Best Smartphones Of 2014 Based On Battery Life

A logo of Sony Corp is pictured at an electronic store in Tokyo May 14, 2014. Sony Corp said on Wednesday it expects to log a 50 billion yen ($489 million) net loss this financial year, its sixth in seven years, and plans additional restructuring measures that include its loss-making PC operations. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

When buying a smartphone, one of the make-or-break influencing factors got to be the battery capacity, along with the capability to sustain the charge. And mobile manufacturers are spending their fortune in researching and developing devices that are ultra thin, at the same time house battery units that can provide more juice. Keeping up with the trend and preference, here is a list of flagship smartphones of 2014 and their scores derived from custom battery test.

The tabular column below should help the first time buyers and also the ones who are planning to upgrade their handsets to make informed choice. Going by the results, there is a whopping 25 to 100 percent longer battery life improvement in the devices released in 2014, whereas the 2013 trend was not as earth-shattering as this year, opines Phone Arena.

This year's significant battery improvement is also because of the introduction of battery saving modes by top manufacturers. This trend was started by Samsung with the debut of Ultra Power Saving Mode in the Galaxy S5. This mode saves battery by making the screen switch to classic black-and-white mode from the standard colour mode. However, other manufacturers have also jumped on the bandwagon. This includes HTC's Extreme Power Saving Mode, latest Sony Xperia Z3's Ultra STAMINA Mode and LG's Battery Saver Mode. Interestingly, Huawei's battery saver shares the name with Samsung's Ultra Power Saving Mode.

In any case, a peculiar point needs to be noted. Not all the smartphone manufacturers have increased the battery capacity to boost the battery life. In the case of Sony Xperia Z3, the company was able to multiply the battery life with a slight decrease in battery capacity from that of the predecessor Xperia Z2. As a result, the Xperia Z3 is firmly seated after the Xperia Z3 Compact on the top of the table. Samsung, on the other hand, increased the battery capacity to a bare minimum level; nevertheless, it was able to squeeze out more battery charge. This means, mobile manufacturers are concentrating on the under the hood configurations to optimise the power usage and in turn save battery charge.

Meanwhile, LG G3 maintained the same battery capacity of LG G2; however, the screen is promoted to an ultra high-resolution Quad HD display. And this is the reason why G3 uses more power to function, thereby reducing battery life.

Check out this table with all the flagship phones from 2014 painstakingly custom-tested and collated by Phone Arena:

Phones	Duration
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact	10h 2 min
Sony Xperia Z3	9h 29 min
Huawei Ascend Mate 7	9h 3 min
Sony Xperia Z2	8h 10 min
Samsung Galaxy S5	7h 38 min
HTC One (M8)	7h 12 min
LG G2	6h 48 min
Huawei Ascend P7	6h 35 min
Apple iPhone 6 Plus	6h 32 min
LG G3	6h 14 min
Samsung Galaxy Note 3	6h 8 min
HTC One	5h 45 min
Motorola Moto X (2014)	5h 45 min
Apple iPhone 6	5h 22 min
Apple iPhone 5S	5h 2 min
Samsung Galaxy S4	4h 59 min
Sony Xperia Z1	4h 43 min
Nokia Lumia 930	4h 30 min