Google Pixel and Pixel XL vs Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus: battery life stats comparison

posted by Victor H. / Oct 04, 2016, 1:04 PM

Google Pixel and Pixel XL vs Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus: battery life stats comparison

Google is now officially a hardware company.

And not just any hardware company: it has just unveiled two phones, the Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL, both designed and made by the company once known only for its search engine.

Should Android phone makers like Samsung, LG and others be scared of this new competition coming straight from the company that makes the operating system that these aforementioned companies rely heavily upon? While we think that if Google wants to get serious, it will inevitably threaten the success of Samsung and LG that it itself helped create, it was interesting to see that during the official Google Pixel phone presentation, it was the Apple iPhone that was ridiculed multiple times.

Naturally, we were interested to see how the new Google Pixel and Pixel XL compare against the also-new Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in one of the most important aspects for a phone: battery life. We took the official battery life numbers by Google and Apple, and put them alongside, so that you can easily see which of these phones holds the promise for longer battery life. Keep in mind that the two companies likely test their phones differently, so not all numbers are directly comparable.

So rather than proclaim that one of the two - Pixel or iPhone - is the new battery king, use this as guidelines while you wait for the actual reviews of the phones that will give more detailed opinion on this.

	Google Pixel	Google Pixel XL	Apple iPhone 7	Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Battery capacity	2770 mAh	3450 mAh	1960 mAh	2900 mAh
Stand-by time	19 days	23 days	10 days	16 days
Talk time	26 hours	32 hours	14 hours (3G)	21 hours (3G)
Wi-Fi usage	13 hours	14 hours	14 hours	15 hours
LTE usage	13 hours	14 hours	12 hours	13 hours
Video playback	13 hours	14 hours	13 hours	14 hours
Audio playback	110 hours	130 hours	40 hours	60 hours
Quick charge	Yes, 7 hours usage w/ 15-minute charge	Yes, 7 hours usage w/ 15-minute charge	No	No

*Testing methodologies of Google and Apple likely differ, so these numbers should be considered comparable only as a reference rather than truly equalized.

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17 Comments

1. Unordinary unregistered

Extremely doubtful of that standby time. All in all, Im loving this phone

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 1:08 PM 1

8. Scott93274

Posts: 6042; Member since: Aug 06, 2013

If Doze is implemented properly, I don't see why not.

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 1:16 PM 12

10. Harambe unregistered

I'm pretty sure that standby time doesn't include being connected to Internet. So doze won't matter much.

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 1:21 PM 0

11. Unordinary unregistered

R.I.P

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 1:23 PM 0

2. manojmcn

Posts: 634; Member since: Jul 16, 2015

Why did they release this phone???

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 1:10 PM 0

12. darkkjedii

Posts: 31764; Member since: Feb 05, 2011

For the same reason you posted...they wanted to.

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 4:29 PM 4

3. nate358

Posts: 63; Member since: Dec 24, 2013

Wireless charging? Fail

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 1:10 PM 1

6. kiko007

Posts: 7524; Member since: Feb 17, 2016

Common sense? Fail........

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 1:13 PM 14

4. DeusExCellula

Posts: 1390; Member since: Oct 05, 2014

I want to see some real life numbers for those phones before I will believe any of these numbers. Dispite sporting larger batteries, Wifi usage, LTE usage and Video playback are extremely close....

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 1:11 PM 0

9. Scott93274

Higher resolutions on both Pixel phones compared to the iPhones maybe?

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 1:17 PM 1

5. NarutoKage14

Posts: 1354; Member since: Aug 31, 2016

This is the one metric that I was waiting for on these phones. I knew they were going to be pretty much equal or comparable to other flagships in all other metrics.

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 1:12 PM 0

7. tangbunna

Posts: 495; Member since: Sep 29, 2016

they forgot to compare charging at 1A current. normally android has around 3000mah. but druing charging using adaptor less than 2A current, it will take more than 3hr to get full but fast to deplete. iphone is ok with the 1700mah which is take only 1:30hr. it is power bank friendly.

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 1:15 PM 0

13. NarutoKage14

130 hours of audio playback? I'm guessing it has a dedicated decoder to achieve that kind of longevity.

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 4:52 PM 0

14. joevsyou

Posts: 1093; Member since: Feb 28, 2015

how about screen on time? Who really cares about standby/talk time? wifi/4g is about the same

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 6:56 PM 0

15. firesoul453

Posts: 1; Member since: Oct 04, 2016

Sources please.

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 7:21 PM 0

16. smash

Posts: 15; Member since: Jan 31, 2014

My search for lg g2 replacement continues

posted on Oct 04, 2016, 8:18 PM 0

17. AmashAziz

Posts: 2934; Member since: Jun 30, 2014

If you want to stay with lg, wait till the g6 comes out so that you get a good discount on v20, and g5. However, if you want to move away from Tom Cruise, but stay with mission impossible, then go for the s7, p10, oneplus 3, or nexus 6p.