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7 Edge battery worse than Note7...~
- Thread starter Takuwind
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What's "significantly", and how long have you had the phone? It takes a bit of time for the kernel to "learn" your usage, and battery capacity may not be fully developed if the battery is really new, so if the phone is only a few days old I'd not worry yet.
Otherwise, dunno. The phones aren't identical inside (and you've not said which versions of each you have/had, Exynos vs Snapdragon may make a little difference), but from reviews I've read I'd expect their endurance to be broadly similar. There may be some aspect of your usage that strains one more than the other, but it's hard to guess from here.
Otherwise, dunno. The phones aren't identical inside (and you've not said which versions of each you have/had, Exynos vs Snapdragon may make a little difference), but from reviews I've read I'd expect their endurance to be broadly similar. There may be some aspect of your usage that strains one more than the other, but it's hard to guess from here.
Different chipsets (systems on a chip, to be more precise). Exynos is the Samsung processor, Snapdragon is the Qualcomm one. Both the Note 7 and the S7 Edge came in both Exynos and Snapdragon versions, I think probably sold in different markets but can't recall how it worked for these phones.
But it's hard to guess. It might even be as simple as software updates, e.g. to the baseband (radio firmware) or the ROM. You'd need to do detailed monitoring to see what's using the power on the current phone, and it's too late to do that with the old one to see if you can spot differences (but it might give a clue as to what the biggest drains with the current one are).
But it's hard to guess. It might even be as simple as software updates, e.g. to the baseband (radio firmware) or the ROM. You'd need to do detailed monitoring to see what's using the power on the current phone, and it's too late to do that with the old one to see if you can spot differences (but it might give a clue as to what the biggest drains with the current one are).
Silver Surfer
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I think Samsung claimed that the always on display uses approx 1% battery life per hour, that may explain the difference you are seeing.
PurrsSW
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OP, is there any chance that 'using all the same apps' doesn't necessarily mean they're all on the same settings as they were on your last phone? I was wondering if you'd had time to set each to run or not run according to your preferences when you installed them on your new phone. Some apps seem to like having the 'default' preset to be running all the time and you have to tell them not to do that yourself.
Do you have updates set to automatic? I moved all my apps with Smart Switch to my new S7 Edge it wanted to update for a l-o-n-g time, every single app I had on there and then Samsung had its own stuff. That rather ran down my battery a bit but now all is normal. You didn't say how long you've had yours. You were 'forced?' Don't you like your new one?
Do you have updates set to automatic? I moved all my apps with Smart Switch to my new S7 Edge it wanted to update for a l-o-n-g time, every single app I had on there and then Samsung had its own stuff. That rather ran down my battery a bit but now all is normal. You didn't say how long you've had yours. You were 'forced?' Don't you like your new one?