Which smartphone has the best battery life?

Here you’ll find the best smartphones for battery life as well as the coolest feature phones. You’ll notice one brand dominates this round-up: Nokia straddles the worlds of smartphones and feature phones, with many of its models offering outstanding battery life.

How long does a phone battery last?

Any time over 11 hours is excellent, and the phones with the best battery life can hold out for 11.5 hours or longer. Our best phone battery life page shows the 15 longest-lasting phones we've tested in the last 18 months, since many phones remain on the market that long.

Which iPhone has the longest battery life?

Apple’s latest phones have great battery life, but none more so than the iPhone 14 pro max which, Apple says, has the longest of any iPhone ever. It really is epic, lasting a full day no matter what you do and edging into the next day easily.

Why do affordable phones have a better battery life?

This means that the greater the load your phone has to power, the more powerful the battery will need to be to keep it functioning. Affordable phones usually have better battery lives because they won’t need to process as many functions and retain as much power.

Do battery test results reflect a phone's best refresh rate?

When possible, we also run tests at different display refresh rates when a phone offers that capability. Unless otherwise specified, the battery test results cited will reflect a phone's best refresh rate, since we figure that's the setting you'll want when using the phone in daily use. Sign up to get the BEST of Tom's Guide direct to your inbox.

What does a 40h battery rating mean?

You can find all about our testing procedures here. Our overall rating gives you an idea of how much battery backup you can get on a single charge. An overall rating of 40h means that you'll need to fully charge the device in question once every 40 hours if you do one hour of 3G calls, one hour of video playback and one hour of web browsing daily.