QUOTE(koji188 @ Feb 18 2020, 11:44 PM)
I think this whole Snapdragon, Exynos chip superiority complex is blown out of proportion. I was like most users here. I bought the S10+. Battery wasn't great so I started scouring on forums to try to get it better. Found out I had an inferior chip, the infamous Exynos. Fast forward a few months later found a buyer, sold it and got the Note 10+. This time surprise surprise battery life was great. Great would be over exaggerating but it was way better than my S10+. I could easily get through a day of medium to high usage with about 20-30% left when i get home, where as my S10+ would've been dead few hours before I got home.
Fast forward a couple of months again (a few weeks ago) I got bored of the Note 10+ and put it up for sale. A guy with the Asus ROG Phone 2 texted me wanting to swap. I thought why not, considering all the good things I've heard about the Snapdragon and knowing it has 6000 mAh battery it must be a powerhouse. I decided to give it a go.
F*#$ me did I regret it.
It's not that the phone wasnt a powerhouse, it was. I heard so many good things about the SD processor that I imagined that I would see a night and day difference between those 2 when in fact, I couldn't. Sure the high refresh screen made everything smoother but that's about it. People boasted about getting amazing battery life. For me, I got equally great battery life from the Exynos Note 10+. To me there were no significant difference in terms of performance for MY day to day use. Im sure for the diehards out there who look at benchmarks and test scores there is a difference. But for the average consumer like me, you won't see any difference. I miss my note 10+. It was an amazing phone that I gave up cause I was swayed by the hype of Snapdragon. Don't be me. Don't be stupid.
No comments on the performance differences since both phone are using different Ui & system.
But for the battery part, no way the ROG 2 has the same battery life as the Note 10+. We are talking about 6000mAh vs 4300mAh here. Impossible. Most likely, it's because of the 120hz refresh rate on the ROG2. It's a big hit to battery life. Try to set it to 60hz refresh rate, which is the same as Note 10+. I am sure your ROG2 battery life will improve a lot.
Also, it's possible that your ROG2 battery capacity is deteriorated to certain level. You would never know what the previous owner has done to the phone. May be a hardcore gamer who play mobile games all the time, or charging battery habit incorrect, etc. That's the common risk you take when you buy second hand phone.
Just my 2 cents.
Feb 12 2020, 10:36 AM
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