We're currently in the process of testing the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. The full review isn't ready yet, but the results of our battery life tests were so impressive that we just couldn't wait to tell you about them!
Samsung's original Galaxy Note could hold out for a good day or so of use, while still managing to power its giant 5.3" Super AMOLED HD screen. But that clearly wasn't enough for Samsung, as the follow-up phone, which has a 5.5" Super AMOLED HD display, has been treated to a 3,100 mAh battery, replacing the 2,500 mAh battery that equipped the firm's first tablet-turned-phone launched in 2011.
We test smartphone battery life with Battery BenchMark, which uses Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, web activity, multimedia, screen brightness adjustments and more to simulate user activity. This benchmark is a real smartphone "stress test" that's well-balanced and which gives results in line with our general impressions when actually using a phone. The raw test data from this benchmark shows that the Galaxy Note 2 runs circles around all the other Android smartphones we've reviewed over the last few months.
Among Samsung handsets alone, the Note 2 pulverises its predecessor by practically doubling battery life! It's the same story compared with the Galaxy S3 too. In fact, the benchmark test showed 15 hrs 10 mins of feasible use time, which basically means the Note 2 can power on for two days of regular, reasonable use. Heavy users can knock about a third off that, however.
When looking back over the seemingly endless columns in our mobile device battery life spreadsheet, the only equivalently long-lasting products we found were Android tablets like the Google Nexus 7 by Asus, Acer Iconia Tab A510 and the Asus Transformer Pad TF300.
Stay tuned for our full review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, coming soon.
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Samsung's original Galaxy Note could hold out for a good day or so of use, while still managing to power its giant 5.3" Super AMOLED HD screen. But that clearly wasn't enough for Samsung, as the follow-up phone, which has a 5.5" Super AMOLED HD display, has been treated to a 3,100 mAh battery, replacing the 2,500 mAh battery that equipped the firm's first tablet-turned-phone launched in 2011.
We test smartphone battery life with Battery BenchMark, which uses Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, web activity, multimedia, screen brightness adjustments and more to simulate user activity. This benchmark is a real smartphone "stress test" that's well-balanced and which gives results in line with our general impressions when actually using a phone. The raw test data from this benchmark shows that the Galaxy Note 2 runs circles around all the other Android smartphones we've reviewed over the last few months.
Among Samsung handsets alone, the Note 2 pulverises its predecessor by practically doubling battery life! It's the same story compared with the Galaxy S3 too. In fact, the benchmark test showed 15 hrs 10 mins of feasible use time, which basically means the Note 2 can power on for two days of regular, reasonable use. Heavy users can knock about a third off that, however.
When looking back over the seemingly endless columns in our mobile device battery life spreadsheet, the only equivalently long-lasting products we found were Android tablets like the Google Nexus 7 by Asus, Acer Iconia Tab A510 and the Asus Transformer Pad TF300.
Stay tuned for our full review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, coming soon.
> Review: Samsung Galaxy Note
> Mobile Phone Reviews
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