We Tested 35 Phone Batteries and Here's The Top Two
CNET·2026-02-06 23:08

Are batteries better than they were a year ago. Well, what we did is we took the 35 phones that we did these battery tests on and averaged them together for one score for 2025 and did the same for 2024 phones. Turns out we did see more battery life in 2025, but it was less than 1%.So, when people were asking me, hey, why am I not seeing these battery life improvements in my new phones. It's less than 1%. That's a few minutes a day, an hour.But, I will say it's hopeful because it means we're moving in the ri ...