[HTC One X] aslan93:
Hey guys, i decided to join this forum as im considering buying the One X as soon as it comes out and battery life is probably my only doubt as the rest of the specs esp the screen are great, so i'll share my thoughts.

First of all to comment on some things posts i read in this thread:

About the ATP: the tegra 3 really and i mean REALLY helped the tablet to achieve good battery time, it can last as long as the ipad 2 without a dock which is pretty F-ing awesome (those who have the ipad would understand). Someone said that because it doesnt have mobile networking it lasted longer over night, well king of true, depending on whether the wi-fi was on or not. I've done tests with many of my phones and i noticed that wi-fi does save your battery but only when in use compared to 3g, so if you are browsing or downloading then wi-fi will save your battery greately compared to 3g, HOWEVER in standby, having wi-fi on will use more battery because it has to power up an extra radio module (i guess), but the fact is that. I think leaving the One X overnight with 3g on will be just fine.

Someone was also commenting about the battery life in their sgs2 runnin cm9.. mate install the latest official ics and your battery will last two times longer than on the cm9 i promise, tried latest versions of both. I uderstand that this was an old post so thats ok. :)

Now onto the One X.

If you are worried about the standby time, DON'T BE! I mean have none of you got any of the latest android models or gs2 running ics? or galaxy nexus? If you did you would've noticed that ics makes the battery life last really well (standby). My nexus lies there for a couple of days only to go down to 97 % (no sim) to compare this with my galaxy s2 which would go down to 90% overnight when i first bought it. Conclusion: with ics you shouldn't worry about standby time at all. it also helps if you know what you are doing when it comes to managing running apps etc.

But its not about standby to most people. Me myself i like to use the phone, i don't need it to last two or three days at all with normal/high usage but im the kind of guy who wants to wake up at 7:00, use the 3g to fetch emails news notifications etc do some browsing at uni on 3g or wi-fi, 2 hours of music and no signal (underground) come home at 5:00 take a couple of pics use maps for a abit maybe then be home for good in the evening at say 8:00 or 9:00 and still have about 30% left to play some games. (typical monday) :) and to be fair the only phones that have managed this so far are the iphone ( both 4 and 4s) and nokia n9 sometimes and sgs2 on the latest ics.

Now remember that its not all bout the processor! EXAMPLE: Sony Xperia S which i bought a couple of weeks ago for my Dad. compared to One X it has:

smaller screen (4.3") same resolution! also lcd

same battery (not sure if its 1750 mah or 1800.. but its very similar in size, Li-ion however)

dual core processor but no power saving companion core

no ics yet when i tested it

and what i have to say about the battery life might disappoint some people.. it was very bad.. i didn't have time to check the standby but when i was using the phone i pretty much just watched it drain. Seeing the battery consumption quickly pointed out the problem: DISPLAY - 75%. Those hd screens really eat the battery up. Well tbf it was only the first couple of days of usage and the battery will get better later etc etc but still very bad results.

The conclusion here is that the One x will be great in standby no doubt with ics and the 5th core it will last forever but the screen will make a difference when you use it. I can also imagine you'll have to forget about good battery life when playing games, using the screen and all of the 4 cores which is bad...

oh btw! to comment on the whole tegra 3 vs S4 thing:

S4 is newer and better due to some cool memory management and is also quite power efficient. Those who have seen the new transformers(two versions: one with tegra 3 and one with s4) say that the s4 feels smoother when using the tablets ui.. but im thinking the tegra 3 will kill it when it comes to hard core games and apps. who knows?.. one x still looks better and has a way better screen than one s! and better gpu(which is a lot) :D