How is your battery life on the Surface Pro 7?

Anonymous
2020-01-03T19:11:20+00:00

I upgraded to the Surface Pro 7 - 8gb, 256GB from the SP4 8gb, 256GB. My SP4 hardly got an hour of battery and would shut off on battery without warning, so I constantly had it plugged into the wall wherever I went.  I was hoping for much better on the SP7. Currently I am struggling to get a full 5 hours...closer to 4 hours. 

Yes, I know I use Chrome and Edge, a number of Office windows open, might watch some YouTube and Netflix. 

4 to 5 hours seems pathetically small.

Any other comments, suggestions or comparisons? (I know there's a need to 'bed in' a new battery in, I've had the laptop almost 2 weeks now, the battery should be 'bedding' in by now.

thanks in advance

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-09T22:28:01+00:00

    I don't think it's a driver issue. Most people on this thread, myself included get around 4-5 hours max. Not sure how they arrived at 10 hours but it must be with everything like wifi turned off and the screen on lowest brightness!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-07T00:43:04+00:00

    I contacted Microsoft technical support .. and they reinstalled the driver but that didnt solve the problem.. so sending it back for replacement.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-06T23:11:00+00:00

    Awful battery life. Tapping out before 4 hours with a very light use (Edge, OneNote, etc).

    Sending it back.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-02-24T03:37:10+00:00

    Same problem here - I'd be lucky to get 4 hours so far.

    Has anyone returned their devices for a refund yet?

    My 3 year old Lenovo T series makes the Surface 7 Pro look like it's running off a button battery.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-02-23T17:08:08+00:00

    Same problem here with my SP7 ..I hardly get 3 hours of battery life, and when I check app usage of battery it says browser mostly chrome and edge consume the most battery.

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