The massive 3300mAh battery inside the new Motorola Droid Razr Maxx gives users over 8 hours of continued 4G LTE web-surfing, smashing marks set by its competitors.
The Droid Razr Maxx was launched this week with a huge $299 premium on a two year contract with Verizon, leading many to question whether the extra battery power was worth an extra $100.
However, in benchmarking tests undertaken by Laptop Mag the Maxx destroyed all other 4G LTE phones on the market, which have traditionally suffered from web-surfing at the next gen speeds.
The magazine found that the Razr Maxx lasted for 8.25 hours of continuous web-surfing at 40 per cent brightness.
Double time
That's almost twice as long as the original Droid Razr, which only mustered 4.45 hours using the same screen brightness and conditions.
The extra time corresponds almost exactly to the respective battery sizes - the only difference - between the two devices. That original Razr has a 1780mAh cell.
The Maxx's nearest competitor was the Samsung Droid Charge, which lasted for 6.42 hours before it needed, well, a charge, while the Samsung Galaxy Nexus slumped to just 3.40 hours.
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simon_m
January 28th
4. Love this story - is this phone coming to the UK?
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tameracingdriver
January 28th
3. Agreed, we really need to start seeing phones with better battery life. My Galaxy S2 is a fantastic phone but the battery life is pretty mediocre to say the least
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a_mosela
January 27th
2. Awesome, not much more I can say really.
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bradavon
January 27th
1. How long does 3G last? That should be really impressive. It's good to finally see smartphones with decent (or should that be adequate) batteries.
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