[BATTERY] Post your Galaxy S5 stats!

system.img · Mar 27, 2014

spazzy1912 said:
oh i thought larger screens use more battery because larger pixels takes more power to turn on? :S

In the case of LCD, larger screens do consume more power because a larger backlight is needed.

In AMOLED though, the resolution decides the power consumption as there is no backlight. The Note 3 and S5 effectively have the same number of pixels to power on irrespective of size.

degast · Mar 27, 2014

system.img said:
In the case of LCD, larger screens do consume more power because a larger backlight is needed.

In AMOLED though, the resolution decides the power consumption as there is no backlight. The Note 3 and S5 effectively have the same number of pixels to power on irrespective of size.

That's right, but a larger screen always requires more power, even if it's just the longer distance electrons have to travel to reach the pixels.

system.img · Mar 27, 2014

degast said:
That's right, but a larger screen always requires more power, even if it's just the longer distance electrons have to travel to reach the pixels.

That's negligible.

BoneXDA · Mar 27, 2014

system.img said:
That's negligible.

How so? To achieve the same level of brightness on a larger area, light source either has to be bigger, or brighter, simple physics.

Hellscythe · Mar 27, 2014

BoneXDA said:
How so? To achieve the same level of brightness on a larger area, light source either has to be bigger, or brighter, simple physics.

I think what he meant was that the difference in battery life would probably only be like, i don't know, 10 or so minutes of screen time?
Just guessing numbers here and guessing what he means by negligible

system.img · Mar 27, 2014

BoneXDA said:
How so? To achieve the same level of brightness on a larger area, light source either has to be bigger, or brighter, simple physics.

Note that I was comparing the Note 3 and S5 in my post. I also said that the work done by the electrons in travelling the extra distance is negligible.

The difference between the Note 3 and the S5's display is just 0.6 inches diagonally. In reality, the area difference between the two displays is not that large. There will be a small difference in screen on times of the two devices, but that quantity is very little.

leoaudio13 · Mar 27, 2014

system.img said:
Note that I was comparing the Note 3 and S5 in my post. I also said that the work done by the electrons in travelling the extra distance is negligible.

The difference between the Note 3 and the S5's display is just 0.6 inches diagonally. In reality, the area difference between the two displays is not that large. There will be a small difference in screen on times of the two devices, but that quantity is very little.

I dont think screen size is that big matter. I myself have a Note 3 Canada and its battery is freaking awesome ( almost 2.5 days light-medium use) . Its all about software coding side that i do believe that matters. Battery consume for another 0.5 to 1 inch is not that much

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BoneXDA · Mar 27, 2014

leoaudio13 said:
I dont think screen size is that big matter. I myself have a Note 3 Canada and its battery is freaking awesome ( almost 2.5 days light-medium use) . Its all about software coding side that i do believe that matters. Battery consume for another 0.5 to 1 inch is not that much

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A 6" phone has a 50% larger screen area to light up than a 5" one, and the Note 3 has a 25% larger screen than the S5, but you are correct, much depends on other HW and SW. The S5 is using special battery saving algorithms, so it should do well.

boodies · Mar 29, 2014

That is an amazing battery life they're getting from the S5.

SolarTrans · Mar 29, 2014

Anyone know how it compares to the HTC M8 for web browsing in particular? I'm curious.

leoaudio13 · Mar 29, 2014

SolarTrans said:
Anyone know how it compares to the HTC M8 for web browsing in particular? I'm curious.

Send me your M8 ill do it for ya lol. Im trying to get another M8 and Z2 but its gonna a bit slow

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atg284 · Mar 29, 2014

So is the internet browsing graph with the screen on or off?

msavic6 · Mar 29, 2014

atg284 said:
So is the internet browsing graph with the screen on or off?

The screen is obviously on. It wouldn't be web browsing with the screen off. Keep in mind this is only one test so far, wait for the other tech sites to do there testing before you disregard any of the results.

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JesseMT4G · Mar 30, 2014

Wonder why the Flex isn't on there. I get crazy battery life. At 50% right now and 15 hours and 6 hours on screen time. Did get awesome battery life on my n2 when it was on 4.2.1. 4.3 and up was taxing on it...

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msavic6 · Mar 30, 2014

JesseMT4G said:
Wonder why the Flex isn't on there. I get crazy battery life. At 50% right now and 15 hours and 6 hours on screen time. Did get awesome battery life on my n2 when it was on 4.2.1. 4.3 and up was taxing on it...

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Its probably because of the limited availability of the device.

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JesseMT4G · Mar 30, 2014

I thought of that after I posted. Forgot it was limited on only T-Mobile. I personally love it as not many people rock T-Mobile around here (For whatever reason as I get insane speeds!) or if they do, don't see the Flex anywhere. People stare at my phone wondering what in the world in did to it.

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atg284 · Mar 30, 2014

msavic6 said:
The screen is obviously on. It wouldn't be web browsing with the screen off. Keep in mind this is only one test so far, wait for the other tech sites to do there testing before you disregard any of the results.

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Whoa there cowboy! I didn't think it was that obvious considering it was not stated anywhere. For the record I just pre-ordered the S5 a couple hours ago. I know it's getting heated with the S5/m8 debate but don't assume things.

msavic6 · Mar 30, 2014

atg284 said:
Whoa there cowboy! I didn't think it was that obvious considering it was not stated anywhere. For the record I just pre-ordered the S5 a couple hours ago. I know it's getting heated with the S5/m8 debate but don't assume things.

Maybe I misunderstood your initial post but I can't understand how you can web browse with the screen off?

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atg284 · Mar 30, 2014

msavic6 said:
Maybe I misunderstood your initial post but I can't understand how you can web browse with the screen off?

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reviewers do benchmarks with screen on and screen off sometimes. Just curious is all. I'm confident the S5 will have decent battery life. I remember reading samsung implemented battery saving algorithms in this phone. Also when I played with it today (@att store) the power savings mode was really neat and I think it will work well especially combined with its super amoled screen.

BoneXDA · Mar 31, 2014

Playwares battery wifi and white screen test is done

Playwares measured the S5's heavy wifi browsing endurance (5 second page refresh, orange bars) and I think white constant image drainage at 230cd/m2 (blue bars), and it beats out the G-Flex, S4, Note 3, iPhone 5 & 5s etc., only two phones doing better browsing are the Note 2 and G Pro 2.

Source: http://www.playwares.com/xe/39621126

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