[deep_bang]

Originally Posted by sayyam.gaur58

I merely get 4-4.5 hours of screen of time no matter what I do.

It's more likely to be rogue app which is eating away your battery. Can you charge your phone fully and at close to the end see the battery settings that show the apps that are consuming battery? Any surprises there?

Second thing you can do is to check which apps are running on the background potentially eating battery even when they are not in the foreground.

The last thing I would suggest is to do a factory reset of the phone.

If none of the above fixes the problem, then there may be a real issue with the battery. Temporary solutions: reduce screen refresh rate (100hz usually consumes more power). Switch on battery saver. Both the above will save battery at the cost of experience... But if your experience is still manageable, then worth before changing phone/battery and other more drastic steps.

[lxskllr]

Originally Posted by sayyam.gaur58

I'm using S21 FE 5g since the last 6 months. It's a very unpredictable phone, for some months battery seemed fine and okay’ish for my use. I use it for my office calls etc. However since the last two months, the battery is just horrible. I merely get 4-4.5 hours of screen of time no matter what I do.

Anybody else facing this? Even the overnight battery drain is about 20%. I might just sell this off reluctantly.

Go to location setty, turn off both Bluetooth and wifi scanning. Ensure you turn these off periodically, as Google maps activates this sometimes. This will help. We have a S21 in the family, and this helped

[NG_EV]

Originally Posted by sayyam.gaur58

I'm using S21 FE 5g since the last 6 months.

Anybody else facing this? Even the overnight battery drain is about 20%. I might just sell this off reluctantly.

Hi. If you are in a poor network area kindly turn off 5G. It is a major battery drain. At my workplace, I get very poor battery life as the phone constantly switches between 2G, 4G, LTE, and 5G. In addition, the 5G shown will not be true 5G if you check using network tools.

[sayyam.gaur58]

Originally Posted by NG_EV

Hi. If you are in a poor network area kindly turn off 5G. It is a major battery drain. At my workplace, I get very poor battery life as the phone constantly switches between 2G, 4G, LTE, and 5G. In addition, the 5G shown will not be true 5G if you check using network tools.

Originally Posted by lxskllr

Go to location setty, turn off both Bluetooth and wifi scanning. Ensure you turn these off periodically, as Google maps activates this sometimes. This will help. We have a S21 in the family, and this helped

Originally Posted by deep_bang

It's more likely to be rogue app which is eating away your battery. Can you charge your phone fully and at close to the end see the battery settings that show the apps that are consuming battery? Any surprises there?

Second thing you can do is to check which apps are running on the background potentially eating battery even when they are not in the foreground.

The last thing I would suggest is to do a factory reset of the phone.

If none of the above fixes the problem, then there may be a real issue with the battery. Temporary solutions: reduce screen refresh rate (100hz usually consumes more power). Switch on battery saver. Both the above will save battery at the cost of experience... But if your experience is still manageable, then worth before changing phone/battery and other more drastic steps.

Hi All, thanks for the inputs. I have tried all the suggestions, it's still the same. I might sell this off as it's very frustrating. Getting worse day by day.

[Venkatesh]

Google Pixel 8 series launched in India.

Google Pixel 8: ₹75,999
Bank discount: ₹8,000
Exchange bonus: ₹3,000

Google Pixel 8 Pro: ₹1,06,999
Bank discount: ₹9,000
Exchange bonus: ₹4,000

(128GB ONLY)

[vvrchandra]

Originally Posted by Venkatesh

Google Pixel 8 series launched in India..(128GB ONLY)..

Even though interested in Pixel, seeing the 128 gb version only pushes it back again.

[Small Bot]

Originally Posted by vvrchandra

Even though interested in Pixel, seeing the 128 gb version only pushes it back again.

Really? Flipkart shows a 256 GB version of Pixel 8 for 83K as well..

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by vvrchandra

128 gb version only

Here you go: 256gb version

(crossposted: it's old news now!)

[sagarpadaki]

Wow. The pricing is too expensive for the Pixel! 75k+ does not feel like value to me.

[.sushilkumar]

Android 14 is available for upgrade to existing Pixel 6 users. I had to manually go and check but got it the moment i clicked for it.

Download Size 1 GB so be sure to be on Wifi.

[Small Bot]

Originally Posted by sagarpadaki

Wow. The pricing is too expensive for the Pixel! 75k+ does not feel like value to me.

Yup, and I do not see any huge changes that Google has done for the Pixel 8, other than just increase the years of OS update support. The rest seems to be all pfaff.

I'll only buy this phone if the price drops by 15-20K by summer next year. Also, we'll know clearly if there are any issues with the phone by then.

Any idea of there might be a 8A version?

[Cyborg]

Check this MKBHD video, Marques seems quite taken with the 8 series.

https://youtu.be/KZA_BIa8e7I?si=-rgnXXo0XF0pblaB

[sagarpadaki]

Originally Posted by Small Bot

Yup, and I do not see any huge changes that Google has done for the Pixel 8, other than just increase the years of OS update support. The rest seems to be all pfaff.

I'll only buy this phone if the price drops by 15-20K by summer next year. Also, we'll know clearly if there are any issues with the phone by then.

Any idea of there might be a 8A version?

There is a good chance the 8A will be released sometime next year. But considering the price they have set for the 8, I do not think, 8a will be affordable(relatively) either.

The 6A that I got for my father at Rs.23k after exchange is so much VFM proposition.

Originally Posted by Cyborg

Check this MKBHD video, Marques seems quite taken with the 8 series.

https://Youtu.be/KZA_BIa8e7I?si=-rgnXXo0XF0pblaB

Yes, it is good. The pain point is the pricing. It starts at $699 in the US. Considering purchasing power parity, it should cost less than that in India. I was very eager to buy the 8 it was under 50K after exchange and discounts.

[finneyp]

Originally Posted by .sushilkumar

Android 14 is available for upgrade to existing Pixel 6 users.

Downloaded & installed Android 14 on my Pixel 6A. Few notable features compared to Android 13.

[2000rpm]

@guys, I am looking for a replacement for my S20FE 5G and looking at the Amazon and Flipkart upcoming sales.

If anyone comes across a great deal, do share here for the benefit of the community!