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I hope he posts an update saying that the battery charge was a mistake and it had been at 49% not 99%. Otherwise, not even reaching 12 mere hours of battery life is... let's leave it at underwhelming

>>j1elo+(OP)
No, that is likely not a mistake. The battery life on my Librem 5 is ~8 hours for me on standby with the Modem/Wifi on, I can probably get a bit longer without wifi on. With moderate usage, I would say it drops to ~5-6 hours? But I haven't done any rigorous testing to tell you exact numbers.

Since I am usually either at home or at work, it isn't far away from a charger so battery life isn't a huge deal for me.

>>kop316+s
This is pretty awful if true. I've been through a fair number of mid-priced android phones (I'm more of a buy what's good enough and replace every couple of years for fun guy than a flagship phone guy), and I don't recall /any/ of them lasting for less than ~24 hrs on mostly standby/light usage. Obviously battery life drops a fair bit if you play a bunch of games or stream video or whatever though.

>>kop316+s
Based on my recent experience with a Librem 5, this is an accurate figure if anyone has doubts. Not doing much with the phone, just a few (like 4) photos and SMS and some light browsing of Mastodon, I can get up to 12 or 13 hours with WiFi turned off (via hardware kill switch) at best - with WiFi on I land where kop316 is.

Both of these figures are way better than they were a year ago, back then I managed to get 8 to 9 hours with WiFi off.

There’s work happening to make suspending the phone an option (that’s how the less efficient PinePhone, that’s equipped with a smaller battery manages to deliver better battery life).

>>p1neco+y1
Is that really that surprising? Android is heavily modified OS, with plenty of engineer hours poured into it, hell, even the kernel is patched to better fit its niche.

>>kop316+s
I get 8 hours on my GPD Micro PC with the screen on. An x86 laptop, as "open" and "supported" as any device. According to these figures I could plug a USB 4g modem into it and enjoy a superior phone experience in almost every respect - performance, support, battery life.

>>kaba0+2x
My surpise isn't directed at Android, it's at Purism for releasing a product with such poor battery life.