Last week, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S6 edge+ and the Galaxy Note 5 at its Unpacked Galaxy event. As soon as the official specs of the device were unveiled at the event, Note lovers started criticising the company for only fitting a 3,000mAh battery inside the device.

The Note line was always known for its battery life and many Note lovers simply could not fathom why the company would sacrifice battery life on a device that is known to attract power users. While a 3,000mAh battery is not small by any means, the Galaxy Note 5 comes with the same internals as the Galaxy S6, which has pretty poor battery life. This led many to assume that the Note 5 will be on the same boat as the S6, since it has more or less the same internals and comes with a bigger screen, which negates the increase in battery size.

However, according to tests conduced by PhoneArena, the Galaxy Note 5 managed to last a staggering 9 hours and 11 minutes in the website’s battery life benchmark test, which involves running a custom script that replicates real-life usage with the display set to 200nits. This is 30 minutes more than the Galaxy Note 4 that lasted for 8 hours and 43 minutes with a 3,220mAh battery.

This should come as a relief to all potential Note 5 buyers out there who were worried about that the handset might not last as long as previous Note devices. Further, the Note 5’s battery is complemented by its super quick charging times. The device charged from 0-100% in only 81 minutes when using the stock charger.

The Galaxy S6 edge+, which has similar specifications as the Galaxy Note 5 but comes with a dual-edge curved display, did slightly better in PhoneArena’s battery life benchmark and lasted for 9 hours and 29 minutes. The handset also took only 80 minutes to charge from 0 to 100 percent, which for its battery is pretty impressive.

Will you be buying the Note 5 now that fears surrounding its poor battery life have been squashed?