Consumer publication Which? has named the?Samsung Galaxy S4 as the best phone available in the UK for speed and battery life. Their announcement comes after putting the top smartphones on sale in the UK through a series of tests to determine which is the best for speed and longevity.
The tests on how fast the devices run utilised the Geekbench 2 test. This gave the?Samsung Galaxy S4 a clear victory with a score of 3188, significantly higher than the runner up HTC One on 2798. The S4 was also almost double the speed of the iPhone 5GB according to the test, with the iPhone coming last at 1664. The other phones testest included the Sony Xperia Z (2173), Nexus 4 (2134), Galaxy Note 2 (1950) and Blackberry Z10 (1698).
The iPhone being so slow might come as somewhat of a surprise, but you have to remember that most of the phones on here have been launched a long time after the iPhone 5, and it?s only a few months before Apple will update the phone again. It?s likely that the iPhone 5S will score higher than all these phones.
Which? then decided that it was also appropriate to test the battery life of these devices. Battery is probably a more immediate concern to most consumers than speed, as all smartphones now seem pretty snappy for all but the most processor intense tasks such as 3D games. The battery tests were conducted using a signal stimulator, which was used to ensure that phones weren?t affected by changes in network signal strength. Other factors like brightness were set so they were the same on each phone.
When the results came in the victor was the same ? the Samsung Galaxy S4 had the best battery life for call time and internet use, with 1051 and 405 minutes respectively. It also took 164 minutes to charge, which while not as good as the iPhone or Lumia was significantly better than its Android rivals.
The next best phone for call time was the Sony Xperia Z with 985 minutes call time, but it was only a mid-ranking phone for internet use. The Nokia Lumia 920 performed worse for both call and internet time, with 444 and 235 minutes respectively. However the iPhone 5S wasn?t much better, which will come as no surprise to iPhone users, as it only achieved 499 minutes call time and 261 minutes internet usage. However in defence of both these devices is their fast charging times. The iPhone 5 was the clear leader in this, charging in just 141 minutes, while the Nokia Lumia 920 took just 152 minutes placing it second.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the battery test was how internet usage and call time battery life didn?t seem to be strongly related. This shows that you can?t just use the battery rating or one figure such as call time from a phone to assess the overall battery life of a device.
Another interesting aspect of these tests is the one phone in the mid-range rather than high-end range, the Nexus 4, performed very well overall being mid-ranked in most criteria. The Nexus 4 can be purchased SIM-free for just ?239, while all the other phones except the Lumia 920 cost in excess of ?400 SIM-free.
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Source: http://www.mobilephones.org.uk/samsung-galaxy-s4-named-fastest-and-best-battery/
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