Smartphone with best battery life

[smitbret]

So in other words, it's too difficult to argue with reality, so you're going to continue to live in your fantasy world? Clearly your grasp on reality is tenuous at best if you think android a mere toy, and Blackberry to be worth as much as a good solid doorstop.

I didn't say Android was a toy I just said that compared to a Blackberry my Nexus feels like a toy.

OP wanted to know what smartphone had the best battery life and the Z30 has some of the best battery life out there.

If that's not enough, go back to OS7 and a BB9700/9780/9900 and get 3 days of normal use out of the smartphone.

I'm sorry if a Blackberry 9700 won't play your FPS or RPG but if you need a communication device that allows the installation of apps, GPS, etc. and need the best battery life out there, it's not close.

I don't recall OP asking for the best Android or iPhone or Windows or QNX or BB or any of that. I don't recall him asking any questions about EOL or Developer support. In fact I just reviewed the Original Post:

What smartphone has the best battery life with a normal size battery capacity in your experience?

Don't see any qualifiers at all in there? Maybe he was speaking in some form of alternate English that I'm not familiar with. It doesn't really have the have the feel of Ebonics or a Cajun accent..... hmmmmm. I don't see where you got that from the OP. Looks like you may want to brush up on your reading comprehension.

Maybe OP did have a specific OS in mind but I don't see that here.

 

[blairharrington]

My note 2 had 17% left with 1 day 21 hours and 15 minutes on time before I plugged it in today

Why don't you just plug your phone to charge every night?

 

[Concillian]

Pretty much when we're limited to 2A chargers... We have *some* room to play with in that many older phones run at even lower currents. The GS2 ran at 650mA for example for AC charge. That's been increased to 900mA in a Nexus 4. Potentially if you see batteries start breaking 3000 mAh in capacity, perhaps they can wire the circuits to take 1.5A or 2A even for charging to boost times.

There's a limit, but we're not there yet. Plus, with faster charge times, you degrade the battery more, so it's not like charge rate comes free.

My G2 comes with a 1.3A charger, I think. Charges pretty quick, but only with that charger, which they don't seem to sell separate.

Watching videos or playing games is about break-even on power when connected to a standard 500ma usb port.

 

[nOOky]

From Anandtech's own mini review http://www.anandtech.com/show/7251/lg-g2-and-msm8974-snapdragon-800-a-quick-look/3

 

[Apex]

My G2 comes with a 1.3A charger, I think. Charges pretty quick, but only with that charger, which they don't seem to sell separate.

Watching videos or playing games is about break-even on power when connected to a standard 500ma usb port.

The OE charger for the G2 is rated at 1.8 amp, however, it charges at the same speed (roughly 1650mA when battery is low, slowing down as battery is near full) using a wide range of 1.8 to 2.1 amp chargers (ie. Samsung Galaxy S4 charger, Nexus 7 charger, Nook HD charger, HP Touchpad charger, etc).

This being said, it is sensitive to the cable. The stock cable is 3' long and uses 20AWG power conductors. That's pretty much best case scenario. I don't think I've ever found longer cables using 20AWG power.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 cable is a slightly longer cable with 23AWG power conductors. Most high end cables use 24AWG. Cheap cables use 28AWG. All of these noticeably reduce charging throughput. You can measure it using GSam Battery Monitor from the Play Store, or any number of power widgets.