







But the Moto X is not without weaknesses, and perhaps the most significant one is its 2300 mAh battery -- on par with the now aging Google Nexus 5 . As you can imagine, that kind of capacity isn't going to be a chart-topper, and our battery life test proved this -- the Moto X held its ground for 5 hours and 45 minutes, which is not terrible, but definitely nothing to write home about. In comparison, the 2014 flagship generation's battery king, the Sony Xperia Z2 , managed over 8 hours, while the Samsung Galaxy S5 benched a little over 7 hours and a half. In fact, even the LG G3 , with its extremely pixel -dense, Quad HD display, outlasted the new Moto X.





See for yourself.





We measure battery life by running a custom web-script, designed to replicate the power consumption of typical real-life usage. All devices that go through the test have their displays set at 200-nit brightness. name hours Higher is better HTC One (M8) 7h 12 min (Average) LG G3 6h 14 min (Poor) Apple iPhone 5s 5h 2 min (Poor) Samsung Galaxy S5 7h 38 min (Average) Sony Xperia Z2 8h 10 min (Average) Google Nexus 5 4h 50 min (Poor) Motorola Moto X (2014) 5h 45 min (Poor) View all

In case you somehow missed it, our review of the new Moto X is here, and, on the whole, we quite like what Motorola has done with its new flagship, specifically considering its low, $99 price tag on a contract.