Lumia 800 Battery Test Results (Vs. N9, iPhone, Galaxy Nexus…)
GSMarenas Battery test for the Lumia 800 are in; and the results are bittersweet. Just to keep things in perspective for everyone; the main comparison should be between the Lumia 800 and the N9, considering that they both have the same battery, same type of screen and almost the same screen size (Lumia 800 is .2 inches smaller screen-wise).
3G talk time:
Ooooo Pretty colors!
As you can tell from the graph above the 800 did quite decent in regards to 3G talk time, scoring the 4th highest battery life on leaderboard, with almost an hour and a half more talking time than it’s twin the N9. In fact according to GSM arena the 800 was the WP device with the longest talk-time.
“The Lumia 800 also outdid the other Windows Phone smartphones we have tested so far – HTC Radar and Samsung i937 Focus S.”
Video playback:
Unfortunately the 800 didn’t do as well in video playback scoring a meager “5:52″ while the slightly larger screened N9 scored “8:40″. that’s almost 3 hours more!!
Web Browsing:
Even worse is the web browsing times, the 800 barely lasted 4 hours! (N9 was about 30 minutes more), of course this is mainly due to Amoled screens not playing nice with Web page backgrounds; but still kinda sad.
Find the full review over at GSM Arena: http://blog.gsmarena.com/nokia-lumia-800-battery-test-now-over-see-how-it-did-test/
Side Note: after testing the 800 GSM arena did the battery tests on Androids latest flagship “The Galaxy Nexus” (which if you recall beat out the 800 for gizmodos gadget of the year) the Nexus scored almost the same as the 800 when it came to Talk Time and Video playback, but if you thought the 4 hours on the 800 was bad, well then… the Nexus just scraped 3 hours of browsing time! That’s just embarrassing…
(Nexus Battery Review here: http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus-battery-life-fully-tested-results-come-out-disappointing-test/ )
*Note: I’m not sure what the status of the 800 they tested on is but I’m assuming that it wasn’t suffering any severe undercapacity issues, still there is hope for the 800 once Nokia release the battery fix (rumored to be Jan 18th)
Thanks to Vikas for the tip, Source: GSMarena 1 , 2
Category: Android, Battery Life, Competition, HTC, Mango, MeeGo, Nokia, Samsung, Windows, Windows Phone
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My bet is that GSMArena didn’t update the Lumia to the latest software. I’m just guessing here really. I hope Nokia really fix the battery and audio issue quick. It already feels like a rushed product.
the lumia isnt even a nokia. according to thomo ahonen it’s a compal device.
It is indeed a Compal product,atleast in India. i’ve seen it on my friends lumia 800 box and was stunned !!!
i expected the 710 to be made by compal as its cheaper. but see what nokia has done to whats meant to be a semi-flagship of Nokia WP
Yeah… does that mean because iPhones are manufactured by Foxconn that they’re not Apple devices then? Of course not.
Stupid argument from the increasingly deranged Tomi.
no offense but comparing apple and nokia, with respect to the 800, is even more absurd than tomi.
Eh? Compal manufacture the components and structure for the 800. Foxconn manufacture the components and structure for the iPhone. Pretty straightforward.
Not sure what your post is about to be honest.
Compal not only manufactures the Lumia 800 innards but also designed it from scratch. Foxconn only assembles iPhones for Apple. There is a huge difference here. Ask Rafe at AAWP if you are still not sure about this.
Did Compal design the extremely similar N9 from scratch also?
no.. obviously these are completely different machines.
Err… no. They are the same casing so either Compal designed the chassis for both or neither.
And it’s the latter that’s the case. Both the N9 and 800 were designed by Anton Falghren’s design team at Nokia.
You’re confusing using a hardware module – which is what Compal provide, using the components specified to them, in exactly the same way Foxconn manufacture the iPhone’s hardware module – with design.
Dude, is it that hard to understand????
Nokia refurbished a Compal BOARD design, Into the N9 form factor..
COMPAL did the board and assemblage into the N9 chassis provided by nokia giiii this is Common knowledge. If you search in to Compal offerings you will find the Lumia 800 basic board..
Maybe true for inner parts only.
During the Lumia ‘roll-out’ Elop made a video call to Salo, Finland, presenting ‘live’ Lumia 800 is produced there, too…
Actually only packaging was presented but lets be optimistic…
I find it quite annoying that the capacitive buttons stays on even if I’m not interacting with them.(killing battery life) It get even more annoying when watching videos with those buttons distracting.
whoa. so for all the benefits having your own os provides, a 30 min improvement to browsing time and awesome playback capabities is all it provides?
how about calling? its the reason why you buy a phone nyway. looks like the meego devs need to focus on that.
the n9s got a more power hungry radio than the lumia so i guess its no surprise the 3g talk time would be less
Also think that is does Nokia noise cancelling magic aswell.
If there is one thing Nokia should get it right and better than Microsoft is phone calls.
So the numbers are absolutely surprising, Apparently Nokia as a better OS for a smartphone battery than WP.
I think there’s nothing wrong if they compare the nokia 800 to all smartphones since n9 isn’t the only competition in the world…
The problem is that this test was done almost a month ago when there was no update to the Lumia.
They should add a Symbian phone to that list..
But, you know, ecosystem…
N9 is better he best handset for Nokia.
My Lumia doesn’t have a great battery life but it is adequate and it has improved after a few charging cycles. It’ll now go about 25-30 hours on general use although you can kill it quickly with the browser – that just eats battery.
Still really happy with it though.
If you ask me, all the Battery Stats are deplorable..They should all be at least 50% better than recorded..
Give us a decent Battery to start with Designers..!
I shouldnt have to be carrying around a pocket charger all the time..
At this part; “Unfortunately the 800 didn’t do as well in video playback scoring a meager “5:52″ while the slightly larger screened N9 scored “8:40″. that’s almost 2 hours more!!”, don’t you mean 3 hours?
Wow… FAIL~! LMAO, thanks- Fixing now
it says Galaxy Note not Nexus. Sure they are the same
Don’t be ignorant Mark. Foxconn manufactures iPhones for Apple but Compal entirely DESGINED and manufactures the innards of N9. Ask Rafe at AAWP about this if you don’t believe me.
N9, too? Sounds really strange…
don’t believe it. why should nokia need that?0and you see the differenece in the small details between the n9 and the lumia.
GIIIIIIIIIIIII repeat after me, Compal designed the board NOKIA designed the outer chassis.
It’s not magic, the screen and the body was nokia design, that got reused from the N9 developments, the actual phone board, were the cpu memory etc goes was a Compal design… It was the way Nokia found to make something really fast.
It is all WP foult, Nokia never developed boards around the Qualcom (nokia and Qualcom are historical enemies) platform, so it could not quickly refurbish an existing nokia developed board to WP, so it had to use something made by Compal….
No need. I actually know the difference between a design and a hardware module. You apparently don’t.
The industrial design is Nokia’s. The innards of both are hardware modules designed by Compal based on agreed technical specifications supplied by Nokia and Microsoft. Apple is very similar, the only difference being they provide the actual design to the manufacturer rather than subcontracting it.
That’s the only difference.
Late post
dude 3g talktime is 5th highest behind galaxy s2.
While I don’t find the Lumia 800 to have too bad a battery, what I do find, compared to the N8 which only today I passed on, is playing Music. I could use the N8 player for hours without it touching the battery, while the Lumia 800 shows visable drain after a short period. Optimisation possibly needed?
I really wish they would stop stuffing around with “Optimisation” and stick a great lump of a Battery into these things..
no it’s all about optimisation! thats european thinking!
or the fact that I dont want a massive battery with a phone attached.
Not sure how they tested the phones ?
Was browsing on 3G or Wi-Fi ?
Personally i think that Lumia’s problem is related to the 3G connection.
I have had a few problems with battery time, until i turned of 3G.
As soon as the 3G signal gets weak, the battery is drained fast.
It is quite obvious since the phone tries to compensate weak signal condition with high(er) power signal emission when it communicates with the mobile network…