Counterclockwise: smartphone battery endurance has doubled since 2010

28 January 2018
A steady rate of improvement means modern smartphones spend less time attached to the wall than their predecessors.

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They should have said which phones were used for creating second chart.

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    • Anonymous
    • thf
    • 28 Jan 2018

    My Z3 still outlasts my friends S8 lol.

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      • Anonymous
      • Uib
      • 28 Jan 2018

      I love these gsmarena comments. How about you know, spend less time being addicted your phone and enjoy the moment or doing something productive isntead of wasting hours of your day and using all your SOT staring on a measly screen...

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        • Anonymous
        • JT5
        • 28 Jan 2018

        Anonymous, 28 Jan 2018Samsung best battery'sThose that explode?

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          • Anonymous
          • JT5
          • 28 Jan 2018

          Ppl will probably wait 3 more years to see an iPhone with at least 3100mAh.

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            • AnonD-580901
            • 0Bu
            • 28 Jan 2018

            Sony phones despite having low mah have good battery.

            X compact, xz1 compact

              AnonD-27765, 28 Jan 2018I don't know how GSMArena get their battery endurance ratin... moreWhy don't you go and check their battery endurance test with description how they do it, instead of asking stupid questions

                Anonymous, 28 Jan 2018Try Huawei Mate series. The newest ones are pretty powerful... morewith a fairly compact size. I know. the device I got right now. (note 8) is the COMPLETE opposite of my preferences. I am waiting for the S9. actually. I've heard that despite it keeps the measly 3k mAh battery. it keeps an impressive 92h of endurance. or so.

                  Kangal, 28 Jan 20183rth comment 1st answer: its the Endurance Rating based on... moreIt's true that we switched from 50% brightness to a fixed 200nits. However, before doing so we looked at the data and found that the average (mean and median) brightness of all phones we had tested up to that point is almost exactly 200nits. This I think works quite well when looking at average battery life.

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                    • NRI
                    • pRB
                    • 28 Jan 2018

                    For me honestly battery endurance means "Screen on time" only. Most of the people now a days using mobile for social media, internet surfing & games.... the bad part is every company is trying to made their mobiles as much thin as they can. But they should think about the battery too. Which is really matters.

                      My Last 2 Android devices, Samsung s3 and note 2 both had removable batteries which I put in an extended 3rd party type. The s3 went from a poor 1 day to 3 days heavy usage and when I went with the note 2 I went a massive 9300mAh zero lemon battery and got 5 days usage with heavy use.
                      My n8 now gets me by day to day but the nokn removable battery is a problem with me.

                      I have seen the zero lemon power cases but yeh we will see.

                      I would prefer companies stop sugar coating the handsets with fast chargers so they can use a smaller battery and get away with it because of the claim it can be charged in seconds and last you another 5 seconds.
                      I don't have the luxury of being behind a desk all the time.

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                        • Dk3
                        • 28 Jan 2018

                        15ed comment :
                        i like to use longer battery mobile phones. my nokia e63 gave me 2 days power in one full charge. Now my redmi note 4 gives me 1 and half day until 20 percent. i also used sony xperia z for 1 month which gave me half day in one full charge. terrible capacity. i played games a lot on all.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • vjw
                          • 28 Jan 2018

                          Anonymous, 28 Jan 2018LOL that's a good one. Since size is laughable, what are th... moreAww stop having sour grapes.

                            13th comment
                            Hoping for flagships to cross 100 hours mark

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Tpi
                              • 28 Jan 2018

                              Kiyasuriin, 28 Jan 2018I do wish that we could enjoy BOTH an impressive preformanc... moreTry Huawei Mate series. The newest ones are pretty powerful are are really close to the 100h endurance mark.

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                                • Luxor
                                • ib4
                                • 28 Jan 2018

                                So, basically all the good phone is in €300 range. Great.

                                  I do wish that we could enjoy BOTH an impressive preformance. (for a girl like me. MORE POWER=THE BETTER! is my motto) and an excellent Endurance and not compromise on either of them.
                                  P.S. 10th comment! haha~

                                    9rd comment haha.

                                    My Sony Ericsson T630 fired up years (!) after being stored away, same with my Nokia E61i, I know they aren't "smartphones" but the standby time exceeds anything made today.

                                    Sony Ericsson used Lithium Polymer batteries and somehow they lasted forever.

                                    And just to cap it off, my Samsung Note 4 at least had the ability to pop in a freshly charged battery any time. Now we're stuck with whatever manufacturers decide is enough.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 0BG
                                      • 28 Jan 2018

                                      Anonymous, 28 Jan 2018Samsung best battery'sLOL that's a good one. Since size is laughable, what are they good in? Swelling? I'd agree with that.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • TLF
                                        • 28 Jan 2018

                                        endurance is so heavily relied on the firmware. I have a Samsung A9 Pro, the 5000mah can last 1 day only with stock Samsung rom, after a year I replaced the battery and installed a clean rom, the phone can last for 4 days or 15 days standby.