Looking for the smartphones with the best battery life heading in 2017? Great, then we have a perfect list for you. Just keep on reading.
Despite the explosive growth and innovation in technology over the past two decades, we have yet to see substantial progress in smartphone battery life, as stronger batteries are outweighed by more powerful phones that demand more juice to run for the same length of time. the short battery life of most smartphones and the constant need to charge them is a chronic headache millions of smartphone users have to go through daily. Every mainstream smartphone company is still using decades-old lithium-ion technology, primarily due to the risks and costs involved in adopting new battery technologies.
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However, technology pioneers like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) are tirelessly working to make a fateful leap forward in battery technology. Apple is interested in harnessing solar power to charge smartphones. In 2013, Apple acquired Passif Semiconductor, a startup that makes energy-efficient chips. The company also hired engineers and battery experts from Tesla, Toyota, and battery company A123 Systems to boost its efforts to come up with new and improved battery technology.
Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) has also acknowledged the battery problem and used a highly advanced battery charging mechanism in its latest Xperia X smartphone line, while independent tests have proven that Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Pixel phones are much better than the Nexus devices when it comes to battery life, thanks to the Snapdragon 821 chipsets used by the company to optimize CPU usage to save energy. While big tech companies are working to make smartphones with excellent battery longevity in the future, the market currently has several devices which have solid battery life. The makers of these devices optimized conventional battery technologies using energy-efficient processors and software algorithms in their mobile operating systems.
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8. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, S7
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7. Motorola Moto Z Play
This affordable device from Motorola which ranks 7th on our list of smartphones with the best battery life heading in 2017, has been making headlines lately because of its stunning battery life, which came in at 23 hours and 3 minutes at full video playback in Airplane mode in a comprehensive test. At less usage, the Motorola Moto Z Play can clock in at a whopping 4 complete days, according to the same test. The Motorola Moto Z Play comes with a 15W Turbo charger for fast charging. Motorola compromised the design of the device just to pack more battery hours into it, and the tradeoff clearly served its purpose, as most of us want a device that can get us through the day while letting us binge on social media, videos, and Snapchat.
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6. HTC 10
The HTC 10 ranks 6th on our list of smartphones with the best battery life heading in 2017. It has 3,000mAh battery power, same as that of the Samsung Galaxy S7, and is almost equal in performance and duration in many aspects. Several tests showed the device’s battery beat the Nexus 6P and LG G5’s batteries in Wifi browsing and video playback. The HTC 10’s battery life can also be optimized using Android features like power saving mode, Doze mode, and ultra-power saving mode. HTC managed to pack an impressive battery in a thin, sleek design.
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5. Asus Zenfone Max
There is nothing exciting about this low-end phone except its battery, which has an enormous capacity of 5,000mAh. The massive battery makes the phone look hefty and sturdy. Asus used the Snapdragon 615 chipset, which is old, but the company managed to optimize its battery with software algorithms and features like Asus Mobile Manager, which boosts the battery’s lifecycle. Zenfone Max also has an option to make customized battery saving plans. The phone, however, takes a very long time to get charged to 100%.
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On the next page, we will take a look at the rest of the smartphones with the best battery life heading in 2017.
4. OnePlus 3T
OnePlus recently launched the OnePlus 3T, a successor to the famous OnePlus 3, which was also released in 2016. Perhaps the only thing that differentiates these two devices is the bigger battery of the OnePlus 3T, which packs 3,400mAh, 400mAh more than its predecessor, and which naturally fares much better in performance and real life battery tests as a result. The OnePlus 3T easily lasts a complete day (or a little more) on a single full-charge. TechRadar ran expansive HD video tests on the OnePlus 3T with Wifi on and accounts sync in progress. The budget smartphone not only surpassed its predecessor comfortably, it also came near the high-end devices like the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. OnePlus also rolled out Dash Charging with the OnePlus 3T, which slashes the time needed to fully charge the device. A Dash charger produces a larger electric current to create consistent and stable charging speeds without any pressure.
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3. Apple iPhone 7
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s iPhone 7 Plus is a beast when it comes to battery life. It has a gigantic 2,900mAH battery capacity, which is huge given the fact that Apple’s touted battery capacity is usually far less than its competitors’ devices, though its phones traditionally manage to offer tough competition to other devices in terms of battery power benchmark tests. Apple made space for the battery in its iPhone 7 Plus by removing the headphone jack and upped the battery performance by introducing the new A10 Fusion chip, which has two low-power and two high-power cores. The powerful core is used when you play a game or watch an HD video on the device, while the normal core is used to take care of basic, day-to-day tasks like messaging, browsing and emails. You can also fire up the Low-Power mode when the battery has slumped to under 20% power.
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2. Google Pixel XL
The Google Pixel XL ranks second on our list of smartphones with the best battery life heading in 2017. It has a mighty 3,450mAh battery, which dwarfs many big smartphones on the market. Alphabet also optimized the battery duration of its new device with Android 7.1 Nougat’s power saving features, which are highly advanced. With the Google Pixel XL, you can easily clock over 5 hours of full screen time in a day, while idle battery life can last for more than a day. The Google Pixel XL also gets fully charged way more quickly than the iPhone 7. The battery performance of the Google Pixel XL is really impressive given the fact that the device runs pixel-dense 2K resolution, which can make any device a power hog.
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1. Huawei Mate 9
Huawei’s phones are famous for their stellar battery lives. The company recently launched the Huawei Mate 9 which ranks first on our list of smartphones with the best battery life heading in 2017. It is being hailed as one of the best Android smartphones on the market, and one with an amazing battery life. The device has a 4,000mAh battery, with Huawei’s SuperCharge charger, which promises charging your device for a full-day’s needs in just 20 minutes. In one test, a reviewer got his Huawei Mate 9 fully charged from 10% to 100% in less than two hours. The device’s OS also has a battery manager where you can manage power saving modes and use the beastly “ultra” option that saves battery life by using all of the phone’s resources in their barest-usage form.
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These are the smartphones with the best battery life heading in 2017. Given the slow progression of battery technology, we can safely assume that these devices are going to stick around as top battery performers for quite some time.
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