Samsung Galaxy K zoom battery test

The Samsung Galaxy K zoom packs a 2,430mAh battery, less that you would imagine looking at its bulk. Still, Samsung has had a few iterations to optimize its Exynos chipset for great power efficiency and the Galaxy Note 3 Neo got great results with the same chipset (but bigger battery).

Despite its camera-oriented nature, the Galaxy K zoom has full smartphone functionality.

The phone/camera hybrid outdid the official 14 hours of talk time and we clocked it at 16 hours. That marks a small improvement over its predecessor, the Galaxy S4 zoom and more importantly an above average score in phone terms.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 LTE46:44h

Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Active16:40h

LG Nexus 516:40h

Motorola Moto E16:38h

Motorola Moto E Dual SIM16:38h

Sony Xperia Z16:03h

Samsung Galaxy K zoom16:01h

Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom15:32h

LG Optimus G E97515:30h

Sony Xperia ZL15:22h

Nokia Lumia 72015:17h

HTC Desire 81614:46h

Pantech Burst4:46h

When browsing over Wi-Fi the Galaxy K zoom hit the official time right on the mark with 10 hours. That’s an excellent result beating the famous shooter Nokia Lumia 1020 by over three hours, though it is behind Sony’s 20.7MP flagships, the Xperia Z1 Compact and Xperia Z2. The Galaxy S4 zoom once again lurks close by with a very similar score.

According to Samsung the web browsing time will drop by a couple of hours if you use 3G/4G instead of Wi-Fi.

Web browsing

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Sony Xperia C12:45h

Samsung Galaxy S59:36h

LG G Pro 29:31h

LG G Flex9:31h

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 LTE9:16h

Motorola RAZR MAXX9:12h

Samsung Galaxy K zoom9:10h

HTC One (M8)9:06h

Oppo N19:05h

Samsung Galaxy Grand 29:05h

Apple iPhone 5c9:05h

Samsung Galaxy Note 39:04h

Samsung Galaxy Nexus I92503:01h

The Samsung Galaxy K zoom also scored an excellent time at playing back videos. It’s another small improvement over last year’s S4 zoom and it matched the Xperia Z1 Compact (but is a couple of hours behind the big Xperia Z2 and its 3,000mAh battery).

Video playback

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LG G Flex19:57h

Samsung Galaxy S511:05h

HTC Desire 81610:34h

Apple iPhone 5s10:31h

LG G2 mini10:23h

Apple iPhone 510:12h

Samsung Galaxy K zoom10:08h

Sony Xperia M210:04h

HTC First10:03h

HTC One10:02h

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact10:01h

Samsung Galaxy Express I873010:00h

Nokia Lumia 7103:27h

With good standby power draw the Galaxy K zoom earns an endurance rating of 67 hours, expectedly a moderate improvement over the Galaxy S4 zoom.

We’ve taken plenty of photos with the K zoom without a heavy impact on the battery but obviously that will change if you use the powerful xenon flash. Also note that video capture puts quite a strain on the battery. Unfortunately, we don’t have a standardized way of measuring that so you would have to rely on our subjective remarks for those.