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The Sony Xperia XA Ultra is powered by a 2,700mAh battery with Qnovo's adaptive charging tech. Qnovo prolongs the battery life measured in charge cycles, but it doesn't magically make the small battery last long when powering the huge screen. To...

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...

The Oppo R7s was at the office for a while, and in case you missed it on the homepage, make sure you read the review – it’s a very attractive midranger. In this piece, however, we’ll focus on its battery life and not looks and other merits. The...

By popular demand we are now giving you the full battery life breakdowns of the anticipated Microsoft flagship duo - the Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950 XL. We already published the Lumia 950 review and we found it to be a great way to restart the...

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium is quite special because of its 4K display, but most of the time it runs an upscaled 1080p interface. We know Sony for its optimizations and we’ve seen Xperia phones does impressively in our battery life test. Yet the hot...

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...

Not a particularly well kept secret, the Lenovo Vibe X3 has just been unveiled in China. A successor to the multi-layer Vibe X2, the X3 bears little resemblance to last-year's sharp-edged model, instead adopting more fluid rounded shapes. What's...

The LG V10 garnered a very positive response from our readers and it is indeed an excellent phone. It has two potential drawbacks – the Snapdragon 808 doesn’t have the best GPU for 3D gaming and the 3,000mAh battery is a bit too small for a phone of...

HTC One A9 – the phone to redeem HTC’s past mistakes and the hope for higher sales. Our review impressions turned out a mixed-bag – the One A9 indeed is a device of great build, snappy and offers capable camera, but it’s quite expensive right...

Xiaomi Mi 4c passed through our review with flying colors – we were very pleased with its performance and still camera quality. Today it’s time to give its battery life our traditional breakdown treatment. The Mi 4c runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon...

Meizu MX5 turned out one very interesting device with an excellent 5.5" AMOLED screen, powerful Helio X10 chip and a great 20MP camera. There is also a beefy 3,150 mAh battery to further sweeten the deal. The MediaTek's solutions are rarely...

Our Apple iPhone 6s unit arrived earlier this week and we spent some really quality time with the handset. It turned out its A9 chip is a beast, while its new camera is rather unimpressive. The 3D Touch on the other hand is yet to prove itself as a...

Not overly creative with the naming, vivo has a whole bunch of X5’s and the X5Pro appears to be the most well-rounded among them, as we discovered during our in-depth review. Among its other merits, the vivo X5Pro proved an efficient battery user,...

The Lenovo Vibe X3 smartphone - which was part of the February leak that mentioned a total of 5 Lenovo smartphones, and spotted on GFXBench early last month - has been certified by Chinese telecom regulator TENAA. According to TENAA's...

ZTE Axon Pro turned out one of the season's surprises - it offers great build quality, interesting design, top-notch chipset and hi-fi audio playback, plus you get a free JBL premium headset with each Axon Pro. The Snapdragon SoC isn't...

Now that the fuss after the IFA announcements is finally settling down we got some time to share the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ full battery life test breakdown. Our review was quickly topped by the IFA articles, so in case you've missed it, you may...

OnePlus 2, flagship killer or not, turned out one very interesting high-end smartphone with massive interest online. OnePlus indeed succeeded into hyping the fans and it seems the company delivered for the most part. Whether the choice of...

Samsung surely raised a few eyebrows by equipping the Galaxy Note5 with a smaller battery than its predecessor. The newcomer’s 3,000mAh unit is also non-removable, so we were quite curious to put it through the rigors of our battery test. The...

The Meizu m2 note turned out a capable fella even though it came with an inferior chipset compared to its predecessor. The m2 note still relies on a big 5.5" 1080p display and a MediaTek tech, plus it's powered by a beefy 3,100 mAh...

The ZTE Nubia Z9 left us with some mixed feelings after the review process, but the battery life was mostly in the green. The 2,900mAh battery is about what you would expect from a phone with a 5.2" screen. The Nubia Z9 is neither the thinnest,...