Many of you rightly voiced concern when it was officially announced that the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 was going to have a 3,000mAh battery, down 220mAh from its predecessor, the Note 4. With battery life in smartphones generally at a premium, this didn’t seem like a smart move, even if optimization improvements got Note 5 battery life on par with the Note 4’s, however, the story is actually much better than this. According to Phone Arena’s battery tests, the Note 5 has longer battery life than the Note 4, eclipsing its predecessor by over 30 mins.
Graph courtesy of Phone Arena
All things considered, that’s great news for those prospective buyers who were worried about the battery life. Of course, the Note 5 still doesn’t hold a torch to battery beasts like the Galaxy S6 Active or the DROID Turbo, but they have an unfair advantage with much larger batteries (3,500mAh and 3,900mAh respectively). There’s also a second part to the good news: the battery tests also revealed that the charging time of the Note 5 is also superior to the Note 4’s able to charge up in 81 minutes as compared to 95 minutes for the Note 4.
All-in-all, it seems unlikely that Note 5 buyers will have to worry about battery life on their new device, and even if it’s not as great as they expected, it will charge back up in no time. What do you think about the fact the Note 5 has longer battery life than the Note 4? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Phone Arena
