ZTE Axon Pro battery life test

ZTE Axon Pro turned out one of the season's surprises - it offers great build quality, interesting design, top-notch chipset and hi-fi audio playback, plus you get a free JBL premium headset with each Axon Pro. The Snapdragon SoC isn't popular with its battery performance, but we were still hoping the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop would manage to do fine with its latest optimizations. Indeed the Axon Pro did very well on the 3G talk time scoring almost 21 and a half hours. JRGRAPH_EXPANDABLE_VERSION = true;.jrGraphContainer { background: none !important; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee !important;}.jrGraph { padding-left: 0 !important; left:96px !important;} Talk time Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 33:20h Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G 33:19h Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 30:29h OnePlus 2 30:29h Motorola DROID Turbo 30:09h Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM 29:46h Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE 29:46h Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM 29:46h Microsoft Lumia 640 XL 29:46h Samsung Galaxy Note5 28:34h HTC One (M8) for Windows 28:34h Nokia Lumia 1520 28:34h Samsung Galaxy Note 4 28:31h Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE 28:25h Samsung Galaxy S5 27:37h Sony Xperia Z1 26:53h Samsung Galaxy S6 active 26:29h Samsung P6800 Galaxy Tab 7.7 25:45h LG G3 25:38h LG G Pro 2 25:37h LG G Flex 25:19h Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 25:16h LG G2 25:15h Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos 25:12h BlackBerry Passport 25:12h Huawei Ascend Mate 25:12h Motorola Nexus 6 25:03h Alcatel Hero 25:02h Oppo N1 25:01h Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo 24:52h Sony Xperia Z Ultra 24:23h Apple iPhone 6 Plus 23:49h LG AKA 23:20h Sony Xperia Z3 23:13h Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM 23:09h Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE 23:09h Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Dual SIM 23:09h Oppo R7 22:58h Samsung P6200 Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 22:42h Motorola Moto E (2nd gen) 22:36h Sony Xperia Z2 22:13h Sony Xperia C3 Dual 22:11h Meizu MX4 Pro 22:09h Yota YotaPhone 2 22:09h Samsung ATIV SE 22:05h Xiaomi Redmi Note 21:41h Samsung Galaxy Note Edge 21:39h ZTE Axon Pro 21:23h Xiaomi Mi 4i 21:02h Meizu m2 note 20:55h LG Optimus G Pro E985 20:45h HTC One M9 20:44h Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 20:42h Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 20:24h Motorola RAZR i XT890 20:07h Huawei Ascend Mate7 20:06h Samsung Galaxy A3 20:04h Samsung Galaxy E7 20:04h Samsung Galaxy A3 Duos 20:04h Oppo Find 7 20:03h Samsung Galaxy S5 Active 20:01h BlackBerry Q10 20:00h OnePlus One 19:56h Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 19:55h Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 I9200 19:54h Sony Xperia SP 19:49h Samsung Galaxy S6 19:48h Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 19:48h Sony Xperia T3 19:48h HTC Butterfly 2 19:23h HTC Butterfly S 19:14h HTC Desire Eye 19:11h Oppo R819 19:03h Asus PadFone X 18:45h Xiaomi Mi 4 18:15h Samsung Galaxy Note 3 18:12h LG G2 mini 18:11h Oppo Find 7a 18:11h Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 18:03h Samsung Galaxy A5 Duos 18:02h Samsung Galaxy A5 18:02h LG G Flex2 17:51h Sony Xperia ZR 17:48h HTC One (E8) 17:47h LG G4 16:40h ...

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The top 10 trending phones of week 36

Last week was dominated by IFA 2015 and the effects of the trade show were far-reaching. But it is not only the news and reviews section that are swapped with new device announcements, the top ten chart felt the effect as well. Undoubtedly Sony takes the cake this year in terms of device announcements. After Samsung's decision to push the Note5 unvailing before IFA, the new Xperia Z5 lineup definitely got a chance to shine and boy did it do so. The Sony fan base has always been quite active on the website, so it comes as no surprise that this week first place goes to the Xperia Z5 Premium, followed by the Z5. The prospect of a record-breaking 4K display inside a mobile was definitely enough to give the Premium and edge and quite a substantial one with almost twice the hits of the Z5. This is a clear sign that the new Xperia handsets will probably stick around in the top ten for at least the next couple of weeks if not more. That may also include the smaller Z5 Compact, which isn't enjoying nearly as much attention, but still managed to swoop into the race out of nowhere like its sibling and take the last place. As for the rest of the top 10 chart, things looks mostly unchanged from last week, with all the usual entries still present, only bumped down a couple of spots by the aforementioned Z5 offers. We find the Note5 at third place, followed by the Moto G (3rd gen). The Galaxy J7 and J5 seem to have swamped places yet again, but they are still pretty close apart. Then we have some more Samsung phones - the Galaxy Grand prime, the A8 and the S6 flagship. It appears the new arrangement has left no room for the Asus Zenfone 2, the Lenovo K3 Note or the iPhone 6, so a lot less variety on the chart this week. .news-item .n-left { float: left; width: 25%; text-align: center; } .news-item .n-right { float: left; width: 75%; } .news-item a { padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0; } #review-body .news-item .n-right h2, .reviews-item .n-right h2 { clear: both; padding: 0 0 3px 0px; font: 400 19px Google-Oswald, Arial; margin-top: -4px; } .n-right p { margin-top: 25px; line-height: 155%; } .news-item { padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; } .news-item p { margin-left: 0; } .n-right h2 .phone-name { display: inline-block; width: 325px; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: text-bottom; } .n-right h2 a { text-decoration: none; color: #000; } .flat-button{ text-align:center; text-decoration: none !important; font: 400 22px Google-Oswald,Arial !important; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 150%; padding: 20px 60px !important; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px; margin: 10px 0; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -ms-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -moz-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -o-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; color: #fff !important; } .flat-button-1 { background: #0CADA7; } .flat-button-1:hover { background: #0A948F; color: #666666 !important; } .flat-button-2 { background: #FF7E47; } .flat-button-2:hover { background: #EE7440; color: #666666 !important; } .n-right .rank-info { display: inline-block; font-family: "Google-Oswald",​Arial,​sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 100; } .n-right .rank-info .current-rank { font-size: 23px; } .circle { background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #8fb28f; border-radius: 50%; height: 23px; width: 23px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 10px -1px 10px; } .arrow { width: 0; height: 0; border-style: solid; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 10px -1px 10px; } .arrow-up { border-width: 0 15px 25px 15px; border-color: transparent transparent #0cada7 transparent; } .arrow-down { border-width: 25px 15px 0 15px; border-color: #ff7e47 transparent transparent transparent; } Sony Xperia Z5 Premium RANK: 1NEW IN specs review Sony Xperia Z5 RANK: 2NEW IN specs...

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Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ battery life test

Now that the fuss after the IFA announcements is finally settling down we got some time to share the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ full battery life test breakdown. Our review was quickly topped by the IFA articles, so in case you've missed it, you may want to check it out. The Galaxy S6 and S6 edge outed very respectable battery life scores, so we were very curious how the bigger S6 edge+ will do. And it turned out stellar. The Galaxy S6 edge+ packs a bigger 5.7" Quad HD Super AMOLED display and runs on the same Exynos 7420 monster chipset the Galaxy S6 duo introduces earlier this year. Its battery is 15% bigger at 3,000 mAh battery, which should make up for the bigger screen to light up. Our first battery test gauges the 3G talk time performance and the Galaxy S6 edge+ aced it with a score beyond the 30 hours mark. JRGRAPH_EXPANDABLE_VERSION = true;.jrGraphContainer { background: none !important; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee !important;}.jrGraph { padding-left: 0 !important; left:96px !important;} Talk time Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 33:20h Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G 33:19h Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 30:29h OnePlus 2 30:29h Motorola DROID Turbo 30:09h Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM 29:46h Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE 29:46h Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM 29:46h Microsoft Lumia 640 XL 29:46h Samsung Galaxy Note5 28:34h HTC One (M8) for Windows 28:34h Nokia Lumia 1520 28:34h Samsung Galaxy Note 4 28:31h Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE 28:25h Samsung Galaxy S5 27:37h Sony Xperia Z1 26:53h Samsung Galaxy S6 active 26:29h Samsung P6800 Galaxy Tab 7.7 25:45h LG G3 25:38h LG G Pro 2 25:37h LG G Flex 25:19h Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 25:16h LG G2 25:15h Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos 25:12h BlackBerry Passport 25:12h Huawei Ascend Mate 25:12h Motorola Nexus 6 25:03h Alcatel Hero 25:02h Oppo N1 25:01h Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo 24:52h Sony Xperia Z Ultra 24:23h Apple iPhone 6 Plus 23:49h LG AKA 23:20h Sony Xperia Z3 23:13h Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM 23:09h Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE 23:09h Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Dual SIM 23:09h Oppo R7 22:58h Samsung P6200 Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 22:42h Motorola Moto E (2nd gen) 22:36h Sony Xperia Z2 22:13h Sony Xperia C3 Dual 22:11h Meizu MX4 Pro 22:09h Yota YotaPhone 2 22:09h Samsung ATIV SE 22:05h Xiaomi Redmi Note 21:41h Samsung Galaxy Note Edge 21:39h Xiaomi Mi 4i 21:02h Meizu m2 note 20:55h LG Optimus G Pro E985 20:45h HTC One M9 20:44h Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 20:42h Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 20:24h ZTE Axon Pro 21:23h Motorola RAZR i XT890 20:07h Huawei Ascend Mate7 20:06h Samsung Galaxy A3 20:04h Samsung Galaxy E7 20:04h Samsung Galaxy A3 Duos 20:04h Oppo Find 7 20:03h Samsung Galaxy S5 Active 20:01h BlackBerry Q10 20:00h OnePlus One 19:56h Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 19:55h Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 I9200 19:54h Sony Xperia SP 19:49h Samsung Galaxy S6 19:48h Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 19:48h Sony Xperia T3 19:48h HTC Butterfly 2 19:23h HTC Butterfly S 19:14h HTC Desire Eye 19:11h Oppo R819 19:03h Asus PadFone X 18:45h Xiaomi Mi 4 18:15h Samsung Galaxy Note 3 18:12h ...

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s6_edge_battery_life_test-news-13860.php

IFA 2015 smartwatch comparison

As expected, wearables were a strong presence at IFA. We've gathered the highlights (even if some of them were unveiled earlier or not quite a IFA) and distilled their specifications into tabular form for easy comparison. The Motorola Moto 360 was one of the most hotly anticipated smartwatches and while it still uses a "flat-tire" display, Motorola improved a number of features, including adding a second size option. That's quite popular - all but the Huawei Watch and Samsung Gear S2 come in two sizes. The Huawei Watch itself was one of the more desirable watches... months ago when it was first announced, Huawei really dragged its feet with this one and the fire somewhat died down. Samsung has been dropping hints about a round smartwatch with a rotating bezel and it's one of the most attractive smartwatches to date. We only wish it had a bigger version, going from a 2" screen on the Gear S to a 1.2" screen on the Gear S2 is quite a hit. Then there's the Asus ZenWatch 2, which is the only new watch from IFA with a rectangular screen. It packs a lot of bang for the buck though. Anyway, here's the table. We've highlighted above average features in green and below average features in red. For a more in-depth look, we have hands-on writeups for each watch. Samsung Gear S2 hands-on | Samsung Gear S2 classic hands-on Motorola Moto 360 hands-on Huawei Watch hands-on Asus ZenWatch 2...

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/ifa_smartwatch_comparison-news-13854.php

OnePlus 2 battery life test

OnePlus 2, flagship killer or not, turned out one very interesting high-end smartphone with massive interest online. OnePlus indeed succeeded into hyping the fans and it seems the company delivered for the most part. Whether the choice of Snapdragon 810 was the right one, or not, is a question with no simple answer. The performance is more than adequate and overheating issues are not possible, as the chip has been tweaked. But what about the battery life then? Let's find out. The day we published our review our OnePlus 2 received an OTA update, which improved on the stability and hopefully the battery performance. We updated our unit and did the tests again. The OnePlus 2 outed similar results on the media, web and call tests, but performance a notch better when left on standby. First things first though. The OnePlus 2 is an A student when it comes to 3G talks. The phone lasted north of 30 hours, when hooked on a 3G call, which is nothing short of impressive. JRGRAPH_EXPANDABLE_VERSION = true;.jrGraphContainer { background: none !important; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee !important;}.jrGraph { padding-left: 0 !important; left:96px !important;} Talk time Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 33:20h Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G 33:19h Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 30:29h OnePlus 2 30:29h Motorola DROID Turbo 30:09h Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM 29:46h Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE 29:46h Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM 29:46h Microsoft Lumia 640 XL 29:46h Samsung Galaxy Note5 28:34h HTC One (M8) for Windows 28:34h Nokia Lumia 1520 28:34h Samsung Galaxy Note 4 28:31h Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE 28:25h Samsung Galaxy S5 27:37h Sony Xperia Z1 26:53h Samsung Galaxy S6 active 26:29h Samsung P6800 Galaxy Tab 7.7 25:45h LG G3 25:38h LG G Pro 2 25:37h LG G Flex 25:19h Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 25:16h LG G2 25:15h Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos 25:12h BlackBerry Passport 25:12h Huawei Ascend Mate 25:12h Motorola Nexus 6 25:03h Alcatel Hero 25:02h Oppo N1 25:01h Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo 24:52h Sony Xperia Z Ultra 24:23h Apple iPhone 6 Plus 23:49h LG AKA 23:20h Sony Xperia Z3 23:13h Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM 23:09h Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE 23:09h Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Dual SIM 23:09h Oppo R7 22:58h Samsung P6200 Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 22:42h Motorola Moto E (2nd gen) 22:36h Sony Xperia Z2 22:13h Sony Xperia C3 Dual 22:11h Meizu MX4 Pro 22:09h Yota YotaPhone 2 22:09h Samsung ATIV SE 22:05h Xiaomi Redmi Note 21:41h Samsung Galaxy Note Edge 21:39h Xiaomi Mi 4i 21:02h Meizu m2 note 20:55h LG Optimus G Pro E985 20:45h HTC One M9 20:44h Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 20:42h Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 20:24h ZTE Axon Pro 21:23h Motorola RAZR i XT890 20:07h Huawei Ascend Mate7 20:06h Samsung Galaxy A3 20:04h Samsung Galaxy E7 20:04h Samsung Galaxy A3 Duos 20:04h Oppo Find 7 20:03h Samsung Galaxy S5 Active 20:01h BlackBerry Q10 20:00h OnePlus One 19:56h Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 19:55h Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 I9200 19:54h Sony Xperia SP 19:49h Samsung Galaxy S6 19:48h Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 19:48h Sony Xperia T3 19:48h HTC Butterfly 2 19:23h HTC Butterfly S 19:14h HTC Desire Eye 19:11h Oppo...

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_2_battery_life_test-news-13858.php

Week 36 in review: IFA 2015, Sony Z5 series and Nexus rumors

Another week went by and it was definitely dominated by IFA. The annual Berlin convention might have shrunk some this year after Samsung decided to move its Note5 launch ahead of schedule, but the venue still offered quite a few exciting announcements. First and foremost on the list is Sony, which in keeping with tradition introduced its latest line of mobile phones. It is the Z5 series and it is tasked with the hard mission of recovering fan trust after the whole Xperia Z3+, Z3v, Z4 fiasco. That is no easy task, but Sony is shooting big with a total of three new flagship phones - the Z5, Z5 Compact and last, but definitely not least - the Z5 Premium, which is officially equipped with a record-setting 4K display. The lineup also brings a brand new 23MP camera, which we actually discovered to be around 25MP and is the first such update since the Z1. You can check our initial hands-on impressions of the Sony lineup in the review section, but IFA had a few other announcements to offer as well. Huawei, for instance outed a new flagship device and finally launched sales on its eagerly-anticipated Huawei Watch. Dubbed the Mate S, the phone is a truly impressive offer with a large and vibrant display, beautiful metal body and advanced features such as a fingerprint scanner and a Force Touch display. Acer was also quite busy and introduced quite a few new devices at the venue. These include more trivial offers such as the Z630, Z530 and Z330. There were also a few Windows 10 offers such as the M330 and M230. Other more interesting offers include a powerful Windows 10 phone dubbed the Jade Primo, which was used to showcase Microsoft Continuum on stage. Also the gaming-centered Predator 6 with an aggressive body and the beastly ten-core MediaTek Helio X20 inside. Lenovo was also quite active with announcement. The Vibe P1 and P1m were showcased, both spouting massive battery packs. Also the Vibe S1 with an impressive dual camera setup on the front for easy refocusing and effect like bokeh. Amidst all the IFA commotion a few rumors did manage to slip through, like more info on the new Nexus by LG, as well as the one by Huawei, which will allegedly both be announced come September 29. A new Moto X model might also be coming our way soon, dubbed the X Force. Other highlights include the LG G4 Pro/Note, also the Xiaomi Mi 4c. For this and more, check out this quick run-down of the most popular articles below. .news-item .n-left { float: left; width: 28%; text-align: center; } .news-item .n-right { float: left; width: 70%; } .news-item a { padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0; } .news-item .n-right h2, .reviews-item .n-right h2 { clear: both; padding: 0 0 3px 0px !important; font: 400 19px Google-Oswald, Arial; margin-top: -4px; } .n-right p { line-height: 155%; } .news-item { padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; } .news-item p { margin-left: 0; } .n-right h2 a { text-decoration: none; color: #000; } Sony Xperia Z5 Premium with world's first 4K screen unveiled Sony left QHD flagships in the dust with the sharpest smartphone screen ever. Sony Xperia Z5, Z5 Compact announced with 23MP camera Both are powered by the Snapdragon 810 and come with a fingerprint sensor in the power button. LG's Nexus 5 (2015) gets another round of leaked specs The device has so far been rumored to launch alongside a larger, Huawei-made Nexus phablet. Sony's new Z5 series phones actually use a custom 25MP camera sensor Sony has been persistent in using the same 20.7MP sensor for its flagship camera setup since the Xperia Z1. Not any more. Huawei Mate S is official with a 5.5-inch display and Kirin 935 SoC The smartphone features a 13MP OIS camera and a fingerprint sensor on the back and is big on knuckle interaction. The Acer Predator 6 and Predator 8 are new beastly devices aimed at gamers The game-centric phone and tablet have both the looks and specs to impress. Motorola Bounce: a 5.43-inch flagship with QHD screen, S810, chipset More powerful than the Moto X Style, smaller than the Moto X...

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/week_36_in_review_ifa_2015_sony_z5_series_and_nexus_rumors-news-13853.php