How we test: GSMArena Battery Life Test 2.0
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- Bimi
- Xqa
- 16 Apr 2024
Theres NO WAY A15 has a better battery live than S24U
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- pocketbook89
- KZK
- 01 Mar 2024
the old sytem is better...why no indication whatsoever what refresh rate used in web browsing? 60fps like the old system or what refresh rate in new system? what about web browsing?
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- Anonymous
- iAB
- 10 Feb 2024
I think this's the test of interest of manufactured and.... others. Show me anyone watching video on the phone with airplane mode activated... This test is a synthetic measurement which has no relation to real life usage scenario. You'd better keep an old test and don't waste you time and efforts on something useless like a "new" battery test.
The old test is more real and important in real life.
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- Jazz
- LB2
- 09 Feb 2024
I believe a battery idle test would be of benefit to be closer aligned to actual phone use (overnight battery drain test).
While I know it would add a lot of more time to completing testing, its something worth considering.
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- Anonymous
- LaS
- 09 Feb 2024
i'm not gonna lie... i prefer the old system. can we have the formula for calculating it?
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- Deepti
- 7kq
- 08 Feb 2024
How do you calculate this score? What is the formula?
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- GadgetPicker
- B}p
- 15 Jan 2024
what about idle time??? can you consider an option for that in your measurement?
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- no-one
- PA@
- 19 Dec 2023
The new measurement pattern is welcome with addition of gaming numbers. Just like that, in real life usage, standby drain is a significant differentiator between a well-optimised ROM from others. While standby drain is contingent upon various parameters, having a representative measurement number with most common usage pattern will be super useful.
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- RRHood
- nuD
- 18 Dec 2023
M.A., 12 Dec 2023Stand by drain is a key factor in battery life, especially ... moreyou cannot really measure standby times too consistently because installing applications that have services running will ruin standby over the life of the device
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- Battery guy
- 4XP
- 17 Dec 2023
What web browser is used for the browsing test?
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- M.A.
- u1v
- 12 Dec 2023
Stand by drain is a key factor in battery life, especially with Always-on displays. Pixels are notably culpable in this regard. I think stand by should be part of any measurement. This test is good for estimation, but not a true representative of real life use in my opinion.
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- The Good Weirdo
- 7X0
- 30 Nov 2023
Bobby, 16 Nov 2023Could you please clarify if the webbrowsing test is with wi... moreHello. I think they will use Wi-Fi only as they mentioned they also turned Airplane Mode on, which means no mobile network is used for these tests. (I believe this applies to all tests that involve the internet.)
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- Maina
- Bm8
- 26 Nov 2023
If possible include a test for the phone used as a navigation with 3-4 more apps runing. I have noticed that this type of usage kills the batterie super fast. It would be nice to see what phones hold best in this test.
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- Edge 40
- 7k3
- 23 Nov 2023
Please test Moto Edge 40 and S21 FE 888 variant to tell which is better ?
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- Yanick
- 6v1
- 22 Nov 2023
Galaxy A34 battery life test 2.0 :)
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- Adel
- HIt
- 17 Nov 2023
Very good way to estimate battery life, especially your customize section, way better than DXO.
You are the best now for battery life comparison.
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- Bobby
- njn
- 16 Nov 2023
Could you please clarify if the webbrowsing test is with wifi and not on mobile network?
How can we figure out how good battery life really is when the phones are not tested with internet over mobile network? For example, Pixel phones are prone to have much worse battery life on mobile network compared with wifi. So your test then has no value for me if I would like an efficient network module in my phone when primarely using that is my use case.
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- PJ
- 7X0
- 15 Nov 2023
Just wanted to clarify: What frame rate settings did you apply throughout the tests for on-screen times? (Except for gaming tests because you already stated you set it up to 60Hz.)
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- Cla4ud1us
- mcX
- 15 Nov 2023
What game are you guys using exactly to test the battery life?
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- juanpasbr
- LXS
- 15 Nov 2023
The main use for the battery test, which I suppose we all use it for, is to compare phones, their efficiency according to their CPU mainly,
and other hardware. So for comparison test it should be good. But I agree that standby time as the 5th category (at least optional an 0% by default, but that could be still personalized to be chosen) is important, and also the use of cellular data. To compare CPU efficiency, it's ok airplane mode I think. But to compare the whole phone, cellular signal should be on too.
I comprehend it would be very difficult to out all variables in, even for a standard use or comparison, like tests with airplane mode off and the same with airplane mode on, with wifi on and with wifi off, with full active use and maybe fill standby, etc. I thank you for the effort you have for the old battery test and thank you for the new one. It is still usable to compare, in my opinion.
Even though the durations, we really won't have those durations in our phone usage with its customizations.
So as to know about if the CPU will drain faster the battery in this phone or another, I think this test mode is great (still the idle or stand-by mode should be great to be taken into account at least optionally as said, maybe an independent battery test just for standby mode from 100% to 0%, without any usage or even any screen turn on).