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This phone is great but Samsung kept it really quiet about its fast charging. Between regular charging and fast charging there is only a 8-10 difference. I charged the N5 and S8+ at 5% at the same time. In 1 hour the N5 was at 89% while the S8+ was only at 66%. The should have at least given us qc3.0

 

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There's some tomfoolery afoot with charging and the S8 and S8+.  The tech blogs have caught on to it and have demanded answers from Samsung. Hopefully they get some movement on it soon.  

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There's some tomfoolery afoot with charging and the S8 and S8+. The tech blogs have caught on to it and have demanded answers from Samsung. Hopefully they get some movement on it soon.

I bet it has to do with keeping the battery in good condition.

 

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This phone is great but Samsung kept it really quiet about its fast charging. Between regular charging and fast charging there is only a 8-10 difference. I charged the N5 and S8+ at 5% at the same time. In 1 hour the N5 was at 89% while the S8+ was only at 66%. The should have at least given us qc3.0

 

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Kinda not an apples to apples comparison considering the N5's battery is 50% smaller. Also, I'm sure there is some kind voltage management so that it charges to a certain percentage quickly then drops off to ensure reliability. 

 

But id be curious to see a charging comparison against comparable phones.

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Kinda not an apples to apples comparison considering the Note 5's battery is 50% smaller. Also, I'm sure there is some kind voltage management so that it charges to a certain percentage quickly then drops off to ensure reliability.

 

But id be curious to see a charging comparison against comparable phones.

First do your math. Note 5 3000mah vs S8+ 3500mah that's not 50% more like 15% and second it charged slow the entire time. To get from 5% to 15% it took twice as long as the Note 5 did.

 

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First do your math. N5 3000mah vs S8+ 3500mah that's not 50% more like 15% and second it charged slow the entire time. To get from 5% to 15% it took twice as long as the N5 did.

 

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Am I missing something here???
Nexus 5
Front view of the Nexus 5 Memory 2 GB of LPDDR3-1600 RAM Storage 16 GB (12.55 GB available) or 32 GB (26.7 GB available) Removable storage Not available Battery 3.8 V 2300 mAh, 8 Wh Qi wireless charging non-replaceable
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Am I missing something here???

Nexus 5

Front view of the Nexus 5 Memory 2 GB of LPDDR3-1600 RAM Storage 16 GB (12.55 GB available) or 32 GB (26.7 GB available) Removable storage Not available Battery 3.8 V 2300 mAh, 8 Wh Qi wireless charging non-replaceable

Note 5

 

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Ah ok LOL, that explains that. Also just saw a video of the S8+ going from 0 to 100% in 1hr and 15min, so something aint right.

Lots of complaints from tech reviews on it and mine definitely doesn't go from 0 to 100% in 1 hour 15 mins. At least not with the included charger.

 

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Lots of complaints from tech reviews on it and mine definitely doesn't go from 0 to 100% in 1 hour 15 mins. At least not with the included charger.

 

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I revised my post, it was 1hr 42min. Which is somewhat in line with what id expect from QC 2.0.

 

I bet Samsung just wanted to avoid any potential issues with what ended being one of the worse disasters in the companies history.

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Think hpue needs little better optimized or radio. Speed tests fail at -120 . I think carrier aggeration needs optimized too , reading not close each other .

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I'm not sure if I read it on here or if it was the guys at the store when I bought my S8+, but someone was saying that fast wireless charging was actually faster than with the included charger for some odd reason.

I woudnt trust anything you hear at a store those people are usually idiots. But if that is true Samsung done screwed up but I highly doubt it.

 

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I'm not sure if I read it on here or if it was the guys at the store when I bought my S8+, but someone was saying that fast wireless charging was actually faster than with the included charger for some odd reason.

It's not. I tried that too.

 

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Glad I am holding off a bit, battery issues and radio issues have me worried lol.

Only battery issue is the fact that there is only a 10 min difference between regular charging and fast charging. But battery life has been incredible! This was yesterday. d9b4c890e7c196a7d99d63d6311f876b.jpg

 

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Only battery issue is the fact that there is only a 10 min difference between regular charging and fast charging. But battery life has been incredible! This was yesterday. d9b4c890e7c196a7d99d63d6311f876b.jpg

 

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Over how many hours of usage? Also, with all toggles turned on? (BT, location, data, etc)

 

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Over how many hours of usage? Also, with all toggles turned on? (BT, location, data, etc)

 

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Location and mobile data are on but bluetooth is off. Auto brightness. It took about 30 hours until I put it on a charger which is something I have never experienced with a phone before.

 

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I'm getting that kind of battery life WITH my Android Wear watch connect to it all day.  Srsly, with a battery like this, I'm not sure I care so much about the charging.....I navigate around town now with Google Maps, streaming music with Android Auto keeping the screen on and don't even plug it in.  Ridiculous!

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Location and mobile data are on but bluetooth is off. Auto brightness. It took about 30 hours until I put it on a charger which is something I have never experienced with a phone before.

 

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I'm getting that kind of battery life WITH my Android Wear watch connect to it all day. Srsly, with a battery like this, I'm not sure I care so much about the charging.....I navigate around town now with Google Maps, streaming music with Android Auto keeping the screen on and don't even plug it in. Ridiculous!

Did you guys upgrade from the GS7E?

 

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This phone will not switch bands while surfing net or streaming a moive .

It better would or we have a big issue.  Are you sure you do not have something set up wrong or not doing the test properly?

They do not switch band just for the fun of it, but they should switch if another band is more appropriate.

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You know how other's were have issue's with the Samsung wireless charger charging? Well if not there were many complaints and I was one. Ever since I got the s8, which I use the wireless charger, my note 5 now charges on it. Weird but cool. Just thought i share

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