Are you tired of having a car charger, wall charger and USB charger with you at all times just to make sure your phone doesn’t run short on battery life? Is your old block of a phone dead after a quick conversation with loved ones? If either these are the case, or you are just sick of your phone, then you need to either get a new cell phone battery or a new cell phone so you can enjoy your handheld device once again.
Many cell phones in the marketplace today are built to have longer lasting battery life, but sometimes you’ll encounter a phone that doesn’t or after time, the battery life decreases. Many handset batteries begin to lose their capacity for a charge after 18 to 24 months. Sometimes you may just need a new cell phone battery to boost the power in your phone, but other times you may just need a new phone. Check out the list that PC Magazine has compiled of the best and longest lasting cell phones in the marketplace today.
AT & T
The Z9, a jewel-like slider version of the company’s powerful RAZR2 V9 handset, offers crystal-clear voice quality. That’s not just hype, either, since the Z9 includes Motorola’s built-in CrystalTalk noise-canceling software. It lasts over 10 hours in 2G mode—though expect that number to plummet in 3G mode, as is true with all HSDPA handsets.
The Nokia N82 is one of the Finnish company’s best smartphones. Along with excellent battery life, it packs a 5-megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens and a Xenon flash. It’s easily the best camera phone we’ve tested to date. In addition, it’s a great game machine, has a GPS radio, and—since it’s unlocked—works with both AT&T and T-Mobile SIM cards, as well as prepaid SIM cards overseas.
Sprint
This inexpensive voice phone for Sprint doubles as a next-generation Nextel push-to-talk handset. It supports Sprint’s new EV-DO Rev A data network, has a high-resolution 320-by-240-pixel screen, and weighs just 3.4 ounces. And it’s got one of the loudest and clearest phones out there—not bad for a slim CDMA phone that lasts over 6 hours on a continuous phone call.
The reason this handset has good battery life is obvious the moment you lay eyes on it. Sprint, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to make the Q9c’s normally “extended” battery standard. That’s great for endurance: The Q9c lasted almost 7 hours on our talk time rundown test. But the device looks rather odd, since the larger battery pack destroys the slim lines of Motorola’s RAZR-style smartphone. Except for that, the Q9c is an outstanding handset.
T-Mobile
The RAZR may feel like old news, but don’t overlook today’s updated RAZR2 V8 models. The T-Mobile version is a good buy and offers stellar battery life for such a slim and svelte handset—over 10 hours of talk time. It also features top-tier voice quality and reception, and even comes with a decent Web browser.
At its introduction, the Shadow was something of a disappointment, since its custom Windows Mobile interface overhaul didn’t really live up to expectations. Nonetheless, it’s a stylish device with a large screen, a Wi-Fi radio, robust e-mail compatibility, and excellent video performance. It lasted almost 11 hours on our talk time test.
Verizon
LG really nailed it with the VX5400, a feature phone that offers crystal-clear voice calls, an unobtrusive design, and excellent battery life. Perhaps best of all, it’s free with a two-year contract from Verizon, which makes it an easy recommendation for anyone looking for a basic but capable handset.
BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon) 
Our Editors’ Choice for smartphones on Verizon, the Curve 8330 packs in everything that’s good about today’s BlackBerrys in a smaller, sleeker form factor than that of the company’s more business-oriented 8800 series devices. The 8330 Curve offers a 2-megapixel camera, a comfortable keyboard, battery life approaching 6 hours of talk time, a built-in GPS radio, and BlackBerry’s legendary push e-mail.
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