Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max outperformed other flagship smartphones, including the Google Pixel 7 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, in a recent smartphone battery life test.
PhoneArena conducted battery life tests on some of the most popular flagship smartphones on the market today, including Google’s new Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro and the older Pixel 6 Pro. In the first part of the test, each phone was put on an emulator that replicated typical web browsing. The Apple iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max were the winners of this specific test. The endurance results are as follows.
- Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max: 19 hours 5 minutes
- Apple iPhone 14 Pro: 16 hours 18 minutes
- Google Pixel 7 Pro: 14 hours 19 minutes
- Google Pixel 7: 13 hours 56 minutes
- Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra: 13 hours 17 minutes
- Google Pixel 6 Pro: 13 hours 13 minutes
The second part of the test involved each phone playing back the same YouTube video until the battery ran out. According to the video, each phone started at 100% brightness level. The endurance results are as follows.
- Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max: 11 hours 0 minutes
- Google Pixel 7 Pro: 9 hours and 39 minutes
- Apple iPhone 14 Pro: 9 hours 14 minutes
- Google Pixel 7: 9 hours 13 minutes
- Google Pixel 6 Pro: 9 hours 10 minutes
- Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra: 7 hours 27 minutes
By the numbers, the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max last the longest and should have the largest physical capacity batteries, but that’s not the case.
In fact, compared to the Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, the iPhone 14 Pro has the smallest battery capacity. The iPhone 14 Pro Max also has a smaller battery compared to other large flagships, despite getting the longest battery life in all tests. Here are the phone battery capacities.
- Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max: 4323mAh
- Apple iPhone 14 Pro: 3200mAh
- Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra: 5000mAh
- Google Pixel 7 Pro: 5000mAh
- Google Pixel 7: 4355mAh
- Google Pixel 6 Pro: 5000mAh
