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From what I hear the battery life of the Nexus 4 leaves a lot to be desired, and LTE would only make that worse

• mkuhn 14y ago
  It really depends on the review unit it seems. The Verge [1] seems to have had a good one and gave the battery 9 out of 10 possible points while saying this: "Battery life was also top notch. I'm used to getting just about a day of use on my Galaxy Nexus (that's taking it off of the charger around 8AM or 9AM, and putting it back on around 2AM). Some days it doesn't quite make it that long, depending on my workload. The Nexus 4 fared much better. At the time of this writing, I've had it off of its charger for 10 hours and 30 minutes and it's still got 45 percent battery life. Yesterday before I plugged it in, I'd had it off the charger for 16 hours, with 18 percent of its juice left. To say it's holding up for full work days would be an understatement; even with heavy use, this battery more than pulls its weight." [1] http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/2/3589280/google-nexus-4-review http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/2/3589280/google-nexus-4-rev...
• nodata 14y ago
  Can anyone else comment on this? As mkuhn points out, reviews are very mixed. Battery life would be the deal breaker for me.
  • jrockway 14y ago
    I'm sure the reviews depend on cell signal strength at the reviewer's location. If you work inside a farady cage, the phone will melt itself trying to contact the tower. If you live on top of a cell tower, the thing will stay in standby for decades before the battery dies. Since most people are somewhere in between those two states, battery life gets mixed reviews.
    • nodata 14y ago
      But battery life never gets mixed reviews - apart from for this phone. What's the reason?
  • mkuhn 14y ago
    I guess a lot of first hand reports will clarify this soon.