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Real battery life...

Garz

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Well, my 7 Plus is getting over 7-hours of use time...which I guess is admirable considering other big-screen phones and their gluttony for battery life. Maybe I should just be happy, and I am. I guess I heard so much fanboy hype of 2-day-and-more battery life when the 6 Plus dropped that I thought it was to be expected.

I get about 8.5 hours usage on the 7. I get about 11-12 hours usage on the 7 plus.
 

TLD1

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I get about 8.5 hours usage on the 7. I get about 11-12 hours usage on the 7 plus.

You get 11-12 hours on your Plus? Do you do any real-world mobile communication work like calls, emails, or texts during your day? Do you ever watch a video? Is your screen set on "dim"? Not saying you're wrong, but that's outrageous. How do you do it?
 

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Well, my 7 Plus is getting over 7-hours of use time...which I guess is admirable considering other big-screen phones and their gluttony for battery life. Maybe I should just be happy, and I am. I guess I heard so much fanboy hype of 2-day-and-more battery life when the 6 Plus dropped that I thought it was to be expected.

2 days make sense if someone barely uses their phones, though.
So it all depends on one's usage and settings.
 

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Just switched to iphone 7 plus after being with android from the beginning. I can tell you that this battery life blows android out of the water.