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Battery Capacity and Software Interaction - food - 08-11-2021
Hi Pinephone team,
Each Pinephone, the Pinephone UBPorts and Pinephone for Mobian editions over the months,
their batteries deplete really quickly and don't hold good charge, and I'm still using a backup Android for most things because of this.
I'm wondering if it's a hardware concern of power usage or it's about the software and how much energy it would take to run a laptop or desktop kernel with all the GUI and classic higher energy usage software on the smaller hardware .
Not sure! I'm only a user .
wellwishes,
food
RE: Battery Capacity and Software Interaction - nelstomlinson - 08-11-2021
Pretty sure it's both hardware and software. The hardware is old and power-hungry compared to modern stuff, and the software is not yet using it as efficiently as possible.
RE: Battery Capacity and Software Interaction - bcnaz - 08-15-2021
The battery life has improved a lot as the software has progressed, since the Brave Heart first came out.
I expect it will continue to improve with time.