The Lenovo Vibe Shot packs a surprisingly beefy battery for a 5-incher. 3,000mAh rivals the Xperia Z lineup, which is known for great battery life. The Snapdragon 615 chipset should do quite well too.
"Should," but the Endurance rating of 54 hours is less than we expected. The ZTE Nubia Z9 mini (2,900mAh, S615) lasted 10 hours longer, while the OnePlus X matched it (2,520mAh, old S800 chipset). What went wrong? Let's investigate.
The Talk time of 16 hours and a bit is less than the Z9 mini, but beats out the OnePlus and the Huawei Honor 7 (3,100mAh, Kirin 935). The Xperia Z5 Compact lasts almost double this time with a smaller battery though, so the Vibe Shot is average but there's plenty of room to optimize.
Talk time
Oppo R7 Plus 30:46h
OnePlus 2 30:29h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 30:29h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL 29:46h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM 29:46h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE 29:46h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM 29:46h
Samsung Galaxy Note5 28:34h
Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE 28:25h
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact 28:23h
Huawei G8 27:44h
Samsung Galaxy S6 active 26:29h
Motorola Moto X Play 26:28h
Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos 25:12h
Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos 25:02h
Samsung Galaxy A8 25:02h
Oppo R7s 24:03h
LG AKA 23:20h
Meizu PRO 5 23:10h
Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM 23:09h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE 23:09h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Dual SIM 23:09h
Oppo R7 22:58h
Motorola Moto E (2nd gen) 22:36h
Motorola Moto X Style 22:23h
ZTE Nubia Z9 22:20h
Lenovo ZUK Z1 22:13h
Yota YotaPhone 2 22:09h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 22:02h
Xiaomi Mi 4i 21:02h
Meizu m2 note 20:55h
Huawei Nexus 6P 20:50h
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium 20:27h
Asus Zenfone Selfie ZD551KL 20:22h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 19:48h
ZTE Nubia Z9 mini 19:08h
Samsung Galaxy J7 18:37h
Xiaomi Mi 4c 18:31h
Huawei P8lite ALE-L04 18:25h
LG G Flex2 17:51h
Huawei P8lite 17:38h
Sony Xperia Z5 17:13h
Lenovo K3 Note 17:13h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 17:09h
LG Nexus 5X 16:57h
vivo X5Pro 16:57h
Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM 16:50h
Microsoft Lumia 950 XL 16:50h
LG V10 16:40h
LG G4 16:40h
Lenovo Vibe Shot 16:17h
Sony Xperia Z3+ 16:13h
Meizu m1 metal 16:02h
OnePlus X 15:57h
Apple iPhone 6s Plus 15:51h
Microsoft Lumia 435 15:50h
Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM 15:50h
Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 15:47h
Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe ZE551ML 15:47h
Archos 50 Diamond 15:23h
ZTE Blade S6 15:01h
Nokia Lumia 830 14:56h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra Dual 14:53h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra 14:53h
Meizu m1 note 14:53h
Xiaomi Redmi 1S 14:51h
Samsung Galaxy J2 14:51h
Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) 14:45h
BlackBerry Priv 14:40h
Huawei Honor 7 14:33h
Xiaomi Mi Note 14:31h
Sony Xperia E3 14:28h
Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM 14:24h
Microsoft Lumia 532 14:24h
HTC Desire 820 dual sim 14:17h
HTC Desire 820 14:17h
Motorola Moto G 4G 14:17h
Oppo N3 14:14h
HTC Desire 510 14:06h
Huawei Mate S 13:53h
Huawei P8 13:50h
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 13:20h
Meizu MX5 13:15h
Sony Xperia C4 Dual 13:11h
Oppo R1x 12:33h
Xiaomi Redmi 2 12:33h
Lenovo Vibe X2 12:30h
Apple iPhone 6 12:23h
Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM 12:15h
HTC One E9+ 12:07h
BlackBerry Leap 12:05h
Motorola Moto G (2nd gen) 11:49h
Microsoft Lumia 550 11:40h
HTC One A9 11:12h
Sony Xperia E4 11:07h
Sony Xperia E4g 11:07h
Lenovo S90 Sisley 10:00h
Oppo R5 9:45h
Apple iPhone 6s 9:41h
Gionee Elife S5.1 8:55h
Microsoft Lumia 950 8:25h
The Web browsing time of 8 hours is more competitive, though there are plenty of phones that push past the 10 hour mark with 3,000mAh or less in their tank. The Huawei P8 (2,600mAh) lasted over 13 hours, but the Nexus 5X (2,700mAh) did 8 and a half hours with the latest Android.
Web browsing
Samsung Galaxy S6 active 16:25h
Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE 15:05h
Sony Xperia Z5 14:35h
Huawei P8 13:32h
Meizu PRO 5 12:51h
Motorola Moto E (2nd gen) 12:42h
Apple iPhone 6s 12:27h
ZTE Nubia Z9 12:18h
Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos 12:18h
Samsung Galaxy A8 12:18h
Motorola Moto X Play 11:52h
Apple iPhone 6s Plus 11:51h
Meizu m1 metal 11:33h
Sony Xperia E4g 11:32h
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact 11:20h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 10:56h
Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM 10:52h
Microsoft Lumia 950 XL 10:50h
Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM 10:50h
Lenovo ZUK Z1 10:46h
Samsung Galaxy Note5 10:43h
Oppo R7 Plus 10:39h
LG AKA 10:38h
Huawei Honor 7 10:38h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 10:25h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Dual SIM 10:23h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE 10:23h
Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM 10:23h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL 10:14h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM 10:14h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM 10:14h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE 10:14h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 10:12h
Huawei G8 10:00h
Meizu m2 note 9:54h
Huawei Mate S 9:43h
vivo X5Pro 9:34h
Xiaomi Mi 4c 9:32h
Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos 9:30h
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium 9:29h
Samsung Galaxy J7 9:04h
Meizu MX5 9:03h
Samsung Galaxy J2 8:58h
Huawei P8lite ALE-L04 8:42h
Huawei Nexus 6P 8:35h
LG Nexus 5X 8:32h
Xiaomi Mi 4i 8:27h
Huawei P8lite 8:27h
BlackBerry Priv 8:20h
LG V10 8:20h
Lenovo Vibe Shot 8:11h
Oppo R7s 8:07h
HTC One E9+ 8:05h
OnePlus 2 8:05h
Lenovo Vibe X2 8:01h
Motorola Nexus 6 7:54h
LG G4 7:54h
Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe ZE551ML 7:52h
Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 7:52h
ZTE Nubia Z9 mini 7:44h
Asus Zenfone Selfie ZD551KL 7:43h
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 7:42h
BlackBerry Leap 7:37h
Samsung Galaxy A3 Duos 7:36h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 7:36h
Samsung Galaxy A3 7:36h
HTC One M9 7:31h
Microsoft Lumia 950 7:29h
Oppo R7 7:22h
Archos 50 Diamond 7:20h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra Dual 7:15h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra 7:15h
Huawei Ascend P7 7:13h
Samsung ATIV SE 7:12h
Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) 7:11h
Oppo Find 7a 7:09h
Sony Xperia C4 Dual 7:05h
Gionee Elife S5.1 7:04h
ZTE Blade S6 7:01h
Lenovo S90 Sisley 7:00h
Microsoft Lumia 550 6:55h
Xiaomi Redmi 1S 6:54h
Motorola Moto X Style 6:49h
Motorola Moto G (2nd gen) 6:37h
HTC One mini 2 06:33h
OnePlus X 6:32h
LG G3 6:29h
Yota YotaPhone 2 6:23h
Xiaomi Mi Note 6:19h
LG G Flex2 6:16h
Lenovo K3 Note 5:56h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5:53h
Xiaomi Redmi 2 5:41h
HTC Desire 616 dual sim 5:24h
HTC One A9 5:22h
Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM 5:21h
Gionee Elife S5.5 5:10h
Oppo Find 7 5:02h
Nokia Lumia 930 4:57h
Acer Liquid Jade S 4:54h
Oppo R5 4:05h
The culprit seems to be the Video player, the Lenovo Vibe Shot couldn’t make it to 6 hours while playing video on a loop. Even the OnePlus X (which tanked on the Web test with a 6:30 score) did 7 hours. Snapdragon 615 does not have the best video decoding hardware, but the ZTE Nubia Z9 mini lasted an hour longer with the same chipset and the screen brightness setting.
Video playback
Oppo R7 Plus 18:04h
Samsung Galaxy S6 active 18:03h
Meizu PRO 5 18:02h
Samsung Galaxy J7 16:22h
Lenovo ZUK Z1 14:14h
Oppo R7s 14:05h
Apple iPhone 6s Plus 13:57h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 13:53h
Samsung Galaxy Note5 13:51h
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact 13:04h
Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos 12:45h
Samsung Galaxy A8 12:45h
Motorola Moto X Play 12:06h
LG AKA 11:54h
Asus Zenfone Selfie ZD551KL 11:32h
Huawei Mate S 11:26h
Xiaomi Mi 4c 10:47h
Apple iPhone 6s 10:46h
vivo X5Pro 10:41h
Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM 10:38h
Microsoft Lumia 950 XL 10:38h
Samsung Galaxy J2 10:35h
Huawei G8 10:20h
Xiaomi Mi 4i 10:11h
Huawei P8lite ALE-L04 10:00h
Huawei Nexus 6P 9:59h
Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos 9:58h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 9:57h
Huawei Honor 7 9:43h
Microsoft Lumia 950 9:40h
Oppo R7 9:33h
Motorola Moto X Style 9:14h
Meizu MX5 9:13h
Huawei P8lite 9:00h
Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe ZE551ML 8:34h
HTC One A9 8:33h
Meizu m1 metal 8:11h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra 7:58h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra Dual 7:58h
Sony Xperia Z5 7:53h
LG V10 7:30h
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium 7:14h
ZTE Nubia Z9 7:11h
ZTE Nubia Z9 mini 7:02h
HTC One E9+ 7:00h
Lenovo K3 Note 6:55h
OnePlus X 6:55h
BlackBerry Priv 6:33h
Meizu m2 note 6:27h
LG Nexus 5X 6:25h
Lenovo Vibe Shot 5:40h
Sony Xperia C4 Dual 5:39h
Sony Xperia Z 5:39h
Pantech Burst 5:38h
Sony Xperia acro S 5:38h
HTC Desire X 5:38h
Meizu MX3 5:38h
Samsung Galaxy Core LTE 5:34h
Sony Xperia ZL 5:28h
Meizu MX 5:27h
Oppo R5 5:27h
Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM 5:27h
HTC Rhyme 5:23h
HTC One V 5:20h
Nokia Lumia 900 AT&T 5:18h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5:18h
Oppo Find 5 5:18h
Acer CloudMobile S500 5:18h
Samsung P6200 Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 5:16h
HTC Desire 616 dual sim 5:15h
Lenovo Vibe X2 5:09h
BlackBerry Curve 9380 5:09h
Microsoft Lumia 550 5:05h
HTC Rezound 5:03h
Samsung Galaxy Fame S6810 5:02h
LG Nexus 5 5:01h
LG Nexus 4 E960 4:55h
Sony Xperia L 4:44h
Acer Liquid Jade S 4:31h
Sony Xperia P 4:30h
Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562 4:30h
LG Nitro HD 4:17h
LG Optimus 4X HD P880 4:14h
LG Optimus 3D Max P720 3:28h
Nokia Lumia 710 3:27h
The Lenovo Vibe Shot is a dual-SIM phone, but that doesn’t have much of an effect on the battery life. Adding a second SIM card shaved a mere 2 hours from its Endurance rating – going from 54 hours to 52.
With moderate usage you can easily go two days on a single charge with the Shot, provided you don't watch a lot of videos. You'll be installing a third-party video player anyway (the built-in one isn’t very good), so they may offer better efficiency.
This test is just a simulation for your estimation.. They cannot cater to all types of users running multiple apps in background or over 4G.. This is not your mother's website you know
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