{"id":401106,"date":"2026-01-09T03:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/401106\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:19:07","slug":"best-smartphones-for-heavy-users-for-the-start-of-2026-from-budget-to-premium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/401106\/","title":{"rendered":"Best smartphones for heavy users for the start of 2026, from budget to premium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bodytext\">In the entry-level segment, a relatively unknown manufacturer leads our rankings: Cubot. In our review, its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/The-affordable-mobile-phone-for-uncomfortable-places-Cubot-KingKong-ES3-smartphone-review.1117002.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KingKong ES3<\/a> reaches a runtime of almost 26 hours in our Wi-Fi test, which should allow light users to operate the device for several days away from a power socket.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">However, the KingKong ES3 is significantly less efficient than the other two smartphones from Oppo and Motorola. Due to its huge 10,200 mAh battery, the entry-level phone is not only heavy, but also comparatively thick and bulky.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the entry-level segment, a relatively unknown manufacturer leads our rankings: Cubot. In our review, its KingKong ES3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[213286,64,63,213275,234,213276,213284,235,213277,227,213279,203,213280,213283,233,226,213281,213282,236,232,228,229,213278,213285,105,231,230],"class_list":["post-401106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-affordable-smartphone-with-long-battery-life","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-battery-miracle-smartphone","tag-benchmarks","tag-best-smartphone-2025","tag-cubot-kingkong-es3-battery","tag-graphics-card","tag-heavy-user-phone","tag-laptop","tag-marathon-runner-phone","tag-mobile","tag-mobile-phone-battery-test","tag-motorola-moto-g86-battery","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-notebookcheck-smartphone-test","tag-oppo-find-x9-pro-battery","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-smartphone-with-long-battery-life","tag-smartphones-with-large-batteries","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}