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I got a phone last week that has "more than excellent" battery life: Asus Zenphone 3 Zoom. With two days of heavy use I still had 15% left. It also is good or

I got a phone last week that has "more than excellent" battery life: Asus Zenphone 3 Zoom. With two days of heavy use I still had 15% left. It also is good or great in just about every other category.

dguo 9y ago
Nice. I'll definitely be looking for a phone like that when my current contract is up.
- izacus 9y ago
  I also mentioned the Moto Z Play (not the Z2 Play) which easily does 2-3 days of standby (I'm looking at my GFs phone right now and it's sitting on 73% after a full day). You can add a moto mod with additional battery capacity further boosting that to probably something like 5-6 days.
overcast 9y ago
Why does one need more than a single day of heavy use? Is charging while you sleep an issue?
- JD557 9y ago
  What if you want to go camping, or go to a concert in a far away city (you can sleep on the train, but not charge your phone there), or crash in a friends house and you forgot to bring a charger (maybe they don't have a USB-C phone)? 2 days seems enough for most use cases, although I miss having phones with batteries that lasted for a week or more.
  - semi-extrinsic 9y ago
    We take our el cheapo Moto Gs camping. With everything except calls/texts turned off, and using them only a couple of minutes each day, they last about 4 days before we have to break out the solar power bank.
  - mrep 9y ago
    Why don't you buy a battery pack as those are rare occasions (don't need all that battery weight for day to day use) and batteries are cheap nowadays.
- dguo 9y ago
  I'd generally be happy with a full day of heavy use, but a phone that can last that long when it's brand new won't be able to do it 1-2 years later because of battery degradation after many charge cycles.
- khedoros1 9y ago
  "Need" is a strong word. It would be a luxury, in my case. I'd really like a phone that could take two days of heavy use, for the times that I forget to charge it the night before, and spend the next day constantly on the move. Or even my usual "Damn it, I have to get out of bed to plug the phone in..." Then again, everything that it does beyond talk+text is already a luxury. Why not wish for one more?

dguo 9y ago

Nice. I'll definitely be looking for a phone like that when my current contract is up.

izacus 9y ago
I also mentioned the Moto Z Play (not the Z2 Play) which easily does 2-3 days of standby (I'm looking at my GFs phone right now and it's sitting on 73% after a full day). You can add a moto mod with additional battery capacity further boosting that to probably something like 5-6 days.

overcast 9y ago

Why does one need more than a single day of heavy use? Is charging while you sleep an issue?

JD557 9y ago
What if you want to go camping, or go to a concert in a far away city (you can sleep on the train, but not charge your phone there), or crash in a friends house and you forgot to bring a charger (maybe they don't have a USB-C phone)? 2 days seems enough for most use cases, although I miss having phones with batteries that lasted for a week or more.
- semi-extrinsic 9y ago
  We take our el cheapo Moto Gs camping. With everything except calls/texts turned off, and using them only a couple of minutes each day, they last about 4 days before we have to break out the solar power bank.
- mrep 9y ago
  Why don't you buy a battery pack as those are rare occasions (don't need all that battery weight for day to day use) and batteries are cheap nowadays.
dguo 9y ago
I'd generally be happy with a full day of heavy use, but a phone that can last that long when it's brand new won't be able to do it 1-2 years later because of battery degradation after many charge cycles.
khedoros1 9y ago
"Need" is a strong word. It would be a luxury, in my case. I'd really like a phone that could take two days of heavy use, for the times that I forget to charge it the night before, and spend the next day constantly on the move. Or even my usual "Damn it, I have to get out of bed to plug the phone in..." Then again, everything that it does beyond talk+text is already a luxury. Why not wish for one more?