Two 24-hour interval Bombardment Life?

Inside the Xperia Z3 is an eleven.78 Wh (3,100 mAh at 3.8 5) non-removable battery, which Sony claims on their website is skilful for two days of battery life. And so, to examination that claim, I pledged to only plug in the Xperia Z3 to a wall charger once every two days throughout the period of the review. To my surprise, the handset held up pretty well with this penalization that would make other smartphones weep.

During my time using the Xperia Z3 equally my daily commuter, and only charging information technology once every second day, the device never died before day two was over. This is with my typical smartphone use that includes reading websites, sending emails, social networking, messaging, photography, calls and more each day. Most phones require a charge every night, but the Xperia Z3 seems to be an exception.

In the above iii benchmarks, the Xperia Z3 boasts bombardment performance that's relatively the aforementioned as the Xperia Z2. With similar hardware and a slightly smaller battery, this isn't too surprising to see.

It's with these benchmarks, the well-nigh important in our suite, that the Xperia Z3 sees meaning gains. This is thanks to new display management technology that only refreshes the screen when the content on information technology changes. When displaying static imagery, like when yous're reading a webpage or viewing photos, the Xperia Z3 conserves its juice and provides better battery performance than its competitors.

You might recall that the refresh technology is but useful for some circumstances, but throughout your day-to-day usage of a smartphone in that location are many cases where content on the screen is non changing. Even if these cases are just a fraction of a 2nd long, non refreshing the display continuously improves battery life, as can be seen both in these benchmarks and in my full general usage of the handset.

However, the technology is non advantageous at all when the screen needs to constantly refresh, like in a game or when you're watching a video. This is why there is not a significant bombardment life improvement in the start set of benchmarks.

The Z3 also comes with several bombardment saving features that can be enabled to extend its life. In that location'south Stamina fashion, which extends life by turning off connectivity features when the display is off. You also go location-based Wi-Fi, a standard low battery style that disables some functions when the battery dips beneath a sure level, and Ultra Stamina mode. The latter disables nearly every feature of the phone, restricting information technology to basic functionality similar the ultra power saving modes of the Z3's competitors.