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[Q] Pros and cons

Hello Nexus 5 users...
I've been recently searching about this phone as I am about to buy it...
I still can't gather all the pros and cons of the phone so I can make a conclusion
whether should or should I not buy it...
I've been reading reviews but my experience says that user comments are better than reviews...
I would really love if you could type some pros and cons of this phone.
Thank you very much

Buy it, it's a great phone
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Yes just buy it man. IMO there are no cons.

Hi,
I've only had this phone for one month, so I can't talk about long term usage, but here's my pros and cons so far:
Pros
Very powerful and smooth
Stock Android
Great developer support, and it's very easy to install custom ROMs
The screen is simply gorgeous
Cons
No SD Card slot
No removable battery (it's relatively easy to replace, but not "on the go")
Can get relatively hot when playing intensive games (particularly PvZ 2)
Overall I'm really happy with it, and I think you won't regret buying it

it is an ok phone..considering for the price..for the price of the n5 u could get the oneplus or the g3 if u have the money
pros
cheap price
stock android
great development
cons
nonremoveable battery
no sd slot
not water resistant
no ir blaster
speakers are not that good
battery life blows
camera is not that good

hello00 said:
it is an ok phone..considering for the price..for the price of the n5 u could get the oneplus or the g3 if u have the money
[*]battery life blows
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I'd debate that. The battery is very good, not the best, but very adequate.
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Pros:
Cheap
Unlocked
Great screen
Perfect size
Wireless charging
Great dev support/community
Cons:
Speakers not loud enough imo, but can be modded to be louder
I love the n5. I wouldn't trade it for any phone currently out.

jd1639 said:
I'd debate that. The battery is very good, not the best, but very adequate.
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my n5 couldnt last me not even 3hrs..stock and battery calibrated..i had to take my charger with me all the time..thats one of the main reasons i moved to the g3

hello00 said:
my n5 couldnt last me not even 3hrs..stock and battery calibrated..i had to take my charger with me all the time..thats one of the main reasons i moved to the g3
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I consistently get over 5 hours sot and 20+ hours total. Not sure what you're doing to calibrate battery but it's not needed and probably eating battery. The battery is very dependent on your signal quality, the apps you use and your usage patterns. The battery on the n5 is not bad. If you're getting bad battery life it's a user issue.
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jd1639 said:
I consistently get over 5 hours sot and 20+ hours total. Not sure what you're doing to calibrate battery but it's not needed and probably eating battery. The battery is very dependent on your signal quality, the apps you use and your usage patterns. The battery on the n5 is not bad. If you're getting bad battery life it's a user issue.
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the battery calibration is just to erase the stats that way u could have an accurate battery meter..it will not increase battery life but it will improve the runtime of the system if the system thinks 20% is left when there is actually 50% or more left..u probably dont use the phone as much as me but i could tell u right now that it sucked..and im not the only one saying that

hello00 said:
the battery calibration is just to erase the stats that way u could have an accurate battery meter..it will not increase battery life but it will improve the runtime of the system if the system thinks 20% is left when there is actually 50% or more left..u probably dont use the phone as much as me but i could tell u right now that it sucked..and im not the only one saying that
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That said there are plenty of us getting great battery too. You may not be the only one not getting great battery but many of us do too.
Oh and by the way, the battery meter is 100% unlinked to stats.
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rootSU said:
That said there are plenty of us getting great battery too. You may not be the only one not getting great battery but many of us do too.
Oh and by the way, the battery meter is 100% unlinked to stats.
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it just resets the stats

My battery is terrible... It's been off charge for 25 hours now. Had 2 1/2 hours on the screen and 1h phone calls with data/wifi/location all on and still has 25% left. I don't know how i cope ?

hello00 said:
it just resets the stats
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Charging resets the stats. Unless you're confused and don't actually mean stats.
[Info] What are battery stats and is wiping them helpful?

Thanks for all the reviews...
I will think it again and may buy this phone instead...
How about the phone quality?

UltraWelfare said:
Thanks for all the reviews...
I will think it again and may buy this phone instead...
How about the phone quality?
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Pretty good, you won't be dissapointed

S7 be S7 Edge battery life.

Wondering if anyone has seen a test between the two to see how battery life varies. With no removable battery I'm looking for the longest life possible.

I am very happy, for first charge whole day, a lot of locking and fiddling around. And above 50%

How much screen on time?

See

Alright is that a edge or regular S7?

S7

S7 is much better than the s6 and same as g4 and m8

Battery life seems a lot better than with my S6 even with the Android System and Android OS using around 50% of the battery...not sure why though.

I got 30 hrs on my first charge with 4 hrs screen time. Regular S7. I'm also getting high Android System usage but am attributing that to downloading all my apps and everything syncing etc...

PunishedSnake said:
S7 is much better than the s6 and same as g4 and m8
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G4 was bad so I hope it's not the same
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barondebxl said:
G4 was bad so I hope it's not the same
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You must have got a bum unit. My g4 was awesome.

PunishedSnake said:
You must have got a bum unit. My g4 was awesome.
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Nah dude the G4 in general didn't have great battery life.
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barondebxl said:
Nah dude the G4 in general didn't have great battery life.
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Nah dude my g4 was amazing and more amazing with the 6.0 update. You mustve got a bum unit or your expectations were based one another phone

4 hours SoT still 22% of battery and used 1 hour of Spotify at the gym now. Android system still the bigger drain. I'm imagine what will be the battery life when I don't have this **** draining more then the screen

Tekogremista said:
4 hours SoT still 22% of battery and used 1 hour of Spotify at the gym now. Android system still the bigger drain. I'm imagine what will be the battery life when I don't have this **** draining more then the screen
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do you have ALWAYS ON DISPLAY enabled? I am getting 3 hrs sot but it is dead by 5pm, poor battery life while on sleep.

Squeezed 5 hours SoT. I don't have the always on display but Bluetooth, GPS, sync on. Just need to figure out why android system is using so much battery. 800+ mah

PunishedSnake said:
Nah dude my g4 was amazing and more amazing with the 6.0 update. You mustve got a bum unit or your expectations were based one another phone
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yes, i have 5+ h sot on the g4, hope s7 has the same.

NisseGurra said:
yes, i have 5+ h sot on the g4, hope s7 has the same.
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Three cycles so far I regularly hit 5
Hoping to hit 6 as battery settles

Tekogremista said:
Squeezed 5 hours SoT. I don't have the always on display but Bluetooth, GPS, sync on. Just need to figure out why android system is using so much battery. 800+ mah
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Is that flat or edge?

misiokicio said:
Is that flat or edge?
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Flat gs7

HTC U11+ Battery Life Thread

Feel free to share your best battery usage and screen on time in this thread.

I had the phone for a few days, and this is my phone after 2 days of use. Very impressive in my opinion.

That's a great one you got there mate. No doubt with its massive 3930 mah battery.

Geliao said:
That's a great one you got there mate. No doubt with its massive 3930 mah battery.
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According to GSMarena battery life is average at best, they were quite disappointed with the results. So I’m not completely sure who to trust here.
gsmarena.com/htc_u11_plus-review-1690p3.php

Trumpenstein said:
According to GSMarena battery life is average at best, they were quite disappointed with the results. So I’m not completely sure who to trust here.
gsmarena.com/htc_u11_plus-review-1690p3.php
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I was worried too but every other reviewer says the battery its amazing. I bought the phone last week and I can tell you that GSMArena's results are completely wrong. I get a lot more battery life from this phone than the One Plus 3T.

Coming from a Xiaomi Mi Max I am a Bit dissapointed with this battery life, i forgot that most high end devices need to be charged everyday...
Its a pity that a mid range device has much better battery for less than half price...

Trumpenstein said:
According to GSMarena battery life is average at best, they were quite disappointed with the results. So I’m not completely sure who to trust here.
gsmarena.com/htc_u11_plus-review-1690p3.php
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It all depends on the user. Not by others imo. We all have our own way on how we use our phone.

orb3000 said:
Coming from a Xiaomi Mi Max I am a Bit dissapointed with this battery life, i forgot that most high end devices need to be charged everyday...
Its a pity that a mid range device has much better battery for less than half price...
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Maybe because mi max is meant to last longer in terms of battery life. In addition, most mid range devices doesn't really have that much of a hardware feature unlike most high end flagship phones.

orb3000 said:
Coming from a Xiaomi Mi Max I am a Bit dissapointed with this battery life, i forgot that most high end devices need to be charged everyday...
Its a pity that a mid range device has much better battery for less than half price...
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So you are comparing U11+ with xiaomi which has only snapdragon 650 on board (midrange), uses only full HD screen and has 4850mAh battery which is almost 1000 more than u11+? Did you expect 5 days with no charging? lol

I'm really happy with the battery. I expected the larger battery to cope with the display, and be average, but it's exceeded my expectations.
I'm a medium/ heavy user depending on the day.
Today is my record so far, had the phone for about 3 weeks, see pic
I have started putting power saver on overnight, clear all apps, and WiFi and data off. I'm using two sims aswell, not sure if that makes a difference

Here is mine.
Far better than my old Nexus 5 but I can't compare with other flagships. It last all day, from 7am to 22pm with ease. I needed to recharge my N5 2 to 3 times a day with similar usage.
Today
4H SOT over 12h50 and 39% left.
During this time, I played 1h of Airport City game and run for 50 min (so GPS for 50 min).
Google fit tracks me all day long too.

Mine:

Exceeds my expectations
my phone is on wifi 24/7

Are you on power saver constantly lol

battery life
adsubzero said:
Are you on power saver constantly lol
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Yes I am and still be able to use it the "normal" way
Then again, I let the battery go down to 1% and then start charging it again, which significantly increases the battery life and therefor get, at least, 5 days out of the battery

freebsd124 said:
Yes I am and still be able to use it the "normal" way
Then again, I let the battery go down to 1% and then start charging it again, which significantly increases the battery life and therefor get, at least, 5 days out of the battery
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As far as I know, newer batteries don't behave like that, and partial charges are better with new battery technology.

Totally disapointed with mine. 5 sot more or less.
Is there something wrong with the software in this phone? This cant be normal.
I have the 6gb 128gb version
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Nghtmare said:
I was worried too but every other reviewer says the battery its amazing. I bought the phone last week and I can tell you that GSMArena's results are completely wrong. I get a lot more battery life from this phone than the One Plus 3T.
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I come from a 5t and i have the oposite opinión. The 5t battery was noticiable better. 6-7 sot against 5 on this u11 plus
Seing the increíble distance between some people Who do 10 sot and many others like myself that barely so 4-5 i Wonder if this could be some software glitch depending on the model.
Mine its like i said above the 6gb 128gb translucent versión
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kingtiamath said:
Totally disapointed with mine. 5 sot more or less.
Is there something wrong with the software in this phone? This cant be normal.
I have the 6gb 128gb version
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I come from a 5t and i have the oposite opinión. The 5t battery was noticiable better. 6-7 sot against 5 on this u11 plus
Seing the increíble distance between some people Who do 10 sot and many others like myself that barely so 4-5 i Wonder if this could be some software glitch depending on the model.
Mine its like i said above the 6gb 128gb translucent versión
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I am not sure what it could be, I am also using the 6GB 128GB Translucent version from Hong Kong. The phone is currently on software 1.24.400.2, even though I have had great battery since day one. I recommend a factory reset just in case or check on the battery section, details what is draining it quicker. I can even play games for the majority of the charge and still get around 7hrs every time. Also check for gesture features, google maps, apps in sync, and many things that could drain your battery.

Nghtmare said:
I am not sure what it could be, I am also using the 6GB 128GB Translucent version from Hong Kong. The phone is currently on software 1.24.400.2, even though I have had great battery since day one. I recommend a factory reset just in case or check on the battery section, details what is draining it quicker. I can even play games for the majority of the charge and still get around 7hrs every time. Also check for gesture features, google maps, apps in sync, and many things that could drain your battery.
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Hi, can you post a battery history screenshot with 7hrs SOT ?
I am just configuring mine (European Dual SIM, 6GB, 128 GB), and with just a few apps, no games, it loses 20% overnight.
It seems awful, I am almost considering returning it, and I had such high hopes.
I already factory reset it again and try to test it further.
What is you screen off drain overnight, on Wifi ?
I only have one SIM, the always on display only on motion launch, location normal, a HW2 android wear watch.

andreipaval said:
Hi, can you post a battery history screenshot with 7hrs SOT ?
I am just configuring mine (European Dual SIM, 6GB, 128 GB), and with just a few apps, no games, it loses 20% overnight.
It seems awful, I am almost considering returning it, and I had such high hopes.
I already factory reset it again and try to test it further.
What is you screen off drain overnight, on Wifi ?
I only have one SIM, the always on display only on motion launch, location normal, a HW2 android wear watch.
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Something is draining your phone like crazy if it loses 20% overnight. That is not normal behaviour at all
Smart Display set to motion battery test results
4g/No Wi-Fi
50% auto brigthness
high accuracy location
Happy with this considering I didn't even get to drain till 10%
It shouldn't drain that much overnight tbh

Pixel 3 Battery Life?

Hello,
How is the battery life on Pixel 3 (non XL)? Does it last a whole day with normal usage? What is the average Screen On Time?
Getting a P3 for 500$ from Google Store but have serious reservations about battery life after reading reviews? Is it worth getting?

I just got mine 2 months ago. I have about 300 apps installed. Most have been opened and therefore running stuff in background. I can Easily go all day without a charge. Some evenings I'm only at 50% before bed. I consider myself a medium user (not streaming a lot of video, etc). It was a much better experience than my early Pixel XL. Hope this helps.
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I don't know if you're going to get the answer you're looking for because "normal usage", screen on time, apps installed, types of apps, network coverage, etc all vary widely from person to person. What works great for me might not at all for you.

If I have a normal use day I have about 5 to 6 hours of SoT. I've gotten 7+, it's about what my S10e got,.
However I am a heavy user, constantly rebooting and testing new modules and on Q beta so I can get anywhere from 2 to 4 but that is because I am HARDCORE draining the phone.

SirSparkles said:
I just got mine 2 months ago. I have about 300 apps installed. Most have been opened and therefore running stuff in background. I can Easily go all day without a charge. Some evenings I'm only at 50% before bed. I consider myself a medium user (not streaming a lot of video, etc). It was a much better experience than my early Pixel XL. Hope this helps.
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Thank you. Any idea on the screen on time that you are getting from the phone?

vonDubenshire said:
If I have a normal use day I have about 5 to 6 hours of SoT. I've gotten 7+, it's about what my S10e got,.
However I am a heavy user, constantly rebooting and testing new modules and on Q beta so I can get anywhere from 2 to 4 but that is because I am HARDCORE draining the phone.
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That is pretty good. Is that on the regular 3 or the XL Version?
Thanks.

vonDubenshire said:
If I have a normal use day I have about 5 to 6 hours of SoT. I've gotten 7+, it's about what my S10e got,.
However I am a heavy user, constantly rebooting and testing new modules and on Q beta so I can get anywhere from 2 to 4 but that is because I am HARDCORE draining the phone.
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Shouldn't screen on time be a parameter to gauge that with ?

fury683 said:
I don't know if you're going to get the answer you're looking for because "normal usage", screen on time, apps installed, types of apps, network coverage, etc all vary widely from person to person. What works great for me might not at all for you.
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Shouldn't screen on time be a parameter to gauge that with ?

masterinmischief said:
Thank you. Any idea on the screen on time that you are getting from the phone?
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I'm averaging about 2-4 hours per day of screen time per Digital Wellbeing.
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SirSparkles said:
I'm averaging about 2-4 hours per day of screen time per Digital Wellbeing.
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That is not too great and does not give me much confidence. I have heard battery life on 3A is stellar. I had the Pixel 1XL and Nexus 6Pand after a few months, Battery life went bad on both those phones. Hence, someone apprehensive, considering all the negative I have heard about Pixel 3 battery right off the bat.

masterinmischief said:
That is not too great and does not give me much confidence. I have heard battery life on 3A is stellar. I had the Pixel 1XL and Nexus 6Pand after a few months, Battery life went bad on both those phones. Hence, someone apprehensive, considering all the negative I have heard about Pixel 3 battery right off the bat.
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If the several months down the line degredation theory is accurate for pixels, then the 3a having stellar battery life may also be smoke and mirrors.
I had a 3a and sold it for a 3. Got $100 bb gift card when I bought it, sold it for $350. So I made $50 in that and bought my pixel 3 for $400. I think it's worth it for the extra $50 to have the better processor, water rating and wireless charging.
My battery life has been...ok with my 3. Absolutely nothing to write home about but certainly not the worst I've ever seen. Drain is a bit higher than I like to see, idle and active (1.5 and 13 respective, according to exkm). My screen in time per cycle is between 5-6 hours generally but that is a misleading number for to different setups and signal strength.
I say if you dig the device, get it. If you hate it, hell that's what swappa is for. I have bought and sold so many devices on there because they didn't meet my standards it because something else caught my eye.
I will be keeping this device for awhile. I really like the size and features. I'm sure I could boost battery by nurfing features but I am not interested in doing that. This has been excessively long so... Let us know what you decide. Hope my diatribe helped a little. If not... It was free, so don't complain
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My Pixel 3 barely makes a day on a charge. Meanwhile, I use my old Moto X4 to stream music to my work headset, and it can do that for a whole day and still be at 60-70% battery by the end. I tried that with my Pixel, and I ended up having to use extreme battery saver mode by the end of the day.

My battery has been much better since I turned off mobile network always active in developer settings. Keeps idle drain will below 1% now. I couldn't figure it for the life of me why it was so high. Try it!
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Question Realme GT Neo 3 80W huge battery drain

Hello all
New owner of wonderful GT Neo3 80W (5000 mAh battery)
Even with that, I can see a very poor battery life on my Neo3
Can't see why, while there's no app who drains so much, but I barely go above 3 hours SOT ( in 120hz mode ), but I can't live without it (60 fps feels so laggy )
Any ideas ?

Okay it improved after several charging cycles
I can go to 4/5 hours SOT now, even if it's not enough for a 5000 mah battery, it improved..

ManuBBXX_3 said:
Okay it improved after several charging cycles
I can go to 4/5 hours SOT now, even if it's not enough for a 5000 mah battery, it improved..
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Try to deactivate fast charging

120hz is that much battery drainer ?
It's a very smooth and nice experience but I wonder how much battery life it costs ..

ManuBBXX_3 said:
120hz is that much battery drainer ?
It's a very smooth and nice experience but I wonder how much battery life it costs ..
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Yes, I never use this on my phones, not worth it in my opinion

In the reviews there was a figure of about 4-5% difference in energy consumption. At 120 Hz, the eyes are really more comfortable when reading from the screen. For sensitive eyes, it matters.

Totally agree with you
I can't live without it