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I've got an Android phone that consistently lasts for 2 days before needing a charge (Motorola Edge 20 Fusion if you're curious), so it's not limited to Apple.

I've got an Android phone that consistently lasts for 2 days before needing a charge (Motorola Edge 20 Fusion if you're curious), so it's not limited to Apple. Although Motorola smartphones have been pretty solid for a while now, so not discounting that there has probably been a lot of R&D effort invested on their end too.

seba_dos1 5y ago
For the record, the Librem 5 has a 4500mAh battery (although the battery is rated at 4.35V while the phone uses only up to 4.2V, so the actual usable capacity is a bit lower).
- p1necone 5y ago
  Ah, I googled 'librem 5 battery life' and trusted a random review which said 3500 (https://www.techradar.com/reviews/librem-5 https://www.techradar.com/reviews/librem-5) - probably should have found the official product page instead which very clearly says 4500 (https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/). Deleted that part of my comment.
  - seba_dos1 5y ago
    To be fair, this was kind of a last minute upgrade; initial specs had 3500mAh indeed :)
_carbyau_ 5y ago
I thought almost any new phone - with GPS/bluetooth off - will last several days. My Nokia was getting 8 days before I started putting all the apps on it. The more apps I added, the worse it got. Nowadays I generally restrict apps from running anything in the background/sync'ing etc etc if I can. I am happy to wait a few seconds for email to sync when I open the app rather than have my phone beep at me for every new email...
- izacus 5y ago
  > I thought almost any new phone - with GPS/bluetooth off - will last several days. It's actually the opposite - most modern (especially flagship) phones don't really last more than a day (and here day isn't even 24 hours, but more like 16 hours). It was a massive deal when Apple finally increased the battery life of their iPhones with iPhone 13 series so it can outlast a day of normal use. There's some difference in mid-range market though - since people buying cheaper phones tend to value battery life, you can get mid-range Android phones with downright massive batteries. Especially in Asia.
  - _carbyau_ 5y ago
    Thinking more, Nokia went with the Android One program while that was a thing. So maybe my phone did ok at first because it didn't have too much junk preinstalled. The flagship phones - Samsung in particular - all seem to have all the junk.

seba_dos1 5y ago

For the record, the Librem 5 has a 4500mAh battery (although the battery is rated at 4.35V while the phone uses only up to 4.2V, so the actual usable capacity is a bit lower).

p1necone 5y ago
Ah, I googled 'librem 5 battery life' and trusted a random review which said 3500 (https://www.techradar.com/reviews/librem-5 https://www.techradar.com/reviews/librem-5) - probably should have found the official product page instead which very clearly says 4500 (https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/). Deleted that part of my comment.
- seba_dos1 5y ago
  To be fair, this was kind of a last minute upgrade; initial specs had 3500mAh indeed :)

_carbyau_ 5y ago

I thought almost any new phone - with GPS/bluetooth off - will last several days. My Nokia was getting 8 days before I started putting all the apps on it. The more apps I added, the worse it got. Nowadays I generally restrict apps from running anything in the background/sync'ing etc etc if I can. I am happy to wait a few seconds for email to sync when I open the app rather than have my phone beep at me for every new email...

izacus 5y ago
> I thought almost any new phone - with GPS/bluetooth off - will last several days. It's actually the opposite - most modern (especially flagship) phones don't really last more than a day (and here day isn't even 24 hours, but more like 16 hours). It was a massive deal when Apple finally increased the battery life of their iPhones with iPhone 13 series so it can outlast a day of normal use. There's some difference in mid-range market though - since people buying cheaper phones tend to value battery life, you can get mid-range Android phones with downright massive batteries. Especially in Asia.
- _carbyau_ 5y ago
  Thinking more, Nokia went with the Android One program while that was a thing. So maybe my phone did ok at first because it didn't have too much junk preinstalled. The flagship phones - Samsung in particular - all seem to have all the junk.