The LG Nexus 5X comes with Doze, the new Android feature that promises to extend standby time by being smart about when it lets apps run in the background. To be fair, the old Nexus 5 will get the same feature after the update, but its replacement has two hardware improvements that software updates can't make up for.
The first is the bigger battery – 2,700mAh – and the second is the newer chipset, Snapdragon 808, built on a 20nm process instead of the 28nm process used for the Snapdragon 800.
The new Nexus 5X significantly improves the talk time over its predecessor and indeed posts and above average of 17 hours. We've seen much better performance, the Moto X Style (S808, 3,000mAh) went over 22 hours, and worse – the LG G4 (S808, 3,000mAh) couldn’t quite make it to 17 hours.
Talk time
Oppo R7 Plus 30:46h
OnePlus 2 30:29h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 30:29h
Motorola DROID Turbo 30:09h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM 29:46h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL 29:46h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM 29:46h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE 29:46h
Samsung Galaxy Note5 28:34h
Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE 28:25h
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact 28:23h
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
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 23:49h
LG AKA 23:20h
Meizu PRO 5 23:10h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE 23:09h
Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM 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
Meizu MX4 Pro 22:09h
Yota YotaPhone 2 22:09h
Xiaomi Mi 4i 21:02h
Meizu m2 note 20:55h
HTC One M9 20:44h
Asus Zenfone Selfie ZD551KL 20:22h
Samsung Galaxy E7 20:04h
Samsung Galaxy A3 20:04h
Samsung Galaxy A3 Duos 20:04h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 19:48h
Samsung Galaxy S6 19:48h
HTC Desire Eye 19:11h
Samsung Galaxy J7 18:37h
Xiaomi Mi 4c 18:31h
Huawei P8lite ALE-L04 18:25h
Samsung Galaxy A5 Duos 18:02h
Samsung Galaxy A5 18:02h
LG G Flex2 17:51h
Huawei P8lite 17:38h
vivo X5Max 17:23h
Sony Xperia Z5 17:13h
Lenovo K3 Note 17:13h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 17:09h
LG Nexus 5X 16:57h
Acer Liquid Jade S 16:51h
LG V10 16:40h
LG G4 16:40h
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact 16:40h
Sony Xperia M2 Aqua 16:39h
Motorola Moto E 16:38h
Meizu MX4 16:25h
Sony Xperia Z3+ 16:13h
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
Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) 14:45h
Huawei Honor 7 14:33h
Xiaomi Mi Note 14:31h
Sony Xperia E3 14:28h
Microsoft Lumia 532 14:24h
Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM 14:24h
HTC Desire 820 dual sim 14:17h
HTC Desire 820 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
Xiaomi Redmi 2 12:33h
Oppo R1x 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
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
The web browsing time is also above average at 8 and half hours (beating the median time by almost an hour). Both the Moto and G4 performed worse (but have big QHD screens). The Sony Xperia Z5 (S810, 2,900mAh, 5.1" 1080p) lasted a whopping 6 hours longer.
Web browsing
Sony Xperia E4 16:40h
Samsung Galaxy S6 active 16:25h
Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE 15:05h
Sony Xperia Z5 14:35h
Huawei P8 13:32h
Meizu m1 note 13:05h
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
Sony Xperia Z3+ 11:51h
Apple iPhone 6s Plus 11:51h
Samsung Galaxy A5 Duos 11:36h
Samsung Galaxy A5 11:36h
Sony Xperia E4g 11:32h
Motorola DROID Turbo 11:31h
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact 11:20h
Samsung Galaxy S6 10:56h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 10:56h
Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM 10:52h
Microsoft Lumia 532 10:52h
Lenovo ZUK Z1 10:46h
Samsung Galaxy Note5 10:43h
Oppo R7 Plus 10:39h
Huawei Honor 7 10:38h
LG AKA 10:38h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 10:25h
Meizu MX4 Pro 10:24h
Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM 10:23h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE 10:23h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Dual SIM 10:23h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM 10:14h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE 10:14h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL 10:14h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM 10:14h
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
Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM 9:22h
Microsoft Lumia 435 9:22h
vivo X5Max 9:19h
Oppo R1x 9:10h
Samsung Galaxy J7 9:04h
Meizu MX5 9:03h
Huawei P8lite ALE-L04 8:42h
LG Nexus 5X 8:32h
Huawei P8lite 8:27h
Xiaomi Mi 4i 8:27h
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 8:25h
LG V10 8:20h
Nokia Lumia 735 8:20h
Samsung Galaxy E7 8:17h
Oppo N3 8:16h
OnePlus 2 8:05h
HTC One E9+ 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
Asus Zenfone Selfie ZD551KL 7:43h
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 7:42h
BlackBerry Leap 7:37h
Samsung Galaxy A3 7:36h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 7:36h
Samsung Galaxy A3 Duos 7:36h
HTC One M9 7:31h
Oppo R7 7:22h
Archos 50 Diamond 7:20h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra Dual 7:15h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra 7:15h
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
Xiaomi Redmi 1S 6:54h
Motorola Moto X Style 6:49h
Motorola Moto G (2nd gen) 6:37h
HTC One mini 2 06:33h
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
Oppo Find 7 5:02h
Nokia Lumia 930 4:57h
Acer Liquid Jade S 4:54h
Oppo R5 4:05h
It's the video playback time that doesn’t live up to the common performance of a modern smartphone. At six and a half hours, even the LG G4 and Moto X Style with their sizeable screens outlast the Nexus 5X. Even the new HTC One A9 with a tiny 2,150mAh battery and less capable chipset (28nm) went on for 8 hours and 30 minutes.
Video playback
Oppo R7 Plus 18:04h
Samsung Galaxy S6 active 18:03h
Meizu PRO 5 18:02h
Samsung Galaxy J7 16:22h
Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE 14:58h
Lenovo ZUK Z1 14:14h
Apple iPhone 6s Plus 13:57h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 13:53h
Samsung Galaxy Note5 13:51h
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact 13:04h
Motorola Moto E (2nd gen) 13:04h
Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos 12:45h
Samsung Galaxy A8 12:45h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 12:12h
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
Xiaomi Mi 4i 10:11h
Huawei P8lite ALE-L04 10:00h
Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos 9:58h
Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM 9:43h
Huawei Honor 7 9:43h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE 9:43h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Dual SIM 9:43h
Oppo R7 9:33h
Huawei P8 9:25h
Motorola Moto X Style 9:14h
Meizu MX5 9:13h
Huawei P8lite 9:00h
BlackBerry Leap 8:59h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE 8:40h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM 8:40h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM 8:40h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL 8:40h
Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe ZE551ML 8:34h
HTC One A9 8:33h
Archos 50 Diamond 8:24h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra 7:58h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra Dual 7:58h
Sony Xperia Z5 7:53h
LG V10 7:30h
ZTE Nubia Z9 7:11h
HTC One E9+ 7:00h
Lenovo K3 Note 6:55h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 6:37h
Meizu m2 note 6:27h
LG Nexus 5X 6:25h
Nokia Lumia 510 6:23h
LG Optimus Vu F100S 6:23h
Nokia Lumia 920 6:19h
Sony Xperia Z1 6:12h
Sony Xperia E1 6:12h
Nokia X 6:10h
Samsung Galaxy Pocket S5300 6:06h
Gionee Elife S5.1 6:06h
HTC One mini 2 06:05h
Motorola Moto G (2nd gen) 6:05h
Sony Xperia ion LTE 6:03h
Gionee Elife S5.5 6:02h
Sony Xperia T 6:01h
Motorola ATRIX HD MB886 6:01h
Sony Xperia E4g 6:00h
Oppo Find 7 5:58h
Oppo R819 5:54h
LG Optimus L9 P760 5:53h
Nokia Lumia 520 5:50h
LG G Pro 2 5:49h
Nokia Lumia 930 5:48h
BlackBerry Bold 9790 5:47h
Sony Xperia Z 5:39h
Sony Xperia C4 Dual 5:39h
Meizu MX3 5:38h
HTC Desire X 5:38h
Sony Xperia acro S 5:38h
Pantech Burst 5:38h
Samsung Galaxy Core LTE 5:34h
Sony Xperia ZL 5:28h
Oppo R5 5:27h
Meizu MX 5:27h
Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM 5:27h
HTC One V 5:20h
Acer CloudMobile S500 5:18h
Oppo Find 5 5:18h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5:18h
HTC Desire 616 dual sim 5:15h
BlackBerry Curve 9380 5:09h
Lenovo Vibe X2 5:09h
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
With two good results and one disappointment, plus the new Doze feature, the endurance rating works out to 60 hours. Of the competitors mentioned above, only the Xperia Z5 (73h) and Moto X Style (63h) last longer.
The LG Nexus 5X is good for about two and a half days of moderate use, but with heavy use it will get you to the end of the second day. The powerful charger that comes with it – 5V @ 3A or 15W – is quick to top up the battery.
You can even sneak in half an hour of charging and it will make a great impact. To charge at the office you will need a USB Type-C cable and those are fairly rare. And you can pack up your wireless charger from the Nexus 5, the 5X doesn’t support it.
GSMA should change their way to test the battery
measure certain phone with a different nits
and another phone with different nits ant try to say
this one is better than the other is absolutely ridiculous.
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