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
    2020-03-07T00:43:04+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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  2. 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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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-11T17:00:18+00:00

    I started with the SP7 i7 and got 4-5 hours.  Returned it for an i5 thinking that less power and no fan would improve battery life.  No luck.  One tech at the Microsoft Store where I bought (and returned) both machines has seen the problem and thinks it is a programming issue that Microsoft has yet to resolve.  A salesperson at the same Microsoft store thinks I am making it all up.  Four to five hours is unacceptable for these machines, particularly as the (fabulous) form factor is made to be mobile.  Can't be very mobile with a battery that won't last through a transcontinental flight nor get me from my office to a client meeting and back.  HP Spectre x360 2-in-1 is in my future.  Less money for better components, a true edge-to-edge screen, light (but heavier than SP7) and still a good form factor.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-11T21:33:04+00:00

    Does the HP truly have better battery though? I've owned surfaces and surface pros since Surface RT! None of them (except probably RT) had very good battery. 4-5 hours is standard for Pro since I've been using them.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-03-12T19:06:23+00:00

    Does the HP truly have better battery though? I've owned surfaces and surface pros since Surface RT! None of them (except probably RT) had very good battery. 4-5 hours is standard for Pro since I've been using them.

    That's exactly why I purchase a 1st gen Surface RT as it had much better battery life than the Pro. I could live with the limitations once the so-called jailbreak was developed. 

    I am surprised to read that the newest models don't get all that great battery life though. Sometimes I wonder if I should have bought a 7 Pro instead of the Pro X, but after reading this I don't think I'll will anymore. I'm not sure if its battery life is any better than my Surface RT when new, but it seems to be good enough that I don't worry about it dying on me.

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