The HTC One (E8) sheds the weight of the aluminum unibody and drops the low-res UltraPixel camera in favor of a 13MP shooter. Neither of those affects battery life compared to the One (M8) and the battery capacity is still at 2,600mAh.
What could affect the battery endurance is the new chipset – the One (M8) we tested used a Qualcomm 8974AB while the One (E8) uses 8975AC.
What this amounts to is extra clockspeed in favor of the newer model (2.5GHz vs. 2.3GHz for the processor) but potentially more power draw too. Note that the One (M8) in the Asian markets used the faster chipset too.
It turns out that the HTC One (E8) lasts over two hours less than the One (M8) while doing voice calls. It’s still a respectable result but the new chipset shouldn’t have affected talk time, it’s not like it’s under heavy load during a call. The competition of the One twins is ahead of them both, this just widens the gap.
Note that we’re testing the single-SIM version of the phone, there’s a dual-SIM variant too. Same goes for the One (M8).
On the up side web browsing improved by almost a full hour. This could be due to a newer firmware compared to the software the One (M8) ran when we tested it. Anyway, this improvement means the One (E8) jumps ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S5, the One flagship was already well ahead of the LG G3.
Video playback was virtually unaffected and stays a hair ahead of the Galaxy S5 and they outlast the LG G3 by a wide margin.
It’s worth pointing out that the screens on the One (E8) and One (M8) were equally bright for the tests.
Despite a drop in talk time, the HTC One (E8) scores a better endurance rating than its metal-clad twin – 77 hours vs. 71 hours. The Galaxy S5 and LG G3 had flanked the One (M8) with scores differing by an hour or two. The HTC One (E8) edges out both of those plus its twin.
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