My Moto Z2 Force Battery Life

[admyrick]

Hey everyone. Earlier I showed you how fast the Z2 Force can charge when completely drained, now we're gonna see how long it will last.
I'll be posting updates throughout the day to show you my progress, while also sharing what I've been doing to stress out the battery.
If you have any questions, let us know!

 

[admyrick]

Alright so I'm one hour in to my usage for the day and I've been pretty active. I've been working on setting up my home screen (which you will all see soon).
I've also been listening to some Spotify and checking the likes of Instagram and Snapchat. Not too shabby so far, and the Z2 Force has been keeping up with everything and hasn't even started to get warm yet!
Pretty good start!

 

[admyrick]

Alright so I'm one hour in to my usage for the day and I've been pretty active. I've been working on setting up my home screen (which you will all see soon).

I've also been listening to some Spotify and checking the likes of Instagram and Snapchat. Not too shabby so far, and the Z2 Force has been keeping up with everything and hasn't even started to get warm yet!

Pretty good start!

Another hour down, and we're back to share how the battery life is holding up. This time around we went from 89% down to 76% with almost an hour and a half of screen-on time.

 

[admyrick]

Another hour down, and we're back to share how the battery life is holding up. This time around we went from 89% down to 76% with almost an hour and a half of screen-on time.

Hour 3 is in the books and we're down to 67% with a total of an hour and 52 minutes of the screen being on. This last hour was a little busier than previously as I also did some work from my device, while also gathering up friends for dinner plans.

 

[admyrick]

Hour 3 is in the books and we're down to 67% with a total of an hour and 52 minutes of the screen being on. This last hour was a little busier than previously as I also did some work from my device, while also gathering up friends for dinner plans.

Another hour down and we're now down to 54% with 2 hours and 21 minutes of screen on time. This time we've ventured away from the house and have been using Snapchat and Instagram to document dinner with some friends.

 

[admyrick]

Another hour down and we're now down to 54% with 2 hours and 21 minutes of screen on time. This time we've ventured away from the house and have been using Snapchat and Instagram to document dinner with some friends.

The last hour wasn't too exciting. Just some random social media action but seems that we're moving a pretty good pace. However, this last hour pushed us down to 41% and 2 hours and 50 minutes of screen on time.

 

[admyrick]

The last hour wasn't too exciting. Just some random social media action but seems that we're moving a pretty good pace. However, this last hour pushed us down to 41% and 2 hours and 50 minutes of screen on time.

After our last update, I didn't really spend too much extra time on the Z2 Force, save for some timers during a home poker game and brief responding to messages. Then we packed it in for the night, and here's where we ended up when bedtime arrived.
Down to 24% which wasn't too shabby considering the fact that we had a little bit over 3 hours of screen on time.

 

[admyrick]

After our last update, I didn't really spend too much extra time on the Z2 Force, save for some timers during a home poker game and brief responding to messages. Then we packed it in for the night, and here's where we ended up when bedtime arrived.

Down to 24% which wasn't too shabby considering the fact that we had a little bit over 3 hours of screen on time.

The next big test was to see how well the battery would hold up overnight, which was between 12AM when I called it quits, and 8AM when I woke up. As you can see, we lost about 6% of battery life, starting the day at 18%.
As of now, the battery is down to 13% and our battery saver mode is on. So we'll have to see how long we can push the Z2 Force before it's done for.

 

[admyrick]

The next big test was to see how well the battery would hold up overnight, which was between 12AM when I called it quits, and 8AM when I woke up. As you can see, we lost about 6% of battery life, starting the day at 18%.

As of now, the battery is down to 13% and our battery saver mode is on. So we'll have to see how long we can push the Z2 Force before it's done for.

Sorry for the late update, but we were finally able to get the Z2 battery completely drained. At 1%, we had a final screen-on time of 3 hours and 48 minutes. This is obviously not as great as other devices, but we'll chalk it up to being a brand new device...for now.

 

[admyrick]

Here's a look at the roundup of these findings if you want to check everything out!

Moto Z2 Force Battery Life (first 24 hours)

Let me know if you have any questions!

 

[doogald]

I guess my question is, who thinks that 22 hours, with 3.75 hours on screen time, is good enough, with a brand new phone/battery?

I'd also be interested in a test with the phone in a place with a mediocre signal, as I often find myself.

Seems that this phone would need a battery mod for the way that I use a phone.