Battery Life Thread

[merplerps]

Mine has been struggling with battery life, but it's been seeing heavy use. I charged it over night, and it was on battery save after about 6 hours. I did play a few games totaling about 90 minutes though. I'll have to hold off on a verdict until I've had it for about a week - when I'm back to "normal" usage.

 

[o4liberty]

Amazing battery life here I can go a full day with heavy use with charging during the day.
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[rdavenp3]

I just ran mine down until it shut off. The last 15% seemed to take quite a long time while streaming video, so I hope the battery calibrates correctly.
What I have noticed is the first and last 15% drop in stated battery takes quite a while and the middle 70% seems to drop more rapidly within a consistent usage.

 

[WhyFiNYC]

Yesterday was my first full day with it, and it didn't run out of gas until about 5pm - this was with heavy usage, including more than a solid hour of my son playing with apps/games in Kid's Corner.

 

[Rich White]

Heavy usage on the web and listening to audio? 5 1/2 hours taking a few calls and a little video. That's the worst case scenario I've had. Battery Saver and 1 minute standby? Easy to get through a day with a couple hours of web use and audio. YMMV - 920

 

[Berkley Todd]

Wow, this is all amazing to hear, but I'm starting to wonder if mine is defective....20 minutes of moderate use and I've lost %5.....I've disabled nokia drive (uninstalled it actually), and taken the time to run the battery down then fully recharge. My issues sound similar to that which many 920 owners experienced. I guess I might give it a few more days and charge cycles, but if I don't see some improvements, I guess I should take it back for a new one...

 

[Robinsonmac]

I was told you are supposed to charge the battery & not use it until fully charged the 1st time. My battery lasts a day 1/2 per charge.

 

[Angry_Mushroom]

I tend to get about 20-30 hours per charge depending on use. Of course once I start playing some of the games it drops into the single digits, but you can't have it all. Overall I've been very pleased with the battery life of my Nokia.

 

[icstars989]

Amazing standby time. A bit worrying about actual usage time.

this. I feel like you can't actually do anything on the phone without draining the battery.

 

[antsin3d]

It's true, you can't do anything on any phone without draining its battery ;P

 

[KoukiFC3S]

this. I feel like you can't actually do anything on the phone without draining the battery.

Make sure to use dark themes and the battery usage won't be as high. Lowering the brightness will also help a lot.

 

[Serious Tone]

I got 15 hours yesterday..I figured it was because wifi was on, lte uses more battery then wifi?

 

[nooaah]

I got 15 hours yesterday..I figured it was because wifi was on, lte uses more battery then wifi?

Waaaayyyy more.

 

[carajean]

Yeah I pulled mine off the charger around 5am and here it is noon and I havent really used it that much. Watched one short youtube video a couple texts and quick calls.

I do have wifi on constantly because Im at home today.

I will turn the brightness down and see if that helps
My discharge speed is 12% per hour.

 

[icstars989]

Make sure to use dark themes and the battery usage won't be as high. Lowering the brightness will also help a lot.

My discharge rate is 11.68% and hour. I do use a black background, I have backlight to medium, tap and send off, location off, and notify me of new WiFi off. Any other suggestions? My emails are set to check every 2 hours also.

 

[Penny_1]

My initial estimation that I might get 30 hours was way off. Standby is still fantastic, but it drains much too fast in actual use. I expect about 20 hours out of this, consisting of about 17 hours of standby, 3 hours of use.

 

[Serious Tone]

Waaaayyyy more.

Huh, I never would gave guessed.

Is lte only 4g or 3g also? Because there's no 4g around me yet.

 

[Martog]

Huh, I never would gave guessed.

Is lte only 4g or 3g also? Because there's no 4g around me yet.

LTE is 4G only, 3G runs through the CDMA network on Verizon.

 

[Cylemmulo]

seems kinda disappointing, I was thinking of switching from my Razr M to this but i get like 3-5+ hours per 10 percent with light-moderate usage with it. hmmmmm

 

[WhyFiNYC]

I never got my phone fully charged today, but it was taken off of the charger about 5 hours ago - I'm at 86% with light usage. Someone else said that they were getting better battery life with their Trophy, and my experience couldn't be further from that - both in standby and heavy usage, my 928 is much better.