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Our Google Nexus 6 battery life test is complete, phablet lags behind the Note 4

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By Chris P.

Updated: Nov 13, 2014, 1:28 AM

Our Google Nexus 6 battery life test is complete, phablet lags behind the Note 4

When it comes to battery life, the story of the modern Nexus line is a fairly sad one – the Nexus 5, for example, managed just 4 hours and 50 minutes on our custom battery test, which is pretty underwhelming for a device at the flagship level. For the most part, we had the comparatively small, 2,300 mAh cell to blame for that, though many of us were willing to let this particular issue with the N5 slide simply because we were still getting a killer deal (it retailed for $349, after all!).

Things changed with the Nexus 6, however – Google's first phablet not only has enough space to fit a massive, 3,220 mAh cell, but it's also priced at $649. So it obviously has to deliver, and deliver on battery life, too, and despite its power-hungry Quad HD display. Thankfully, as it turns out, it absolutely does – this is the first Nexus device to achieve an excellent battery life on our custom test, or, all told – 7 hours and 53 minutes. Unfortunately, while this is a pretty great score overall, it does fall behind other recent QHD juggernauts, like the Galaxy Note 4 and the DROID Turbo, both of which fared better (8 hours 43 minutes and 10 hours 42 minutes, respectively).

So how do we test? We run a custom script that replicates the average person's usage in real life. The final time figure you get is indicative of the total time the average person can expect to spend using the device if he does not put it down to rest before it dies. So, obviously, an 8 hour score doesn't mean you can play a graphics-intensive game for 8 hours straight.

Last, but not least, when it comes to charging from zero to full, the Nexus 6 is among the quickest devices on the market, with a measured score of just 98 minutes – identical to what the Note 4 achieved, at 95 minutes, and pretty much on par with this category's champion, the Oppo Find 7/7A (if you account for the difference in capacity).

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Chris Panayotov is a former mobile tech reviewer of phones, tablets and wearables at PhoneArena. However, his contribution to PhoneArena content includes not just reviews, but all kinds of regular and experimental features, such as news stories, buying guides, and an exclusive column on the most notable phones out of Asia.

Sony Xperia T2 Ultra	10h 16 min(Excellent)
HTC One(M8)	7h 12 min(Average)
Sony Xperia Z3	9h 29 min(Good)
Huawei Ascend Mate7	9h 3 min(Good)
LG G3	6h 14 min(Poor)
Apple iPhone 6 Plus	6h 32 min(Average)
Samsung Galaxy Note4	8h 43 min(Good)
Google Nexus 6	7h 53 min(Average)

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HTC One(M8)	3h 27 min
Sony Xperia Z3	3h 55 min
Huawei Ascend Mate7	2h 50 min
LG G3	2h
Apple iPhone 6 Plus	2h 51 min
Samsung Galaxy Note4	1h 35 min
Google Nexus 6	1h 38 min

Our Google Nexus 6 battery life test is complete, phablet lags behind the Note 4

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