Do you ever think about the battery life of your smartphone when you purchase it? Did you know there are smartphones with the best battery life?
It's a good idea to purchase a phone with good battery life, for obvious reasons...(that is not get caught with a dead phone because of the battery is flat). If you agree, let's explore and look at 9 smartphones with the best battery life.
Motorola Moto G6 Play
Dual SIM (Nano-SIM) | 5.7-inch HD+ Max Vision display | Micro-USB | 3.5mm headphone jack | 3GB SDRAM | 1.4GHz quad-core | Android 8.0 | 32GB internal storage, microSD up to 256GB | 4000mAh battery | 13MP camera, auto-focus
Battery Life
Starting off, the first on the list of smartphones with the best battery life is the Moto G6 Play. You are looking at 8 hours of battery life, with a battery capacity of 4000 mAh. The price ranges between $150 - $200.
It's a good phone with good battery life, good price and it even comes with a fingerprint scanner. Not too bad for a budget phone.
BlackBerry Key One
Smart keyboard with touch navigation | Fingerprint sensor | Dual or Nano Sim | Aluminium casing and textured soft-touch grip with impact-resistant frame | 4.5-inch touchscreen (1080x1620) | Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection | 3505mAh battery | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 | Adreno 506 GPU | Android Nougat OS | 12MP rear Camera
Battery Life
The next smartphone with the best battery life is the BlackBerry KeyOne. it comes with a battery life of 8 hours and has a battery capacity of 3505 mAh. With the fast-charging feature, you are looking at a 50% battery charge in 36 minutes.
You are looking at a price range between $250 - $300. The physical keyboard makes it look so outdated as now most phone touchscreen keypads but if you old-school like that then this is for you. It also has good security features.
Oppo R17 Pro
6.4-inch, Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen (1080 x 2340) | 128GB internal storage | 4GB RAM | Up to 256GB microSD slot | Android 8.1 (Oreo) | Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 | Adreno 512 GPU | Rear Camera - 16MP, Selfie Camera - 25MP
Battery Life
The next smartphone with the best battery life is the Oppo R17 Pro. It comes with a battery of up to 9 hours at 3500 mAh. With fast charging, you are looking at 40% battery charge in 10 minutes. Now that's fast-charging. With the price, you are looking from $800 upwards.
Motorola Moto G6
5.7-inch Full HD+, 1080p 18:9 Max Vision | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Android 8.0, Oreo - 3D glass back | Fingerprint reader Water repellent nano-coating | 64 GB | 4GB RAM | microSD, up to 256GB (dedicated slot) | Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery | Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 | 12MP & 5MP dual rear camera | 8MP front camera
Battery Life
The Moto G6 smartphone delivers 9 hours of battery life with a battery capacity of 3000mAh. This phone here is in the mid-range category because of the average specs and performance, but you get many hours of long battery life. With the price range between $170 - $190. This is an affordable, budget smartphone.
Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra
6.0-inch IPS LCD touchscreen (1080x1920) | 64GB internal storage | 4GB of RAM | 23MP + 16MP Dual camera | Android 8.0 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 | Adreno 508 GPU | 3580 mAh battery | Fast charging battery
Battery Life
The next smartphone with the best battery life is the Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra with a battery life of 10 hours, and a battery capacity of 3580 mAh.
In terms of the price, you are looking at a price range between $300 - $320. This is an impressive number as it is one that is compatible to play games and comes with console-like features.
This is because of the efficient CPU, Android operating system, and the low screen resolution. If you don't mind the size of the phone, it is one worth picking.
ASUS ZenFone Max Pro
6-inch Full HD+ (2160 by 1080) 18:9 Full View IPS display | 32GB internal storage with MicroSD card support of up to 2TB | 3GB RAM | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 | Dual SIM | Dual Rear Camera: 13MP + 5MP
Battery Life
The next smartphone with the best battery life is the Asus ZenFone Max Pro. It has a battery life of 10 hours and a battery capacity of 5000mAh. The phone is huge and has decent battery life. The only drawback is that it charges slow.
The large 6-inch screen is great for the price and the dual cameras make this a great choice if you want a simple, affordable budget phone that lasts for a few days. For this one, you are looking at a price range between $300 - $320.
Motorola Moto E5
5.7 inches Max View 18:9, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen | Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery | Rear Camera: 13 MP (f/2.0, 1.12µm), phase detection autofocus, LED flash | Front Camera: 5 MP (f/2.2), LED flash | Fingerprint (rear-mounted) | Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 | Android 8.0 (Oreo) | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
Battery Life
The next smartphone with the best battery life on the list is the Motorola Moto E5. It has 11 hours of battery life with a battery capacity of 5000mAh.
This is a standard smartphone is with standard performance and typical hardware specs of a budget smartphone. But with has plenty of battery power, and is available at an affordable price, it is one of the most affordable smartphones to get right now. Speaking of price, the price range you are looking at with this phone is between $120 to $140.
Huawei Mate 20 Pro
AMOLED 6.39-inch (1440 x 3120) | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors | Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) | HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm), Octa-core | HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm) | Yes, NM card, up to 256GB (uses SIM 2) | 12 MP + 16 MP + 8 MP | Leica optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass | WiFi, Bluetooth | 188 g | 128GB storage | Android 9.0 (Pie) | 6GB RAM | takes up the SIM 2 slot
Battery Life
The next smartphone with the best battery life is the Huawei Mate 20 Pro at 12 hours battery life with a battery capacity of 4200 mAh. Huawei has done a good job on the battery life of this smartphone.
Not only that. It also has an amazing display, three excellent rear cameras, and reverse wireless charging. The price range is between $750 and $830.
Motorola Moto G7
Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual) | 6.2" HD+ Max Vision display, 19:9 (1570x720) | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Moto Face unlock | Fingerprint reader | Water repellent design with P2i nano coating | 64GB storage with MicroSD Card support (up to 512 GB) | 4GB RAM | Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 | 5000 mAh, Non-removable | Rear Camera, 12MP, LED flash | Front Camera, 8MP, Screen flash
Battery Life
The next smartphone with the best battery life is the Moto G7 coming at 14 hours and with a battery capacity of 5000 mAh. This is the highest number of all in the list and can be ranked as THE smartphone with the best battery life.
From the specs, it's water-resistant making it durable, but sadly it is under-powered with standard smartphone memory so it not handle the multitasking of apps very well. If the battery life is what you are looking for then this smartphone is for you. Price range between $270 - $300.
The Result
Let's summarise.
The top 3 smartphones with the best battery life are:
3rd place, Motorola Moto E5 Plus with 11 hours.
2nd place, Huawei Mate 20 Pro with 12 hours;
1st place, Motorola Moto G7 with 14 hours.
The winner, the Motorola Moto G7 smartphone at a whopping 14 hours!!
Final Word
These smartphones are mostly mid-range to top-ranked, with the 2nd place winner, Huawei Mate 20 Pro being one of the top-ranked and the most expensive on the list.
So it really is a good idea to consider the battery life of a smartphone. If you use your smartphone most of the time during the day it's best I recommend one of these phones to you.
So what do you think? Are you going to consider the battery life of a smartphone for your next purchase? What are your thoughts on these phones reviewed? Leave me a comment below.
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I’m left wondering why these batteries seem to diminish so frequently?
The more expensive and higher range the phone I have, the quicker the battery seems to degrade and it’s capacity goes down sharpish. I know overcharging a phone can lead to this wear of battery life, but is there anything else I should be looking out for to extend it’s life?
It is a sad reality. I mean we are told to not charge your phone battery to 100% as it diminishes your phone’s battery life. So getting a phone with long battery life is a good idea so you won’t have to charge them that often. Thank you for your comments.
Battery life was one of my main concern when choosing a smartphone. It’s very frustrating when I’m out of a charger’s range and seeing my battery at 5%. You have made a real effort here in making a list of very affordable, yet battery performing smartphones.
I am about to be in the market for a new smartphone myself and if I had to choose from your list, I totally agree with your winner. Motorola has been around since the cell phone was invented and they are very reliable. I remember back in the ’90s that my first cell phone was a Motorola. I have since bought other brands, but I think it’s time I come back to the source.
I have bookmarked your site so that I can come back when it’s time to make my purchase in a couple of weeks!
Thanks
I agree with your statement. The Motorola has been around for decades and has experience in making smartphones. Although they are not so many people good in hardware specs, it is a good idea to have another phone that can give more juice if your primary phone mid-range or high-end phone loses power. Thank you for your comments. I am sure you will make the right choice when looking for a smartphone. Take it Easy!
Thanks for sharing this on smartphone battery life. Yes battery life is really important in considering when buying a smartphone It’s interesting to know that some smartphones that I thought they have good battery life(10 hours) are not even in the list and that shows that I only know what I know. Thanks for this informative article. I am not a user of Motorola smartphone but am impressed with having 16hours life and some wonderful specifications. I may consider buying Motorola because I really like phone with a long battery life. Thanks for sharing this article.
“Would You Like to Know Which Smartphone Has The Longest Battery Life?” This is an informative and educative article. Every smartphone owners will relate you very well with respect to the menace of batteries! Smartphones are now very popular with thousands of brands to choose from. Like you said your need should determine what you are to buy. I use my phone online 20hours a day! I cannot buy a smartphone with less than 5000mAh regardless of the other features. My wife love taking pictures with her phones so she wouldn’t touch a phone with less than 16Mp camera.
Why is Samsung not included in the list?
Thank you for your comments.
Upon my research, I had come across the smartphones presented in the post and had discovered that only mid-range priced smartphones had longer battery life. I was too surprised that Samsung was not among them but I will continue as there are so many phones out there, even Apple smartphones could be among the longest battery life phones. If I find out info I will open up a new post and include info on more smartphones.
So look out for more posts soon on smartphones with the longest battery life.
Longer battery life is the latest marketing tactics smartphone manufacturers are using as a competitive edge. Based on past experience, without reading your post, I would say a capital NO to Motorola smartphone. However, it seems they have improved a lot based on the two Motorola phones you included in your review. I use a Sony Xperia smartphone and I can say the battery is ok, but I want something better. When next I’m changing my phone I would likely go for the Asus Fenzone Max Pro M1. The price is okay and I like the features. I’m okay with the 10 hours battery life