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Google Pixel 8 users are reporting poor battery life on mobile data
https://www.androidpolice.com/google-pixel-8-users-reporting-poor-battery-life-mobile-data/
https://www.androidpolice.com/google-pixel-8-users-reporting-poor-battery-life-mobile-data/
Side note: this is the 1000th post on !android@lemdro.id!
16 Comments
TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
I too was experiencing this. It was laughably bad. I then disabled 5G and all my issues disappeared. 4G is plenty fast enough and in my area has far better coverage. I truly don't see the point of 5G and the toll it takes on my battery.
phillaholic@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
5G is slower than 4G 9 times out of 10 for me. I don’t understand wtf AT&T is doing.
Player2@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2y
Strange, I can get over 100 Mbps down from them
phillaholic@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Just tried now, albeit low signal and I got 19 on LTE and 20 on 5G.
Player2@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
I guess it's heavily dependent on location
phillaholic@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
For sure, and every network upgrade has been like this in the beginning, but this time it’s been a long time and 5G just isn’t better in anyway. On my personal phone it would cost me $40 more to upgrade the family plan to 5G so there’s no point.
Zeroxxx@lemmy.my.id · 1 pts · 2y
S21 Ultra user here, not in US.
My experience is the same. 50/20 on 4G and the same area which has 5G also had 18/5 lol
sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf · 15 pts · 2y
Congrats on the thousandth post!
feef@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
I know this is for the 8 pro but man the modem on the 7 pro was such bullsh… All kinds of issues. So bad that even googles support gave in and offered a refund after 1 year.
For a while I was considering the 8 pro, but I think their hardware is not close to par with the others yet and the new price is a joke for a pixel.
Went for something else instead and won’t return to pixel for at least a few years.
weew@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
I think the modem is the same anyway. At most they may have changed some behaviour with software but it's still crap.
ijeff@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 2y
Oh no. What issues were you having?
feef@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Overheating in summer (this is the soc not the modem but still), calls dropping constantly, bad call quality, with dual sim people couldn’t call me even though I had full reception. I got a replacement unit, created bug reports, changed providers etc… For me it was a piece of shit at the end of the day, and I’m a pixel fan :D (well was)
No issues with my pixel 1 or 3, or the iPhone.
GenEcon@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
I have the P8 pro with 4G. And I barely drop below 40 % during the day. And that with plenty of screen on time.
Jambalaya@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y
Gotta skip every other year with pixels.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
I mean, I've been skipping every last one after my Pixel XL bricked itself. Got a Samsung S9+. Waiting for that good Pixel yet. A compelling reason to give up this phone.
BeefDaddySupreme@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
The 7 is like that too Reads article whoops posted too soon
Teknikal@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y