flagship phone with the best battery life?

[wpeng]

I'm coming from a Galaxy S3 that held a full charge for nearly 2 days with only light phone and texting use. My brother has the same phone, and his phone still has at least a day per charge. Mine, on the other hand, has been ruined by my cellphone games, but it still holds charge for about 14 hours at a time. We both got ours on release in the US.

I'm hoping to get a phone with a similar battery life (24 hours at least with light usage). I have seen in recent reviews that the S6 is worse than the S5, but I'm not sure what that means.

Any ideas? Other features are secondary to me.

 

[soulcougher73]

S6 Active?

 

[paperwastage]

S5/note 4 with an extended battery(10000 mAh) should last you a few days

Otherwise, I think the lg g2 is still the champ for battery life department?

 

[lxskllr]

My S5 still gets good battery life 1 year in.

 

[PhoKingGuy]

OnePlus

 

[kpkp]

Z3 maybe

 

[dawheat]

I'm coming from a Galaxy S3 that held a full charge for nearly 2 days with only light phone and texting use. My brother has the same phone, and his phone still has at least a day per charge. Mine, on the other hand, has been ruined by my cellphone games, but it still holds charge for about 14 hours at a time. We both got ours on release in the US.

I'm hoping to get a phone with a similar battery life (24 hours at least with light usage). I have seen in recent reviews that the S6 is worse than the S5, but I'm not sure what that means.

Any ideas? Other features are secondary to me.

If S3 battery life is your experience and other features aren't important, then pretty much any phone will serve your needs. For super budget, the LG G2 will be an upgrade with great battery life at only $200.

The OnePlus One is still a good buy and the Nexus 6 has also been on sale recently.

The current battery life champ seems to be the S6 Active from AT&T thought that'll probably be overkill. The Z3 was probably the recent champ.

 

[JohnAn2112]

Note 4
S6 Active
OnePlus One
Z3
Droid Turbo
iPhone 6 Plus

 

[Oyeve]

Z3 maybe

Using gear my z3 now. It's at 65% and hasn't been plugged in since Thursday night.

 

[wpeng]

Thanks guys! That was very helpful. I am still looking for a flagship phone, even if battery is the most important feature, so I probably won't be getting much older versions of phones like the G2. Also, I should have mentioned, I am on Sprint, so no S6 active, although that probably would have been the phone I got if it was available to me.

Are there any build quality issues to the Z3? Does Sprint carry the z3? I read on Google that it bends. Also, the speaker and mic are of very poor quality (poor call quality).

 

[Oyeve]

Thanks guys! That was very helpful. I am still looking for a flagship phone, even if battery is the most important feature, so I probably won't be getting much older versions of phones like the G2. Also, I should have mentioned, I am on Sprint, so no S6 active, although that probably would have been the phone I got if it was available to me.

Are there any build quality issues to the Z3? Does Sprint carry the z3? I read on Google that it bends. Also, the speaker and mic are of very poor quality (poor call quality).

I have the Z3v, versiozons version, and it does differ from the other carriers. IMO, its a better built phone. I have not noticed and speaker and/or mic issues. At least no one has complained that I call.

 

[paperwastage]

Sprint doesn't have Sony z3.

For sprint users, You need to get a sprint branded phone(or nexus 5/6 or apple unlocked iPhone 6/6s). No way around it (//blames sprint for this)

 

[zerogear]

Sony Xperia Z-series has all around best battery life of all the phones due to their battery management.

 

[corkyg]

Sony Xperia Z-series has all around best battery life of all the phones due to their battery management.

Any evidence that it beats the Droid Maxx?

 

[holden j caufield]

Otherwise, I think the lg g2 is still the champ for battery life department?

I've not used a note 4 extensively but I've had a note 2/3, xperia Z, lg g2, g3. G2 is hands down the winner here, I use it quite a bit texting not so much calls and I only run down to 80% (location turned off, no games), I unplug from the charger at 6am and plug in at 11pm (17 hours). I still plug it in because I like 100% full charge in the morning, and in case I use Waze. I could get even more but I suspect wifi calling drains a good amount.

 

[dawheat]

Well Sprint certainly limits your options - the only phones I'd even consider if battery life is important would be:

Nexus 6 - cheapest (get it from Google directly), pretty good everything, fast updates
Note 4 - more expensive, better display and camera, better battery life, slower updates
iPhone 6 Plus - if you're considering iOS

 

[Artdeco]

Well Sprint certainly limits your options - the only phones I'd even consider if battery life is important would be:

Nexus 6 - cheapest (get it from Google directly), pretty good everything, fast updates
Note 4 - more expensive, better display and camera, better battery life, slower updates
iPhone 6 Plus - if you're considering iOS

All excellent choices, does Sprint offer anything like the "unlimited" iPhone plan for other phones? For me, that's a big deal, I use the heck out of mobile data.

I have all of the above phones, BTW, If you want a nexus experience, the n6 is a great choice, Note 4 is just the best Phablet, made, again great choice, iPhone 6+ is a great choice as well, for different reasons, especially if you have other Apple products, the ecosystem is pretty slick.

If battery life is a concern, I'd opt for the Note 4 or a G4, and just buy another battery, usually you get a massive coupon for Samsung stuff when you register a phone with them, I always buy a battery and external battery charger set up with a new Note, have done it for the last 3 Notes I owned.

My daily driver is usually an iPhone 6 or the 6+, of the two, if I had to make a choice, I'd go with the 6, but the + is so freaking close.

I really don't like the nexus 6 for my use cases, and it literally feels like a brick compared to using any of the other choices.

Haven't owned an LG phone, ever, but from what I read and hear, I imagine I'll try one soon.

 

[elitejp]

Coming from an s4 that with my use wouldnt last till evening, my 4g ram zenfone 2 will easily last a day and a half before i start to be a bit more careful with battery use.

 

[zerogear]

Any evidence that it beats the Droid Maxx?

No idea what the battery life on that is, but Z3 was top until Motorola dethroned it with Droid Turbo

 

[Rewa technology]

but S6 is worse than S5,right?

 

[Snappysneaky]

no idea..it probably depends on user's experience and usage I guess

 

[antihelten]

Any evidence that it beats the Droid Maxx?

Yes and no, it depends upon what you're looking at:

It's worth noting that Droid Turbo and Z3 Compact are even better: