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When did the battery life suddenly get 3-4 times better?
by mattl 3y ago
When did the battery life suddenly get 3-4 times better?
- fsflover 3y agoIt's explained in my above link.
- mattl 3y agoIt’s not obvious what terms like Evergreen mean?
- fsflover 3y agoEvergreen is the latest hardware revision: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions#61-what-are-the-aspen-birch-chestnut-dogwood-evergreen-and-fir-batches https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque...
- seba_dos1 3y agoThere's not much difference in battery usage between hardware batches, the improvements were mostly in software. The battery capacity has changed though - the earliest batches that some early backers opted to receive had a 2000mAh battery, while later ones had 3600mAh one. The mass produced version ended up with 4500mAh. The early batches shipped with early software, and that was actually the biggest contributor to bad battery life and (now long solved) overheating issues.
- mattl 3y agoOkay so some people don’t even have the latest hardware revision so they’re stuck with a phone that will never support suspending and will have terrible battery life forever?
- seba_dos1 3y agoNo? Where did you even get this idea from? Early backers who explicitly opted in to receive early batches from before mass production have smaller capacity batteries, and that's about it.
- mattl 3y agoCan those users buy a new battery that’s a higher capacity?
- seba_dos1 3y agoNo, the new batteries don't fit. Those specific people knew what they opted in for though. Everyone who didn't received the final version.
- mattl 3y agoSo there are people out there with a phone with a 1-2 hour battery life? Ouch.
- seba_dos1 3y ago2 hours of active use, or about 10 hours in suspend. Not sure what's so "ouch" about it. People also bought devkits which didn't come with any battery at all. Only some people were presented with the opportunity to receive a phone from the earliest revisions and only some of those people chose to - presumably those who cared more about getting a platform to hack on as early as possible than things like battery life.
- mattl 3y agoIt’s an unacceptable amount of time for a phone. Devkit is one thing, but if you’re buying a phone you should expect more than few hours of usage.
- 3y ago
- seba_dos1 3y agoIt didn't jump up suddenly; there were many software improvements in regard to battery life deployed through the years which together sum up to a pretty significant change.