In a new real-life battery life test, the iPhone 16 Pro Max lasts the longest, but it’s not a match for the Galaxy S24 Ultra.
I’ve covered the iPhone 16 battery life extensively in the past few weeks. Battery life is one of the things I’m interested in the most this year. It’s one reason to go for the iPhone 16 Plus instead of a smaller model, even though the base iPhone 16 model should offer better battery life than its predecessor. The same goes for the iPhone 16 Pro.
In recent real-life tests, the smaller iPhone 16 variants matched or nearly matched the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The iPhone 16 Pro Max offered the best battery life in those tests, supporting Apple’s claims that the new Pro Max provides the best battery life ever for this size iPhone.
In the same test, the iPhone 16 Pro Max outperformed its direct rival, the Galaxy S24 Ultra. But it turns out the iPhone 16 Pro Max won’t always win these battery tests. A new comparison found that the Galaxy S24 Ultra can outlast the iPhone 16 Pro Max by over an hour in conditions that are intended to replicate real-life use.
The Tom’s Guide test we looked at a few days ago said the iPhone 16 Pro Max lasts for 18 hours and 6 minutes in the following test:
We put the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max through the Tom’s Guide battery test, which involves continuously surfing the web over a mobile connection at 150 nits of screen brightness.
