We’re done testing the HTC One V battery life, here are the results

The HTC One V just completed its final lap in our battery test course and we’re ready to share how the most affordable member of the One family did. It has a relatively small LCD screen and a single CPU core, so its 1500mAh battery should last longer than the slightly larger battery in the One S, which has a bigger AMOLED screen and two CPU cores to feed.

HTC haven’t listed any official battery life numbers on their site, so this is our first look at how long the One V lasts on a daily basis.

Talking is (or rather was in the distant past) one of the most important functions of a phone. The HTC One V does admirably here with full 10 hours of 3G talk time, passing the One S by several minutes.

Talk time

• Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
  20:24
• Samsung Galaxy Note
  12:14
• Samsung Wave 3 S8600
  11:07
• HTC One V
  10:00
• HTC One S
  9:42
• Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
  9:40
• HTC Sensation XL
  9:30
• Nokia Lumia 710
  9:05
• HTC Vivid
  9:02
• HTC Rhyme
  8:48
• Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
  8:41
• Meizu MX
  8:39
• Samsung Galaxy S II
  8:35
• Nokia Lumia 800
  8:25
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus
  8:23
• Samsung Captivate Glide
  8:20
• HTC Rezound (LTE)
  8:10
• Samsung Galaxy Note (LTE)
  8:02
• Apple iPhone 4S
  7:41
• Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G
  7:14
• Samsung i937 Focus S
  7:25
• Samsung Rugby Smart I847
  7:09
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
  6:57
• Nokia N9
  6:57
• HTC Radar
  6:53
• BlackBerry Curve 9380
  6:52
• Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T (LTE)
  5:53
• LG Nitro HD (LTE)
  5:16
• BlackBerry Bold 9790
  5:00
• Pantech Burst
  4:46

When it comes to web browsing however, the One V has an even greater edge over the One S – 6 hours and 49 minutes for the V over 4:03 hours for the S. It also comes very close to the Apple iPhone 4S, which is one of the best performers in this category.

Web browsing

• Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
  7:23
• HTC Radar
  7:17
• Apple iPhone 4S
  6:56
• HTC One V
  6:49
• BlackBerry Curve 9380
  6:40
• Samsung i937 Focus S
  6:15
• Samsung Rugby Smart I847
  5:53
• Pantech Burst
  5:51
• Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G
  5:45
• Samsung Wave 3 S8600
  5:34
• Samsung Captivate Glide
  5:33
• Samsung Galaxy Note LTE
  5:24
• HTC Sensation XL
  5:20
• HTC Rezound
  5:16
• HTC Rhyme
  5:08
• Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
  5:07
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
  4:50
• HTC Vivid
  4:46
• Meizu MX
  4:35
• Nokia N9
  4:33
• Samsung Galaxy S II
  4:24
• Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
  4:20
• Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T
  4:10
• Nokia Lumia 800
  4:07
• HTC One S
  4:03
• BlackBerry Bold 9790
  4:02
• LG Nitro HD
  4:00
• Nokia Lumia 710
  3:51
• Samsung Galaxy Note
  3:35
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus
  3:01

Video playback, however, proved to be another matter – the One V scored 5 hours and 20 minutes, which isn’t that bad, but it’s not enough to get the phone out of the lower end of our database.

Video playback

• Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
  14:17
• Samsung Rugby Smart I847
  9:34
• HTC One S
  9:28
• Apple iPhone 4S
  9:24
• Nokia N9
  8:40
• Samsung Galaxy Note
  8:25
• Samsung Galaxy S II
  8:00
• Samsung i937 Focus S
  7:55
• Samsung Wave 3 S8600
  7:52
• Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
  7:45
• Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G 7:33
• Samsung Galaxy Note LTE
  7:30
• Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
  6:21
• HTC Sensation XL
  6:12
• Samsung Captivate Glide
  6:04
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus
  6:02
• HTC Vivid
  6:00
• HTC Radar
  5:54
• Nokia Lumia 800
  5:52
• BlackBerry Bold 9790
  5:47
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
  5:44
• Pantech Burst
  5:38
• Meizu MX
  5:27
• HTC Rhyme
  5:23
• HTC One V
  5:20
• Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T
  5:18
• BlackBerry Curve 9380
  5:09
• HTC Rezound
  5:03
• LG Nitro HD
  4:17
• Nokia Lumia 710
  3:27

It’s time to tally the scores – the HTC One V will get you 31 hours of usage away from a charger, if you use it for an hour each of telephony, web browsing, and video playback every day. Even though its performance in the different challenges was quite impressive, its stand-by tended to use quite a lot of power, which brought took its toll on the result.

That’s not too great, but we’ve seen worse performers and the One V will last you a full day even if you do more than an hour of web browsing or watch a movie. It will last even longer if you use it mostly for calling.