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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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New surface pro 7 user here (i5, 8gb ram, 256gb)
I'm lucky to get 3 hours out of the battery at the moment. Just average use, browsing, office and some zoom calls.
Ran all the updates, driver updates and power saving settings but very disappointed with the battery aspect so far.
Using a type cover so might try without that for a while
I mainly use the surface pro 7 with the same specs as you for school. I use office products and the internet like you and I get over seven hours. Now with regards to zoom calls I am not familiar how that affects the battery life of the product but I would recommend this. I disabled any background apps that I didn't need running. I disabled Cortana and new notifications. I lower my brightness down fifty percent and below with windows dark theme on along with a dark desktop background. Moreover, I have battery saver on at all times unless I have to run some engineering software that I have on my computer. If you've tried all of these steps try to replace your device or get a refund. I got my surface on Christmas and I pray sometime soon in the future Microsoft gets this battery issue fixed so that I can run on better performance for a longer period of time.
2/21/21 UPDATE: I gave my SP7 to my brother and have since purchased two more SP7s. The second is a 10th gen i7 (16 ram, 256 ssd) and the third is a 10th gen i5 (8 ram, 256 ssd). Both were purchased open-box from Best Buy and based on the manufacturing date were around 10-12 weeks old.
In tablet mode, the i7 gets around 7.5 hours of continuous YouTube viewing and the i5 gets 8.5 hours of continuous YouTube viewing (50% brightness, power mode on balance - best battery life, Wifi and Bluetooth on, and keyboard cover detached). The only new thing I've been doing is testing the device's battery life after a non-security Windows update and if the battery life decreases, I uninstall the update immediately.
This is definitely not ideal and one should not have to do such things to maintain decent battery life, especially since my 2020 15-inch HP Spectre x360's (11th gen i7, 16 ram, 512 ssd) battery life is not impacted by any Windows updates and I get around 12.5 hours of continuous YouTube viewing on it (4k resolution, 50% brightness, power mode on balance - best battery life, Wifi and Bluetooth on).
did you install New improvements and fixes for Surface Pro 7 published Feb. 18, 2021 ?
I will gladly join a class action law suit . I am So disappointed in this surface pro . My son purchased it for me 2 yrs ago and paid 1,600.00 for it and the battery is defected., I have to use the power plug and since the battery needs to be at 40% to update drivers I can no longer do updates and the computer is running slow. After hours on the phone with tech support they couldnt fix it and determined that there was a hardware issue. They refuse to replace it and send me a new one. Disgusted and disappointed and will NEVER buy a microsoft product again.
