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While smartphones keep getting better, one aspect that 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 five 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, covering everything from the top-end Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, to the very affordable Moto G9 Power and OnePlus Nord N100, among many others.
Capacity: 5,000mAh | Official life: not stated | Charging power: 33W
The Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro is an upper mid-range phone with a 5,000mAh battery. That’s becoming a fairly common battery size now, but it’s still among the highest capacities you’ll tend to find, and the one in the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro lasts well.
Exactly how long it lasts will of course depend on your use, but you should comfortably get a day or more even when using the phone heavily.
There’s also reasonably speedy 33W charging, and battery aside the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro stands out through its smooth 144Hz refresh rate, its powerful 108MP main camera, and its fairly beefy processing power.
This is definitely a phone that punches above its weight in most areas, and it makes for a particularly good gaming and movie machine – especially as it has the stamina to survive a lot of content between charges.
Capacity: 5,000mAh | Official life: not stated | Charging power: 25W wired / 15W wireless
The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is the ultimate, no-compromise flagship, and that includes the battery, which is an enormous 5,000mAh.
That gives this phone a whole lot of life, though using advanced features like its 120Hz screen and 5G can lessen this somewhat.
Still, most users will be able to go a long time between charges, and with 25W wired or 15W wireless charging you can power back up quickly. You can also make the most of that substantial juice pack by using the Galaxy S21 Ultra as a wireless charging mat to juice up other devices.
Elsewhere, the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra has top-end power, a quad-lens camera led by a remarkable 108MP sensor (and also packing a 10x optical zoom lens), a massive 6.8-inch 1440 x 3200 screen, and just about everything else you might reasonably want from a phone.
Capacity: 5,000mAh | Official life: not stated | Charging power: 18W
The One Plus Nord has the same size battery as phones above it in this list, but we’re giving it the edge because it has a lower resolution 720 x 1600 screen, so is likely to draw less power in the first place.
Other than battery size it’s a fairly low-end phone all round, so it’s an incredibly affordable way to get excellent battery life.
It has a 6.52-inch screen, a triple-lens camera with a 13MP main sensor, a 2MP depth one, and a 2MP macro one, an 8MP selfie snapper, 18W charging, a low-end Snapdragon 460 chipset, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. Unlike other recent OnePlus phones this doesn’t support 5G, but you still get a lot for your money.
Capacity: 5,000mAh | Official life: 21 hours of video playback | Charging power: 15W
The Samsung Galaxy A12 is an exceedingly cheap phone with a rather large 5,000mAh battery. And like many other cheap phones its lack of high-end specs helps the battery go further, as it doesn’t have to push a lot of pixels on its 720 x 1600 screen.
That screen is a decent size though at 6.5 inches, making it a good choice for media, especially as Samsung claims the Galaxy A12 can last for up to 21 hours of video playback. It’s also rated for up to 20 hours of internet use or 109 hours of audio playback.
The Samsung Galaxy A12 also benefits from a quad-lens camera with a 48MP main snapper, expandable storage, and a 3.5mm headphone port – which is something many pricier phones have ditched. It’s not the most exciting of handsets, but if battery life and price are your key concerns then it’s a top choice.
Capacity: 6,000mAh | Official life: up to 60 hours | Charging power: 20W
The Moto G9 Power is a remarkable phone, as not only is it affordable, but it has a monstrous 6,000mAh battery. That’s bigger than you’ll find in almost any other handset at any price, and Motorola claims it delivers up to 60 hours of power. In practice that means you should comfortably be able to go two days between charges.
For a budget phone it also has reasonably fast 20W charging, and while the rest of the specs are less remarkable, they’re still mostly good for the money.
You get a huge 6.8-inch 720 x1640 screen for one, plus 128GB of storage (and a microSD card slot), so there’s plenty of space.
The Moto G9 Power also has a triple-lens camera, led by a 64MP one, plus a respectable amount of power from its Snapdragon 662 chipset and 4GB of RAM.
So there you have it, five of the longest lasting phones around. In fifth place we have the budget powerhouse that is the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro, then in fourth it’s the super-premium Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra.
The affordable OnePlus Nord N100 and Samsung Galaxy A12 take third and second place respectively, and then in first place it’s the Moto G9 Power, with its unbeatable 6,000mAh battery.
So there should be something for everyone here, but any of these phones will last you a long time between charges.
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