I had a few people suggest that I do a battery test between multiple smart phones. I have
11 high end smart phones set up in front of me on my desk. iPhone SE, iPhone 6, LGG5,
Galaxy S7, LG V10, Note 5, Windows Lumia 950XL, Blackberry Priv, Sony Xperia Z5 Premium, Nexus
6p, and Huawei Mate 8.
I also have lined them up in order of smallest battery to largest battery.
In a perfect world, the phone with the smallest battery would die first... but as we all know
with smart phones there are lots of variables that go into battery life, like operating
system, background apps, screen size and screen brightness, and a lot of other variables.
Most of these phones are unused. The iPhone 6 was used for a bit, and the Note 5 was used
as my main phone for about 6 months. For this test, all of the phones are in airplane mode
with the screen brightness turned all the way up. I have a video that I made recently
looping on all of the devices. I took a Han Solo Star Wars Lego, and turned it in to solid
gold with the help of a gold smith... Which then fights Darth Vader. Pretty awesome video
that you should check out after you're done with this one. Ill have it linked in the cards
and in the video description of this video. Here have a listen...
{Mumbo Jumbo}
Nexus 6p wouldn't auto rotate, so I had to turn it off and back on again. It had a few
minute late start, but you'll see at the end of the video that a few minutes wont matter.
Make sure you are subscribed so you wont miss any of my future tests, and lets see the results
of this battery test.
The first phone to die was the Sony Z5 Premium. Just before the 4 hour mark. My theory as
to why this phone died first, is because it is the only phone with 4K resolution on my
desk at the moment. The video that is looping on all the phones is in 4K. So the Xperia
Z5 is pushing 4 times as many pixels as the rest of the phones, which are playing the
video in lower resolutions. So... its OK that it died first in my mind because of how powerful
that screen is. I imagine in other test, that dont involve video... this phone would have
lasted a lot longer.
The next phone to dim and putter to a stop was the LG V10. When I turned on each phones,
I left running any apps that turn on with the phone automatically to be fair on all
phones. Unfortunately for the LG V10 one of the stock apps that auto starts is the useless
battery sucking 'Lookout App'. This was disappointing. I had high hopes for the V10. It finally died
at 4 hours and 11 minutes.
The next phone to completely die was the iPhone 6. This has one of the smallest batteries,
so I was not surprised. Did you know that the iPhone 6S actually has a smaller battery
than the iPhone 6? Someone should let Apple know they are headed the wrong direction in
battery capacity.
There is a big gap between the 3rd and 4th phone. The Microsoft Lumia 950 XL died at
5 hours and 6 minuets.
The Nexus 6p did legitly die at 5 hours and 20 minutes.
So.. the LG G5 stopped playing the video and pretended to be dead with 16 percent battery
life at 5 hours and 21 minutes . Trying to screw up my test... But after checking the
battery history, it was on course to die at the 6:15 minute mark. Ill have it scored correctly
at the end of this video.
The iPhone SE died at five horus and thirty three minutes. Even though it has a small
battery... it also has a the smallest screen. So the battery doesn't get used as hard as
the other phones... which means it can last longer.
The Note 5 was next to go at 6 hours and 20 minutes of screen on time.
Blackberry Priv was the 9th phone to die. At a very impressive six hours and 35 minutes.
The Huawei Mate 8 has the largest battery in the group but also the largest screen.
It was the 10th phone to die at 6 hours and 38 minutes.
The last phone to die was the Galaxy S7. With an impressive 7 hours and one minute of video
playing. Remember that all of the phones are on airplane mode, with the screen brightness
turned all the way up.
Here is a list of all the phones and how long they stayed alive. Let me know what you think
of the results in the comments. If you enjoyed this video, and want to see more like it in
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tests you would like to see done next. I do phone giveaways sometimes through my twitter,
so bounce on over there and see if I have anything going at this time.
Thanks for watching! I hope to see you around.