Some popular mobile phone brands could be overstating the battery life their phones are capable of – but three of five actually deliver more than they promise, according to a Which? snapshot investigation.
We compared the claimed average talk time for popular phones with results from our test labs and found Apple and HTC overstated how long their phones would last.
Nokia, Samsung and Sony all understated, meaning you may end up seeing your phone last longer than you think.
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Mobile phone brands’ battery claims vs Which? tests
To run our comparison, we looked at the manufacturers’ claimed talk time for more than 50 mobile phones from five popular brands, with a minimum of six phones per brand. We used this data to calculate an average talk time for each brand and compared it to the actual talk time we got from our tests.
Smartphone battery life claims vs Which? Tests: Apple overstates by 31%