Which telephones final the longest?

With regards to the US large three — iPhone, Galaxy, and Pixel — battery life quibbles are a well-recognized battleground. So which is one of the best? To search out out, we’ve grabbed Apple’s iPhone 16 and its closest direct rivals within the Android sphere; Google’s Pixel 9 collection and Samsung’s Galaxy S24 vary.

iPhone vs Android, which has one of the best battery life?

Let’s begin with the littlest iPhone 16, which sports activities a reasonably compact 3,560mAh battery that’s significantly smaller than the Galaxy S24’s 4,000mAh cell and the Pixel 9’s 4,700mAh battery. However battery capability isn’t all the pieces; show specs and processor effectivity are big contributors, too.

As such, the iPhone 16 scores just a few wins. The iPhone 16 outlasts our different fashions in the case of digicam seize time and is true within the combine with 4K video playback and Zoom name outcomes. The mixture of a cutting-edge 3nm Apple A18 processor and a relatively extra fundamental 60Hz show makes the baseline iPhone 16 pretty frugal in its battery consumption.

Nonetheless, the Pixel 9’s a lot greater battery appears to present it a stable benefit in our Zoom and 4K video recording checks, although its Tensor G4 chip isn’t as innovative. By comparability, Samsung’s Exynos chip is by far probably the most frugal on the all-important internet searching, whereas the iPhone 16 is available in final right here.

There’s no outright winner right here; every mannequin has its personal strengths and weaknesses. But when we common our 5 checks, the Exynos Galaxy S24 comes out on prime with 10 hours of battery life, adopted by the Pixel 9 with 9.3 hours, the iPhone 16 with 8.9, and the Snapdragon Galaxy S24 with 8.7 hours.

Is the iPhone 16 Professional higher or worse?

We additionally grabbed Apple’s flagship iPhone 16 Professional to check towards equally priced Android rivals. Once more, it has a reasonably tiny 3,580 mAh battery, a lot smaller than the equally sized Pixel 9 Professional’s 4,700 mAh battery. The bigger Pixel 9 Professional and Galaxy S24 Extremely clock in with 5,060 mAh and 5,000 mAh cells, respectively. So hold that in thoughts.

Not like the smaller iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Professional can’t make up the battery capability deficit. Whereas it performs admirably in our 4K playback check, it scores effectively behind all the opposite telephones in our different checks. The net searching result’s significantly disappointing, pointing to simply 5 hours of screen-on time. That’s 40% lower than the Pixel 9 Professional regardless of solely having a 24% smaller battery.

Anecdotally, we’ve felt the telephone’s Apple A18 Professional chipset warmth up loads throughout basic use. This implies larger chipset energy consumption than the common A18, regardless of not providing rather more in the best way of further efficiency once we benchmarked the chip.

We don’t have an iPhone 16 Professional Max readily available, however its bigger 4,685mAh cell (which is 26% bigger than the Professional) isn’t going to be sufficient to overhaul Android’s battery behemoths. A 26% increase would nonetheless go away the Professional Max behind all our Android fashions in video seize, internet searching, and assembly checks. It might, nonetheless, shut the hole on the S24 Extremely in video playback, zoom, and digicam seize checks.

It’s a lot simpler to rank these bigger flagship telephones. The Galaxy S24 Extremely is a transparent winner for all-important video playback and internet searching. In the meantime, Google’s Pixel collection is the winner when it comes to content material seize instances.

With regards to battery life, the iPhone 16 collection is a story of two halves. Regardless of main in just one class, the common iPhone 16 is as stable as any Android rival in the case of lasting by a full day of frequent duties. The iPhone 16 Professional, then again, is notably behind its Android rivals and truly scores worse than the common iPhone 16 in lots of our checks, doubtless owing to a extra demanding {hardware} setup on a small battery.

In the event you’re searching for powerhouse {hardware} and a battery that lasts, the compact Google Pixel 9 Professional units a stable benchmark, and the larger battery within the 9 Professional XL can take you even additional. If you wish to assure you’ll energy by most likely two days of use searching social and the online, decide the bigger Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely.

In the event you’re nonetheless offered on Apple’s ecosystem, regardless of the regarding outcomes, the common iPhone 16 is okay sufficient for a smaller telephone. Keep away from the Professional until you need to cope with battery nervousness, and go for the bigger iPhone 16 Plus and Professional Max which have a lot greater cells. That stated, you’ll must deal with their bulkier frames and the added heft in your pocket.