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While smartphones keep getting better, one aspect than can sometimes seem forgotten about is battery life, with many handsets prioritising slimmer builds over big batteries.
But there are some phones that have great battery life, and we’ve come up with a list of ten of the very best ones that are widely available in the UK.
The good news is, you don’t even have to buy a flagship to get a long-lasting handset – some budget phones have some of the biggest batteries, so you’ll find handsets at a range of prices here.
The iPhone 11 Pro Max is the best iPhone available at the time of writing, which is all many people will need to hear before making their buying decision, but it also sports the best battery life of any current iPhone.
It has a 3,969mAh battery, which is marginally smaller than the juice packs of most phones in this list, but Apple makes it go a long way, delivering up to five hours more life than its predecessor, the iPhone XS Max.
That in practice means it’s easy to get over a day from this phone and conservative users could get two days at a push.
Of course, being the best iPhone there’s also plenty of other stuff to like here. The iPhone 11 Pro Max has tons of power, thanks to Apple’s A13 Bionic chipset, which is arguably the best one used in any 2019 handset.
It also has a great 6.5-inch 1242 x 2688 screen, brilliant triple-lens cameras, advanced facial recognition, and of course iOS, making it a top choice for anyone who prefers Apple’s smartphone operating system to Google’s.
The OnePlus 7T Pro is a flagship with very few compromises despite costing less than most rivals, and at 4,085mAh the battery certainly isn’t among the few compromises that are present.
This juice pack can keep the OnePlus 7T Pro going for a day and beyond, and when you do need to juice it back up you can benefit from super-fast 30W charging, delivering a 68% charge (enough for a day of use for most people) in roughly 30 minutes. So you’ll never be out of action for long, though it’s worth noting that there’s no wireless charging, which is one of this phone’s few compromises.
Beyond the battery there’s a curved, 6.67-inch 1440 x 3120 90Hz screen, a powerful Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset, up to 12GB of RAM, a pop-up selfie camera, and three cameras on the back, including main, telephoto and wide-angle lenses.
The all-screen design ensures this looks better than many rivals, and it benefits from top-end tech like an in-screen fingerprint scanner.
The Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus marginally beats the OnePlus 7 Pro for battery capacity with a 4,100mAh one. It also has a slightly smaller screen, which should help the battery go further.
In practice you shouldn’t expect vastly better life from the Galaxy S10 Plus, but it’s likely to last you a little longer, making it one of the more impressive smartphone battery life options.
And this is a hugely impressive phone in other ways too, with three cameras on the back, two on the front, an all-screen design for its big 6.4-inch 1440 x 3040 display, an in-screen fingerprint scanner, and 8GB or 12GB of RAM.
The Huawei P30 Pro has a 4,200mAh battery, and as its 6.47-inch screen is slightly lower resolution than the S10 Plus at 1080 x 2340 it should go further.
The difference won’t be massive, but with conservative use this is a phone that you might get two days of life from between charges.
The Huawei P30 Pro, like many phones in this list, is also a top-tier handset in other ways, including having four cameras on the back, a high-end chipset, and an in-screen fingerprint scanner. It’s a top choice both for those who want a lot of battery life and anyone who takes lots of photos with their phone.
Read our Huawei P30 Pro review
The Huawei Mate 20 Pro was arguably the best Android phone of 2018 and it was very close to having the best battery life too, thanks to a huge 4,200mAh battery.
It’s got some clever tricks up its sleeve as well, because as well as fast charging and wireless charging, the Mate 20 Pro also supports reverse wireless charging, which means you can use the phone as a charging pad to juice up other devices. You probably won’t want to do this much, but if any handset has battery to spare for other devices, it’s this.
Indeed, when you’re not using it as a charging pad this is that rare handset where it’s realistically possible to get two days of life, and even with very heavy use you should get a good day and a half.
Battery aside, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro has plenty of other selling points, including an in-screen fingerprint scanner, a high-end Kirin 980 chipset, 6GB or 8GB of RAM, a 6.39-inch 1440 x 3120 AMOLED screen, a triple-lens rear camera, and a premium, water-resistant build.
It’s getting on a little bit now, but that just means it’s cheaper than it once was – it’s still one of Huawei’s best phones and one of the better all-round Android handsets.
Read our Huawei Mate 20 Pro review
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus is Samsung’s latest phablet flagship at the time of writing, and it beats the S10 Plus for battery life thanks to a 4,300mAh juice pack.
It’s only a slight upgrade in practice, as it has to power an enormous 6.8-inch 1440 x 3040 screen, but it’s helped along by a cutting-edge (and power-efficient) Exynos 9825 chipset.
Other highlights of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus include a quad-lens camera, an S Pen stylus, a beautiful all-screen design and an in-screen fingerprint scanner.
It’s one of the biggest and very best phones Samsung has ever made, even ignoring the battery life, it just happens to be very good there too.
As part of Samsung’s slightly confusing A range, the Galaxy A70 is a phone that’s easy to overlook, but that would be a mistake, especially if you want great battery life from a mid-range handset.
It has a 4,500mAh battery, allowing it to just about stretch to two days of life if you’re a fairly light user. And impressively it also supports fast charging, which is something you don’t always get outside the top-end.
Other highlights of the Samsung Galaxy A70 include a big 6.7-inch 1080 x 2400 screen, a triple-lens rear camera, an in-screen fingerprint scanner and a fairly high-end design.
The power is mid-range, but in most other ways this phone isn’t far off a flagship, and it has most flagships beat for battery life.
Read our Samsung Galaxy A70 review
With its mammoth 7.2-inch screen the Huawei Mate 20 X is an oddity, feeling almost as much like a tablet as a phone. But that size ensures there’s plenty of space for a 5,000mAh battery, which in turn makes this one of the longest lasting phones around.
There are other phones that can match its battery size and you’ll find them below (they edge it out for life as they have smaller screens to power), but this can potentially still last multiple days between charges, which is seriously impressive.
It’s also a great phone in other ways, with a 1080 x 2244 resolution ensuring there are plenty of pixels spread across its mammoth screen, making it great for movies.
The Mate 20 X also uses a high-end Kirin 980 chipset, has a powerful triple-lens rear camera, and sports stereo speakers.
Read our Huawei Mate 20 X review
The Moto E5 Plus matches the Mate 20 X with an enormous 5,000mAh battery. That dwarfs most of the rest of the competition. Yet this is no flagship, in fact, it’s the cheapest phone in this list.
The battery ensures that the Moto E5 Plus can last for a full two days between charges, and when you do need to charge you won’t need to wait around long, as it also supports fast charging.
Aside from being a battery champ, the Moto E5 Plus is perhaps the worst phone in this list, but that battery alone makes it a great budget choice.
Other specs include a 12MP rear camera, 2GB of RAM, a 6-inch 720 x 1440 screen, a Snapdragon 425 chipset and a fingerprint scanner.
Motorola has a history of making phones with top battery life as the Moto E5 Plus above attests, and the Moto G7 Power is its latest and greatest battery champ.
Like the E5 Plus it has a 5,000mAh battery and like that phone you should get two full days of life from it between charges – potentially even more if you don’t use it heavily.
The actual life of the G7 Power isn’t necessarily any better than the E5 Plus, but it’s comparable and this is a better phone in other ways, with a 6.2-inch 720 x 1570 screen, a 12MP camera, a Snapdragon 632 chipset and 4GB of RAM.
So it has a larger, higher resolution screen and more power. It’s still far lower end than most phones in this list, but it’s also far cheaper and will outlast most of them.
So there you have it, ten of the longest lasting phones around. If you simply want the best battery life possible then the Moto G7 Power or Moto E5 Plus is the one to go for. Those and the Samsung Galaxy A70 are also great budget options.
The Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus, iPhone 11 Pro Max, Huawei P30 Pro and OnePlus 7T Pro meanwhile are the best all-round phones if money is no object, with the Huawei Mate 20 Pro ranking just behind them and the Huawei Mate 20 X filling a niche for anyone who wants a truly massive screen. They all come very close to the battery life of the Moto G7 Power, but don’t quite match it.
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