The Moto E4 Plus has the highest score on our battery life test so far in 2017

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The Moto E4 Plus is a budget Android phone that costs less than $200, yet it has one superpower that brings at the top of 2017 smartphone ranks in one area: battery life.

The E4 Plus just crushes it when it comes to battery life: its 5,000 mAh battery lasts a whopping three days on a single charge with average use, and even with more intense use it would last two days plus.

So apart from its huge battery, what are the other factors that contribute to the Moto E4 Plus's tremendous battery longevity. Here is a quick run-down of the three most important aspect of a phone's battery experience:

  • Display: 5.5" LCD display with 720 x 1280 pixel resolution
  • System chip: Snapdragon 427, Quad-core @ 1.4GHz, 28nm
  • Battery: 5,000 mAh battery

As you can see, the E4 Plus being a super affordable option, it has a low-res display and an unremarkable processor built on an old 28nm process. It is the extra-large battery coupled with the low-res screen that makes its magic possible.

While we cannot recommend the Moto E4 to most users out there - it does not have many exciting features nor a great camera - we can certainly recommend other device makers to take cue from the E4 Plus and give users more choice of good devices with great battery life.

*Quick charging also would not hurt. The E4 Plus lacks this feature and it takes it an excruciatingly long 3 hours and 15 minutes to fully charge it up from 0 to 100%.


Battery life(hours)Higher is better
Motorola Moto E4 Plus13h 20 min(Excellent)
HTC Desire 6505h 40 min(Poor)
Motorola Moto G5 Plus10h 26 min(Excellent)
ZTE Blade V8 Pro11h 31 min(Excellent)
Apple iPhone 77h 46 min(Average)
Apple iPhone 7 Plus9h 5 min(Good)
Samsung Galaxy S88h 22 min(Average)
Samsung Galaxy S8+8h(Average)
HTC U119h 3 min(Good)
Google Pixel7h 45 min(Average)
Google Pixel XL7h 19 min(Average)
LG G66h 9 min(Poor)
Full Charge(hours)Lower is better
Motorola Moto E4 Plus3h 14 min
Motorola Moto G5 Plus1h 46 min
ZTE Blade V8 Pro1h 30 min
Apple iPhone 72h 21 min
Apple iPhone 7 Plus3h 17 min
Samsung Galaxy S81h 40 min
Samsung Galaxy S8+1h 39 min
HTC U111h 38 min
Google Pixel1h 59 min
Google Pixel XL1h 58 min
LG G61h 37 min

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