Mobile Olympics: phones with the best battery life
posted by Daniel P.
/ Oct 20, 2014, 4:08 AM
That is why we take a peak in our battery tests database to see which phones offer much more endurance than others, and, as expected, the results might surprise you. It's not always the most popular flagship phones, and not even the ones with the highest battery capacity that are at the top of their endurance game, but rather phones that are a good mix of sufficient battery capacity, well-managed processor throttling, and - most of all - power-sipping screens, which means you won't see only phones with high-res displays in the top of the pops.
We round up some of the best brand-name handsets that scored at least seven hours of screen-on time in our demanding battery test to help you choose, in case battery life is your most important requirement towards a smartphone. On a sidenote, we include the Lenovo P780 and S860 with their gigantic 4000 mAh batteries, despite that they are not present in our database yet, as there is enough hard evidence already that these are the smartphone endurance kings at the moment. There are plenty of new entrants since the last time we updated this list, and we are pleased to see the flagship Xperia Z3, Z3 Compact, Huawei Mate7 and Note 4 to make the top charts.
180 Comments
1. jaytai0106
Posts: 1888; Member since: Mar 30, 2011
Waiting for that super bulky phone with 10,000mAh battery :D
posted on Dec 17, 2013, 8:48 AM 26
4. xperiaDROID
Posts: 5629; Member since: Mar 08, 2013
U MAD BRO?
posted on Dec 17, 2013, 8:50 AM 20
74. jaytai0106
Posts: 1888; Member since: Mar 30, 2011
I'm not mad. I'm just sick of charging my phone all the time XD
posted on Mar 31, 2014, 8:01 AM 14
95. RandomUsername
Posts: 808; Member since: Oct 29, 2013
Then stop using it so much ;)
posted on Mar 31, 2014, 11:50 AM 10
99. jaytai0106
Posts: 1888; Member since: Mar 30, 2011
I can't... got to use phone... for everything haha
My phone and I are like best friend :P we do everything together.
posted on Mar 31, 2014, 3:09 PM 7
107. williamdroid
Posts: 125; Member since: Jan 19, 2014
You mean my Note 3 with a ZeroLemon 10,000mah Extended battery?
Yeah, its massive but i get 109 hours of uptime on a single charge with regular usage
posted on Apr 01, 2014, 3:53 AM 4
152. zacsaturday
Posts: 262; Member since: May 09, 2014
WHATTTT!!!, 10000mAh battery. *whistle* sweet.
posted on Jul 25, 2014, 3:16 PM 0
173. latido
Posts: 45; Member since: May 31, 2012
still not enough for me. I only got 18-21 hours with zerolemon 10k mAh battery, but that for sure pretty impressive compare to stock battery. Hope one day, smartphone can survive more than 5-7 days with screen on.
posted on Oct 20, 2014, 9:02 AM 0
130. sgodsell
Posts: 6594; Member since: Mar 16, 2013
Get a new Galaxy S5 and put the new $45 zerolemon 7500mha battery in it. Zerolemon even includes a new back cover plate for the S5. If the Galaxy S5 got a great battery life with a 2800mha battery, then you can just imagine how long it will get with a 7500mha battery.
posted on May 10, 2014, 7:27 AM 2
151. zacsaturday
Posts: 262; Member since: May 09, 2014
you don't need to wait. thire is something hat could last an Entire (24 hours) of pure hardcore gaming/movie-watching.
Galaxy Note 3. + Galaxy Note 3 external battery charger.
+
http :// mugen . co / batteries.html (remove spaces)
Then buy 5900mAh extended battery and swap with original, and violla! A phone that easily a day.
(I haven't checked, but when i use it (i play a lot of games and watch movies) it gets to around 10% after 2 days and one night.)
And then you can swap out for another and you last another 2 days while charging the battery with a external battery charger.
posted on Jul 25, 2014, 3:15 PM 1
160. romeo1
Posts: 800; Member since: Jan 06, 2012
My z ultra lasts almost 2 full days without a charge and i do use allot.
On the sony site i could buy a cover with a 5000mah batty inside. Would probably get around 5days with that. Total would be 8050mah.but for me 2days is enough. Waiting for a z2/3 ultra ;)
posted on Jul 26, 2014, 6:17 PM 2
98. tusshharish
Posts: 342; Member since: Oct 23, 2012
Btw where is nokia lumia 1520?????????
posted on Mar 31, 2014, 2:31 PM 14
9. dmat3889
Posts: 14; Member since: Mar 14, 2013
my s4 with the zero lemon 7500mAH battery and thier new case is almost the same size as the otterbox case so I doubt it will be as bulky as you think. getting to 7 days battery life with 10 hours of screen time is pretty easy now.
posted on Dec 17, 2013, 9:08 AM 5
17. Ashoaib
Posts: 3240; Member since: Nov 15, 2013
10,000mah? well thats not a problem... you should buy note3 and buy a zerolemon 11,000mah which is availabe in a very reasonable price and install it inside your note3... here you go... 7 days of juice
posted on Dec 17, 2013, 10:10 AM 9
144. wilsong17 unregistered
Agree note 3 plus 10000 zero lemon battery== beast mode
posted on Jul 25, 2014, 11:43 AM 1
38. KingKurogiii
Posts: 5713; Member since: Oct 23, 2011
no normal person living under normal circumstances should want a phone with a 10,000 mAh battery unless there was no trade off to having it which i'm sure is still a ways off.
you wouldn't even get close to using all of the battery before you had to go to sleep a time in which it's no trouble at all to charge a phone.
now if you're a hiker or something then yeah, you might want to get a phone with a removable battery that has a battery like this available.
posted on Dec 17, 2013, 12:29 PM 2
55. Reluctant_Human
Posts: 910; Member since: Jun 28, 2012
Bill Gates said the same thing about 256kb of memory. I personally miss the days when I could use my phone for days at a time and not have to worry about charging it.
posted on Dec 17, 2013, 10:25 PM 6
94. kabhijeet.16
Posts: 881; Member since: Dec 05, 2012
Remember the time when nokia phones had 350mah battery an lasted for more than a week.???
Why do we need a 3000mah battery in phones?
Surely in a year or two we will see battery of 10000mah in same size as we see a 3500mah one..
Then everyone would want one and they would be "normal"
posted on Mar 31, 2014, 11:29 AM 0
102. networkdood
Posts: 6330; Member since: Mar 31, 2010
If the industry would focus on battery improvement break throughs, I am sure that this could happen and still have a thin battery....
