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Hi I don’t know what I should say about the battery. Maybe I had to high expectations? I always read 12-14h sot and I thought that’s my dream phone idk. It’s not bad but on a work day I don’t feel that much different. I‘m sitting at 57% with around 5h SOT. Yes I get 10h but how is everybody getting 12-14h? I wake up around 5:30 am and now it’s 8 pm so around 14-15h now. I use Facebook Instagram, offline music, Snapchat, news and Tapatalk. From the 5h sot around 4:15 were with WiFi (very good LTE) and 45-60 min LTE with 2 of 4 signal. Is it because I don’t use it constantly? At work I use it for 10-20 min every hour. So every few minutes I read the latest news for 1-3 min and then turn it again off.

background app refresh is off however i got background activity from Snapchat, WhatsApp Instagram (I used Snapchat for 20 min but run in the background for 50 min) is that the problem? How can I fix it ?
Of course it's your social media apps. You can't "fix" it besides deleting them. Do you really need more than 10 hours per day? Would an extra 2 hours help, or do you just feel left out?
 
Of course it's your social media apps. You can't "fix" it besides deleting them. Do you really need more than 10 hours per day? Would an extra 2 hours help, or do you just feel left out?

I just dont understand when other say that they have 4h SOT with 75% left and they played Games, watched videos. How are Social Media Apps More intense than games.. 10h is fine for me but I remember last year i got nearly the Same with my XS Max. So no 5h improvement for me. And I just dont know how Ig, snapchat can run in the background when I turned refresh off. Again 20 min snapchat but run for 50 min in the background.
 
Today, to be exact, I charged pro max and it turned on at 5:01 am. Took off phone at 6:38 am and it topped off at 96% because of casual reading and Spotify. This new battery charger is awesome. It’s 8:37 pm right now and I still have 78%.
Today was a pretty average day of use, but no Netflix viewing. Even if I went extreme streaming I would say the the battery would possibly hit the low 50%.
Overall the best experience I had with any phone over the last 10+ years.
 
So it‘s getting better. 6:30 pm (took it off 5:30 am) and still 70% left with 3.5h SOT. No day under 50% and everyday 5-5.5h SOT + offline music for 40-50 min. Should be around 10-11h sot with wifi. I‘m happy
 
Update from last post.... it’s day three and only now I need to charge with 27% left. Will be out of office so wanted to charge up.
I too am happy and still amazed by this pro max battery efficiency.
 
likewise battery life is still great. rarely do a finish a day where it'd below 50%. I charge every night but I could get away with charging every two days.
 
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