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Battery Life
The Samsung Galaxy S III has a removable 2100 mAh battery that lasts for 7.98 watt hours. This battery is only significantly outnumbered by Samsung’s Galaxy Note and is a step ahead of the 1800 mAh battery in the HTC One X.
I found battery life to be impressive and would easily last me through an entire day with sustained usage. It could stretch to two days of use with approximately 2 hours of screen time daily.
I tallied up my battery results from a few weeks of using the Galaxy S III and the results are as follows. It was on for an average of just over 19 hours between charges, during which the screen was used for 2h 45m on average and at the end of each charge roughly 35% was left over.
As a point of reference usage would include 30 mins of music playback, 50 mins of video, 15 mins of gaming with the rest of the screen time taken up largely by checking email, RSS feeds and browsing the internet. While at home it was connected to my Wi-Fi network and outside of that mobile data was enabled with auto-syncing of many accounts.
I believe that other users can produce even better statistics than this with only a few basic tweaks that anyone is able to set up. Comparatively, this is leaps and bounds ahead of what I experienced with the HTC One X.
Heat
Heat issues were basically non-existent during my entire time with the Galaxy S III. The only times I noticed it heating up was while playing graphics intensive games and the rear of the device warmed to touch. Unlike the HTC One X this heat did not spread to the display or start to concern me in anyway.
It is a great phone, after reading this I feel I made a mistake by getting the HTC ONE X. I have problems with mine getting very warm in a pocket. I think mine have a fault … Have you experienced this blair?
Brian, what software version is your One X running? 1.26 and 1.28 ran fairly hot anyway but 1.29 and newer seems to have fixed that. I can’t say it ever got warm while it was in my pocket, are you sure there isn’t a game or something else running in the background?
ill check when i get home, I think its the newest, although I could be wrong.
Im gutted reading this review however as this phone looks a lot better than the HTC one I have.
excellent, looks much better than my iphone4, but I really love the Apple store which is why I dont move. shame Apple wouldnt let other manufactuers make a version for iOS. Always been their problem, keeping everything locked down.
OP: “design doesn’t look that impressive” …. desktop design? On all Android operating systems (unlike Windows & others), the desktop design can be easily changed, freeware or token payments. If the hardware case, nearly all mass-selling smartphones have numerous third-party covers & cases, for fashion, protection or both.
Many people have been anticipating the Samsung Galaxy S III for some time. There is some criticism about the design, but Samsung hit all the right notes for this smartphone in terms of power and hardware. The Samsung Galaxy S3′s battery life isn’t quite the best, but it is one of the better ones.
http://www.careace.net/2012/05/25/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-battery-life-is-longest-of-any-competing-smartphone/
awesome review mate! great phone!
i think in android the samsung galaxy SIII is better than the galaxy beam