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> Very minimal and aesthetically beautiful, but still powerful and customizable. None of which is helpful when the battery is dead. The iPhone still wins on ba

> Very minimal and aesthetically beautiful, but still powerful and customizable. None of which is helpful when the battery is dead. The iPhone still wins on battery life. Maybe the new gen Androids will fix that. I hope so. Edit: I added some data for battery tests in a comment below. Looks like my Android experience is out of date.

DannyBee 10y ago
I think this is very user-specific. My wife has had two iphones (5, 6). Both die much faster than my androids (many many hours). We use them about the same.
- robotresearcher 10y ago
  Anecdotes aside, let's find some data: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/mobile-phones/1402071/best-phone-battery-life-2016-top-smartphones-tested http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/mobile-phones/1402071/best-ph... http://www.gsmarena.com/battery-test.php3 http://www.gsmarena.com/battery-test.php3 https://www.statista.com/statistics/280508/smartphone-battery-life/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/280508/smartphone-batter... Looks like Apple is middle of the pack among premium phones these days. My experience was with NEXUS 4 and 5, which would often be out of juice when I needed them.
  - DannyBee 10y ago
    "Anecdotes aside, let's find some data:" FWIW: I think it's pretty sad that almost all of these phones are certainly collecting this data (even if only in internal dogfood populations, etc), but then the stats we get are based on random things like "talk time" or ... I wonder if anyone started a public app project that auto-tracks and uploads battery stats that folks can participate in.
  - dannyr 10y ago
    Nexus 4 was released 2012 while Nexus 5 in 2013. Believe me, batteries and power management on Android has improved since 2013.
  - LanceH 10y ago
    Nexus 5x vastly improved battery life over the 5.
bryanlarsen 10y ago
3G call time (minutes):[1] HTC10: 1859 LG G5: 1579 S7: 1492 iPhone 7: 712 The results would be closer on pretty much any other test, but it's hard to do an apples to apples comparison on anything other than talk time. Most review sites still find that this generation of Android flagships have longer web browsing times than the iPhone 7. 1: https://blogs.which.co.uk/technology/smartphones/iphone-7-finishes-last-in-battery-life-test/ https://blogs.which.co.uk/technology/smartphones/iphone-7-fi...
- 010a 10y ago
  iPhone 7+ is a much better comparison considering the size of the first two devices.
  - sz4kerto 10y ago
    Not really. HTC10: 145.9 x 71.9 iPhone7: 138.3 x 67.1 (-7.6, -4.7 vs HTC10) iPhone7+: 158.2 x 77.9 (+12.7, +6 vs HTC10)
    - wang_li 10y ago
      All these phones are only two dimensional? Did Jony Ive design them?
    - usaphp 10y ago
      I see how you conveniently avoided listing their thickness. HTC 10 is 20% thicker then iPhone 7 plus.
      - makomk 10y ago
        Unlike the other dimensions, the difference between ridiculously thin and absurdly thin isn't terribly user-visible, especially given that many people will increase the thickness of their phones by more than that simply through their choice of protective case.
        10y ago

DannyBee 10y ago

I think this is very user-specific. My wife has had two iphones (5, 6). Both die much faster than my androids (many many hours). We use them about the same.

robotresearcher 10y ago
Anecdotes aside, let's find some data: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/mobile-phones/1402071/best-phone-battery-life-2016-top-smartphones-tested http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/mobile-phones/1402071/best-ph... http://www.gsmarena.com/battery-test.php3 http://www.gsmarena.com/battery-test.php3 https://www.statista.com/statistics/280508/smartphone-battery-life/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/280508/smartphone-batter... Looks like Apple is middle of the pack among premium phones these days. My experience was with NEXUS 4 and 5, which would often be out of juice when I needed them.
- DannyBee 10y ago
  "Anecdotes aside, let's find some data:" FWIW: I think it's pretty sad that almost all of these phones are certainly collecting this data (even if only in internal dogfood populations, etc), but then the stats we get are based on random things like "talk time" or ... I wonder if anyone started a public app project that auto-tracks and uploads battery stats that folks can participate in.
- dannyr 10y ago
  Nexus 4 was released 2012 while Nexus 5 in 2013. Believe me, batteries and power management on Android has improved since 2013.
- LanceH 10y ago
  Nexus 5x vastly improved battery life over the 5.

bryanlarsen 10y ago

3G call time (minutes):[1] HTC10: 1859 LG G5: 1579 S7: 1492 iPhone 7: 712 The results would be closer on pretty much any other test, but it's hard to do an apples to apples comparison on anything other than talk time. Most review sites still find that this generation of Android flagships have longer web browsing times than the iPhone 7. 1: https://blogs.which.co.uk/technology/smartphones/iphone-7-finishes-last-in-battery-life-test/ https://blogs.which.co.uk/technology/smartphones/iphone-7-fi...

010a 10y ago
iPhone 7+ is a much better comparison considering the size of the first two devices.
- sz4kerto 10y ago
  Not really. HTC10: 145.9 x 71.9 iPhone7: 138.3 x 67.1 (-7.6, -4.7 vs HTC10) iPhone7+: 158.2 x 77.9 (+12.7, +6 vs HTC10)
  - wang_li 10y ago
    All these phones are only two dimensional? Did Jony Ive design them?
  - usaphp 10y ago
    I see how you conveniently avoided listing their thickness. HTC 10 is 20% thicker then iPhone 7 plus.
    - makomk 10y ago
      Unlike the other dimensions, the difference between ridiculously thin and absurdly thin isn't terribly user-visible, especially given that many people will increase the thickness of their phones by more than that simply through their choice of protective case.
      - 10y ago