The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will be launched with a 3,000 mAh non-removable battery. Sadly, this is 220 mAh less its predecessor's battary - since the Galaxy Note 4 was packed with a 3,220 mAh battery.

With this news, tech users started to become concerned that the upcoming flagship phablet may not last as long as its predecessor. GSM Arena did a series of tests on the device to figure out how its battery will fair in a multitude of situations - as well as how it will compare with its competitors.

The first test that was conducted was to check on how much talk time the Galaxy Note 5's battery can stay long for. As indicated on Tech Times, the device managed to reach a total of 28 hours and 34 minutes - which is pretty much the same time that was recorded for its predecessor unit of 28 hours and 31 minutes. Taking a look at these values, it looks like the Galaxy Note 5 - despite having 220 less mAh - stayed 3 minutes longer. So far, the device that can give the longest talk time is the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro with 33 hours and 20 minutes.

With regards to its web browsing capacity, the Galaxy Note 5 can last for as long as 10 hours and 43 minutes. Once again, this was pretty close to the Galaxy Note 4's web browsing time before updating the phablet to the Android 5.0 Lollipop. The brand that boasts of the best web browsing time is the Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G, which lasted for 16 hours and 41 minutes.

Sadly, though, the Galaxy Note 5 did not do well with its video playback time. It only lasted for 13 hours and 51 minutes - which was a far cry from its predecessor's 17 hours and 52 minutes. The unit with the longest video playback time is the LG G Flex with a whopping time record of 19 hours and 57 minutes.

All in all, the device's reviewers gave the unit an endurance rating of 85 hours, which was largely because of its excellent Exynos 7420 chipset. That said, it means that the Galaxy Note 5 can stay charged for as long as a little over three days - that is, if its user will only use it for an hour each of its offered functions.

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