S7 Edge Battery Life

kylecummins · Mar 8, 2016

Getting the phone Friday, really curious about peoples results so far.

KOLIO · Mar 8, 2016

Stickied.

Riche101 · Mar 9, 2016

kylecummins · Mar 9, 2016

god i hope that videos an accurats representation.. Cant wait to pick it up

Riche101 · Mar 9, 2016

It's looking that the Edge is a beast, it's going to vary of course

kisby · Mar 10, 2016

So far, good for me. I've been on the phone almost constantly, well about 50% of the time, for the past 7 hours. I've been uploading apps, getting emails and texts, etc. More use than I would normally have since I'm setting up a new phone. Still at 80% battery.

Nick The Great · Mar 10, 2016

Mine isn't much better than my S4 I just replaced. :rolleyes:

I'm at 54% right now since off the charger at 5:45 this morning. Just a little bit of light web browsing. :oops:

senorian · Mar 10, 2016

Nick The Great said:
Mine isn't much better than my S4 I just replaced.

I'm at 54% right now since off the charger at 5:45 this morning. Just a little bit of light web browsing.

I'm starting to feel like mine is going to be like this instead of what Kisby is getting. I've been messing around with some of the options to hopefully improve it. I charged it full on the day I got it and yesterday I let it drain completely before recharging it. Just seems to go a bit faster then what i'd like.

Rich_NY · Mar 10, 2016

Really Snake? Good to know, ty

Nick The Great · Mar 11, 2016

senorian said:
I'm starting to feel like mine is going to be like this instead of what Kisby is getting. I've been messing around with some of the options to hopefully improve it. I charged it full on the day I got it and yesterday I let it drain completely before recharging it. Just seems to go a bit faster then what i'd like.

I just did a factory data reset this morning to see if it helps. I am also have some random restarts, so my phone is kinda hosed up.

I'm at 65% now, off the charger since 6:30 am. I had GPS and music going on my way to work, and did the FDR in there too.

Greg Frye · Mar 11, 2016

So far I've got 4hrs sot and at 50%. And I've been doing everything. I have my screen set on 40% auto. This is perfect for me. I don't like it too bright.

jack58 · Mar 11, 2016

Nick The Great said:
I just did a factory data reset this morning to see if it helps. I am also have some random restarts, so my phone is kinda hosed up.

...and you just got this phone??? You must have loaded up a bad ap program when you got it.

bIOforger · Mar 12, 2016

Awesome so far, just got the edge yesterday with the 3600mah battery, over 5hrs screentime and 8hrs uptime, out of the box and the initial charge. It still had 15% charge left when i was done yesterday. So that was with me setting up everything and hammering the phone and all the functions for 2-3hrs straight, then another 2 hrs of screentime later on, pretty impressed. Should be a lot better after the next charge and some idle time mixed in.

daposaspo · Mar 12, 2016

Does it charge as quickly as advertised?

bIOforger · Mar 12, 2016

On mine, from 15% it took about 1hr 15mins if i remember correctly. From 58% it took about 20mins, using the fast charge.

bIOforger · Mar 13, 2016

Some more info after the 1st proper charge. 4hrs screen on time, with 15hrs uptime, and 32% charge left, not too shabby for a 5.5" screen and most of SOT using the battery hog that is facebook

rkkeller · Mar 14, 2016

I know the battery is a lot bigger now, but so is the screen. I am really finding no difference in battery life and still only get about a day with "how I use it." After dinner I am about 20-30% same as every other Android and iPhone I have had and I have to put it on the charger every night.

bIOforger · Mar 14, 2016

This topic is always subjective, it depends on what apps you use and how you use the phone. I'm not sure how the guy in that vid above got over 6hrs SOT and nearly 2 days of uptime "playing games" and all the other things he mentioned though.

I'm definitely seeing a SOT improvement over the S5 i had previously which was on Lollipop though. And when the phone is idle for longer periods when i'm at work i suspect the uptime will be a lot longer before it needs charging again. I'm not sure if this is due to Marshmallow (unlikely) or the S7 edge being more efficient (likely).

Maxwell Olmen · Mar 16, 2016

I'm usually getting 5-6 hours of SOT on the weekends when I use it on a regular schedule. Always On Display hardly puts a dent in it, and I'm happy about that. I can go a whole day (regardless of the day of the week) without charing it and almost constantly using it. Since I'm still in in grade school (I know, I'm a nub), I normally get in about 3 hours of SOT on weekdays, since I normally use my computer once I get back home.

bIOforger · Mar 17, 2016

Always on display uses about 1% per hour, plus about 1% per hour when idle. I'm getting 3.5-4hrs SOT with 24hrs uptime now the batt has "learn't" my activity and settled in a bit more.

Pingu27 · Mar 17, 2016

This battery is crazy. Never used a phone with a battery this good before. I'm starting to believe you can watch a full season of GoT on a single charge.

rivera02 · Mar 22, 2016

Yea this thing sips battery watching videos. I always said I would never buy a phone without a removable battery because I never had a phone that could get me through a full day, but this thing is ridiculous.

I'm sitting at 61% right now with about 6.5 hrs up time and 2hr 35min SOT. I make no attempts to conserve battery either beyond disabling apps I don't use. Couldn't be happier coming from a v10.

EDGES7 · Mar 23, 2016

Pingu27 said:
This battery is crazy. Never used a phone with a battery this good before. I'm starting to believe you can watch a full season of GoT on a single charge.
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Can you please tell me what are your settings? Sync, Bluetooth ETC.

I think the first day I got pretty good battery life. It just hasn't been what I expected. On my previous phone (S5), I used a 5600 maH Hyperion Battery, and I also bought the 3500 maH Samsung Extended Battery. Of course the hyperion gave me good battery life even with bluetooth and sync on. The 3500 maH was ok, I'm wondering if Sync is really the cause for battery drain. Ideally, with a 3600 mah battery, you're hoping to make get 5-6 Screen Time throughout 12 or so hours during the day.

kylecummins · Mar 24, 2016

Over 18 hours on battery and 6 hours screen time

Still a beast

malibu02 · Mar 25, 2016

2 days of setting up and loading apps etc.
Battery life is amazing still had 40% battery.

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