It's not surprising that the largest smartphones by the likes of Apple and Samsung have the longest battery lives, because they have the biggest batteries — but new testing shows that the iPhone 16 Pro Max beats them all.

It's all the more fun on the iPhone 16 Pro Max. The larger display, extra power in the A18 Pro chip make the game more visually impressive, while improved cooling (thanks to new graphite and aluminum parts) makes it much more comfortable to hold than the iPhone 15 Pro was.

Apple's iPhone 16 Pro Max supports faster wired charging speeds than its predecessor, but they don't reach 45W as previously expected.

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As for Apple’s main high-end phone competition, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra fell well short of the iPhone 16 Pro Max, clocking 16 hours and 45 minutes of battery life, despite having a larger 5,000mAh cell (compared to the iPhone 16 Pro Max’s 4,685mAh).

The two Android sets that beat out the iPhone 16 Pro Max did so with batteries that are over 800 mAh greater in capacity. Both pack in 5,500 mAh cells compared to Apple’s 4,676ish mAh cell ( Tom’s Guide lists the iPhone as 4,685 mAh versus iFixit’s 4,676). However, they also only got 36–42 minutes more runtime under the same conditions.

Earlier this week, repair site iFixit took apart the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus to demonstrate the new battery removal process that

Most, but not all, cases have a gap where the Camera Control sits but a select few have a special cover that works with the button which is a hybrid of a mechanical and a touch-sensitive control. The other two iPhones are the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max,