Farewell to our old battery test: a look back at 12 years of testing

12 November 2023
We wave goodbye to the old Endurance test and revisit some of the best (and some of the worst) phones that we have ever tested.

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  • Hi gsmarena
  • L6L
  • 12 Nov 2023

Hi gsmarena
Can you please include the "Endurance Rating" in addition, because I think that is very realistic score for most of the people, excepting gamers.
The endurance rating denotes how long the battery charge will last you if you use the device for an hour of telephony, web browsing, and video playback daily.

    i would like to consider myself that power armor 13, only cons is their after sales service is nonexistent
    if i want like to repair the device if something goes wrong, then there will be few difficulties to fix.

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      • Anonymous
      • 0BG
      • 12 Nov 2023

      Everyone is talking about standby tests...Am i the only one who's never seen such a test on GSMarena?

        I agree that Standby is important, you definitely want a phone that isn't draining a lot when not using it. Some phones are the absolute worst on idle, and it is usually a chipset thing and not related to software. They require tweaking to be in an acceptable state. It is unreliable and off-putting.

        Still, the revamp is a great step forward, since it is more alike to actual onscreen usage of the phone.

          tupperware, 12 Nov 2023standby largely depend on what apps are (always) in sync &a... moreAre you saying this site didn't take that into consideration and didn't take any measures to minimize, if not eliminate, the variable factors in their previous standardized battery test? Should we just disregard the standby testing they did in their reviews for the past 12 years then?

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            • Anonymous
            • 0BG
            • 12 Nov 2023

            Still just as archaic without mobile data browsing. You are testing MOBILE phones, not home PCs.

              Reading this from a Power Armor 13. Having an ability to not charge phone for a week is a great feeling of safety, which I hadn't felt in 10 years. Been using the phone for over 2 years and baterry still holds like new.

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                • tupperware
                • UGk
                • 12 Nov 2023

                casualtechs, 12 Nov 2023That would probably be unlikely as I think they removed the... morestandby largely depend on what apps are (always) in sync & is irrelevant in means scoring

                  T the Tinkerer, 12 Nov 2023I hope that you will at least mention standby performance i... moreThat would probably be unlikely as I think they removed the standby endurance testing that takes a lot more time than the rest in order to finish and upload their review article much sooner.

                    The change is welcome though.

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                      • MobileTechHistorian
                      • kgL
                      • 12 Nov 2023

                      End of an era

                      I can map the past decade of my life to GSMArena battery test results

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                        • T the Tinkerer
                        • 0p}
                        • 12 Nov 2023

                        I hope that you will at least mention standby performance in the review narrative, since it appears you won't include it in the numerical rating.

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