One of the most important factors when considering a new smartphone is its battery life. And while usage behavior will vary from person to person, there are several ways to create a standard form of measurement.
Higher battery capacity does not always equate to longer battery life. In this chart, we used PC Mark Battery Test to gather the approximated battery life of each of the smartphones included in this list (recent update is April 1, 2017).
Device | Battery Capacity | PC Mark Battery Test Result |
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ASUS Zenfone Max | 5,000mAh | 19 hours, 59 minutes |
Xiaomi Mi 5S Plus | 3,800mAh | 15 hours, 50 minutes |
Starmobile UP Max | 5,000mAh | 15 hours, 26 minutes |
Xiaomi Mi Max | 4,850mAh | 14 hours, 9 minutes |
Motrola E3 Power | 3,500mAh | 14 hours, 5 minutes |
ASUS Zenfone 3 (5.5) | 3,000mAh | 13 hours, 46 minutes |
Starmobile Play Max | 4,000mAh | 13 hours, 31 minutes |
Lenovo Vibe P1 | 5,000mAh | 13 hours, 41 minutes |
Infinix Hot Note | 4,000mAh | 13 hours, 15 minutes |
ASUS Zenfone 3 (5.2) | 2,600mAh | 12 hours, 49 minutes |
ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser ZE550KL | 3,000mAh | 12 hours, 31 minutes |
OPPO F3 Plus | 4,000mAh | 12 hours, 21 minutes |
ASUS Zenfone 3 Ultra | 4,600mAh | 12 hours, 2 minutes |
Elephone P8000 | 4,165mAh | 11 hours, 29 minutes |
O+ Ultra | 4,000mAh | 11 hours, 24 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy S8+ | 3,500mAh | 11 hours, 12 minutes |
Huawei Mate 9 | 4,000mAh | 11 hours, 6 minutes |
Asus Zenfone 3 Max | 4,100mAh | 10 hours, 49 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy S8 | 3,000mAh | 10 hours, 43 minutes |
Honor 8 | 3,000mAh | 10 hours, 43 minutes |
Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5s | 3,000mAh | 10 hours, 32 minutes |
Nokia 6 | 3,000mAh | 10 hours, 31 minutes |
Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact | 4,500mAh | 10 hours, 31 minutes |
OPPO R7 Plus | 4,100mAh | 10 hours, 26 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy Note7 | 3,500mAh | 10 hours, 24 minutes |
Motorola Moto E (2nd-Gen) | 2,390mAh | 10 hours, 24 minutes |
Alcatel Flash Plus | 3,500mAh | 10 hours, 23 minutes |
Huawei Mate 10 Pro | 4,000mAh | 10 hours, 21 minutes |
Lenovo P70 | 4,000mAh | 10 hours, 16 minutes |
Infinix Zero 4 Plus | 4,000mAh | 10 hours, 6 minutes |
Huawei Mate 8 | 4,000mAh | 10 hours, 4 minutes |
Oppo A57 | 2,900mAh | 9 hours, 59 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge | 3,600mAh | 9 hours, 50 minutes |
Oppo F3 Plus | 3,200mAh | 9 hours, 49 minutes |
OnePlus 2 | 3,300mAh | 9 hours, 45 minutes |
Vivo V5 Lite | 3,000mAh | 9 hours, 40 minutes |
Vivo V5 Lite | 3,000mAh | 9 hours, 40 minutes |
Cherry Mobile Flare Selfie | 3,000mAh | 9 hours, 35 minutes |
LG G4 Stylus | 3,000mAh | 9 hours, 34 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ | 3,000mAh | 9 hours, 32 minutes |
LG Google Nexus 5X | 2,700mAh | 9 hours, 28 minutes |
Samsung Glaxy S8 | 3,000mAh | 9 hours, 21 minutes |
ASUS Zenfone Selfie | 3,000mAh | 9 hours, 20 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy S7 | 3,000mAh | 9 hours, 19 minutes |
Vivo V5s | 3,000mAh | 9 hours, 19 minutes |
Gionee S Plus | 3,150mAh | 9 hours, 19 minutes |
Huawei P9 | 3,000mAh | 9 hours, 18 minutes |
Huawei P10 | 3,200mAh | 9 hours, 15 minutes |
HTC A9s | 2,300mAh | 9 hours, 14 minutes |
Cherry Mobile Cosmos Three | 3,500mAh | 9 hours, 13 minutes |
Huawei Honor V9 | 4,000mAh | 9 hours, 12 minutes |
Lenovo PHAB Plus | 3,500mAh | 9 hours, 10 minutes |
Xiaomi Redmi Pro | 4,050mAh | 9 hours, 7 minutes |
Cherry Mobile Desire R7 Plus | 3,000mAh | 9 hours, 6 minutes |
BlackBerry PRIV | 3,410mAh | 9 hours, 6 minutes |
ZUK Z1 | 4,100mAh | 9 hours, 2 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy S6 | 2,550mAh | 8 hours, 53 minutes |
Lenovo A6000 Plus | 2,300mAh | 8 hours, 51 minutes |
Xiaomi Mi4i | 3,120mAh | 8 hours, 51 minutes |
OPPO F1 Plus | 2,850mAh | 8 hours, 50 minutes |
O+ Venti 4G | 3,000mAh | 8 hours, 49 minutes |
Vivo V3 Max | 3,000mAh | 8 hours, 47 minutes |
Xiaomi Mi 5 | 3,000mAh | 8 hours, 41 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy Tab A | 4,200mAh | 8 hours, 35 minutes |
Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 | 2,910mAh | 8 hours, 34 minutes |
Motorola Moto M | 3,050mAh | 8 hours, 32 minutes |
LG G5 | 2,800mAh | 8 hours, 31 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 | 3,000mAh | 8 hours, 33 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime | 2,600mAh | 8 hours, 27 minutes |
Meizu M2 | 2,500mAh | 8 hours, 21 minutes |
OPPO A39 | 2,900mAh | 8 hours, 20 minutes |
ASUS Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition | 3,000mAh | 8 hours, 20 minutes |
HTC 10 | 3,000mAh | 8 hours, 19 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) | 3,100mAh | 8 hours, 16 minutes |
OPPO A37 | 2,630mAh | 8 hours, 16 minutes |
Huawei Honor 4C | 2,550mAh | 8 hours, 16 minutes |
Asus Zenfone Live | 2,650mAh | 8 hours, 15 minutes |
CloudFone Excite Prime | 2,820mAh | 8 hours, 6 minutes |
Sony Xperia Z5 | 2,900mAh | 8 hours, 6 minutes |
ASUS Zenfone 2 ZE550ML | 3,000mAh | 8 hours, 6 minutes |
Cherry Mobile Flare S4 Plus | 2,800mAh | 8 hours, 6 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy A8 | 3,050mAh | 8 hours, 6 minutes |
Vivo Y53 | 2,500mAh | 8 hours, 2 minutes |
Sony Xperia Z3 | 3,100mAh | 8 hours, 0 minutes |
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua | 2,400mAh | 7 hours, 49 minutes |
ZTE Blade A711 (Blade X9) | 3,000mAh | 7 hours, 47 minutes |
Alcatel Flash 2 | 3,000mAh | 7 hours, 47 minutes |
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact | 2,700mAh | 7 hours, 47 minutes |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 | 4,000mAh | 7 hours, 46 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge | 2,600mAh | 7 hours, 46 minutes |
SuperD D1 | 3,000mAh | 7 hours, 45 minutes |
Flash Plus 2 | 3,000mAh | 7 hours, 45 minutes |
O+ M | 2,000mAh | 7 hours, 45 minutes |
Starmobile UP Ultra | 2,500mAh | 7 hours, 43 minutes |
Huawei G8 | 3,000mAh | 7 hours, 42 minutes |
Huawei Mate S | 2,700mAh | 7 hours, 39 minutes |
Starmobile Knight Spectra | 3,500mAh | 7 hours, 37 minutes |
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium | 3,430mAh | 7 hours, 35 minutes |
Lenovo K80 | 4,000mAh | 7 hours, 28 minutes |
Huawei P8 | 2,680mAh | 7 hours, 21 minutes |
Lenovo A6600Plus | 2,300mAh | 7 hours, 14 minutes |
HTC U Play | 2500mAh | 7 hours, 10 minutes |
ASUS Zenfone 2 Deluxe | 3,000mAh | 7 hours, 8 minutes |
HTC One M8 | 2,600mAh | 7 hours, 8 minutes |
ASUS Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 1.8GHz | 3,000mAh | 7 hours, 7 minutes |
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra | 2,930mAh | 7 hours, 6 minutes |
Lenovo A7000 | 2,900mAh | 7 hours, 6 minutes |
Arsenal VR One | 2,800mAh | 7 hours, 1 minute |
O+ Sonic | 2,000mAh | 7 hours, 0 minutes |
ASUS Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 2.3GHz | 3,000mAh | 6 hours, 56 minutes |
Sony Xperia XA Ultra | 2,700mAh | 6 hours, 54 minutes |
Starmobile Knight Elite | 2,600mAh | 6 hours, 52 minutes |
Lenovo Vibe Shot | 3,000mAh | 6 hours, 49 minutes |
Gionee Elife E8 | 3,520mAh | 6 hours, 42 minutes |
Cherry Mobile G1 | 2,500mAh | 6 hours, 38 minutes |
Lenovo Phab 2 Pro | 4,050mAh | 6 hours 37 minutes |
Asus ZenPad S 8.0 4GB | 3,950mAh | 6 hours, 37 minutes |
O+ Xfinit | 2,000mAh | 6 hours, 37 minutes |
Cherry Mobile M1 | 3,600mAh | 6 hours, 33 minutes |
LG V10 | 3,000mAh | 6 hours, 33 minutes |
Cherry Mobile Flare P1 | 2,350mAh | 6 hours, 31 minutes |
LG G4 | 3,000mAh | 6 hours, 25 minutes |
Lenovo K3 Note | 3,000mAh | 6 hours, 24 minutes |
Cherry Mobile Flare X | 3,000mAh | 6 hours, 17 minutes |
HTC One M7 | 2,300mAh | 6 hours, 11 minutes |
Motorola Moto X | 2,300mAh | 6 hours, 2 minutes |
MyPhone my86 DTV | 2000mAh | 6 hours, 2 minutes |
OPPO N3 | 3,000mAh | 6 hours, 2 minutes |
Lenovo A7000 Plus | 2,900mAh | 6 hours, 1 minute |
ZenFone 2 ZE500CL | 2,500mAh | 5 hours, 58 minutes |
Cherry Mobile Flare P1 Plus | 3,000mAh | 5 Hours 53 minutes |
Torque Droidz Octave | 1,900mAh | 5 hours, 47 minutes |
Acer Liquid Z520 | 2,000mAh | 5 hours, 44 minutes |
Huawei Mate 7 | 4,100mAh | 5 hours, 31 minutes |
Happy Mobile Neo Lite | 2,000mAh | 5 hours, 11 minutes |
Prestigio 5508 Duo | 2,300mAh | 4 hours, 59 minutes |
Asus ZenPad 7.0 Z370CG | 3,950mAh | 4 hours, 56 minutes |
Asus ZenPad S 8.0 2GB | 3,950mAh | 4 hours, 49 minutes |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 | 4,900mAh | 4 hours, 43 minutes |
Cherry Mobile MAIA Smart Tab | 3,800mAh | 4 hours, 43 minutes |
Huawei Honor 6 Plus | 3,500mAh | 4 hours, 39 minutes |
Starmobile Knight Vision | 2,450mAh | 4 hours, 35 minutes |
O+ 360 HD | 2,000mAh | 4 hours, 20 minutes |
Asus Zenfone C | 2,100mAh | 4 hours, 20 minutes |
Google Nexus 5 | 2,300mAh | 4 hours, 13 minutes |
CloudFone Special Edition | 1,900mAh | 4 hours, 4 minutes |
Cherry Mobile Flare XL | 2,300mAh | 3 hours, 55 minutes |
Ekotek Ekotab Encore 3G | 2,500mAh | 3 hours, 43 minutes |
MyPhone my28S | 1,450mAh | 3 hours, 13 minutes |
O+ Duo | 4,200mAh | 2 hours, 33 minutes |
* Update: We’re also including phablets and tablets into the list. We will also add our standard video loop test as a secondary data set.
We used PC Mark Battery Test as it is more or less standardized and simulates normal usage behavior like web browsing, photo and video playback, gaming and file manipulation. The resulting time is not exact but merely a representative of their relative performance with each other.
We will be updating and using this chart every month to include more devices as we test them.
How about the samsung galaxy a11?
Nokia 2 ?
Hi Abe,
I’ve tried it on my S8+ and gave me a result of 6hrs and 7mins, with full brightness on and everything else turned off. I think it’s too low, should my brightness be set somewhere in the middle?
I’m really disappointed on how it performed given that some of the tests I’ve seen goes beyond 8hrs.
Don’t know if something’s wrong with the phone, but it’s only 2 weeks old.
-Ren
Hi Abe,
Also follow up question,
Can you share me the settings used when you tested the s8+?
Wanted to try it again with your settings as my basis.
Thanks.
50% brightness, 0% volume, airplane mode
Ahh, well looking forward for the next update of this article. Im looking at these two phones for my next smartphone upgrade. Anyway, more power to u guys ????
What is wrong with the zenfone 3 zoom thats why Pcmark battery test crashes? I read it in yugatech review too. Please also include the f3 plus. Im curious how it fares against the competition. Great job on this article by the way. It was very informative.
Ah ok thanks abe, is there something wrong with the zenfone 3 zoom thats why it crashes? Please also include the f3 plus. Im also curious how it fares against the rest. Im checking back on this article every now and then for reference. Great job guys. Hope u keep it up!
We’re still working on it. I think it’s a firmware issue that we’ve also encountered with a few other devices before.
Hi why is zenfone 3 zoom not in the list? I’m curious to see how it does as zenfone 3 can manage to get 13hrs with 3000 mah because of the snapdragon 625.
We’re still working on it. The app crashes every time we try.
wheres alcatel pixi 4 plus power?
how about oukitel k10000? Reviews say that it lasts for a week. This phone has a 10000 mah battery. I really want to see. I’m sure you would be excited to test such phone.
how about the new asus zen 3 Laser ? :-)
So this means that Mediatek-based devices are really inefficient devices.