Most flagshipphones I reviewedin 2016 sported average battery life, falling somewhere in the middle of our benchmark charts.
In the end, I settled on the Motorola Moto Z.
In fact, this is thesmallestbattery in all the high-end phones I’ve tested in the past year.
Larger bezels and reduced usability isn’t worth it.
Why didn’t I go for a standard battery bank?
But it’s only available on Verizon in the United States, so I couldn’t test it.
Blame Verizon and Motorola for that.
The Moto Z with the Incipio Power Pack met my criteria.
The good news is that real-world battery life gains are higher than 58%.
The Exynos 8890’s LTE modem is particularly efficient, so this Galaxy S7 Edge variant fares quite well.
Nevertheless, the Moto Zcrushessome of its competition at times.
The obvious downside to the Moto Z with Power Pack is the size of the unit as a whole.
Is this a trade-off you’re willing to make?
It’s a clever idea and one of the best modular smartphone concepts I’ve seen so far.
I hope that Motorola persists with the Moto Mods system in 2017.
