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Step aside, Sony Xperia Z3, the Motorola DROID Turbo is the new king of flagship battery life

By Chris P.

Updated: Oct 31, 2014, 7:59 AM

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Step aside, Sony Xperia Z3, the Motorola DROID Turbo is the new king of flagship battery life

When just a little over a month ago the Sony Xperia Z3 passed through our custom battery life benchmark with flying colors, it earned itself the title of the ultimate flagship endurance king. But a lot can happen in a month when we're talking about as competitive an industry as the mobile one, and, sure enough – the Motorola DROID Turbo happened.

Get a hold of this, folks – Motorola's insanely spec'd out new flagship clocked the amazing 10 hours and 43 minutes on our trying battery life test – more than any other high-end model we've tested, ever. In fact, the only two devices that are more resilient are the ZTE Max and the Huawei Ascend Mate 2, both of which are significantly less decked out. This puts the DROID Turbo ahead of the Xperia Z3 (9 hours 29 minutes) and even the Xperia Z3 Compact (10 hours 2 minute). What's more, this results gives the Turbo a solid lead on other Quad HD smartphones, like the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (8 hours 43 minutes) and the LG G3 (6 hours 14 minutes).

So how did the Turbo do it? Well, Motorola obviously did a commendable job picking up a power-efficient Quad HD screen, and we suspect a fair amount of optimizations were also carried out on the back end, but we obviously have to also address the fact that it packs an enormous, 3,900 mAh battery. Sure, that does come at the expense of thinness (the Turbo is 0.44 in- / 11.2 mm-thick), and this could very well be a deal-breaker, but we suspect quite a few people will be more than willing to overlook that considering what they're get in return. Now, just imagine if the Turbo had a 1080p screen...

Last, but not least, the otherwise massive cell inside the Turbo needs only 126 minutes, which is pretty impressive, considering its size. Take a look and, if you haven't done so yet – waste no time and go check out our in-depth review of the Motorola DROID Turbo.

We measure battery life by running a custom web-script,designed to replicate the power consumption of typical real-life usage.All devices that go through the test have their displays set at 200-nit brightness.

name	hoursHigher is better

HTC One(M8)	7h 12 min(Average)
Motorola Moto X(2014)	5h 45 min(Poor)
Apple iPhone 6	5h 22 min(Poor)
LG G3	6h 14 min(Poor)
Samsung Galaxy S5	7h 38 min(Average)
Samsung Galaxy Note4	8h 43 min(Good)
Apple iPhone 6 Plus	6h 32 min(Average)
Sony Xperia Z3	9h 29 min(Good)
Motorola DROID Turbo	10h 42 min(Excellent)

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Chris Panayotov is a former mobile tech reviewer of phones, tablets and wearables at PhoneArena. However, his contribution to PhoneArena content includes not just reviews, but all kinds of regular and experimental features, such as news stories, buying guides, and an exclusive column on the most notable phones out of Asia.

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Step aside, Sony Xperia Z3, the Motorola DROID Turbo is the new king of flagship battery life

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HTC One(M8)	3h 27 min
Motorola Moto X(2014)	2h 56 min
Apple iPhone 6	2h 27 min
LG G3	2h
Samsung Galaxy S5	2h 2 min
Samsung Galaxy Note4	1h 35 min
Apple iPhone 6 Plus	2h 51 min
Sony Xperia Z3	3h 55 min
Motorola DROID Turbo	2h 6 min