Watched a 22min episode on Netflix (wifi) - battery down 6% .. Normal?

[shergillwp8]

What is your experience? I was on wifi and watched Netflix for about ~23 minutes. I noticed battery life went from 100% -> 94% for me

 

[Slai]

That sounds about right?

 

[Deathrider1]

That is not bad, I don't think it can get any better

 

[Daniel Ratcliffe]

To say that would probably kill about 15% of my HTC TITAN battery, I'd say that's pretty darn good... I tether all the time, so trust me, I'm used to crappy battery life.

 

[davidzip14]

That's perfectly normal, 6% is actually not bad at all, did you use the speaker or the headphone?

 

[Slai]

I expect a phone to be at around 50% after having watched about 5-6 hours of ondevice video, 6% for half an hour on streaming video isnt bad at all, its about what Id expect from the 920.

 

[shergillwp8]

I was on headphones.. thanks for the replies..

 

[ynight]

are you all crazy saying this is normal? If this is normal, is what, the lumia 920 can watch stream video for about 6 hours before it runs out? How is that even near normal??? I never tried, but i bet mine will die watching wifi stream stuff for 4 hours tops.

 

[halimaw96]

Sounds normal to me. Video and browsing tend to take a toll on the battery, twenty minutes of browsing usually drains my battery by 8-10% your battery is fine

 

[ynight]

Anyone confirm this? If this is truly normal I need an exchange like yesterday

 

[joeynox]

My varies, I watched a 2hr movie on WiFi and my phone drained out about 15% other times I had a movie going for an hour or so and it drained close to 30%. Then in zombie mode at 0% I was able to Netflix stream over an hour . This phone is weird. My 3rd replacement is on its way. I will say that after a full discharge the battery is great but between full discharges the performance drops off

 

[JConn_Lefty]

What is your experience? I was on wifi and watched Netflix for about ~23 minutes. I noticed battery life went from 100% -> 94% for me

was this on 4g? lte? wifi?

 

[Deathrider1]

Anyone confirm this? If this is truly normal I need an exchange like yesterday

Headphones, screen brightness and other things like apps running in the background will make a difference, so it varies

 

[swimdng]

Timely post. Was wondering if my L920 battery is normal too. New stock, 1 week old.
It has been 9 hours since I last charged it this morning, and the battery info says I still have 94%?!
I remember going through almost a full day, and the battery info said it was still at 100%. That could not be real.
I'm always on LTE, 4G, WIFI-on, and auto brightness. Normal usage.
Not complaining about great battery life, but just a bit strange coming from an Android phone that drains battery like a faucet.

 

[ynight]

Headphones, screen brightness and other things like apps running in the background will make a difference, so it varies

I tested mine, watched youtube through IE for 19 minutes, down by 6% as well. The battary is better than I'd expect. Or maybe I have bad expectation because I judged based on the experience i got from web browsing

 

[socialcarpet]

I'd probably use closer to 10%, but I use the speaker turned up to 25/30 rather than the headphones. But yeah, to answer your question that sounds normal to me.

 

[dkp23]

Isn't the phone advertised with like 3 or 4 hour video playback? 22 min is not normal. If it is, somebody lied.

Here you go.

edit: playback is not same as streaming...

 

[tehkei]

I've watched shows on crunchyroll, on average I think 8/15% seems my average per every 30 minutes.

 

[erzhik]

are you all crazy saying this is normal? If this is normal, is what, the lumia 920 can watch stream video for about 6 hours before it runs out? How is that even near normal??? I never tried, but i bet mine will die watching wifi stream stuff for 4 hours tops.

What did you expect? A full day of streaming? Watch time depends on a lot of things. Headphones, screen brightness, whether you are on wifi on data, sound level, background apps, screen size, quality of stream. Losing 6% in 20 min is normal for a smartphone.

 

[JConn_Lefty]

What did you expect? A full day of streaming? Watch time depends on a lot of things. Headphones, screen brightness, whether you are on wifi on data, sound level, background apps, screen size, quality of stream. Losing 6% in 20 min is normal for a smartphone.

i think ynight might have misread the op's post. maybe he thought the battery went from 100-6% after watching a 22 min clip.
losing 6% (going from 100-94%) of battery after streaming a 22 min clip sounds reasonable to me.