Nexus 5x Battery Life Thread

[robstunner]

I havent seen one yet (battery stats thread), and it's probably one of the top important features of a phone.

Heres what I've found so far: Edit: Will update tomorrow with better results.

Please be sure to include:

-Battery graph screenshot
-Screen on time screenshot
-Detailed battery screenshot (the one with signal strength)

Also throw in whether or not you use google now, you location settings (battery saving/device only/high accuracy) and anything else you did or didn't do to get your battery life results.

 

[Trinity86]

You should put thumbnails anyway... the images are too big

 

[ohporter]

I'd like to see usage stats for a full day of true mobile use (i.e. no WiFi) on LTE. I get the impression that it will be better than my Nexus 6 but would love to see evidence of that.

 

[robstunner]

I'd like to see usage stats for a full day of true mobile use (i.e. no WiFi) on LTE. I get the impression that it will be better than my Nexus 6 but would love to see evidence of that.

Agreed, hoping its notably better than moto x pure but im not sure thats going to be the case. especially on 6.0 vs 6.0.

 

[Cheeze[iT]]

So maybe just on par with moto x? Bummer


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[robstunner]

So maybe just on par with moto x? Bummer


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Nothing bad about 4-4.5hrs SOT in a day.

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[Trinity86]

Odd.... In according to this review, the 5x ha an outstanding batter lifetime.... They're talking about 11h and 30minutes of web surfing via LTE with the screen at 150nits)

 

[robstunner]

Odd.... In according to this review, the 5x ha an outstanding batter lifetime.... They're talking about 11h and 30minutes of web surfing via LTE with the screen at 150nits)

Yea its all over the place. Phone arena is putting the 5x as having the same endurance as the 6p and mxpe, which all have 2 hrs less then the galaxy s6. Again, according to their charts.

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[blinkin]

150 nits is how much on the brightness scale? 50%?

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[jbdan]

150 nits is how much on the brightness scale? 50%?

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PA showed the display on the 5X to have 487nits. So maybe 150 is about 31%?

 

[jimv1983]

I think the best test without actually having the phone yet is to compare the battery life of the Nexus 5X to the original Nexus 5 of 2013 under the same test conditions.

The Ars Technica test showed the Nexus 5 getting 400 minutes and the Nexus 5X getting 548 minutes using the same test. That is a 37% improvement of the Nexus 5X compared to the Nexus 5.

The Phone Arena test showed the Nexus 5 getting 4 hr 50 min and the Nexus 5X getting 6 hr 25 min using the same test. That is a 33% improvement of the Nexus 5X compared to the Nexus 5.

Nexus 5 battery life (Ars Technica):
http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Nexus-5-review.012.png

Nexus 5X battery life (Ars Technica):
http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-conte...view-chart-template-final-full-width.0121.jpg

Nexus 5 battery life (Phone Arena):
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Golden-middle-our-Nexus-5-battery-life-test-is-here_id49127

Nexus 5X battery life (Phone Arena):
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Nexus-5X-battery-life-test-results-are-out_id74852


Based on those comparisons I'd expect the Nexus 5X to get about 35% better battery life compared to the Nexus 5 during actual usage. When I first got my Nexus 5 I was getting just barely 4 hours screen on time. At a 35% increase the Nexus 5X should get like 5.5 hours screen on time.

I can live with that. Plus, stand by time should be improved with Doze.

My Nexus 5X is coming late next week. I'll just have to wait and see how it goes.

 

[EeZeEpEe]

I think the best test without actually having the phone yet is to compare the battery life of the Nexus 5X to the original Nexus 5 of 2013 under the same test conditions.

The Ars Technica test showed the Nexus 5 getting 400 minutes and the Nexus 5X getting 548 minutes using the same test. That is a 37% improvement of the Nexus 5X compared to the Nexus 5.

The Phone Arena test showed the Nexus 5 getting 4 hr 50 min and the Nexus 5X getting 6 hr 25 min using the same test. That is a 33% improvement of the Nexus 5X compared to the Nexus 5.

Nexus 5 battery life (Ars Technica):
http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Nexus-5-review.012.png

Nexus 5X battery life (Ars Technica):
http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-conte...view-chart-template-final-full-width.0121.jpg

Nexus 5 battery life (Phone Arena):
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Golden-middle-our-Nexus-5-battery-life-test-is-here_id49127

Nexus 5X battery life (Phone Arena):
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Nexus-5X-battery-life-test-results-are-out_id74852


Based on those comparisons I'd expect the Nexus 5X to get about 35% better battery life compared to the Nexus 5 during actual usage. When I first got my Nexus 5 I was getting just barely 4 hours screen on time. At a 35% increase the Nexus 5X should get like 5.5 hours screen on time.

I can live with that. Plus, stand by time should be improved with Doze.

My Nexus 5X is coming late next week. I'll just have to wait and see how it goes.

Thank for doing all the math. ☺ 5.5 hours seems like it would be on the extreme end of the scale but I would be more than happy if I could get 4.5 to 5 hours without trying.

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[Henrald]

Personal experience, I'm very disappointed with the battery life,having used my new Nexus 5X for a couple of days. Today, I used it from about 10am and it was down to about 19% by 4pm. I charged it for maybe 20 minutes and it was back up to over 50% - admittedly a fast recovery. But I just realised (about half past midnight) it has quietly died sitting next to me while I watched Netflix. As in, it's now off. What phone does that? "Doze" my ass!

I didn't think that a Nexus phone could realistically be this flawed when I pre-ordered it. I love everything else about it (except the slippery back that's itching to escape my hand), but I'm starting to feel cheated and I don't think I can get my money back. I wonder if there's any way a software update could help.

 

[supercakefish]

Personal experience, I'm very disappointed with the battery life,having used my new Nexus 5X for a couple of days. Today, I used it from about 10am and it was down to about 19% by 4pm. I charged it for maybe 20 minutes and it was back up to over 50% - admittedly a fast recovery. But I just realised (about half past midnight) it has quietly died sitting next to me while I watched Netflix. As in, it's now off. What phone does that? "Doze" my ass!

I didn't think that a Nexus phone could realistically be this flawed when I pre-ordered it. I love everything else about it (except the slippery back that's itching to escape my hand), but I'm starting to feel cheated and I don't think I can get my money back. I wonder if there's any way a software update could help.

Sounds like my Nexus 5 battery life.

You'd have thought there would have been a greater improvement than that considering the larger battery.

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[dwang]

Sounds like my Nexus 5 battery life.

You'd have thought there would have been a greater improvement than that considering the larger battery.

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35% increase in SOT is pretty good considering the battery only got ~20% bigger.

 

[EeZeEpEe]

Personal experience, I'm very disappointed with the battery life,having used my new Nexus 5X for a couple of days. Today, I used it from about 10am and it was down to about 19% by 4pm. I charged it for maybe 20 minutes and it was back up to over 50% - admittedly a fast recovery. But I just realised (about half past midnight) it has quietly died sitting next to me while I watched Netflix. As in, it's now off. What phone does that? "Doze" my ass!

I didn't think that a Nexus phone could realistically be this flawed when I pre-ordered it. I love everything else about it (except the slippery back that's itching to escape my hand), but I'm starting to feel cheated and I don't think I can get my money back. I wonder if there's any way a software update could help.

You have good service where ever you were at from 10am to 4pm today? Or even while it was down while you were watching Netflix. Cause poor service is going to kill any phone's battery.

 

[kkl1993]

Personal experience, I'm very disappointed with the battery life,having used my new Nexus 5X for a couple of days. Today, I used it from about 10am and it was down to about 19% by 4pm. I charged it for maybe 20 minutes and it was back up to over 50% - admittedly a fast recovery. But I just realised (about half past midnight) it has quietly died sitting next to me while I watched Netflix. As in, it's now off. What phone does that? "Doze" my ass!

I didn't think that a Nexus phone could realistically be this flawed when I pre-ordered it. I love everything else about it (except the slippery back that's itching to escape my hand), but I'm starting to feel cheated and I don't think I can get my money back. I wonder if there's any way a software update could help.

Just letting you know, Google's return policy is 15 days from receiving the phone. You'll get a full refund, plus they'll provide you with a free return label.
I am trying the Nexus 5X because I can't stand the lag of the Galaxy S6. If I don't like the 5X, I'll probably just buy the 6P.

 

[thesoldier]

Just letting you know, Google's return policy is 15 days from receiving the phone. You'll get a full refund, plus they'll provide you with a free return label.
I am trying the Nexus 5X because I can't stand the lag of the Galaxy S6. If I don't like the 5X, I'll probably just buy the 6P.

Would you mind sharing your thoughts when you get a bit of use out of the 5X? I also am sick of my S6...thanks.

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[robstunner]

Just letting you know, Google's return policy is 15 days from receiving the phone. You'll get a full refund, plus they'll provide you with a free return label.
I am trying the Nexus 5X because I can't stand the lag of the Galaxy S6. If I don't like the 5X, I'll probably just buy the 6P.

Ill be doing the same thing with my Moto X Pure I got a few weeks ago. I really like what I have, but the 5x is tempting as the 5 was such a great device.

 

[jbdan]

Seems good so far. Have only had it 4 hours. Will revisit this thread in a week to better surmise