Top Ten Apps, iOS and Android: What its mean?

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

The only problem I have with those tests is that seeing how long a phone can survive reloading web pages every 30 seconds with the screen on until the battery dies doesn't really represent anybody's normal daily use of a phone. And with an app for just about everything, there's less and less need to actually do web browsing, so to me it's even less useful. I have no idea how you would try and measure regular use though. Maybe have someone use one phone for a week, and then the other phone the next week? Of course that leaves it open to discrepancies and other variables.

That's not how they test. Some of the tests are how long it can go playing video...

 

[zerocool84]

The only problem I have with those tests is that seeing how long a phone can survive reloading web pages every 30 seconds with the screen on until the battery dies doesn't really represent anybody's normal daily use of a phone. And with an app for just about everything, there's less and less need to actually do web browsing, so to me it's even less useful. I have no idea how you would try and measure regular use though. Maybe have someone use one phone for a week, and then the other phone the next week? Of course that leaves it open to discrepancies and other variables.

They test just like anyone else tests anything, they stress test it. Determine how long it'll last under the worst conditions then obviously it'll do better in normal use.

 

[MrX8503]

The only problem I have with those tests is that seeing how long a phone can survive reloading web pages every 30 seconds with the screen on until the battery dies doesn't really represent anybody's normal daily use of a phone. And with an app for just about everything, there's less and less need to actually do web browsing, so to me it's even less useful. I have no idea how you would try and measure regular use though. Maybe have someone use one phone for a week, and then the other phone the next week? Of course that leaves it open to discrepancies and other variables.

Along with what Zerocool said, tests are done on a constant so that they translate to scenarios that have different variables. You cannot reliably test against a variable that is always changing because then your results are no longer valid.

This is why I pay more attention to reviews where the battery life is properly tested, rather than some anecdotal evidence from users.

 

[finbarqs]

I have exchange push email on my Android, and I still last a day... but then again, Whenever I'm driving it's in the car charger... so maybe I don't feel the pain as a lot of people do with their EVO 4G