We know you can't wait for a battery rundown of the Nexus 5,
and we made one as soon as we had a chance, with pretty foretold
results. Google's Nexus 5 skimps on a few things to get to that juicy
$350 price point without subsidies, and perhaps the most major one is
its 2300 mAh battery capacity.
A brand new
Nexus 5 with broken-in battery lasted 4 hours and 50 minutes on our
standardized test, where the phones are running a taxing custom script
with screens set at the same 200 nits brightness level. The results are
in the ballpark of the Xperia Z1, iPhone 5s and Galaxy S4, but the Nexus 5 endurance is a far cry from the excellent 6 hours and 48 minutes of its forefather LG G2.
Granted, the G2 has a 3000 mAh unit, so its score is explicable, but what about the HTC One?
It has the same 2300 mAh sealed battery unit capacity as the Nexus 5,
yet lasts about 15% longer. All in all, the Nexus 5 battery test results
are unimpressive, so almost daily charging would be the norm as with
most smartphones. Still, the handset should get you through the working
hours with normal usage, and that's what counts for decent battery life
these days.
The handset's teardown
showed that it is not overly hard to get to the battery and take it out
with certain dismantling skills and a few tools handy, but that goes
only for boosting its repairability score. This feat certainly doesn't
count if you are the typical user handling a unibody Nexus 5 with
embedded battery unit.
Are you surprised by the Nexus 5 battery test results, or is it about what you expected from the 2300 mAh juicer?
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