Generally I experienced better battery life from the One M8 than I did from the M7.

The HTC One M8 packs two separate power saving modes.

It can save battery life where necessary, but it doesn’t provide massive gains.

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Brightness is set to 50% and the SIM card is removed so cellular networks aren’t used.

If you’re reading many web pages on the machine, expect pretty good battery life.

If companies didn’t cheat in benchmarks, maybe they would perform better in tests like this.

Sometimes it does backfire.

The HTC One M8 charges quickly thanks to its support of Qualcomm’s Quick Charge standard.