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[Galaxy S6 General] iowabowtech:
You can count me in for the new dark theme when I get mine on Friday. I like dark themes regardless, but it can't hurt on battery use either.

http://www.sammobile.com/2015/04/07...emes-including-an-amoled-friendly-dark-theme/
[Galaxy S6 General] jntdroid:
I sure hope Verizon leaves all of that stuff in place. They're notorious for taking those types of customization options out...
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
It totally makes sense, my S5 comes off the charger at 6am and it usually lasts me until 10pm or so with 6 hours of screen on time. Lollipop improved my battery life by nearly 20% which surprised me the most considering all the bad publicity surrounding it in terms of bugs and glitches.

The big issue with Android devices is the idle drain, over the course of the day all that extra drain adds up to quite a bit of lost battery life. If you assume a general 20% for one hour of screen on time and you lose 2-3%/hr while in standby, the end result at the end of a day is nearly an hour of screen on time lost in standby drain.
[Galaxy S6 General] se1000:
Bone stock Z3 gets 8+ hrs SOT on the regular. The harder you hit it, the longer it goes. It's a freak of nature. It'll be hard for me to switch.
[Galaxy S6 General] jayr04:
Don't switch. I'm having a hard time not going back to the z3.
[Galaxy S6 General] se1000:
You're killin me
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
How's the camera comparison? Not so much results, I've seen comparisons, but focus speed and shutter speed? It's the biggest reason why I bright the z3 back and want the s6, take pics of my kids...
[Galaxy S6 General] jayr04:
Camera is noticeably better. The colors are richer and low light is better. Shutter speed is the fastest I've seen. Makes the z3 look very dull. If camera is important get the S6.
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
Awesome, thanks. What makes you regret? Battery life? Anything else?
[Galaxy S6 General] jayr04:
Yea just battery life. 9:40 pm here and I'm at 5% left. I would've had at least 20% with z3. But there's no perfect phone.

Oh and I believe the tmob z3 still has not gotten lollipop but the s5 started getting lollipop in February.
[Galaxy S6 General] dhaliwal925:
I second [MENTION=670311]jayr04[/MENTION]'s sentiments - almost considering returning and getting a Note 4 as I have already sold my Z3 :(
[Galaxy S6 General] WhiteHartMart:
Agree - with my usage anyway - don't even get 6 hours in my OnePlus One - mainly because I don't want to have to turn every feature/app off to achieve it [emoji14]

Brought to you by a CM12 Lollipopped OnePlus One :)
[Galaxy S6 General] jntdroid:
I'm with Verizon now, so the z3c isn't an option for me any more. Camera is definitely important to me, but the Note 4's camera is pretty solid... it's just so big. I'm hoping the S6's battery life will be sufficient, but it seems like such a wide spectrum of results...
[Galaxy S6 General] iMask:
Seems like we could excpect 4-6 hours SoT with the S6. That's impressive, considering the 577 ppi it delivers and the octo core processor!
[Galaxy S6 General] ChristianBale:
Any update on updates for the battery drain problems on the T-Mobile variant?
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
6 sounds like it will be rare, but between 4 and 5 is fine to me if standby time is reasonable.
[Galaxy S6 General] crislevin:
4hr, yes, 6hr, no. Most people will get 3-5hr.
[Galaxy S6 General] dhaliwal925:
I agree the Note is a bit big - but apart for the screen being huge the foot print is actually not that much bigger than the Z3, weird I know! And don't get me wrong the S6 is awesome in some respects, camera, screen, hopefully some development, etc., but this inconsistency with battery life is driving me nuts! Day before yesterday one charge got me through the entire day, exchange, blue tooth audio, etc. with 4 hours of SOT. Compared to yesterday where I ended up topping it off around 2 PM cause it was already below 50%, and it was dead by 10 - 7+ hours of usage 2 hours of SOT. I am just trying to figure out where the leak is. I will say that yesterday I turned on Location, but later turned it off cause I was noticing a sizable amount of drain - maybe that could be it...
[Galaxy S6 General] jntdroid:
Interesting - hopefully it's not location... I don't like having to turn off the stuff that makes my smartphone the most useful!
[Galaxy S6 General] dhaliwal925:
Exactly - not much of a smartphone with half the features turned off...
[Galaxy S6 General] assasin34:
what did you do all day..?that must be moderate usage..
[Galaxy S6 General] jayr04:
Phonegram, email, web browsing, took a few pics, about 30 minutes of calls, and connected to my moto 360 all day.
[Galaxy S6 General] assasin34:
i am using iphone6 plus which has really great battery life i .think to ditch it for galaxy s6 but i am confused about battery life:(
[Galaxy S6 General] cj1171:
Had the phone almost a week now. Did a factory reset last night, disabled wifi calling and VOLTE. Still getting crap battery... :/

Super pumped about the camera over my z3c but not being able to get through a day...
[Galaxy S6 General] jayr04:
I've never used that phone but from reviews I've seen, the 6+ battery life is a bit above average. I wouldn't expect the S6 to outlast the 6+. But if you have to have an Android phone, the S6 is the best phone to get right now. Great screen, great camera, great build quality, the speaker sounds pretty good too.
[Galaxy S6 General] tokuzumi:
Is your black background part of your custom theme, or is that the ultra power save mode?
[Galaxy S6 General] cj1171:
It's the COGUL_ Black theme
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
Note 4?
[Galaxy S6 General] PIRATA!:
I'm sorry...is it true that S6 Edge it's just the same as S6, with only exclusion for the CPU that it's more powerful on the Edge version?

If this it's true...doesn't a bigger CPU mean more battery consumption?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S6 General] rjayflo:
Like I mentioned above...the S5 LTE-A will give an idea about battery life.
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
they are the same phone except 50mAh more on the s6 edge battery.
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
Does the S5 LTE-A use the same screen as the S6?
[Galaxy S6 General] dandroid13:
Nope, you can't compare them.
[Galaxy S6 General] rjayflo:
You're right, can't compare cause the S6 will run more efficient than the S5 LTE-A
[Galaxy S6 General] Lympe:
Currently I have the s5 with the external original battery (3500) and I get with everything on (Bluetooth - GPS - data lte) and Google now launcher, around 5 to 5.30 hours screen time.

The s6 is supposed to be better than this with all these power efficiency things?
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
Nobody is going to be able to tell you screen on time for the S6.

Can't even tell you that for different users on the same device.

We'll have to wait and see what the review sites like GSMarena and phonearena say when they run it though their battery life tests.

Then we'll have an apples to apples comparison.
[Galaxy S6 General] tokuzumi:
Samsung owes me an expandable memory slot, and a removable battery. They will be hearing from my lawyer.
[Galaxy S6 General] apsis:
Like most people i do really like the new S6/S6 Edge - the only thing keeping me from preordering one ist the unknown Batterylife.

I search for Youtube Videos where you can see one of the S6 in an Hands on, most of the time active and you are also will be able to see its Battery Percentages, so we might have an idea about Batterylife. Best Video i could find so far :

Galaxy S6 vs. Iphone 6 - as far as i can see, both are starting with 85% Charge each. At the end (after ~ 6 Minutes, the S6 will have 84% and the Iphone 6 82% - at least as far as i can see).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96WjArBXbvA

I know that wont give us a real idea about Batterylife - but maybe anyone else has similar finds and could post them here too - so we might get a better idea about Batterylife on the S6. The longer the videos are, the better it might be to get an idea about it.

edit:

another one - from 87% to 82% in ~12 Minutes = 0,42% Drain per Minute = 25% Drain/hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYrvTym_rhI

and another - 3% in 8 Minutes = 22,5% drain per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIH05kus_zI

2% in 8 Minutes for the Edge; 1% for the S6 = 15% per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGaakx0l6Ms

enough videos from me, whats your findings?
[Galaxy S6 General] lopri:
BGR's comment section is truly awful. BGR's articles aren't that far off from the comments, either, quality-wise.
[Galaxy S6 General] KennyLegend:
Feel embarrassed much? ?
[Galaxy S6 General] MacTheRipperr:
The battery life on my gs6 is decent. I'm averaging about 6 hours SOT.
[Galaxy S6 General] lopri:
Screenshots?

6 hour SOT sounds like a bit of stretch but if it's true I have no complaint, of course.
[Galaxy S6 General] :
I'll be happy with around 6h SOT, thinking more like 5. Would love 7/8 like my old m8.
[Galaxy S6 General] geoff5093:
If 6 hours of SOT is "decent", what do you consider good?
[Galaxy S6 General] eyc:
What do you mean "my gs6"? You own a Galaxy S6?:confused:
[Galaxy S6 General] David_freestyle:
2600 mAh is low, I don't think it'll be this way. Will it support battery cases? I've heard about a zerolemon 's battery case, but I don't know a lot, anyone knows?
[Galaxy S6 General] Ariozo:
Will be fun see how battery on s6 will do when I get one. But have hard time it will even last me a full day, but will be nice if I am wrong tho..:)

Skickat från min iPhone med Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 General] cerobles1:
Here is a video I found: http://youtu.be/zn_cgiJXOuU

It seems to loose from 51% to 48% in the 5 minutes and change video. Not that is not efficiency.
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
Man. Google Play services eating up all that battery.. Hope some software updates can fix these ridiculous drains!
[Galaxy S6 General] dhaliwal925:
Hey did you have your GPS on at all?
[Galaxy S6 General] jayr04:
Location method was on GPS, WiFI, and mobile networks. And location history on.
[Galaxy S6 General] luisrcastillo:
Exactly how long mine lasts. Love the phone and can live with it but hope this is fixed soon
[Galaxy S6 General] J-Hop2o6:
Turn Location History Off. GPS should be off also unless you're actively using it. Come back with updated results.
[Galaxy S6 General] jayr04:
will do
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
Pretty condescending comment if you ask me. Some people, myself included, don't want to cripple our phones to achieve better battery life numbers artificially.

Be glad he's reporting the device's true capabilities, and say thank you.
[Galaxy S6 General] J-Hop2o6:
I used to use Location History because I thought it was pretty cool and interesting at first, but that wore off. And it eats battery like crazy. I'm not being condescending, i'm being serious. Unless you NEED it, its mostly pointless. It's nowhere near crippling your phone turning Location History off. Turning off your Auto-Sync and/or Data to save battery is crippling your smartphone though.
[Galaxy S6 General] dhaliwal925:
Agreed!

Honestly, I thought it was pointless until I started using Google Now. Especially when you have to leave the office for appointments - it notifies you when to leave based on real time traffic, why would I want to dumb my phone down by turning that type of functionality off? I only asked [MENTION=670311]jayr04[/MENTION] because he had relatively decent battery life compared to mine. My battery usage graph goes straight down!

Thanks for updating!
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
This review seems to cover real world battery life fairly well, the reviewer experienced 4-5 hours of screen on time with 13-15 hours of standby time.

Jump to the 4 minute mark for the battery life results.

https://youtu.be/DDpgX49R7SY
[Galaxy S6 General] J-Hop2o6:
Google Now does all of that for me with Google History disabled. Use it everyday without a hiccup in functionality. Google History is still a battery killer.
[Galaxy S6 General] dhaliwal925:
Good to know! Thanks - I will try that. So basically turn off the Location History in the Google Settings, but keep Location on?
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
Just read up on it, to be sure. Google says you'll lose functionality like commute times with traffic. I also guess you'll probably lose last parking location... Might be worth a try, see if you miss anything.
[Galaxy S6 General] dhaliwal925:
Yeah, noticed that too. I will try it out for the next couple of days - I am pretty good at finding my car though :p Unless of course I park in a garage, then I can spend hours going up and down ramps LMAO.
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
Lol yup never cared for the card until 3 weeks ago, went to a new place, erased the card, then searched for my car for 35 minutes... #sillyme
[Galaxy S6 General] elbos2k:
This is promising. These stats are on the first few hours I got the phone today. Should be better in a couple days and a few cycles. ATT S6 [emoji106]
[Galaxy S6 General] haqone:
Looks like the AT&T variant has the cell stand by issue as well.
[Galaxy S6 General] assasin34:
Thanks.i have ordered one.time to say bye to iphone. ??
[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
I desperately need some help, here. The S6 has been a horrendous experience for me so far and I honestly feel like flushing the damn this down the toilet.

Disclaimer: I have a G920F and the build I got out of the box is dated February 28 (which is stupid on Samsung's part). I understand that this is an old firmware and the newer ones should make things better BUT - I need help with what I have here and now, in the present

I get around 1 hour 30 minutes of SoT in a period of 6 to 7 hours before the battery dies - and this is AFTER disabling everything to dumb-phone levels - from the S Health, to Google Now to Location and to Syncing of all accounts. I have NEVER had to do this to any Android phone I've ever had. This is the worst battery life I've ever had in any phone ever.

This is my third day with the S6 and the device has never, ever gone into deep sleep. It's always been awake for 100% of the time. I need to know what to do to make it at least go into deep sleep so that it could last me through half a day at least, until the new firmware arrives - whenever that is.
[Galaxy S6 General] CLARiiON:
Why don't you first update the firmware or perform a factory reset? Check with some very essential apps how you find the status. If it still shows problems, it definitely has some problems. Return it.
[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
The firmware I have is latest for my region. I've done a factory reset thrice and I don't have anything installed anymore except for BetterBatteryStats and GSAM and it's still 100% awake, all the time. There's no concept of returns here, unfortunately - the most I can do is sell it or give it in under warranty (knowing the level of technical knowledge here, they'll just give it back and say its fine).

You think I got a lemon?
[Galaxy S6 General] benjmiester:
I watched a review video of the S6 today (I don't have one yet). He said the cell standby issue (at least on tmobile) can be fixed by disabling wifi calling in wifi settings. It worked for him for sure in the video. It was android authority btw.
[Galaxy S6 General] XQC:
My finger is hovering over the purchase button for the S6, but coming from the Z3 Compact, which already lasts "just" 20 hrs for me, and many claim they get 2-3 days with it, I'm wondering if the S6 will get me over the day.
[Galaxy S6 General] Alarand:
As has been reported in this thread on the Q&A forums, there seems to be an issue with the flash staying dimly illuminated at all times.

Is there any way of knowing/guessing how much battery this could potentially drain? Obviously at full brightness it would drain a lot faster and probably burn out the LED, but with it just emitting a dim glow I'm interested to know just how much of an issue this is and if it's contributing to the somewhat shotty battery life.
[Galaxy S6 General] CLARiiON:
A device not going to sleep is definitely not right. BBS could tell you on partial wakelocks what's causing this. But unless this is happening for another person in your region, I think you have a lemon. Feb 28 firmware doesn't sound too encouraging TBH.
[Galaxy S6 General] perikach:
Update before official release. Just came through.
[Galaxy S6 General] perikach:
New build
[Galaxy S6 General] dhaliwal925:
Coming from a Z3 - S6 doesn't even come close.
[Galaxy S6 General] robertkoa:
Yes ! At only 1/2 millimeter thicker or maybe .7 millimeters thicker we could have a-

S6 Pro Version at 7.5 millimeters thick with 3100 Mah Battery ($ 800 to $850 maybe 64 GIG).

Problem - marketing wise might force Samsung to admit or imply regular version is too weak on Battery .

They COULD have a prettier version of S6 Active without hardware navigation buttons and maybe Glass and call it Active Pro etc.

But I HOPE Unlocked Version will have VoLTE across multiple Carriers .

Developers- TMobile LTE Devices already HAVE VoLTE by default -

So what does the VoLTE software switch DO on Galaxy S6 ?

---------- Post added at 06:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:08 PM ----------

Some of us use Phone as a Laptop- and you can include photos as Presentations etc.

So 6 hours SOT is important for some.

Also phone is #1 source of entertainment for many, rightly or wrongly so for $750 including tax and SIM - I want long SOT if possible ( even for $100 more if needed).

No I don't want a Laptop , or Desktop etc.

Yes , I am using Phone beyond it's Designs...maybe ..so what.

---------- Post added at 06:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:20 PM ----------

Lol. "Squillion".

---------- Post added at 07:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:57 PM ----------

I wonder if Lollipop has very deep Tentacles/ Involvement in Phones to aid in Google Advertising Revenues ?
[Galaxy S6 General] haqone:
Ran my phone to 1 percent yesterday just to see what I would end up with. Played some games, hour or so of phone calls, tapatalk, Web, Netflix and some texting. Phone lasts plenty long for me.
[Galaxy S6 General] elbos2k:
Which S6 do you have (carrier)? Settings?
[Galaxy S6 General] haqone:
T-MOBILE, 64gb edge, WiFi off, LTE, 2 emails , edge stuff on, auto brightness until the last 10 percent, blue tooth on for most the day.
[Galaxy S6 General] elbos2k:
I disabled data and enhanced lte in mobile data settings and now I'm getting better battery life. Just using WiFi because I'm home. There's definitely something wrong with reception or something...
[Galaxy S6 General] elbos2k:
Forgot to add this...
[Galaxy S6 General] jayr04:
Slight improvement from my last battery post. Location off.
[Galaxy S6 General] malek777:
It's bull no such thing as 6 hour screen time and over day standby on the s6
[Galaxy S6 General] elbos2k:
I think it's possible. I just found out how to turn off the capacitive lights so that should help battery life. These are my stats so far...
[Galaxy S6 General] benjmiester:
Some of you guys are doing really great on it. I've seen #s close to as I get on my Xperia Z2 (without stamina mode), and it's packing 3200mha!! But IPS, extra .1" screen, and dual speakers. Overall, I'm liking what I'm seeing given the S6's smaller battery size though. Definitely punching a little above it's weight.
[Galaxy S6 General] iowabowtech:
Just picked up my vzw s6. There is no light emitting from the flash in the darkest of rooms.
[Galaxy S6 General] jntdroid:
Had an appointment setup and everything, and told them ahead of time I'd be paying full retail. I get there, and I get, "Sorry, we can't sell any full retail in store, you'll have to order online."

I canceled my pre-order online on Monday thinking I'd be able to go in store and pick one up today - I'd probably have it in hand if I didn't do that. Oh well, first world problems... #frustrating
[Galaxy S6 General] iowabowtech:
I got the price match at BB including the free charger. I was expecting the same result as you but it went off without a hitch. The first store I went to back on preorder day said straight up they wouldn't price match an outright purchase off contract. The next store didn't even blink...go figure.
[Galaxy S6 General] FSOP:
Probably cause I'm coming from an OPO but I'm not impressed by the battery on this thing, 7% an hour according to BBS. Will this improve after a few charges or is this what I should expect?
[Galaxy S6 General] haqone:
How is it bull when I have personally achieved those numbers.
[Galaxy S6 General] arrrgh:
Coming from a Z2, I would never mention S6 in the same sentence with it when it comes to battery life. In my light use (call or two, some IMs, 3x email accounts, bluetooth audio for 30 mins, google now with high precision gps, couple photos, some bathroom web browsing each day) I would get up to 3 days of life out of Z2. Using the same setup I can't get through an office day with S6. I have already had to drop high precision GPS in hopes to get it to last 24 hours with one charge.
[Galaxy S6 General] J-Hop2o6:
Location off as in GPS or Location History? Or Both?
[Galaxy S6 General] Karly Johnston:
Screen on is less than Zenfone 2 4GB... :o
[Galaxy S6 General] jayr04:
Both off.
[Galaxy S6 General] J-Hop2o6:
Hmm... Well atleast its not 3hrs of SOT, lol. 4hrs is decent. Seen ppl here getting 6 hours somehow.
[Galaxy S6 General] matheus_sc:
Using only social and vídeos you can get that, but if i do that in my. Gives. More tham 9 of sot.
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
My guess is people are getting 6 hours screen on time in a short period of time, so little standby time to drain the battery.
[Galaxy S6 General] jayr04:
Weird that location was on and I got more SOT today. Best SOT I've gotten so far.
[Galaxy S6 General] rigssanchez:
This is what I got today.

WiFi, WiFi calling, VoLTE off

GPS and Location on

No calls, some videos, and Bluetooth music. Also auto brightness set in middle.

Will continue to experiment.
[Galaxy S6 General] hovanhuang:
Turn off your location reporting.
[Galaxy S6 General] benjmiester:
Oh I know. I was like somebody's gonna go crazy on me for this one. Lol. But I just meant that he's getting about the same amount of usage as I do on my Z2, about 5 hrs SOT, and a whole day of use. The Z def lasts longer, but only really when you're not doing all that much and have stamina mode on. I could get 2 to 3 days too, but never better than about 5.5 to at best 6 hrs of srt between them, and usually more like 1.5 days of charge with use like that, which I counted as 2 when I used it a lot. Either way, though the battery life isn't the best, I'm still impressed with how the S6 does given it's screen, beast SOC and small battery. Plus I charge every phone over night regardless. Would I like a bigger battery still? Well of course, we all would. But it's adequate, I would say. Funny thing is having just got my S6 today, I use my phones a lot for navigating as a delivery driver. I find the S6 drains much less battery from navigation than my past few phones. I read something about it using a new much more efficient GPS/wifi chip, and it seems to be helping. (http://www.sammobile.com/2015/03/03...ip-improves-power-efficiency-on-the-galaxy-s6)