Following up on speed and drop tests with the iPhone 14 Pro Max vs Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, PhoneBuff is back with a battery showdown. The flagship iPhone was actually able to keep its battery life crown, here’s how much longer it lasted.
Things have been tight between Apple and Samsung’s flagship smartphones in PhoneBuff’s speed and drop tests.
It was more or less a tie in the speed test, with the S23 Ultra taking slightly less damage when dropped compared to the iPhone 14 Pro Max. However, both completed the four round drop and remained mostly functional.
Now PhoneBuff has put the two phones through a rigorous battery test. While the S23 Ultra has an advantage with a 5,000mAh battery capacity compared to the iPhone 14 Pro Max’s 4,323mAh, the latter has the advantage of specially designed hardware and software.
As for other specifications, the iPhone 14 Pro Max has a 6.7-inch display, while the S23 Ultra has a slightly larger 6.8-inch display. Both have variable refresh rates from 1-120Hz, although the S23 Ultra has a slightly higher resolution of 1440 x 3088 compared to the 14 Pro Max’s 1290 x 2796.
In the end, the iPhone 14 Pro Max outlasted the S23 Ultra by 38 minutes, with the former lasting a total of 27 hours and 44 minutes and the latter dying at 27 hours and 6 minutes.
iPhone 14 Pro Max vs Samsung S23 Ultra battery test
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