the sony xperia 1 mark iii may very well be the first smartphone ever to sport a 4k 120 hertz
display but just how taxing is that display in terms of battery life well the good thing is
that sony have increased its battery capacity to 4500 milliamps and puts it on par with the oneplus
9 pro's 4500 milliamp hour battery the bad thing is that even phones without a 4k display house
massive 5000mah batteries namely the samsung galaxy s21 ultra and xiaomi mi 11 ultra
and while apple's iphone 12 pro max may have a significantly smaller battery ios's optimizations
have proven to dominate in terms of battery life in order to keep things even between these five
premium flagship devices i have made sure to use a lux luminous meter to keep all phones
brightnesses at the same level all devices have been updated to their latest available
software and just one thing to point out here the oneplus 9 pro is running oppo's calories software
instead of oxygen os because oneplus have decided to ship chinese variants of the phone with oppo's
os and since oneplus recently announced its merger with oppo i won't be surprised if it's
also going to change in the global market going forward all android devices are running android
11 with the new miui 12.5 on the xiaomi and of course the iphone is rocking its latest ios 14.6
you may see some service bars on the samsung but i can assure you that all phones are free of sim
cards so we'll be rocking them all on the same wi-fi network of course the xperia 1 mark 3's
greatest highlights is that 4k display while the samsung xiaomi and oneplus are all rocking wqhd
plus panels and the iphone is running somewhere in between qhd and full hd this cannot be changed
and while the iphone is capped at a 60 hertz in terms of refresh rates all other devices here are
running all the way up to 120 hertz with adaptive displays only seen on the samsung and oneplus
can sony's latest flagship keep up with some of the best android smartphones around in
terms of battery life and can its larger battery capacity outshine the optimized iphone 12 pro max
in this real-life usage battery drain test this is tech nick and without further ado let's find out
before we get going it's worth checking out that all phones are capped at 100 they're all currently
plugged in charge and we're actually plugged in charge for the same amount of time i will be using
an emissivity level of 0.05 in order to test the temperatures of all devices throughout the test
when it comes to individual intervals and testing the amounts at the start you can't really compare
them much since they're all plugged in charge so this is not really draining temperature at
the start but more so charging temps nevertheless the iphone is the coolest and the oneplus is the
hottest starting the test over here we have that timer interval at the top right hand corner which
is in relation to the battery percentage below the branding of each device and above the phones
of course that percentage only changes once we clock in in the first time interval and the
temps will also change alongside that moving into interval instead of charging if you are
rusty on specs at the bottom i have a full list of specs over there for you all to gawk your eyes at
and after the first 30 minute mark interval we have 94 on the sony which is trailing the pack
here just in front of that is the s21 ultra then we have the me 11 ultra with 97 98 on the oneplus
and it hasn't even moved a smidge on the iphone still sitting at a rock solid hundred percent
with the iphone staying the coolest in terms of interval and peak and the me11 ultra is staying
the hottest at the interval and peak the peak will change whenever it gets the hottest that will then
stick but the interval changes throughout the test after the one hour time interval we have 89
on the xperia one mark iii which is now trading blows with the s21 ultra at the same percentage
91 on the m11 ultra only doing slightly better than those two 93 on the oneplus 9 pro two percent
better than the m11 ultra and still at the top is the iphone 12 pro max not really surprising since
it does such a great job in terms of optimization with its software and hardware and battery
capacity even though it has the smallest cell around and after an hour and 30 minutes we have 81
on the xperia which is now 2 below the s21 ultra and the s21 ultra is now three percent ahead of
the mi 11 ultra the oneplus 9 pro is six percent ahead of the me 11 ultra three percent ahead of
the s21 ultra as well and 91 on the iphone 12 pro max still leading the pack over here for those of
you who have not noticed at the bottom right hand corner i do showcase the current app and
what we're doing within that app and after the two hour mark interval we have 75 on the sony xperia
1 mark 3 79 on the s21 ultra and the mi 11 ultra is trading blows with the xperia one mark iii at
the same 75 percent 81 on the oneplus 9 pro even though it has a smaller battery than the samsung
it is doing slightly better over here and still leading the pack of course no surprise the iphone
12 pro max which is still keeping the internals nice and cool with 34.9 degrees in celsius in
the last interval as opposed to the mi 11 ultra which is over 40 degrees in celsius being the
hottest of the test after the 2 hour and 30 minute mark interval we have 69 from the xperia one mark
iii which is now one percent behind the mean 11 ultras 70 we have 75 on the s21 ultra which is
almost matching the oneplus 9 pro now with 76 of course still leading the pack the iphone 12
for a max with 83 which is now still the coolest but the hottest in the last interval was the sony
and the hottest peak still overall which sticks for now is the mi 11 ultra until another phone
gets hotter than that throughout the entirety of the test after three hours we have 64 on the sony
71 on the samsung 73 on the oneplus still leading opposed to the samsung and sony and xiaomi which
is now ahead of the sony at 65 and once again still leading the pack here is the iphone 12 pro
max though slightly dropping a lot more quickly than it was earlier on in the test we're reaching
that three hour 30 minute mark interval and now that we have we're sitting at 57 on the sony 10
behind the samsung galaxy s21 ultra 67 which is now matching the oneplus 9 pro 67 and the sony and
xiaomi are once again pretty neck and neck here with 59 on the xiaomi as opposed to the 57 on the
sony 74 on the iphone 12 pro max which is dropping pretty quickly now it is just seven percent ahead
of the s21 ultra and oneplus 9 pro but you got to remember that it does have the smallest battery
but while it does have the smallest battery it has the lowest refresh rate just at 60 hertz and the
lowest resolution somewhere sitting between qhd and full hd where the others are all rocking qhd
panels or 4k that being on the sony and 120 hertz which sucks up a hell of a lot of juice moving on
to the camera app over here we're recording selfie video at 1080p 30fps since the sony is capped at
this and since all my previous tests that i have done i have used selfie video 1080p 30fps even
if phones do support 60 frames per second when using selfie video recording i try keep all my
battery drain tests exactly the same so that you can compare the results across the entirety of my
channel in the past two years remember you cannot compare this to other channels battery drain test
since we use different brightnesses and different apps on the phones and you know different settings
as well as full hd or qhd 120hz or 60hz so on and so forth now recording main video 4k 30 fps for
the same exact reason since i've kept it the same on all previous tests and the sony can only go up
to 4k 30fps when in its regular app it has to go into its photo or cinema pro app i should say in
order to unlock 4k 60fps make sure you check out my full review on the sony xperia 1 mark
iii it is pretty interesting i do absolutely adore the device so it does have a few flaws reaching
that 5 hour 30 minute mark interval with the iphone 12 pro max is still in the lead over here
the xiaomi decided to go and overheat over there no surprise that time around i thought this would
be fixed with me on 12.5 i guess not 16 on the sony after 5 hours and 35 minutes 19 on the me 11
ultra hours and 35 minutes of course as well just three percent ahead of the sony 33 on the samsung
which is now three percent ahead of the oneplus is 30 and still leading the pack is the iphone
12 pro max with 41 and which is still the coolest device at 48.3 degrees in celsius as opposed to
the xperia reaching the highest interval and peak almost 57 degrees in celsius after the 5 hour 30
minute mark interval hitting the six hour mark interval we have just five percent left on the
sony and two percent left on the m11 ultra which is going to be the first o'clock out here is the
sony going to triumph the massive battery mammoth me 11 ultra and yes it does the xiaomi 11 ultra
clocks archer with six hours and five minutes which is actually worse than my last test
when i ran me while 12.0 instead of 12.5 this time around slightly disappointing there from
xiaomi how much longer can the xperia go and it decides to say chest to us after six hours and
21 minutes which is actually pretty fantastic considering it's rocking a 4k 6.5 inch 120 hertz
refresh rate display 6 hours 21 minutes does have a better percentage per minute reading compared
to the xiaomi and a better milliamp per minute reading compared to the xiaomi as well considering
it finished later on and it also has a slightly smaller battery at 4500 as opposed to the 5000
milliamp hours that we see on the xiaomi 6 hour and 30 minute mark interval 20 on the samsung 13
on the oneplus and 27 on the iphone 12 pro max of course the iphone looks like it's gonna win we'll
have to see if there's gonna be any twists and turns going forward from here on out but how much
longer will the oneplus last and can it indeed beat the samsung that would be very surprising
considering it has a much smaller battery 13 on the samsung after seven hours seven percent
on the oneplus and 22 on the iphone the iphone has finally reached the red zone but as stalls
stayed the coolest here with the last interval being 35.4 degrees in celsius and the hottest in
the last interval was the samsung surprisingly at 43.1 degrees in celsius the oneplus decides to say
just to us after seven hours and 29 minutes which is pretty impressive considering it did worse in
my previous test we'll get to that at the end of this video so stay tuned for that we are compared
to other devices as well as its predecessors and after 7 hours and 31 minutes we have 7 left on the
s21 ultra within its tank of course and 17 within the iphone 12 pro max's battery capacity even
though the iphone 12 pro max has a significantly smaller battery cell compared to the s21 ultra the
s21 ultra or samsung likes to dim their devices when it reaches five percent so i brought the lux
luminous reading back up to match the brightness of the iphone and the samsung says chest toss
after seven hours and 57 minutes not too shabby almost reached that eight hour mark we have seen
it go over nine hours when it is set to 60 hertz so i guess adaptive is not necessarily the best
thing in terms of battery endurance when it comes to the samsung it did have the best percentage
per minute reading but it didn't beat the oneplus in terms of milliampere per minute reading since
the oneplus has a smaller battery and they only finish within 30 minutes of each other the iphone
is still going after eight minutes at 12 after eight hours at 12 percent my bad over there and
moving on can it reach the nine hour mark interval it usually has no sweat reaching that six percent
after eight hours and 30 minutes and of course it has still kept the coolest peak temperature
at 48.3 degrees in celsius the xiaomi hit new heights here with 65.1 degrees in celsius which
is absolutely insane the iphone's last interval was sitting at 37.4 degrees in celsius and even
though we have finished the test over here i am running the apps the same way that i would
if other smartphones were to surpass the 8 hour mark interval in a loop going back from the start
skipping a couple apps and going into some heavier apps and some lighter apps respectively nine hours
and seven nine hours and eight nine hours at nine minutes can the iphone reach no it doesn't 9 hours
and 13 minutes zero percent on the iphone 12 pro max absolutely phenomenal but you've got
to remember 60 hertz display and not necessarily a qhd panel still nevertheless a great score over
there for the iphone with the best million power per minute reading and percentage per minute
fifth place over here we have the xiaomi mi 11 ultra with a sub par six hours and five minutes
pretty disappointed here since it has a massive five thousand milliamp hour battery next up fourth
place is the sony xperia 1 mark iii pretty impressive considering it has a 4k 120 hertz
display with a 4 500 milliamp hour battery 6 hours and 21 minutes i'm actually okay with that third
place we have the oneplus 9 pro same size sol as the sony before it but 7 hours and 29 minutes is
an hour ahead of that even more than an hour ahead of that but it lacks the 4k display second place
is the galaxy s21 ultra with a massive 7 hours and 57 minutes thanks to that wonderful 5 000
milliamp hour batteries pretty impressed with it first place very impressed with it the iphone 12
pro max 9 hours and 13 minutes it never seems to disappoint always hits over 9 hours every single
time though it does have a 60 hertz panel and when comparing these devices to their predecessors as
you can see right at the top of the screen over here the xperia 1 mark ii hits 6 hours and 55
minutes with a smaller 4 000 milliamp hour cell and it actually beats its successor the xperia
1 mark iii though it was only a 60 hertz refresh rate the samsung galaxy s 20 ultra hits 7 hours
and 33 minutes with the same settings and the same size battery capacity so it's definitely seen an
improvement this time around the iphone 12 pro max is pretty much on par with the iphone 11 pro max's
9 hours and 12 minutes the oneplus 9 pro has pretty much stayed the same in terms of last
year's oneplus 8 pro so that's always good to see and the xiaomi mi 11 ultra's predecessor the mi
10 ultra did it in seven hours and 36 minutes which is an hour and a half better than the m11
ultra even though it has 500 milliamp hours less in terms of battery capacity though it was just
limited to full hd since it didn't have an option for qhd and if you take a look right at the bottom
of the screen if they all had the exact same size battery capacity the samsung and xiaomi's capacity
of 5000 milliamps the iphone would stay in first but jump all the way up to 12 hours and 30 minutes
second place would now be the oneplus 9 pro with eight hours and 19 minutes leaving the s21 ultra
in the dust and then fourth place would still be the sony seven hours and three minutes this time
around with a slightly bigger bumped up battery and last place would still be the me 11 ultra and
one last thing to note here is that in my previous battery drain test of the mi 11 ultra i tested it
out with miui 12.0 now we have miui 12.5 all of us thought that the battery would drain a little
less this time around but it didn't last time we got six hours and 32 minutes this time we got six
hours in five minutes and both times i did the exact same apps for the exact same amount of time
and on the exact same settings of qhd and 120 hertz let me know what you guys think
of that in the comment section down below this is tech nick and i'll catch you in the next one
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