Motorola Droid: Battery Life Test

[sangelopez]

My DROID 4 goes down to 80% after like 30 min of full charge

[RussianSpetsnaz0123]

mine can last for 3 days without a charge

[TheBBaller2413]

do u use battery saving apps

[DZG]

how much it would last if brightness would be low ?

[Akabown]

My battery Suck I can unplug it off the charger and it fucking Be 80%

WTF!!!

[TheBBaller2413]

@Akabown same with me bro i hate it

[ColdComrade]

You don't like the arctic monkeys =0?

[CMFL89]

Wat is the name of the app that has the 1% increment for the battery

[KronoReaper]

LOL i was just using my orange boston while watching u navigate 

[TheHortond]

There is a widget that lets you monitor the battery in increments of 1 percent.

[HelluvaHorizon]

Hmm what media player was that?

[5hape5ter]

i can be on youtube for like 30 minutes, and it will kill it

[smith45acp]

I love my droid, but if you miss a recharge one night you won't make it through the next day if you actually want to use the phone

[apophysis7]

Great musical taste demonstrated at 4:35 with Tool's The Patient. You have default credibility my friend.

[xgeetaristx]

My battery life is the same, and i abuse my shit, like music, google nave, some games, couple 30 min phone calls, web browsing, app use and download. taking about 30 pics and 10-20 min of video, some wifi, medium screen brightness, some barcode scanning at 7-11, texting allllllll day, youtube, and banking 8) I love my Droid

[DJELGALLO]

do u got the regular stock battery on your phone to make it last that long???

[knightrrider]

I wonder how long it would last if you did nothing at all, maybe except a few calls. Judging from this test, battery life is awesome.

[tigertemari7]

Okay, WTF. My Droid battery only lasts less than one hour, my screen brightness is ALL THE WAY DOWN, the timeout is one minute, and I don't even use it half the time. I'm going to slap the assholes at Verizon.

[SemiFlared]

@tigertemari7 fucking same here dude idk why. when i charge it it supposally says its done after like 20 mins. but it probably isnt and that probably why

[tigertemari7]

@SemiFlared Okay, so I got it fixed. Just take it to Verizon, be like 'THIS BATTERY IS A PIECE OF CRAP' and then they'll apologize a million times and give you a new battery.

Peace, ~Riko

[CarsNe1]

@tigertemari7 SAME HERE!

[firestormcomputers]

Looks like I'm getting a Droid :D.

[HOCKEYRULES35TIMES]

how does he get to battery status

[baller2012]

put it on airplane mode and i bet the battery life wont go down as fast.

[wfurlow1]

wow

[campolinabh]

I was ready to buy this phone and I really liked to see the results on this video but after read a few comments, I realized that the battery life for some users is not good as we see on the video.

I also read some forums and looked for more info on Google. Right now, I confess that I am not sure if I buy or not.

I could buy Iphone 3GS, but it's too expensive.

[mlizetteb]

hey i just got my droid and my battery dies for everything whats the battery life thing u have? or what is it?/i want what u have....so my battery wont die does anyone know??/?let me know asap thanks

[gamerdude68]

what did you press to get to the screen that says what takes up so much like display maps etc?

[Josh2Shady]

Ok, So I Got A ? Or Two. 1: How Is UR GPS Talking? I Have The Same Kind And I Dont Think It Talks To Me? Or Did U Have It Hooked Up To The Thing For The Window? Or Was That The Update From Last Night? 2: I Watched Ur Video For Yahoo Email. Is Their A Better Yahoo Msngr App For The Moto Droid Then Hi Yahoo? I Heard EBuddy Was Good, But That One Is For FB And Stuff Also... And I Just Want 1 For The Msngr? Poss, Free?

[zxlcesinxz]

@Josh2Shady Please Don't Type Like This And Don't Put A Question Mark At The End Of Every Sentence. BTW ebuddy works for msn

[martkra]

Clearly the battery usage app doesn't report usage correctly if it said that said that the screen was using 74% of the battery life and the GPS 14%. Without using the GPS you lost 10% an hour, with using it you lost 50% in one hour.

[michalkielce1]

JAK TO MOŻLIWE????? AWESOME !!!!

[roccoownzu2]

30StM for the win

[jimjamkillsnerds]

>stops arctic monkeys >plays eminem instead. WHAT ARE YOU DOING

[Anthony437]

whats the app at 2:06?

[MeltingHolster]

I would wait because I heard a new iPhone OS is coming out and that could be amazing. But I have the Droid and it is AWESOME. Especially with the new update adding pinch to zoom, live wallpapers voice to text etc.

[chosenone065]

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[ThatNYCswag]

Its not really a test if you just leave the screen on and play music. the battery dies because of using 3G and playing games. 3G uses most of the battery

[cowboys887]

if you think about it, noone is gonna have there brightness on nonstop..well i dont think at least....you dont need to...so thas definately gonna add a good hour id say. in the end this phones battery will get you through the day while still being able to browse web, and all the other stuff you want.

[CHEMRAPPERS]

What volume do you have this playing at? Kind of important factor...

[SkippyTheGoat]

@CHEMRAPPERS I was thinking the same thing while watching!

[1ktwist]

Hey dude, great video..i wanted to get some ideas of battery life a trip i am taking by plane...

Although i am using a Motorola Milestone(GSM) i wanted to know how it did with video

I have run back to back high quality movies (1.8gigs) running at full 848x480 res, with Screen brightness on full and in airplane mode...

with all these in place, i ran it for 4hrs45mins...which is roughly the time i will be in the air...

Just wanted to share my findings...enjoy!

[randomdog]

@1ktwist Milestone should be even better or the same - it is an upgrade after all

[akshuuuuuuu]

how did you get the sliding mechanism in the starting of the video, by sliding your finger over through the DOTS. Thanks in advacne.

[stry423]

@akshuuuuuuu its how you lock your phone, look in the security section

[flipsalot100]

its an app called Android Lock. you can get it at the market for free. :) very very fun app.

[BranndonC]

@flipsalot100 Don't listen to him, it's default in the phone under security settings.

[WeEatBrainz]

Turn off ur apps and u can get a good 6 hours

[WeEatBrainz]

occasionally i can get 10 hours if im not really using it

[Dreadheadmackin]

This is bullshit, droid phones battery life doesnt last that long even if you not playing music.

[jgordon700]

Hey, how did you get the battery life to be displayed in increments of 5% instead of 10%? Thanks!

[stry423]

@jgordon700 only does it when its completely gonna die

[Dncemnky]

I need some help,I just got my phone and when i left my home to go to school i was already at 50% after 4 hours of being unplugged. I was barely using it as well. Any1 know why this is happening?

[DjKurdo10]

@Dncemnky 2 many apps running turn em off

[9qwer1]

download "advanced task killer" and kill the apps that you are not using

[MegaHansolo]

thank you for that. i'm looking forward to buying the european version of the droid ( called the milestone) which has the same specs except of an additional multitouch support...

nice phone, nice test!

[neemo69]

I must have a defective unit, because mine is getting half of that with only phone calls.

[LRCHScience]

THat was awesome. Thnkx Alot

[jgsk111]

very useful, thanks a lot

this phone is a temptation but competition grows stronger every day.. however nexus one has a poor battery life reported, it would be interested to see a comparison of these two in similar test,

I bet a lot of ppl would like to see it

[coley113]

lol "shut up"

[UndeadElmo40]

oops i just ran a red light haha

[AmberChristiano]

Motorola Droid for free at Gadgetton. com. It is your lucky day! fantastic video...

[1118apple]

how did u costumize the entrance in the begginning???

[MrTommy001]

Interesting video. And yeah, for all the crap this guy is doing, that IS damned good battery life.

[LMacNeill]

Excellent vid! It really clearly demonstrates how badly the GPS will suck down the battery on the Droid. I only use GPS when my Droid is plugged into my car-charger.

[isdatdopeyy]

what theme is that??

[Tris2006]

First time I was using the Google navigation app, and playing music (Pandora). I thought it was so cool that it would kill the volume of the music when it gave you instructions. Love the Droid. It owns!

[ryallen32]

thats frankly amazing battery life

[iamawesome1256]

so it has preety damn good battery life.

[jjlwis]

TOOL ftw!!!

[mixtape86]

2:30 great song ha

[MaxBobcat]

I would like to see you do a battery test for voice calls. maybe you could call some sort of 1-800 number that would never hang up on you and just leave it there and see how long the battery lasts when you're just using it for voice calls.

[SEANBTV]

it also works pretty well when you download TasKiller, just get the free version, and there is an option to put a widget on the screen where you press a button and it kills all apps running in the background... very useful obviously for when you arent using the phone... since apps running in the background contribute to the pattery draining quicker... good tool to have.

[Chrisfromlehigh]

Yes, task killer is a must have, for sure. I had all kings of crap running in the background that I didn't even realize draiing my battery. Does the widget indiscriminately kill every running app? That might not be good since there may be apps that I actually want to keep running.

[xxhoparikxx]

Droid is a GREAT word i dont even know how to explain it, idk why pple complain about the battery , the battery is more than great , it changed my mind from buyin a nokia n900 , tomrow im going to get a motorola droid and switch back to verizon from att since my contract is done :D so excited cant wait ! GREAT VIDEO !!!!!!!!!!++++++++

[richboy24680]

this phone is awsome nice video

[Jurkowski1987]

So basically with low/medium level of usage the battery should last around 16-20 hours right

[electrigadget]

yeah

[TheAngryBoss]

@Jurkowski1987 yep

[xgeetaristx]

@Jurkowski1987 right

[flyboy6753]

@Jurkowski1987 yes

[garussell2010]

what were you settings for you background data and sync options and location those have an effect on the battery life also

[prettysimplemusic]

look at 5:26 whatever you do don't call him - he's prob received 1,00 calls so far...LOL :o)

[24Geile24]

k so texting and driving is bad....Your making a video , talking, listening to music, and looking at the navigator. and look what happend YOU RAN A RED LIGHT

[MASTERTRAINERMADDOG]

that would be funny if HE actually ran the red light ! LOL some other guy ran the red light > listen more closely and you could understand.

[live2onlywin]

how did you lock your droid in the beginning? is that an application i can install?

[murfad]

this is the standard screen-lock screen of android.

[Chrisfromlehigh]

It's not on mine.

[murfad]

hm.

well actually i dont exactly know if its a standard screen-lock of android, but a friend of mine has a htc magic, and he had this lock-screen by default, thats why i wrote my original comment (thinking it belongs to android by default)

[Hank061978]

You should have went to the Power Management Screen while in navigating with the GPS Radio active. This would show people that they should TURN THE GPS RADIO OFF when there not using it. Also if you not using the Bluetooth Radio TURN IT OFF, you battery will last you all day.

[InSixSeconds]

is this phone by pressure touch or heat sensitive?

[Hank061978]

Touch

[rsjet]

If you mean resistive touch versus capacitive touch... it is capacitive touch.

Not pressure based. It is based on a change in capacitance when a finger touches the screen.

[klaed123]

I was deciding whether or not to get the fone based on the battery but 7 hours! Plus, the light was on forever and same with music plus gps. I'm definitly getting this fone. Good video. 5 stars

[agilman]

Phone*

[xXxTerrelxXx]

yea i agree 7 hours while last all day cause the screen wont be on all day and the music

verizon u got another customer

[mbarnblatt]

phone and battery suck... had it for 2 months.... nothing but issues... restart... take battery out to reboot.... every day !

[lympheneas]

@mbarnblatt perhaps you were doing something wrong. the performance of this phone used by this man here (and kind of EXTENSIVE USE, might I add..) is at the very least impressive.

[MisterXion]

I heard some fort minor, or atleast mike shinoda....Good stuff :)

[AlmostFunnyFTW]

pretty sure that was linkin park

[MisterXion]

mike shinoda is the rapper from linkin park.

[IIdemonII]

Impressive

[doconer1]

That's great! I need to get this phone. The battery life is perfect. If it wasn't for that light staying on, it would last so much longer.

[hatchetman664]

:46 lol

[ystasino]

dude you live in Bmore!

[evilsandwich2]

pizza + walk = 0

[GrandMasterBundy1]

Seriously I love Phandroid and I really appreciate this video but I have to lmao at The music player and Navigation and running the camcorder all while driving??? l.m.a.o. :)

[zanekills]

Mine took like 5 hours..

[TenaciousMV]

How did you get that cool "password" screen at the start? Thanks

[Justin5645]

go to settings- location and security- check require lock pattern, and then set one

[stephaned75]

what apps he is using to show battery life per applications? I have been checking and cannot seem to find something like that on Marketplace.... Tks.

[bkoz98]

I was wondering the same thing and just figured it out:

Home>menu>settings>About Phone>Battery Use

[Justin5645]

go to settings- about phone- battery use

[danwat1234]

How many watt - hours is the battery (which is Voltage * 1 amp hour)?

Thanks.

[Son37Lumiere]

1400 mAh

[danwat1234]

Ahh... ok so what is the voltage of the battery? That would give the watt-hr rating. (1.4amps * voltage)

[tallplayer43]

me in my 4 hour philosophy class :]

[BTE1991]

i had my first full day with the droid yesterday and from fully charged it was almost dead in 4 hours.

[ProjctAce331]

yeah my droid dies in about 4-5 hours. how come

[JHartlove]

You most likely need a task manager such as "Advanced Task Killer" or "Taskiller" from the app store. Give them a try.

[dchao22]

this is one of the most helpful videos i have ever seen! thanks a bunch.

[mallops12]

thanks bro, good video

[nitrousboy0311]

LULZ I know your phone number!!!

[majdijr]

that's an impressive battery life, i fuckin hate my g1 after watching anything related to droid

[chaoticlifeofmine]

Me too, can't wait to get this phone.

[slimey717]

lol, hey i just ran a red light........rofl!

[lsafirkan]

ARCTIC MONKEYS!!!! theyre awsome u suck

[simonw1485]

You should view a webpage that does infinite ajax requests or javascript redirects back and forth. I'm sure the battery will not give you 6 hours then.

[nitrousboy0311]

Who the hell would do that?

[simonw1485]

To compare the battery with another Android phone with the same browser.

[spazshane]

and that will prove what?

no one is going to look at a webpage that redirects you back and fourth,

now however someone may listen to music for 6 hours.

[simonw1485]

It can simulate someone browsing the web and clicking on links.

[nitrousboy0311]

Why would you be on the internet on your PHONE for 6 hours? computer....

[DenimRojas]

maybe you are often somewhere outside??

[danwat1234]

The phone is a computer! I bet there is a way to hook up an external monitor to it just like the iphone can.

[mortenlu]

Impressive.

[ihakkr]

that is really good considering that the average user will have the screen off, most of the day!

[breck1981]

I was going to go with 4 stars until the Tool song came on and I had to give you 5 stars. Good video.