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    Brand new P1 has very short battery life

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Peon, Nov 11, 2020.

  1. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    I just received a brand new P1, charged it up to full... and the battery lasted less than 2 and a half hours.

    Is this thing defective?
     
    Peon, Nov 11, 2020
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    What are the specs and your settings?
     
    ZaZ, Nov 14, 2020
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  3. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's basically the top of the line model - Core i9, 4K screen, T2000, etc.

    As for settings, I'm not sure what you mean? Is there something that would be helpful to look into here?
     
    Peon, Nov 16, 2020
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    Typically, the 4k screens hit the battery much harder than 1080 LCDs. As always with notebooks the brightness level of the screen is the biggest determinant of battery life, so if you're running it at full brightness on a 4k using max power, you're probably not going to get the best battery life.
     
    ZaZ, Nov 19, 2020
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