Galaxy S 4 has best battery life, iPhone 5s well behind other smartphones in new tests

[Youbetternot]

This is pretty interesting too look at. I would say this is my response to the topic about getting insane battery life http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/72543-anyone-else-getting-uber-good-battery-life-on-there-gs4/. The iphone's do good in web browsing, but can't last call time for life.

 

 

 

 

Has meager battery life on your iPhone left you feeling drained? You're probably not alone. Some new tests show that Apple's latest smartphone may not actually be the juiciest device on the market. In fact, it may not even be in the top five.

According to consumer review blog Which?, the Samsung Galaxy S 4, HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S 4 mini all ranked higher than the iPhone 5s when it came to talk time, with the S4 clocking in at 1051 minutes and the new iPhone at 651. For battery life during Internet use, the 5s is ranked even lower, at number seven. The S4 was again number one at 405 minutes, but phones like BlackBerry's Z10 and Nokia's Lumia 1020 also beat out the iPhone 5s and 5c here (rated at 298 and 252 minutes respectively).

At the launch of the iPhone 5s, some reviews and tests revealed the iPhone 5s as, though packing a slightly larger battery, offering about the same daily rate of drain as last year's iPhone 5. Technology site AnandTech put Apple's newest phone through a rigorous series of tests and found it to be lagging behind several phones on the market in a WiFi web browsing time test - including the iPhone 5 - though it was the leader of the pack in the LTE web browsing time test. In a similar testing of talk time on the iPhone 5s, AnandTech ranked the device 9th behind seven Android smartphones, as well as Apple's own iPhone 5c.

For what it's worth, the trials AnandTech conducted show the Samsung Galaxy S 4, a device Which? tagged as number one, well back in the pack in both the web browsing and talk time tests.

So, what do all these numbers and rankings mean? We're not going to pretend to know which device will undoubtedly offer the best battery life for your day to day, though taken together these two studies do paint a picture of the battery-power landscape among current smartphones. 

 

source: http://news.yahoo.com/tests-show-iphone-5s-behind-other-smartphones-in-battery-life-185724652.html

 

[Stonep11]

I can still barely get through a day with my S4...

[Maskot]

Maybe because the iphone 5s has a smaller battery? This test is irrelevant, efficiency is what matters...  Not how big your screen is and how big of a battery you can fit behind it.

[TopWargamer]

>G2

>3000mAh battery

 

Do it benchmarkers, do it. 

[WunderWuffle]

I wanna see the Note 3 on that chart...

[Snickerzz]

So im not crazy

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/72543-anyone-else-getting-uber-good-battery-life-on-there-gs4/

[Glenwing]

Maybe because the iphone 5s has a smaller battery? This test is irrelevant, efficiency is what matters...  Not how big your screen is and how big of a battery you can fit behind it.

 

It's not a competition to see who's battery tech is the most advanced, it's to see how long the phones last if you used them.

[Youbetternot]

>G2

>3000mAh battery

 

Do it benchmarkers, do it. 

You demand it I give you look at original post

[Youbetternot]

So im not crazy

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/72543-anyone-else-getting-uber-good-battery-life-on-there-gs4/

Nope we all good  :lol:

[TopWargamer]

You demand it I give you look at original post

Ah yes, I see the edit now. The G2 is getting the love it deserves.

<3

[Maskot]

It's not a competition to see who's battery tech is the most advanced, it's to see how long the phones last if you used them.

They're not too far off, the 5S being more efficient.  What you said is like comparing two vehicles with different horsepower, of course the higher horsepower is going to win, but how much horsepower per cubic inch is what matters.  Also, this has nothing to do with battery tech, a milliamp is a milliamp and the 5S uses them more efficiently which is what really matters.  If the 5S had a 2600mAh battery it would get 494 minutes of internet time.

Galaxy S4 6.4mAh per minute

iPhone 5S 5.2mAh per minute

[Glenwing]

 

They're not too far off, the 5S being more efficient.  What you said is like comparing two vehicles with different horsepower, of course the higher horsepower is going to win, but how much horsepower per cubic inch is what matters.  Also, this has nothing to do with battery tech, a milliamp is a milliamp and the 5S uses them more efficiently which is what really matters, if the 5S had a 2600mAh battery it would get 494 minutes of internet time.

Galaxy S4 6.4mAh per minute

iPhone 5S 5.2mAh per minute

 

 

The rate at which they consume battery power is not really useful since their battery sizes are different.  If they were theoretically the same size then sure, but in real life they are different, and when a consumer buys them, they will have different size batteries, so if that helps one last longer through the day then so be it.  That's the point of the test, to see how long they last.

[Maskot]

 

The rate at which they consume battery power is not really useful since their battery sizes are different.  If they were theoretically the same size then sure, but in real life they are different, and when a consumer buys them, they will have different size batteries, so if that helps one last longer through the day then so be it.  That's the point of the test, to see how long they last.

Where I live, if both phones had the same size battery, the S4 would waste $12.06 worth of electricity annually doing the same thing that the 5S was doing.

[DefinitelyNotAPedophile]

To be fair the iPhone has a 1570 mah battery and the galaxy s 4 has a 2600 mah battery.

[Poocannon]

The rate at which they consume battery power is not really useful since their battery sizes are different.  If they were theoretically the same size then sure, but in real life they are different, and when a consumer buys them, they will have different size batteries, so if that helps one last longer through the day then so be it.  That's the point of the test, to see how long they last.

 

 

Where I live, if both phones had the same size battery, the S4 would waste $12.06 worth of electricity annually doing the same thing that the 5S was doing.

Both of you have a point, competition wise apple is ahead because they are more efficient. But that won't help a consumer if the S4 is usable for longer anyways.

The consumer has to decide in the end between having a large display and with that a bigger battery, or having a smaller display and a smaller battery.

A comparison in this szenario is just completely pointless. And 12$ in a year is really not something to discuss over.

[Yoinkerman]

Who cares if I can't listen to music on my drive home from work because my battery is dead?

 

Where I live, if both phones had the same size battery, the S4 would waste $12.06 worth of electricity annually doing the same thing that the 5S was doing.

[mgsstar]

I can still barely get through a day with my S4...

My friend only gets less than four hours of screen time lol.

 

The G2 seems to be great in terms of battery life.

[Warcony]

Too bad they didn't include the Blackberry Z30 in these tests.  The phone has a ridiculous long battery life.

[LegendKillerRG]

in thirty minutes, my iPhone 5 on LTE using it to watch Netflix and I lose approximately 25-30% in thirty or so minutes...

[LogicDeifying]

I can't get through half a day without charging...

Well thats what I get for being an extreme power user having everything on at the same time.

[Kirihuna]

Definitely felt like my S4 drained battery a lot more than that.

[pit5000]

maybe you guys are getting bad numbers because your screen brightness is up and bluetooth turned on, push notifications running... etc

 

all these phones are from different manufacturers with different software and hardware, there is no apples to apples comparison here.

[Yoinkerman]

I think the point is, as a consumer, I don't care what the software or hardware is, battery life is a real metric that can influence my decision.

 

maybe you guys are getting bad numbers because your screen brightness is up and bluetooth turned on, push notifications running... etc

 

all these phones are from different manufacturers with different software and hardware, there is no apples to apples comparison here.

[ShiverMePenguins]

Now if only people would do note 3 vs. G2

[SKOONJar]

I love my S4 best battery life of any phone I have owned. I have absolutely no complaints on the S4