Android Devices

Real battery life comparison (simulation)

New Methodics

(XCTrack will show dialog for landing confirmation, ignore it, wait for discharging to 5% and send the results to "xctrack (@) xcontest (.) org")

New Comparison table

disp. hours tester note
Air3 7" 9:00 Bertrand Fontaine 15 hours with 50% brightness (still very readable)
Alcatel Idol 3 5.5" 6:50 ifrew
Amazon Fire Phone 4.7" 6:30 veetek
Asus Nexus 7 2013 7" 7:30 Johannes
Blackview BV6000S 4.7" 8:00 Siggi with livetracking on
Cubot Dinosaur 5.5" 9:30 nigel_cooper
Hisense A2 pro 5.5" 9:30 benour E-Ink back display
Hisense A5 pro 5.84" 16:30 Leitom b&w e-ink display, white theme
Huawei Mate 10 Pro] 6" AMOLED 23:27 Oliver Muth AMOLED display & black theme
Huawei Nexus 6P] 5.7" 7:46 Jeremy Carr
Lenovo P2 5.5" 20:25 Leitom white theme
Motorola Moto G7 Power 6.2" 13:06 Larry Tudor]
Motorola Moto X 5.2" 10:10 basecumulo black theme on AMOLED display, online with livetracking on
OnePlus X 5" 11:30 veetek AMOLED display & black theme
Onyx Boox Poke 2 6" 16:45 Øyvind Ellefsen e-ink; no internal gps - BT connection used instead; 1500 mAh battery
Snow2 HUD - 8:20 ifrew head-up display
Samsung Galaxy M31s 6.5" 22:00 Max AMOLED display & Black theme. 26 hours in hike&fly mode (no landing detection, no route computations)
Samsung Galaxy S7 5.2" 13:10 Englischdude black theme
Galaxy S8 5.8" 11:33 (Black Theme), 6:30 (White Theme) Andrid Rubenis AMOLED display
Sony Xperia Z3 4.3" 8:20 Rolf Schatzmann
Sony Xperia Z5 5.2" 6:40 Rolf Schatzmann Tested phone a couple of years old
Ulefone Armor 3T 5.7" 14:30 esopeso 103000 mAh bat., integrated PMR
UMIDIGI Bison X10 6.53" 12:01 Karel Hübl 6150 mAh bat., internal baro, 2 HW buttons, 282 g, good GPS reception
Xiaomi Redmi Go 5" 7:30 veetek 3000 mAh battery
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 5.5" 13:30 veetek 4000 mAh bat.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 6.43" 17:40 Damien Varrel 5000 mAh bat., black theme, no terrain map
Yotaphone2 4.7" 13:10 vieuxgun E-ink back display.

Old Methodics (GPS OFF, Wifi ON)

- do not use this anymore - it shows result time 30% longer, because relatively big GPS consumption is not included -

Old Comparison table

disp. hours tester note
Amazon Fire Phone 4.7" 9:00 mat_d tested online with some phone calls and work; good display and baro; real life about 6h
Bluboo X550 5.5" 11:00 vieuxgun battery 5300 mAh
GoClever Tab T76 7.0" 3:45 Spy.Dr 7 minutes more until 1%
Google Nexus 7 7.0" 5:50 petrch
HTC Desire S 3.7" 5:10 jan.pa Original battery 1450 mAh - 1,5 year old
HTC Wildfire 3.2" 5:40 Spy.Dr 25 min. more until shutdown
HTC Wildfire S 3.2" 5:35 esopeso 20 min. more until shutdown
Lenovo IdeaTab A3000 7.0" 5:10 matteop
Lenovo P70 5.0" 8:00 Braba 4000 mAh battery
LG Optimus Black 4.0" 3:40 petrch The display at full backlight is very very bright compared to other devices I tested. With less but still sufficient backlight the discharge time will be longer
LG Optimus L9 P760 4.7" 5:25 Spy.Dr Android 4.0.4
Motorola Razr i XT890 4.3" 16:30 veetek Black theme on AMOLED display, battery from 95% to 5%. With white theme is operation time 8:15 hrs
Prestigio MultiPhone 5000 5.0" 5:50 Kurovec
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6,3" 7:30 Kosta
Samsung Galaxy Note I 5.3" 4:30 eggoide Custom bat.3500mAh, custom ROM SweetROM, Android 4.0.4. If connected to GSM, 12 min less
Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 5.0 5.0" 6:45 scorpi By 5% battery status, display brightness is automatically set to minimum. Operation time until 1% is 1:30 hrs more.
Samsung Galaxy S II 4.3" 10:30 Kajik Black theme, 25 min. more until shutdown, original battery 1650 mAh - 2 years old
Samsung Galaxy S III mini 4.0" 13:10 Hoja Black theme
Sony Xperia Active 3" 4:47 Octav Black theme, baro sensor on
Sony Xperia GO 3.5" 7:10 zdenka Includes barometric sensor with precission equivalent to about 1m in altitude
Sony Xperia Pro 3.7" 6+ scorpi
Sony Xperia Z2 5.2" 6:30 igor.torres Android 6.0.1
Star N9776 Note II 6.0" 8:50 Kosta 20 minutes more until 1%
THL Ultraphone 4400 5.0" 12:30 Max Battery 4400 mAh
Xiaomi Hongmi 4.7" 4:42 scorpi 12 minutes more until 1%
Yotaphone2 4.7" 17:30 Benour E-ink back display. Airplane mode was not set.Several operations at AMOLED display made during the test.

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