Wikidata:Property proposal/battery life

battery life

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Computing

Done: battery life (P12221) (Talk and documentation)

Description	the length of time after a full charge that a device can continue to work under normal use before it needs its battery to be recharged
Data type	Quantity
Example 1	Apple Watch Ultra 2 (Q122442081) → 36 hour (Q25235)
Example 2	iPhone 15 (Q121992935) → 11 hour (Q25235)
Example 3	Tesla Model 3 (Q23663332) → 7 hour (Q25235)
See also	energy storage capacity (P4140)

Motivation

In these days where everything is becoming electric (cars, etc.) and where we have batteries everywhere (phones, laptops, etc.), it seemed necessary for Wikidata to have a battery life property.

PS: it's my first time proposing a property and I'm not that familiar with Wikidata, so I hope I did everything right... La coince (talk) 20:58, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Support This seems reasonable and I can't think of another property that would cover this. You might want to consider what qualifiers might be appropriate (for example for the car, presumably speed driven is a factor?) ArthurPSmith (talk) 16:17, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support But I know that there are different metrics for battery life, like "hours of video playback", which Apple commonly advertises (https://www.apple.com/iphone-15/). These should be considered first. -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 16:58, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Wd-Ryan: Agreed, Apple uses the terms "XX hours of normal use", which it defines in small print, so I have fine tuned the definition to reflect that ("under normal use"). La coince (talk) 12:45, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Conditional support For these numbers to be meaningful, we would need some kind of authoritative source. A computer's battery life can range widely depending on power saving settings and how the device is used. Dexxor (talk) 17:45, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Dexxor: Agreed, I have fine tuned the definition to reflect that ("under normal use"), but it would need an authoritative source. La coince (talk) 12:42, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@La coince, ArthurPSmith, Wd-Ryan, Dexxor: Done: battery life (P12221). Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 03:10, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]