We got 9 hours, 25 minutes of continuous LTE video
streaming at maximum brightness, which is between the Galaxy S8 (5 hours, 45 minutes) and Note 8's (10 hours) results and outpaces other leading smartphones.
We only got 4 hours, 20 minutes of video
streaming at maximum brightness — half the life of Amazon's tablet.
Not exact matches
To test it, we
streamed a video over Wi - Fi
at maximum brightness.
Because of the big, hi - res screen, we got only 4 hours, 3 minutes of video
streaming time
at maximum brightness, which is an hour shorter than most of the other 10 - inch tablets we test.
Battery life,
at 4 hours, 42 minutes of web video
streaming at maximum screen
brightness, is fine but not great.
It clocked 4 hours and 11 minutes in our battery rundown test, in which we
stream full - screen video over Wi - Fi
at maximum brightness.
Reviewers
at TPCR were also not impressed with the battery's performance, «When
streaming HD content via the included YouTube app with the screen set to
maximum brightness and Wi - Fi on, the Thrive 7 - inch's battery ran for just over 3 hours?»
The Primetime clocked 9 hours, 17 minutes in our battery rundown test in which we
streamed full - screen video
at maximum brightness over LTE.
Battery life is solid, with the tablet clocking 6 hours, 27 minutes of full - screen video
streaming over Wi - Fi
at maximum brightness.
We
streamed a three hour YouTube video
at maximum resolution, with
brightness turned up to full and speaker volume
at around 50 per cent and still had 63 per cent battery remaining.
That said, we managed 5 hours, 15 minutes of Wi - Fi video
streaming at maximum screen
brightness, similar to previous iPads.
The phone clocked 7 hours, 57 minutes in our battery rundown test, in which we
stream full - screen video over LTE
at maximum brightness.
Battery life is the best I've seen on a recent budget device, coming in
at 9 hours and 27 minutes of run time when
streaming full - screen video over LTE
at maximum brightness.
In our battery rundown test, in which we
stream full - screen video over LTE with screen
brightness at maximum, the Pixel XL clocked 6 hours and 43 minutes.