We wanted to publish the HTC One S review as soon as possible so we had to do without the battery test (which takes a lot of time to complete). It’s done now and we’re ready to share it with you – especially since HTC doesn’t quote official numbers for the One S battery life.
We were very curious to see how the new chipset, part of the Snapdragon S4 family, performs compared to the old S3 models. It’s built on a 28nm process, which should offer much better power-efficiency than the 45nm process of the S3 chipsets.
On a 3G call, the HTC One S did really good – it lasted 9 hours and 42 minutes, which is very impressive considering the phone’s battery has only 1650mAh capacity. With the exception of the Samsung Wave III, the One S was beaten only by gadgets with huge batteries (the Galaxy Note has a 2500mAh battery, while the RAZR MAXX packs a whopping 3300mAh battery).
Talk time
- Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX20:24
- Samsung Galaxy Note12:14
- Samsung Wave 3 S860011:07
- HTC One S9:42
- Samsung I9103 Galaxy R9:40
- HTC Sensation XL9:30
- Nokia Lumia 7109:05
- HTC Vivid9:02
- HTC Rhyme8:48
- Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V8:41
- Meizu MX8:39
- Samsung Galaxy S II8:35
- Nokia Lumia 8008:25
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus8:23
- Samsung Captivate Glide8:20
- HTC Rezound (LTE)8:10
- Samsung Galaxy Note (LTE)8:02
- Apple iPhone 4S7:41
- Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G7:14
- Samsung i937 Focus S7:25
- Samsung Rugby Smart I8477:09
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro6:57
- Nokia N96:57
- HTC Radar6:53
- BlackBerry Curve 93806:52
- LG Nitro HD (LTE)5:16
- BlackBerry Bold 97905:00
- Pantech Burst4:46
The HTC One S has an AMOLED screen, which is usually bad news for web browsing. The One S lasted 4:03 hours, which is roughly comparable to most other AMOLED phones like the Galaxy S II or the Lumia 800. The exception to the rule is the RAZR MAXX, which offers almost twice the endurance of the One S (but the MAXX battery is twice the size of the One S battery).
Web browsing
- Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX7:23
- HTC Radar7:17
- Apple iPhone 4S6:56
- BlackBerry Curve 93806:40
- Samsung i937 Focus S6:15
- Samsung Rugby Smart I8475:53
- Pantech Burst5:51
- Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G5:45
- Samsung Wave 3 S86005:34
- Samsung Captivate Glide5:33
- Samsung Galaxy Note LTE5:24
- HTC Sensation XL5:20
- HTC Rezound5:16
- HTC Rhyme5:08
- Samsung I9103 Galaxy R5:07
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro4:50
- HTC Vivid4:46
- Meizu MX4:35
- Nokia N94:33
- Samsung Galaxy S II4:24
- Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V4:20
- Nokia Lumia 8004:07
- HTC One S4:03
- BlackBerry Bold 97904:02
- LG Nitro HD4:00
- Nokia Lumia 7103:51
- Samsung Galaxy Note3:35
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus3:01
The One S redeems itself in the video playback test – at 9 hours and 28 minutes, it ranked in our all time Top 3. We are not saying you should do it, but this would allow you to watch the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy (Wikipedia claims 9 hours 17 minutes of runtime) on a single charge.
Video playback
- Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX14:17
- Samsung Rugby Smart I8479:34
- HTC One S9:28
- Apple iPhone 4S9:24
- Nokia N98:40
- Samsung Galaxy Note8:25
- Samsung Galaxy S II8:00
- Samsung i937 Focus S7:55
- Samsung Wave 3 S86007:52
- Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V7:45
- Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G7:33
- Samsung Galaxy Note LTE7:30
- Samsung I9103 Galaxy R6:21
- HTC Sensation XL6:12
- Samsung Captivate Glide6:04
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus6:02
- HTC Vivid6:00
- HTC Radar5:54
- Nokia Lumia 8005:52
- BlackBerry Bold 97905:47
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro5:44
- Pantech Burst5:38
- Meizu MX5:27
- HTC Rhyme5:23
- BlackBerry Curve 93805:09
- HTC Rezound5:03
- LG Nitro HD4:17
- Nokia Lumia 7103:27
The endurance rating for the HTC One S works out to 35 hours. That means you have about a day and a half before you’ll need to recharge it, assuming you talk for one hour, browse the web for another hour and watch an hour of video each day.
The rating doesn’t seem impressive, but that’s due to the relatively poor performance of the One S when it comes to web browsing. If talking and watching movies is all you do, it will last a good deal longer than a day and a half.
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