Phones with the best battery life (part 2)

11. Motorola Moto E 

 

With 8 hours and 8 minutes of screen-on time on our test, the Moto E is the most enduring budget Android from a brand-name maker. For its $120 price off-contract you get a 4.3" qHD panel, Snapdragon 200 processor, and a decent 5 MP camera on the back.

12. Oppo N1

 

 

The mighty 3610 mAh battery in the Oppo N1 phablet with rotating camera seems to do the trick, despite the 6" 1080p display and the fairly powerful chipset, as the handset clocked in more than 8 hours of battery life with us. Its size and flagship $550 price  is not for everybody, though, so it's bound to stay a niche handset.

13. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo

 

Samsung has placed a rather generous 3100 mAh battery pack in the Note 3 Neo, which sounds very promising for the resulting endurance. This is just shy of the Note 3's capacity, which has proven to be a marathon runner already. Samsung promises that the Note 3 Neo will be able to hold a charge for 18 hours of talk-time and 22.5 hours of stand-by time on a 3G network. Having completed our custom battery test, the Galaxy Note 3 Neo has proven to be a wonderful performer in the battery department, rivaling the Oppo N1 to the minute. With its sizable 3100 mAh unit, it has lasted the whopping 8 hours and 6 minutes - 2 hours more than the Note 3, which was already quite solid in this respect!

14. OnePlus One

 

We welcomed another member of the 8+ club recently, as the affordable OnePlus One flagship managed to last the impressive 8 hours and 5 minutes with its screen on in our test. It's hard to get your hands on one still, but if you do, you will get top-notch specs, Cyanogen OS, and a fast recharge of the 3100 mAh battery.

15. Sony Xperia E

 

Here's another little Sony that can. The Xperia E isn't going to wow you with specs, as it has a tiny 3.5" display and an old school Snapdragon processor, but the 1500 mAh juicer seems enough to power that combo for close to eight hours of screen-on time. It also offers excellent call quality, which is pretty important for a phone available in a dual SIM variation.

16. Samsung Galaxy S5

 

What? A blockbuster phone with a long-lasting battery you say? Yep, it's none other than the Galaxy S5 that managed the respectable 7 hours and 38 minutes of screen-on time in our grueling battery endurance run, which is a great result for any flagship. The notable thing with the Galaxy S5 is that it breaks the flagship record with "only" a 2800 mAh battery, surpassing even phablets with their huge 3000+ mAh juicers. Thus, there must be more at play than capacity alone here, and Samsung might have utilized additional battery-saving techniques from Lucid Logix for the first time in the S5.

During the phone's unveiling event, Samsung promised up to 10 hours of Internet browsing, 12 hours of HD movie watching, or 21 hours of 3G talk time on a charge, and we can attest that the Galaxy S5 meets and exceeds those promises. Manufacturers, as well as most third party services, measure battery life with the screens set at about 150 nits of brightness, while our routine script is run at 200 nits, and features mixed browsing and media display patterns. Those include a lot of white background, too, which AMOLED screens draw the most power to display, and still the S5 managed to break the flagship record.

17. HTC One Max

 

HTC's first phablet, the 6" One Max, was born to run, it seems, as it clocked nearly seven and a half hours in our battery test, despite the 1080p display. The large 3300 mAh battery, as well as HTC's manufacturing prowess have been demonstrated with the phablet's endurance, but, same as with Oppo N1, the One Max's high-end pricing and gigantic size won't sell it many units, despite the cool fingerprint sensor on the back, and the BoomSound stereo speakers at the front.

18. Samsung Galaxy S5 Active

 

Despite having a tad smaller battery capacity than the S5, the tough S5 Active scores just 20 minutes or so shorter battery life than Samsung's finest, yet it carries the same specs sheet.

19. LG G Flex

 

Notice another trend? Save for some good low- and midrange combos, most phones at the top of our battery tests are those with the largest battery capacity, and those are usually phablets, so the presence of the LG G Flex here can be expected. LG's first curved phone with flexible OLED HD display is also its endurance king, as it has been equipped with a huge 3500 mAh battery in its turn. To top it all off, the handset offers a very durable, flexing and self-healing design, coupled with a great call quality.

20. Motorola Moto G

 

If you are looking for a great Android handset at a rock bottom price, look no further than the 200 USD or EUR Moto G. It has a nice, vibrant 4.5" HD display, and a merely 2070 mAh battery, which, however, goes a long way, lasting 7 hours and 12 minutes in our battery test.

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