The Sony Xperia M2 Aqua added dust proofing and water resistance to the original Xperia M2 but left the majority of internals intact without change. Among the untouched parts is the 2,300mAh battery so one would only expect the Xperia M2 Aqua to perform along the lines of the 67-hour Xperia M2.
However there’s one more side to the story – while the Xperia M2 launched (and we tested it) with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, the M2 Aqua has Android 4.4.2 KitKat and that has led to a big improvement on the battery performance. Find the numbers after the break.
Compared to the 16:40 hour call times of the Xperia M2, the Aqua kept things along the same line with 16:39 hours. We didn’t really expect a truly different result here as the radio in the Xperia M2 Aqua should be the same.
The original Xperia M2 scored just 10 minutes shy of 10 hours on our browsing test – here the Xperia M2 Aqua went for 1 hour less – 8:38 hours in total. That’s not to say a bad result – 8 hours is more than enough for browsing the web without taking a break. In comparison, the Moto G went on browsing for 9 hours while the G2 mini scored a great 11 hours.
The Sony Xperia M2 Aqua was able to keep video playing for 9 hours and 21 minutes, interestingly again lower than the 10 hour time of the Xperia M2. That’s two tests where the Xperia M2 Aqua has managed a total of 1:53 hour less than the Xperia M2.
The Moto G was unimpressive once again with just 6:37 hours while the LG G2 did 1 hour more than the Xperia M2 Aqua.
Finally, it’s time to add up the stand-by – the only place where the Xperia M2 Aqua seems to have improved over its predecessor. The Sony Xperia M2 Aqua achieved 350 hours of stand-by and a 71 hour endurance rating compared to the 67 hours of the Xperia M2.
Our endurance rating shows the time interval of use which you can gain from a phone if you do an hour of calling, video watching and web browsing a day and 71 hours is a very good score which places the Sony Xperia M2 Aqua just above its predecessor.
You can check out all the battery scores of the phones in our database in our Battery Tool page.
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