It's no longer news that what majority of Nigerians desire most in smartphones is long lasting batteries due to the epileptic power supply in most parts of the country. (camera quality comes second)

For this reason, I have decided to put up a fun game to identify the phone with the longest lasting battery.
The best parameter for this measurement is the screen on time (SOT). Although this parameter is also dependent on other factors such as running apps or other features like wifi connection or 2G/3G/4G data connection while the screen is ON.
But it's still the best parameter to carry out the assessment.

Let's start........ What you need to do

1.) upload the Screenshot of your power usage under settings--->battery and make sure your usage graph is clearly visible for us to see, So that we can see the battery drop slope, and identify if you have at anytime charged it. any rise and fall discredits your information

2) click on screen to get the screen ON time stat. Upload the screen shot.

3) Tell us your phone name and model


NB;- we want to see the statistics provided by your phone since last full charge. (100%)

I want to believe this is going to be fun, and at the end of the day, we will all see who wins. This might also assist people looking for smartphones with long lasting batteries to buy.

Below is my own stats, been browsing on 3G, wifi, playing games etc with a screen ON time of 12hrs plus. And I'm left with 19%. I can estimate it will give me 13 hrs plus screen ON time before going down completely.

The device is infinix hot 5 (X559C)

CC: lalasticlala

Updates........

It's currently a draw between hot 5 and redmi 4X. Both delivering 12hrs plus with 19/20% battery remaining. Let's see the beast that will beat the record.

Itel and Tecno 5000mah users should come and take the test

kekilika:
Redmi 4x

AlvaroMorata:

U charged...

adeniyilamlek:
Note 4x

Tochyodiks:
Who in Nigeria would be dumb enough to play this game without any reward.. When the power sector is poor, no offense but I prefer you put a reward to it so we can be compensated for the power waste, right now am charging my L9 plus with gen, not going to waste precious power

kekilika:
Redmi 4x

Hhenryy:


Did you say power waste? It seems you didn't go through my instructions, unless you are the type that charge phones at every available opportunity, and that is very bad for your battery health.

Give it a full charge and let it discharge to atleast 20% before you plug it again, that's the golden rule of maintaining good battery health. If you are using this rule, then getting the stats I requested for wouldn't be an issue.

Tochyodiks:
okay boss, I thought it's one of those challenges which you have to keep your phone on from 100% to 1%

Hhenryy:


Nah, if you check my graph, you will see it is broken. That's the point i switched it OFF at midnight. It doesn't affect the SOT reading. It will pause and continue reading when you switch ON your phone.

But that graph is very important so that we can see the battery drop slope. Any rise and fall discredits your stats. It means you have charged.

Hhenryy:


Nah, if you check my graph, you will see it is broken. That's the point i switched it OFF at midnight. It doesn't affect the SOT reading. It will pause and continue reading when you switch ON your phone.

But that graph is very important so that we can see the battery drop slope. Any rise and fall discredits your stats. It means you have charged.

kekilika:
Update

Hhenryy:


Did you say power waste? It seems you didn't go through my instructions, unless you are the type that charge phones at every available opportunity, and that is very bad for your battery health.

Give it a full charge and let it discharge to atleast 20% before you plug it again, that's the golden rule of maintaining good battery health. If you are using this rule, then getting the stats I requested for wouldn't be an issue.

BeardedTraveler:



Wrong info sir. It's better to charge from time to time than to charge to 100%

Hhenryy:


Na you sabi, if you like Charge every second...

I was once a victim by not following the Golden rule. Then I used to charge at every available opportunity. My battery didn't last upto one year when it started bulging and couldn't hold a charge anymore.

It's a simple rule, look at those elderly people that seldom charge there phones (since they only make use of basic functions so their battery doesn't drain quickly) now tell me how often they encounter battery issues and the need to change their batteries?

I know a Nokia phone dad bought in 2006, ( 12yrs ago) i still have the battery and it's still as strong as ever. Why? Because he doesn't charge often. at times he may go 1 week without charging it.

On a final note, whether you like it or not, rechargeable batteries have a fixed number of charge & discharge cycles. The average smartphone battery has about 400cycles. Now do the maths with a high frequency rate you are using and see how long your battery will last.

BeardedTraveler:



Scientifically proven facts cannot be compared to isolated personal experience. It is proven that the best range to leave a battery at is either 20/30 - 80/90%, which by extension means that charging to 100% is bad for the battery.

Another thing pointed out in the research is that it is better to do frequent top-ups than doing deep charging (0-100%), and that battery shouldn't be charged to 100% except once in a month for the purpose of calibration.


https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/mobile-phone/charge-phone-properly-3619623/?amp

https://www.popsci.com/amp/charge-batteries-right

https://amp.businessinsider.com/the-best-way-to-charge-your-smartphone-2018-1

Mystiq25:
BLU studio selfie 2.

Hhenryy:


Hummn, this is impressive....

Its a draw between hot 5 and redmi 4X. But I think hot 5 still has an edge in battery optimization over redmi 4X, considering the fact that it has a bigger screen (5.5) with a slightly smaller battery (4000mah) as compared with the 5.0 inch screen and 4100mah battery on the redmi 4X.
Theoretically, the hot 5 is expected to consume more battery and a lesser SOT. But here we have a draw

Hhenryy:
@ henry007, i believe you will give us update. But the stat I can see there is very poor if it's from full charge. Pls, show your graph

Just 1hr 27min SOT and your battery is already down to 63%

henry007:


Is that all you saw?

Hhenryy:


Hummn, this is impressive....

Its a draw between hot 5 and redmi 4X. But I think hot 5 still has an edge in battery optimization over redmi 4X, considering the fact that it has a bigger screen (5.5) with a slightly smaller battery (4000mah) as compared with the 5.0 inch screen and 4100mah battery on the redmi 4X.
Theoretically, the hot 5 is expected to consume more battery and a lesser SOT. But here we have a draw

2kurupt:


You forget to mention you put off your hot 5 all thru the night, while his 4x runs all night & day long. That impacts on his battery life too. I bet if he did same he'll have a longer SOT.

Also his graph stops at 20% while yours go all the way to zero %. If he continued recording, certainly yours won't come close to the 4x.

Talking about screen sizes, if a user of redmi note 4 which also uses same 5.5 screen size as your infinix hot 4 takes up the challenge, your infinix will easily be beaten.

Not trying to create a brand war but the xiaomi which uses a Snapdragon 625 has already gained global recognition for its battery efficiency, no contest.