Really confused now :( HTC One or Samsung Galaxy S4

I would wait for more user comments on the one battery life who have owned the note II especially from here as you can't always be sure with the folks at XDA! :D :p

For browsing and anything that has white backgrounds displayed most of the time, generally LCD based phones will be better due to them being a lot more power efficient with whites, however, with blacks SAMOLED destroys LCD in power efficiency then since the pixels are essentially turned of, black uses the same amount of power as what white would on a LCD screen. And of course the HTC one is pushing a lot more pixels than the note II.

Anandtech's battery benchmark of the one compared to other phones (including note II):

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6747/htc-one-review/3

Here is gsmarena's comparison to the note II:

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A lot of people have slated their endurance/stand by test, regardless of that, those don't really give any indication to real world usage. Signal is another extremely important point, if you have weak signal especially with poor coverage for a data connection then the battery life will drop very quickly regardless of how well known a device is for battery life and iirc the some people have said that their nexus 4 is not as good as the GS 3 etc. for that area (signal), Samsung, HTC and especially motorola phones seem to be pretty good. The HTC one sounds like it has very good signal (as shown on the previous pages) due to the antenna design.

and of course battery life can/will improve with more software updates for both devices.
 
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not yet tried the S4 but had a play with a mates htc one and really liked it. felt noticeably smoother than my S3 and if it wasn't for the questionable camera I'd snap one up. as it stands neither are enough of an upgrade over the S3 imo though I must say the one really did feel premium in comparison to any Samsung phone I've used.
 
The battery on the One is really fantastic. Very very impressive

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And when you put on the power saving mode, it becomes even more efficient. I've just finished my working day, used my phone like I always do, sending whatsapps, reading email, browsing internet, listening to music and after over 10hrs it still has 65% left. In fact it hasn't even run down on me yet. My GS2 used in the exact same way would be completely dead after 10-12hours off charge.

Do not worry about the battery life - it is very good.
 
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The battery on the One is really fantastic. Very very impressive

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And when you put on the power saving mode, it becomes even more efficient. I've just finished my working day, used my phone like I always do, sending whatsapps, reading email, browsing internet, listening to music and after over 10hrs it still has 65% left. In fact it hasn't even run down on me yet. My GS2 used in the exact same way would be completely dead after 10-12hours off charge.

Do not worry about the battery life - it is very good.
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looking on that screenshot, it doesnt look that you had screen on for long...
doesnt even look like an hour...
 
Just reading about battery life and signal strength of these phones. I was looking for a temporary phone until the x phone comes out, now I read comments on poor battery life for the nexus I won't be getting that

If the one really does seem the phone to get. But I can't commit to two years for The phone I don't really want
 
Well I just tried an S4 today and while some of the tech is very cool it is also very gimmicky. Made me so glad I got my HTC ONE as i have definitely made the right choice so from a guy who has used both phones I say go for the HTC! :)
 
Am reading more an more about HTC One...
Just checked gsmarena for battery test of Nexus 4 and have this:

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When we compare that to same tests of One and Note 2, then it becomes clear that N4's battery is utter carp :)

Note 2 is being delivered tomorrow so tomorrow will do to p4u or cpw to check One yet again and see ow it feels.

Then again, as I have sold my tablet I use mobile a lot for net while on the sofa so big screen is an advantage.

With all my dilemmas I feel like I'm trolling ;)
 
Yes but the problem is those tests were done with an early build of 4.2 (was a different build to what the early consumers got iirc), the 4.2 base had bad battery drain, major kernel wakelocks i.e. msm_hsic_host was a major problem but with 4.2.2 it improved a lot, at least according to the n4 owners here anyway.

Gsmarena's tests really don't seem to relate to real world usage, give you a very rough idea as to what you can expect i.e. one X did better than the one S, however, in real world use (@ time of release), it was awful (it has supposedly improved with JB), where as the one S has epic battery life in real world usage.

Plus their video test is stupid imo, iirc they turn airplane mode on for it.......

Software/driver optimisation is probably the most important thing for every single area of a phone, it can make or break any area.


Yup, it is a very tough decision as the note II is epic:

main key points over the one

- screen size
- stylus
- SD slot and removable battery

main key points over the note II

- speakers
- camera overall
- build/perceived quality
- 1080P screen

Still too early to tell which one has the better battery life, from all the initial tests, feedback though, I don't think there is big enough of a difference to be worth worrying about.....

Software, screen type, size of device and design are personal preference.
 
Im going for unlimited internet so music will be streamed - solves storage problem
quality - yes please - have doubts about note but One is new and god knows if it will fall a part in few months ;)

on N4 I was running latest android and did not find it any better.
have to remember that coming from o2 signal to Tmobile, I wont have reception at work so battery will be drained bit faster...

I think build quality will win me over screen size...as much as I hate iPhones and their OS, I do like their build quality and One seems to fit right next to it.
 
I would be very surprised if that happened! :eek: :p The only main issue with regards to the chassis seems to be the wee (and I mean tiny :p) gap at the top where the speaker grill is attached/glued on, HTC have said this is a problem/issue and has/is been fixed though.


Hmm strange, did you try a factory reset?


True, if you don't get any reception at all then it would be wise to turn airplane mode on during that time, would save so much battery life! Can still connect to wifi thus get emails, browse etc. just won't be able to receive/make calls and send texts.
 
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I would be very surprised if that happened! :eek: :p The only main issue with regards to the chassis seems to be the wee (and I mean tiny :p) gap at the top where the speaker grill is attached/glued on, HTC have said this is a problem/issue and has/is been fixed though.


Hmm strange, did you try a factory reset?


True, if you don't get any reception at all then it would be wise to turn airplane mode on during that time, would save so much battery life! Can still connect to wifi thus get emails, browse etc. just won't be able to receive/make calls and send texts.
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tried many things including resets :)

with N4 on o2 had reception..
while phone was idle then battery was fine..it was screen that was eating battery in tremendous speed ..

30min on bus on way home sometimes ate 20-30% of battery...
 
Strange! From the screenshots in the n4 thread, I think the battery life looks epic, bit better than my S anyway.

You could have had a dodgy N4! :p

Yup iphone 5 has epic battery life :cool:
 
I shall add that after I wake up, and using phone for around 5mins battery was down by 5%...so from 100% to 95% in few minutes
 
Just explain to them that you are experiencing very poor battery life in comparison to what a lot of other people are getting.

Although you would need to make sure that it wasn't anything on your end that was causing the problems so would need to post as much detail with screenshots from better battery stats etc. up here too.

Where did you get it from?
 
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