iPhone 18 Pro Max Tops Battery Test of 32 Smartphones, Beating Android Rivals
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Max finished first in a comparison of 32 modern smartphones, with the iPhone 17 and iPhone 18 Pro tied for second. Testers measured how much charge each phone had left after video streaming and a mixed-use stress test.
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Max finished first in a battery test of 32 modern smartphones, making it the iPhone winner of a comparison that included top Android models. The results were published last week.
It was not a one-phone result. Several iPhones ranked near the top of the list.
How the top of the table looks
The iPhone 18 Pro Max was the only phone that beat every other model in the test. The iPhone 17 and the iPhone 18 Pro tied for second place. Two Android phones shared that position with them.
The published top 10 contains several ties. Apple phones took the first spot and shared the next one.
What the testers did
Each phone went through two tests, both starting with the battery at 100%. One was a 3-hour video streaming test. The other was a 45-minute stress test the testers described as anecdotal.
In the stress test, the testers said they "stream videos, make a video call, play games and scroll social media." They intended it to mimic normal use.
The results show the battery percentage remaining after each test, so a higher number is better. The testers averaged the two results to produce their rankings.
What it means for buyers
The ranking reflects one set of tests. Battery results depend on how a reviewer stresses a phone, and a different method could shuffle the order. A mix of streaming, calls, games and social media is close to how many people use their phones, though.
For shoppers, the headline is simple. If battery life drives your choice, three iPhone models sat in the top group of a 32-phone field, and the iPhone 18 Pro Max sat alone above them.
The comparison also drew some online attention to Apple's camera and speed results. A social media post circulating alongside the battery findings claimed the iPhone 18 Pro Max had also won camera and speed tests against leading Android flagships, with video evidence. That claim comes from the post itself and is not part of the battery methodology described above.
The testers have not said whether they will repeat the comparison as new phones arrive.
