The Oppo R1x stunner of a smartphone was at our headquarters for a detailed review recently. We praised the 5-incher for its design and although it failed to impress with raw performance, it posted respectable scores in the battery department.
It’s exactly battery life we’re going to focus on now, with the complete rundown now following.
The Oppo R1x comes with a 2,420mAh battery capacity, which is a decent number in the midrange for devices with a 5-inch 720p screen. Main rival Sony Xperia M4 Aqua packs marginally less juice at 2,400mAh, and the cell inside the Samsung Galaxy A5 is rated at 2,300mAh.
Talk times were the least impressive area in the R1x’ battery performance, and the smartphone only managed about 12 and a half hours when connected to a 3G network. The Xperia M4 Aqua did better at nearly 16 hours, while the Galaxy A5 was miles ahead at 18 hours.
Its in our web browsing routine, where the R1x scored more points. A result upwards of 9 hours means you can surf an entire work shift and still have some leftover battery for a call or two on the way back. In all fairness though, both the Xperia M4 Aqua and Galaxy A5 last upwards of 11 and half hours in this test.
The video playback result was just a smidge over the 9-hour mark, and the similar longevity to the web browsing test indicates that it’s the display that has the main say on the matter, not the processing or software optimization. It also means that you can safely rely on the R1x to entertain you on your daily commute, or even much longer trips. The Xperia M4 Aqua and the Galaxy A5 have nothing on the R1x this time, both their scores are in the same 9-hour ballpark.
The R1x didn’t do too well in terms of standby times, which hurt its overall result. Still, the 56-hour endurance rating is a good achievement, and if you use the phone for surfing the web or watching videos, you won’t be affected so badly by the high standby power drawe.
Our battery testing procedure is described in detail in case you want to learn more about it. If you are interested how these results compare to other tested devices, check out our battery life test result table.
It’s exactly battery life we’re going to focus on now, with the complete rundown now following.
The Oppo R1x comes with a 2,420mAh battery capacity, which is a decent number in the midrange for devices with a 5-inch 720p screen. Main rival Sony Xperia M4 Aqua packs marginally less juice at 2,400mAh, and the cell inside the Samsung Galaxy A5 is rated at 2,300mAh.
Talk times were the least impressive area in the R1x’ battery performance, and the smartphone only managed about 12 and a half hours when connected to a 3G network. The Xperia M4 Aqua did better at nearly 16 hours, while the Galaxy A5 was miles ahead at 18 hours.
Talk time
- Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 LTE 46:44h
- Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo 13:20h
- Samsung I9190 Galaxy S4 mini 13:10h
- HTC Desire 616 dual sim 13:00h
- Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 12:45h
- LG Optimus GJ E975W 12:39h
- Oppo R1x 12:33h
- Xiaomi Redmi 2 12:33h
- Motorola DROID RAZR M 12:31h
- HTC First 12:31h
- Sony Xperia M 12:31h
- Huawei Ascend P1 12:30h
- Pantech Burst 4:46h
Web time
- Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G 16:41h
- Samsung Galaxy Note Edge 9:20h
- Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 LTE 9:16h
- Motorola RAZR MAXX 9:12h
- HTC Desire 820 dual sim 9:10h
- HTC Desire 820 9:10h
- Oppo R1x 9:10h
- Samsung Galaxy K zoom 9:10h
- Samsung Galaxy S5 Active 9:05h
- Apple iPhone 5c 9:05h
- Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 9:05h
- Apple iPhone 6 Plus 9:05h
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus I9250 3:01h
Video time
- LG G Flex 19:57h
- Oppo Find 7a 9:19h
- Samsung Galaxy A5 9:18h
- Samsung Galaxy A5 Duos 9:18h
- Nokia Lumia 1320 9:17h
- HTC Butterfly S 9:03h
- Oppo R1x 9:02h
- Sony Xperia E 9:00h
- Motorola DROID RAZR M 9:00h
- Sony Xperia E4 9:00h
- Samsung Ativ Odyssey I930 8:59h
- Microsoft Lumia 532 8:51h
- Nokia Lumia 710 3:27h
Our battery testing procedure is described in detail in case you want to learn more about it. If you are interested how these results compare to other tested devices, check out our battery life test result table.