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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] guthrien:
I'm not understanding people getting 7+ SOT if they're not gimping the experience in some way. I'm not at all knocking that, but to me it's a Note, a billion functions and best screen every put on a phone, I'm letting it all run wild. I'd be shocked if it got near what a stock phone with a decent sized battery gets. I don't really buy a lot of the screenshots I see on XDA aren't being done without babying the setup, but again I'm fine with that, we all use our phone differently.

That said, I'm getting about 5hrs+ SOT. Keeping in mind this is a new phone, I've thrown a hundred apps and other crap on it to play with (8GB ver), and that time is being constantly on/off as I mess with a new phone. I'm not blown away, but it's still a really nice step up from the 8 which blew way too fast. Amazing phone, but I see this more as the battery it needed rather than a world beater. See plenty of videos of people who seem to see the same so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] jemael972:
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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] androFRUST:
Totally agree with you.. don't see the point of investing a thousand bucks only for it to be turned into a brick
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] hackdrag0n:
Day 3 and the battery life seems reasonable considering the size and brightness of the screen, and all the things this device can do.

The P20 Pro I came from definitely has better battery life but the screen is also smaller, battery manger is overly aggressive on it, and I didn't actually use it as often because it doesn't have an s-pen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] herandy:
For some reason it seems to be something like a silicon lottery. Some people just get phenomenal battery life on full brightness with everything on constantly and also with full resolution. I haven't run out of battery yet yet as I just charge my phone when I sleep, but I think 6-8 hours SoT is pretty reasonable on mine as I get 3-4 hours easily when my phone is around 50%.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] hackdrag0n:
I think there's a whole lot of factors at play. Signal quality, what sort of lighting they are using the phone under, the apps they're running, etc. Best anyone can do is look at the range of figures and pick the average when wanting to investigate the battery life of any phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] gyokzoli:
Please share us the customization you did for better battery life. My SoT is good enough (around 7 hours a day) but I never say never to even better battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] elmemyself:
The battery is good enough, specially in terms of SOT, however, the drain on idle seems to be a bit excessive. I've already ran package disabler pro and deactivated bloatware, including SCloud, etc, but it seems to have had little effect. Any advice in terms of apps/services which may be draining the battery on idle? I do keep the AOD turned on during the day and the battery report does show a decent % used by the AOD (easily 7/8% per charge). Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] MayIsCranky:
Bummer, it won't let me post my screenshot or a link to my picture?

14 h 29 m on battery;

8 h 49 m SOT

Got the phone on Aug 25th, did a transfer from Galaxy S8+, disabled bloatwares (Verizon), deleted unwanted apps, and used Package disabler / PDP Engine. This was with heavy use, lots of Youtube videos, Facebook, and tons of texting, and testing the camera with tons of shots and AOD on. Both on wifi and data as I was running around town. Take note that this was only after one full charge, so it may or may not get better as I continue to use the phone. No battery "enhancement" apps, as I don't use those, ever. I don't think they really help, I feel that they drain more than actually help.

Today, at this moment, my phone has been unplugged since 10 AM, so at 5 hours 23 mins use, the phone is at 80%, with 1h 46m SOT. Maybe it'll be keep up, maybe not. Time will only tell! lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
Yes, you are right notifications are much more quiter than the note 8.

But accubatery doesn't seem to drain much..View attachment 4582581
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] KidJoe:
Didn't do too bad. This is with US Unlocked Note 9 (128gig) using Verizon SIM. Mix of wifi and Lte. Some surfing, some streaming. Brightness at about 40% but auto-brigtness on so it got brighter too.

First screen shows more details, the second was before I put it on the charger (less details)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
Just a side note are all not using the s pen for taking screen shots? I ask since I'm not seeing the s pen icon in the status bar of your screen shots. View attachment 4582589
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
Exynos.

---------- Post added at 06:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:11 PM ----------

It's really good Android 10. I installed it and then I reset the phone. Super!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Giowi:
5h and 42 from 100 to 20%. very poor battery on android 10. But the smartphone is very fast. I did a reset. With oreo more than 6 hours
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
You are power user? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
Yes I also have 6.7h SOT days but then they are on maximum brightness, all but all on and only mobile data. So with 40% brightness in the indoor and automatic in the outside, with wifi predominantly arrive at an excellent time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Giowi:
Absolutely not. What I wanted to show is that, for me, oreo is better than android 10.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] koragg97:
Bought mine a week ago, few days ago I got 8 hours screen on time with no power saving or anything. Brightness on auto and 4G always on, being connected to WiFi while at home. No gaming or very light via 2048, Flappy Bird and Snake '97 just to try them out again :D

Overall amazing battery life, Exynos 512GB version on Android 10.

I'll try to charge my phone from 30ish to 80ish percent to prolong battery lifespan as I want to keep this phone for as long as possible. Then when it's time I will most likely change the battery instead of the phone xd

Got Facebook Lite, Messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp, Viber, Tinder, Discord all installed and not limited. Only limitation (which is not a limitation for me) that I've done is to tell almost all apps to use GPS only while said app is open on screen. So I have GPS always set to enabled. Also using Dark Mode where possible. Literally the only app of mine which bugs with Force Dark enabled under Developer Options is Facebook/Facebook Lite. If that gets fixed I'm enabling Force Dark option to have dark mode even in unsupported apps which, except Facebook or Facebook Lite, work awesome with it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Johnnyyy25:
Hey, is there a way to read the cycle count on the newest update? Both Samsung Phone Info an ADB wont work

Thanks (I have the Exynos version (One UI 2.0 / Android 10)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] mattfax:
I have around 6-7 hours SOT (exynos model).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] AoMine:
Hy guys ! I recently got a note 9 ! Does it matters if the resolution is set to wqhd+ in terms of battery? Does fhd+ saves battery? Also do u see any changes between this resolutions? I have a feeling a crisp screen when wqhd+ is on , also i think games on fhd+ consumes less battery than wqhd+. I really want your opinions of the users who owned this device more than 1year
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] -CRO-Maher:
Hi, from my personal experience I noticed more enjoyment from my usage when the resolution is set to wqhd+

I used the phone in HD+ for a month just to see how it would go, and I got used to it fairly easy. After that I switched to wqhd+ and immediately noticed how the screen is sharper and more enjoyable to use. And for the battery, I haven't seen any noticeable difference in any set resolution, so go ahead and enjoy that wqhd+ display of yours :D

Also, take a look at this video, it tests the battery consumption of fhd vs wqhd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncPpM9tesPc
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] fun4357:
Note 9 user since launch here. Based on my experience, WQHD+ does look sharper to me and the battery life does not differ much. Therefore, always set it to WQHD+ unless you want to game. Gaming in FHD+ definitely saves more battery and smoother than in WQHD+. Hope this helps you. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] dahmmy:
hello all,

i finally decided to upgrade my phone, my last one finally gave up the ghost with bits falling off etc- it was a wait for it..... HTC one!! enough kudos to that phone.. finally after much researching ive gone for the Note 9.new notes i just dont like that dot camera in the front

phones arriving tomorrow..

any tips/tricks please on setting up to maximise battery life etc?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] fun4357:
https://r1.community.samsung.com/t5/Others/SAMSUNG-ULTIMATE-BATTERY-SAVING-TIPS/td-p/2329014

Check this, it might be helpful.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] thedid63:
Hi [emoji112] since Last version "TJ1" battery is really amazing / screen on Time very hight... View attachment 5143943

Envoyé de mon SM-N960F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] invisiblesense:
I have the 512gb version and battery life so far is concerning me. My Note8 lasted longer easily. I have disabled Facebook and some other unnecessary apps, AOD turned on from 6am to 12am.

Also, out of 8gb ram only 3.5gb seems to be free. The system is using up over 4gb ram...why is this?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] 0alfred0:
The poor Battery performance is weird, try using it for a week and see if anything changes. Sometimes it needs some time to adapt to your usage.

The RAM is normal. its the same with PCs. Apps and system reserve RAM so that it can be used faster in case it is needed. So its all good and how its supposed to be.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] hackdrag0n:
Only 3.5gb lol. I wouldn't worry about it unless you're actually running low on ram and you're not even close.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] avibphotography:
I've noticed that the battery of the note 9 is better then the Note 8 however it is by a marginal difference,

When using Lightroom mobile and having more screen time the Note 9 definitely last a touch longer
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] invisiblesense:
Thanks for that. I do hope the battery will settle over time, I can't stop staring at the battery indicator watching battery life is drop so rapidly.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] billu:
Anyone getting good battery life from an Exynos version of the Note 9?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] sonny82:
Wth am I doing wrong then? Smh
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Coolbananas:
Im worried with regards to my Exynos version too. Yesterday it was great, but that was at home on the wifi all day. Today back out in the real world im down to 40% with 2h34m. I have background sync off, AOD off, FHD+ etc Im going to leave it a few more days before being too stressed by it but if theres no real change, it'll be going back.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] MKchrias:
Sync 10mins per hr. LTE . Black theme. Display FHD+ Exynos
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
Battery live on Note9F is the best?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
I've found the Facebook app goes to sleep well on the note 9 compared to use note 8. Much less battery usage when not used as compared to before.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] billu:
Blimey that is impressive, with AOD as well.

Any special configurations?

Also what's your usage pattern if you don't mind me asking.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] MKchrias:
Best I can get, how do you do it.

FHD+ till 17:30 then WQHD+.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] guthrien:
How can you bear FHD+ on this phone? The phone gods made this screen, I couldn't do it for some battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] MKchrias:
It was still on default, hadn't noticed.

Final check before bed.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] jayr04:
First thing I did was max it out. If you don't, you're wasting your money. :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
Must be getting old, can't tell much of a difference ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] afiqsabri:
i am using 2 sims...best i can get is 5hrs for FDH+
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
I closed what I do not use, auto brightness outside and 40% inside, nothing automatically to samsung or google program. Mobile phones and wifi are always open.Mobile data on 3G if poor 4g.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] avengethis1:
So 4 hrs SOT and normal use for me still at 51%. I was on wifi about 60% today. Mainly a lot of reading and xda lol. My s9+ would get 4hrs if I was lucky for whole battery. Unlocked software just never worked good for me. Plus I was I. Afghanistan the whole time using it so cell service was ok but eh.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] androFRUST:
(EXYNOS) 23hrs 57m on battery - SOT 3hr 50mins and the top consumers after that is Android System 8%; Instagram 6%; Android OS 5%

AOD on (scheduled), bluetooth, nfc, wifi not connected. Mostly using google news, samsung internet, occassional youtube; location set to battery saving

What am i doing wrong?

I am working in bangkok btw is this a cell network strength issue?

HELP!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] padlad:
Nothing, those of us with Exynos version (and who ACTUALLY USE it) are in the same boat, simple answer is the Exynos version is garbage in comparison to the Snapdragon equivalent in regards to battery consumption. Samsung has some serious work on their hands to make this version more battery efficient! I'm getting about 45 minutes extra screen on time than what I get on my aging OnePlus 3T with similar usage! Not happy at all :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Even if Samsung works on it, the Exynos 9810 will never be on par with the SD 845 in the s9/s9+/Note 9.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Zappapp:
What kind of SOT are you getting ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
I was getting slightly above 6 hrs in Note 9 with August OTA update. That's roughly about 45 minutes more than that of S9 plus Exynos on same settings, apps installed and similar usage pattern with few but same "measures" taken . 100's of factors come into play , but Note 9 Exynos isn't having chart topping batterylife for sure unless you start monkeying around with settings - For Now. Things will probably change with consecutive updates to an extent, but would it make a huge difference !!! - don't think so.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Zappapp:
Looks normal for Exynos. My friend is getting anything between 6 to 6.5 hours, which is approximately 1 to 1.5 hours more than Note8 from which he upgraded. He is not satisfied, he came to N9 thinking that he would get about 8 hours plus SOT without tinkering with settings.

I didn't upgrade from N8 to N9, would look at Mate 20 Pro, S10 or if don't find anything good, might wait for N10.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] androFRUST:
guess i will just have to stick to full on tweaks to get the best out of this 4000mAh battery... what do people normally do to register 8-10 hour SOT this would be quite interesting..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] leoking3:
SOT 10h and 27 hours stabdby. Exynos version first full charge. After that it turned to garbage, as usual. I really cannot understand what can be fu..ed up starting with second charge and on. I forgot to take the screenshot then.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
Colleagues, how much do you charge your wireless phone? From 20%, 30% or above taking into account that it takes quite a while.Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] PeterGagk:
10h
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] buxz777:
Hold on, let's get this in perspective

It's a 20% battery increase... Why would he go from 5 hours to 8 hours that's a 60% increase

Going from 5 hours to 6 hours is roughly 20%

Im working on 5 hours... 1 hour equals 20%
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] krypto1300:
I get very similar battery life on my Verizon, SD845, 512GB model.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Zappapp:
Not sure as to what u mean. I never said N9's battery life is 60% better than N8. N9 (Exynos ) gives about 60 to 90 minutes extra SOT as compared to N8, with similar usage.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
You take into account only the surplus battery but forget about a more efficient processor than the previous one, you forget about a more developed software than the previous, that's a lot more. Your theory is valid for two Note8, one with 3300mAh and another with a 4000mAh battery. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] buxz777:
i owned a note 8 Exynos and own a note 9 Exynos .... the battery life is much better in the note 9 .... i get way more than 1 hours extra screen on time .... for example yesterday i was listing ebay stuff , taking pics of items , using the app and the net , reading facebook , sharing images there etc and i lost 10% in an hour .... thats heading towards 10 hours of screen on time at that rate and easily 8 hours

i was just stating not to expect miracles because its only a 20% increase in size not a 50% battery increase or 75% increase but yes with better doze modes and more efficent processor 8 hours screen on time is easily available , its not as good as snapdragon version but weve known that since the s9 was released so we dont really have any excuses unless you again was expecting miracles?? ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Zappapp:
If you are getting an SOT of about 8 hours on Exynos, it is great. A couple of my friends have the Exynos version of N9( here in India) and the max they have got is 6 hours and 30 minutes SOT. One guy i know of has an Snapdragon version and he gets around 8 hours SOT.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
You do not understand that it's not just a 20% extra battery. You have 20% battery + 20% energy efficient processor + software efficiency. By Note8 I had not more than 4.30h SOT and with Note9 i have more 8h SOT.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Zappapp:
Is it Exynos or Snapdragon?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] buxz777:
of course i understand .... but we are talking about the new Exynos chip here which has been proven to be ****e at battery so i dounbt its really 20% more efficient than the previous model , in fact andatech said at peak power it uses more battery than last years model ;)

The Exynos 9810 marks a stark contrast to the Snapdragon 845 as its energy usage isn’t nearly as good. In fact at peak performance we’re seeing an overall regression over last year’s Exynos 8895. We expected the M3 cores to use a lot of power at peak frequency, but had hoped at least more competitive efficiency. The fact that we’re actually seeing a regression in efficiency over the M2 is worrying as it means that the increased performance comes at a price which will be visible in battery life.

taken from here https://www.anandtech.com/show/12520/the-galaxy-s9-review/4

so its not a clear case of 20% battery increase ... 20% more efficient cpu and more efficient software because depending on how you use your phone the cpu inside the note 9 is actually using more power than the note 8 ;)

so as i stated before people shouldn't expect miracles and if they are heavy users , hitting their cpus hard despite the 20% increase in battery the note 9 will be burning through that extra 20% faster than the note 8 would ;)

thats probably why people like me are getting great screen on time with simple tasks like social networking and when you do other things and ramp the cpu up its hitting the battery hard making screen on time seem not much better than the note 8 .... it all makes perfect sense ;)

this has been known since may/june time
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
Do you like to write and all of your theory is based on the article I have read since it first appeared. Then the problem was raised after the S9 / S9 + which processor, snapdragon or exynos has a better energy management and proved to be snapdragon.Let,s we do not look too much in figures and synthetic tests that everything supports a transformation including a processor.Shared on the S9, the battery was going no matter what I was doing, did not catch the 5h SOT in exchange for Notes9 i notice a transformation. She walked to him and I'm afraid of the future update to the kernel U2 not to do the job.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Monnq:
Really disappointing considering my previous SoT on an iPhone. This is Exynos variant.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] marko94:
That is not good :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] jayr04:
That's not too bad since it's been unplugged 24 hours. In a 12 hour period your sot should be more.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] alfred_mcskee:
I intentionally waited a week before paying specific attention to SoT. Friday I ran at FHD+ and Saturday WQHD. As you'll see, I had a similar SoT both days and for me both are enough to get me through a "full" day, but I got much better endurance on Saturday (the WQHD day), which is something I found on my Note8 as well bizarrely. Similar usage and even by 50% on the Saturday I was +4 hours off the charger compared to the 15% stage on Friday!

I only got 3-4 hours SoT with my Note8 (Exynos) on a typical day, so only modest gains, but still an improvement, especially in off the charger time. I don't mod or tinker with my devices.

The Note9 is Exynos, 8GB variant, 50% brightness (no auto), mix of wifi and LTE in a rural area, and bluetooth permanently on. AoD also scheduled for 9hrs overnight and I constantly use my S pen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] gentillo:
My stats after one week. Exynos. View attachment 4586455

Wysłane z mojego SM-N960F przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] AB__CD:
First time breaking 7h. WQHD+, no special optimization.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] fazdnoah:
100% wifi or 4G data?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] fazdnoah:
1. 100% wifi

2. 100% data 4G

3. 100% Wifi S8+

4000 mAh on Note9 vs 3500 mAh on S8+
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] AB__CD:
About 4h of 4G, the rest on Wi-Fi.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] varun.gid:
What i have realized is the Aug updates on Exynos dropped my battery life. Before the update the 3 4 days i had used the phone had much better endurance.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] androFRUST:
This was the exact thing i posted.. Similar stats and usage patterns. Assuming you're on the EXYNOS ver like me. After one week, tried MID battery saver only limiting the processor, seems like battery improved by a smaller margin. Regardless, i dont think you're doing anything wrong, just the the exynos version is poorly optimized.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Amit.A:
i am getting only 3hrs of SOT in exynos variant (really disappointment Note-9)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] destz0r:
3hrs? u must be doing something wrong lol

i get 4hrs with my 2 year old Galaxy S7...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] zeanong:
No, he is not alone.

I'm using Exynos variant S9 and I usually get 3hrs+ SOT , max 4hrs SOT for only checking email, WhatsApp, Facebook and no gaming.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] destz0r:
Well, ur S9 is 3000mAh, so that SOT is not very surprising