Scheduled essential overnight is the key

TicWatch Pro 3 GPS and, most recently, TicWatch 3 GPS Ultra have shaken up the Wear OS market due to its skillful dual-screen design that can offer multi-day use. My biggest issue for giving up a Wear OS a few years back was the battery life. Devices such as LG Watch Sport could barely last throughout the workday, but this was more than four years ago.

Fix on the way

Boffins have been working out a way to stop 5G phones draining batteries faster than an energy vampire -- or an iPhone.

Apple stands behind battery claims guess it thinks it is a Which? hunt

Fruity cargo cult Apple has been acused of making up claims about the battery life on its phones.

Review: The smartphone accompanies me on my travels

I've used the Huawei Mate 20 Pro for a week now, and this is quite some phone, with quite a price tag to match. It will be with me next week when I'm in Barcelona, unless it falls out of my pocket and breaks on the way. Which it won't.

It looks like you don't get what you pay for

While the Tame Apple Press emphasised the fact that its new iPhones would have superior battery performance as a reason for paying inflated prices for the new iPhones, it appears that it might have been untrue.

14.5 hour battery life, 2.76 pounds, Windows 10 S

During Microsoft’s “Learn What’s Next” event this morning in New York City, the company showed off a new Surface Laptop for $999 aimed primarily at students with a focus on extending battery life beyond its nearest competition.

Nought to 55 percent in 30 minutes

Huawei's Mate 9 Phablet is an interesting device which comes with a USB Type-C charging port that can charge the phone to 58 percent within 30 minutes.

You get what you pay for

Swiss outfit Nagra has been caught charging $720 to replace a battery in its Nagra VI–an 8-channel digital recorder.

800 per cent claims questioned

An outfit which claims its Batteriser product can battery life by up to 800 per cent has been taking a hammering on the tech blogs.

iPad 2 battery life, better for movies