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If a long-life battery tops your list of phone needs, you can't do better than these. Did yours make the list?

 

This article gives real world talk times for the Motorola Moto Z Play, Huawei Mate 9, Samsung Galaxy S7 Active (and S7 Edge and S7), OnePlus 3T, BlackBerry DTEK60, Samsung Galaxy J3

 

See how they rate against each other. I own the one rated tops in battery talk times and standby. I can attest that they have it right. And it takes less than an hour to charge mine of fast chargers, as well as having a battery pack I can snap it into.

 

This is an ongoing article that updates every time a new candidate phone with extended battery life is released and can be tested. They've been doing this series since 2011.

 

Excerpt:

 

"The last thing you want is for your phone to run out of juice when you need it most.

 

Usually, a phone lasts a full work day with moderate use. But if you use it heavily, you'll need to recharge it more often. Batteries also lose steam over time, running down faster the longer you've owned the phone. The spectre of losing battery -- and therefore losing your communication hub -- is frightening and real.

 

If you feel your handset battery seems to be stuck in the '90s and doesn't last as long as you'd like, you're not alone. So if a long-life battery tops your list of smartphone needs, check out these top-scorers -- they lasted impressively long during our lab tests for continuous video playback on Airplane mode."

 

The full article with run times of the top six today is here with links and other topics:

https://www.cnet.com/news/smartphones-best-long-battery-life/?ftag=CAD1acfa04&bhid=20640562413884385817807471581031

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Smart phones seem to have terrible battery life. My Samsung flip phone goes three weeks 24/7 on one charge. I know, I know it won't do everything a smart phone will. But it does everything I want it to. :)

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As far as smartphones go these Moto Z Droid Plays are amazing. they last two days longer than my 2005-2010 flip phones for my last professional working stint.. Those Motorola flip phones didn't last a full day of non stop use on my last job. Of course they were 18 hour days. Read the link above and see how amazed the pro reviewers are. I am on day three with 18% left, so tomorrow I have to remember to charge it or plug it in tonight.

 

I can't make it anymore without an SD card of music and downloaded movies or my current Kindle book on it for waiting rooms. I really don't use them for emails or streaming as we have all that at home. For trips we have mobile Bluetooth sound systems and hybrid Windows computers. (Tablet with removable tablet screen)

 

My wife had to have her flip phone pried from her and then now says that she does not know how she did without one. As do I.

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I have the S7. if i keep wifi/data off battery life last a whole day. if i put it on. by mid afternoon i'm looking to plug in. an those old phones the one i use to have could last a long long time. On the S7 if i put it on Extended Power saver mode it would last 2 days but then it knocks off stuff that you bought the phone for in the first place.

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Three days for mine with all turned on. But using navigation with the rest turned on (music playing, Wi-Fi/data, and Bluetooth sending the music to our Jabra Cruiser 2's that in turn send it in FM to our audio systems) will cause it to go down after two days of heavy use.

 

They charge to full from empty in about 45 Minutes or so. And we have the Moto mod wireless charging mods that magnetically snap on for a full charge too.

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Kellyon,

I had to look that up.  Great looking phone! great Specs too. They just announced a black finish too.  Your phone has a 3400 mAh battery : https://oneplus.net/3t

The Moto Z PLay I have has a non-removable Li-Ion 3510 mAh battery.  It has a turbopower charger and comes with the Turbo charger which, in a pinch, will give 9 hours battery life  in 15 minutes charge time! In mixed usage it gets up to 50 hoursThe TurboPower 15 charger is included in the box. https://www.motorola.com/us/products/moto-z-play  Scroll down and click on "View full specs" on that page.

Yours has a higher powered processor and double the RAM as mine, so it will use up power faster. How do you like the Operating system? I use SquareHome to make my Android phone look and act like a windows phone:  https://apkpure.com/squarehome-2-launcher/com.ss.squarehome2 

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Kellyon, there seems to be an issue with the latest update: https://oneplus.net/3t/specs

I didn't like the camera on our Moto Z PLay Droids, but found someone who switched to the T3 and likes the pics from the moto better: https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/worst-camera-op3t.499830/

Thanks for the heads up on the oxygen OS and the phones.

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