out like the Moto X and I am all ready to jump ship, and then I read reviews... Stellar everything, except horrible battery life... And I'm like... jesus wtf are they doing.
Standby power usage on iOS is killer. It's something I keep coming back to as well.
http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles/Appl...et-gold-standard-for-smartphone-image-quality
And if we're going to talk specs, then it should also be said how important pixel size and AF is. The Z3 definitely has a larger sensor and resolution, but that large resolution means smaller pixels. Looks like Sony gets dinged in color and artifacts too, going by Dxomark.
People just care about how well auto mode works. Otherwise the Z3 and Lumia 1020 would win every time.
Android smartphones especially turn foilage into strange looking patterns thanks to the agressive sharpening added. Note that the 1020 crop was taken from the 5MP downsampled image so you get a smaller file with more detail even in daylight.
In terms of resolution, sure. But there are more aspects to image quality than that factor alone, and DXO accounts for those in their score.
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