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The other day, my S8+ managed to offer a screen time of nearly 3 hours and a total running time of 1 day and 4 hours, with 7 percent charge remaining. That screen time might not sound like much, and I hadn't used the phone too heavily over the day. But when you take into consideration that the phone had to stay connected to two mobile networks and keep Always On Display running, that kind of endurance manages to impress. Whether it's the new dedicated chip for AOD, the 10 nm Exynos chipset, software optimization, or all of those combined, the S8+ doesn't disappoint, even if the battery life on Samsung's flagships continues to be a far cry from what its mid-range phones can manage.
In fact, other than a couple of days where I've been on LTE data for a significant part of the day, I've not encountered any scenario where my S8+ needed to be charged to get by without worry. I'm sure those moments will present themselves in the future, but right now, my S8+ is doing a great job at keeping me company both on workdays and on weekends. If Samsung is to be believed, the S8+ (and S8) will retain 95 percent of its charge capacity after a year, so one can further hope the impressive battery endurance of the S8+ will continue to be a thing when the Galaxy S9 goes official.
I'll be removing a SIM from my S8+ to see how battery life improves with a single SIM inside (and also testing it with AOD turned off) and sharing my results in the coming weeks. Have you been using your Galaxy S8 or S8+ with two SIM cards? How has your experience been with the phone's battery life? Let us know in the comments!
Also Read: Here's how you can extend the battery life on your Galaxy S8 or S8+
Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.
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