> I think anecdotally there are phones with even better battery life (razr maxx, iphone5, htc one x) but to say that Nexus 4 is a step down from the Gnex is absolutely false.
It's no anecdote, most high-end smartphones crush that statistic even in objective tests. If 2 hours of usage is "good battery life" for you, then your standards are way too low. Just checked my iPhone 5, with LTE, Location Services, WiFi, and Bluetooth enabled. On a Canadian carrier that doesn't support LTE connections for calls (meaning the 3G radio is running all the time too).
3 hours and a minute of usage according to my phone, as well as 8 hours of standby. It's still at 60%. 2 hours is like a bad netbook. I don't know how you even stand a phone like that. I've had Bluetooth earbuds with better battery life. However it does explain why every time I've wanted to try out someone's Android device they had to enable data for me.
No wonder. I would disable data too if my phone didn't even outlast my commute. I think we have also discovered another reason it doesn't have LTE. Only two hours of usage with 3G is beyond ridiculous.
I say anectodally because I've heard both good and bad about every phone out there. A friend at work with an iPhone 4s can't get through a full day without also charging his phone at work. Then I hear about the 5 having similar battery life to the 4s. Same for the Galaxy S3, I've heard both praises and horror stories. A lot of it depends on the network you're on too. Anand does good objective tests and the Razr and the iPhone blow everyone away in those but again they do not take real life use into consideration. I also have an old Nokia phone that I could play snake on for days on end but now I have slightly higher demands out of my phone. My comparison was limited to the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 4 (all other things being equal including the carrier) and saying that the OPs battery claims are false in my opinion. I just came back home at noon with 12% of battery life after having taken my phone off the charger yesterday at 6:30am. But I only had the screen on for an hour and 40 minutes... that doesn't mean I have 1:45 hours of battery life. But thanks for adding your experiences to the mix. What is usage time by the way? Is that like screen time?
It's no anecdote, most high-end smartphones crush that statistic even in objective tests. If 2 hours of usage is "good battery life" for you, then your standards are way too low. Just checked my iPhone 5, with LTE, Location Services, WiFi, and Bluetooth enabled. On a Canadian carrier that doesn't support LTE connections for calls (meaning the 3G radio is running all the time too).
3 hours and a minute of usage according to my phone, as well as 8 hours of standby. It's still at 60%. 2 hours is like a bad netbook. I don't know how you even stand a phone like that. I've had Bluetooth earbuds with better battery life. However it does explain why every time I've wanted to try out someone's Android device they had to enable data for me.
No wonder. I would disable data too if my phone didn't even outlast my commute. I think we have also discovered another reason it doesn't have LTE. Only two hours of usage with 3G is beyond ridiculous.