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GSMArena team, 11 May 2012

Alien vs. Predator


Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III vs. HTC One X: Alien vs. Predator

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  • One X

8. Battery life
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Hardware overview, display comparison
  3. 3. Software and features
  4. 4. Synthetic benchmarks
  5. 5. Camera
  6. 6. Video recording
  7. 7. Speakerphone, audio quality
  8. 8. Battery life
  9. 9. Conclusion
  10.  
  11. HTC One X specification
  12. Review comments (672)

Samsung HTC Android

Battery life

A quad-core chipset and a 4-something-inch HD display doesn't exactly sound like a recipe for great battery life, but our contenders have prepared pretty well. The HTC One X comes with a pretty large 1800 mAh battery, while the Galaxy S III comes with an even more impressive 2100 mAh power pack.

We were curious to find out whether the extra 300 mAh inside the Galaxy S III can compensate for its slightly larger screen and the lack of a low-power CPU core in its chipset.

As usual, we started with the 3G talk time and we saw both participants put up a great performance. With the large power-hungry screens out of the equation, the beasts kept going for quite a while. The One X lasted 9 hours and 57 minutes of telephony on a single charge, while the Galaxy S III managed the hard to believe 10 hours and 20 minutes.


Talk time

  • Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III
    10:20
  • HTC One X
    9:57

The two flagships were less convincing in the browser endurance test. The HTC One X shut down just 4 hours and 18 minutes into the test and the Galaxy S III went on for 5 hours and 17 minutes. We were actually rather surprised that the S III came out on top here, knowing how taxing the predominantly white web pages are on AMOLEDs.

Web browsing

  • Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III
    5:17
  • HTC One X
    4:18

The HTC One X suffered a humiliation in the video playback part of our test. The Galaxy S III put the superior power efficiency of its screen to great use here and took a minute over 10 hours to deplete 90% of its battery. The HTC One X, on the other hand, gave up after less than 6 hours of SD playback.

Video playback

  • Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III
    10:01
  • HTC One X
    5:45

Unsurprisingly, the final results favored the Samsung smartphone. The Galaxy S III got an endurance rating of 43h, suggesting that it will last for 6 hours per charge longer than its rival if you use it for an hour of talk time, web browsing and video playback per day.


Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III battery life test results


HTC One X battery life test results

You can learn more about our testing procedure over here.

Next Page » 9. Conclusion
8. Battery life
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Hardware overview, display comparison
  3. 3. Software and features
  4. 4. Synthetic benchmarks
  5. 5. Camera
  6. 6. Video recording
  7. 7. Speakerphone, audio quality
  8. 8. Battery life
  9. 9. Conclusion
  10.  
  11. HTC One X specification
  12. Review comments (672)

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  • Comments (672)
  • One X

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