The Sony Xperia E3 has Sony’s complete confidence of capable battery life. The manufacturer boasts about 2 days of power autonomy on the Xperia E3′s product page and we decided to hold them to their word.
Before we take a look at the numbers let’s get the specs out of the way. The Sony Xperia E3 packs a Snapdragon 400 chipset, 4.5″ display of 480x854px resolution and Android 4.4.2 KitKat, all powered by a 2,330mAh battery unit.
As usual we break down the performance of the device in four categories – talk time, web browsing and video playback, and then we combine the stand-by to get an endurance rating – the number of hours the phone can go if you do an hour of each before it needs a charge.
Talk time was impressive on the Xperia E3 – the second most impressive of its battery credentials. It managed to squeeze 14 and a half hours of talking from a single charge. That’s a little better than both Motorola Moto G’s we’ve tested but still far away from both the Xperia M2 and M2 Aqua.
Still 14:28 hours is a great result to have and means you’re unlikely to be left mid-call searching for a charger.
Talk time
- Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G33:19h
- Nokia Lumia 72015:17h
- Xiaomi Redmi 1S14:51h
- HTC Desire 81614:46h
- Nokia Lumia 63014:46h
- BlackBerry Q514:31h
- Sony Xperia E314:28h
- Motorola Moto G 4G14:17h
- Pantech Discover14:17h
- Huawei Ascend P614:17h
- Oppo Find 514:17h
- Nokia Lumia 62014:17h
- Pantech Burst4:46h
The Sony Xperia E3 came very close to a 10 hour browsing session over Wi-Fi, a great score. It wasn’t able to catch the Moto G 4G from last year but outclassed the Xperia M2 Aqua and is about on par with its Nokia Lumia competition – all around 10 hours of browsing.
Web browsing
- Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G16:41h
- HTC One9:58h
- Apple iPhone 5s9:58h
- Apple iPhone 59:56h
- Samsung Ativ Odyssey I9309:54h
- Sony Xperia M29:48h
- Sony Xperia E39:48h
- Samsung I9190 Galaxy S4 mini9:47h
- OnePlus One9:46h
- Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo9:43h
- Alcatel Hero9:40h
- Samsung Galaxy Core LTE9:37h
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus I92503:01h
Finally we arrive at the cinema – the video playback test, which we perform at 10% sound and 50% brightness. On these terms the Sony Xperia E3 scored a decent 8 and a half hours of constant movie watching. That covers you for just about any scenario where you need to watch a lot of movies on your phone so the Xperia E3 has got you covered. Having some charge left at the end of your commute is a whole different topic.
Video playback
- LG G Flex19:57h
- Samsung Galaxy Grand 28:41h
- LG Optimus G Pro E9858:40h
- Nokia N98:40h
- Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 I92008:34h
- HTC Butterfly8:28h
- Sony Xperia E38:26h
- Samsung Galaxy Note N70008:25h
- LG Optimus GJ E975W8:15h
- Samsung Galaxy S III I7478:14h
- HTC One X+8:11h
- Samsung Galaxy Grand I90828:11h
- Nokia Lumia 7103:27h
After the tests we come to the stand-by – the Sony Xperia E3 was capable of some 500h and above hours of stand-by time, which leaves us at a 75h endurance score. While the Sony Xperia E3 was either on par or slightly worse than its main competition for the three tests above it managed to outperform them in the stand-by test leading to a great score for its class.
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