The LG G3 trails rival flagships in our battery test

4. techperson211 (Posts: 1280; Member since: 27 Feb 2014)

Really not satisfied with phonearena battery tests. Gsmarena scores Z2 the most dominant over the g3 m8 s5.

7. tech2 (Posts: 3487; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)

LG G2 was heavily sponsored by PA last year. Have a feeling that it might be quite similar this year.

10. Chris.P (Posts: 567; Member since: 27 Jun 2013)

Yes, LG occasionally chooses to advertise through PA, but all such posts are clearly labeled as advertorials or similar.

This post isn't sponsored by LG, it just covers the results of our benchmark.

15. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)

Your battery test is very inaccurate/flawed compared to what nearly every other site gets as results.

The LG G3 battery life reviews are conflicting, some sites are getting horrible battery life while others are getting excellent. It most likely has a software bug that is affecting some of the test though.

79. thunder18 (Posts: 140; Member since: 06 Aug 2009)

As someone else mentioned, not all the websites are using the same script. This is of course going to make for differences in testing results. You should feel free to point out the differences, but saying it's flawed just because they didn't get the same results as everyone else without providing an explanation of why it's flawed versus everyone elses tests is a bit unfair.
I am glad you mentioned a possible software bug though. Every test I've seen so far has been on either a pre-production model or a Korean model being used in Europe with a disclaimer that because the device is not native to that area, LTE to HSPA hand-offs will not be very smooth resulting in additional power consumption.

46. alouden (unregistered)

I cannot keep up anymore....is PA pro Apple or pro Android? Now you guys are pro-LG and/or anti Samsung? I'm being glib, of course. PhoneArena just cannot catch a break.

The G3 will be a good phone. As is the GS5. As will the upcoming IPhone. But that does not seem to be good enough for some folks who wish to bash each other and these sites.

111. steedsofwar (unregistered)

Too true brother

62. Jishnusur (Posts: 142; Member since: 07 Oct 2013)

Chris.P They battery test is very correct. Gsmarena was paid off by samsung clearly. No device with 24Hours of talk time can have only 6.30Hours of Video playback. People who are against your review are the Heart Broken Sam-dung users! Congrats and avoid these trolls.

81. farhad_per (banned) (Posts: 128; Member since: 26 Mar 2014)

Accpet the truth blind fan boy..

90. refillable (Posts: 1070; Member since: 10 Mar 2014)

He knows about programming, He is a mod writer at xda. He knows a bit about phone programming at least. But I don't like how he claims something with so little evidence.

82. LGisgood (Posts: 833; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)

LG is always better than Samsung in Actual usage!
SAMSUNG IS ONLY BETTER IN STANDBY TIME!
LG is not that good in standby time! but not bad as well.

LG G3 has better battery life than s5 based on my personal experience
we did a test actual comparison here in Korea using the same carrier provider !

for straight browsing S5 lasted for 8;06 hours
while G3 lasted for 9:21hours.

in video we watched the same two movies(spiderman & hunger game 2)for both devices s5 & g3

results;
s5 wentdown @ 21% while G3 @ 32%.

im using three koren phones Pantch vega iron, Samsung s5, LG G3

all great devices. but G3 is ahead of the two!

101. hmmm... (Posts: 79; Member since: 05 Jun 2013)

Gsmarena counts standby time too. Obviously you do not even bother to read their method and make yourself look foolish here. I donlt even have a Samsung phone but i know that some of their devices do not have good media playback time, but have long standby time. that is how those devices get such high numbers. Gsmarena is more realistic as you don;t leave the screen on 24/7 . PA doesn't even bother to test the battery of newer windows phone like lumia 1520.

102. LGisgood (Posts: 833; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)

GsmArena battery test for G3 IS DOUBTFUL!

according to GsmArena LG G3 managed @ 9;57 hours in VIDEO PLAY BACK and there is still a 10% remaining of G3's battery.

THE FACT!
IPS LCD Display is actually doing better in Browsing than on a Video play back?.

then HOW COME? G3 Manged ONLY 6:40hours in browsing?

106. DerryAhmad (Posts: 287; Member since: 05 May 2012)

Yeah.. I also don't think the PhoneArena test is realistic in real life, since standby power usage is also important cause we don't use the phone constantly for 8 hours +.

Also.. what's with PA and high end Lumia devices? They omitted them in recent blind camera test, and they certainly omitted the 1520's battery test

103. almostdone (Posts: 238; Member since: 25 Sep 2012)

Some people are just clueless... Pumping out more pixels requires more processing power.

Talk time has nothing/little to do with screen resolution and likely explains the difference between the long talk times and relatively short video playback.

Some people are so full of hate they can't see pass their own a$$.

I don't care for the brand and actually like the G3. This might be my next phone. I am very happy with my Samsung at present but G3 is very tempting.

93. erikiksaz (Posts: 170; Member since: 22 Apr 2010)

Just a quick question, are all the displays measured with a photometer to ensure they're outputting the same amount of brightness before conducting these tests?

Anandtech does this, but they haven't published their review yet.

16. farhad_per (banned) (Posts: 128; Member since: 26 Mar 2014)

Is anyone wants to know true results check Gsmarena.com... ireally cant understand PA results in reviewing....quite cheap and unexpertedly....despite I'm Sammy fan but by gsmarena results in battery life ranking..: 1.Z2-89h 2.S5-72h 3.M8-71h 4.G3-69h....so another false and bias results from PA..

21. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)

Phonearena's test gave the Note 3 a score of like 6 hours 8 minutes despite every other comparison showing the Note 3 has better overall battery life than the S5.

There is the possibility of manufacturers are "optimizing" their software to do better on Phonearena's test.

27. Chris.P (Posts: 567; Member since: 27 Jun 2013)

Or, there's simply a a difference in the underlying methodology. All of our colleagues have their own approaches, and so do we.

34. pwnarena (Posts: 1129; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)

i think you can at least pacify the complainers by showing longevity when watching videos, browsing the web, and making phone calls. or maybe just do a video playing longevity test.

41. yasir-921 (Posts: 81; Member since: 02 Oct 2012)

I think that PhoneArena's G3 battery test is more accurate than GSMArena's.

Main reason is this that GSMArena used a pre-production/non-finalized unit of G3, which also, is not a US variant unit. They used Olleh branded G3 which I believe more reviewers have also used the same unit and posted similar results as GSMArena's.

While the picture of the phone which PhoneArena has put up is a golden G3, which may be a final unit. Hence, their battery result and also other tests which will come out in PhoneArena's review of this G3 will be more accurate.

35. pwnarena (Posts: 1129; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)

maybe not biased but just practically inaccurate.

40. farhad_per (banned) (Posts: 128; Member since: 26 Mar 2014)

In gsmarena battery test brightness is set to auto 50% and what is very disappointing is on 50% brightness results 109 nits that's the lowest among the others and with this brightness the 69hrs is quite low..!

100. LGisgood (Posts: 833; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)

DO YOU NOT SEE? GsmArena battery test for G3 IS DOUBTFUL!

according to GsmArena LG G3 managed @ 9;57 hours in VIDEO PLAY BACK and there is still a 10% remaining of your battery.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?
IPS LCD Display is actually doing better in Browsing than on a Video play back?.

then HOW COME? G3 Manged ONLY 6:40hours in browsing?...

104. DerryAhmad (Posts: 287; Member since: 05 May 2012)

Sponsored or not.. I'm wondering whether this test is actually usable in real life.
With 8 hours and 50 minutes.. does it mean we have to charge the G3 twice (or even three times) a day?

I think PhoneArena battery test is applicable when you tend to use the phone all the time with various conditions. Hence.. It's applicable if you're a power user, maybe even extreme power user maybe since you have to use the phone non-stop.
If that's the case, then the G3 is surely has an awesome battery life.

But I don't think it's applicable in real life.. That's why I tend to agree more on GSMArena battery test where standby power usage is also taken into account:
http://www.gsmarena.com/battery-test.php3?idPhone=6144

We can even costumize our usage in Calls, Browsing, and Video for scenarios that's close to our daily usage.

Nevertheless, I do think the G3 has a great battery life. But I don't think it deserves to be called the King Battery life - as the title of this article suggested to be.

42. yasir-921 (Posts: 81; Member since: 02 Oct 2012)

I think that PhoneArena's G3 battery test is more accurate than GSMArena's.

Main reason is this that GSMArena used a pre-production/non-finalized unit of G3, which also, is not a US variant unit. They used Olleh branded G3 which I believe, more reviewers have also used the same unit and posted similar results as GSMArena's.

While the picture of the phone which PhoneArena has put up is a golden G3, which may be a final unit. Hence, their battery test and also other tests which will come out in PhoneArena's review of this G3 will be more accurate.

49. feres13 (Posts: 307; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)

You can clearly see the antenna, it's a korean model

5. techperson211 (Posts: 1280; Member since: 27 Feb 2014)

So far in my opinion gsmarena are unbiased in terms of phone reviews.

20. farhad_per (banned) (Posts: 128; Member since: 26 Mar 2014)

Totally agree...in terms of reviews and test results no one can catch them... they never bash any brand always saying the truth and 100% unbiased and fair ... even teh results is against my favorite brand I accept it totally ... PA only for fast news coverage but everything else ofcourse GSMARENA.COM. .