Our Samsung Galaxy S6 edge battery life test shows flagship-worthy endurance
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We put the Galaxy S6 edge through our arduous battery life test that attempts to mimic the average person's usage patterns. The result? 8 hours and 11 minutes of battery life, and 83 minutes needed to charge from zero to full – an (ostensibly) excellent showing! Still, there's one caveat to this score that we have to mention, for it played a part in S6 edge's achievement.
As some of you know, we always set the display brightness of the phones that go through our custom battery life test to 200 nits. This is done to ensure as close to an even playing field as possible. Unfortunately, in the case of the Galaxy S6 edge, we had to green light the test at 180 nits, as that's the highest brightness the display can reach when manually set. This gives the S6 edge a small... well, edge, over the competition that had to play by the rules. Still, even keeping that in mind, we still have to give it to Samsung's top new smartphone – its battery life is great.
Battery life (hours) Higher is better
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Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
8h 11 min (Average)
Motorola DROID Turbo
10h 42 min (Excellent)
Motorola Moto X (2014)
5h 45 min (Poor)
Samsung Galaxy S6
7h 14 min (Average)
HTC One M9
6h 25 min (Poor)
Sony Xperia Z3
9h 29 min (Good)
Apple iPhone 6
5h 22 min (Poor)
Apple iPhone 6 Plus
6h 32 min (Average)
Samsung Galaxy Note4
8h 43 min (Good)
Samsung Galaxy S5
7h 38 min (Average)
LG G3
6h 14 min (Poor)
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Charging time (minutes) Lower is better
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Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
83
Motorola DROID Turbo
126
Motorola Moto X (2014)
176
Samsung Galaxy S6
78
HTC One M9
106
Sony Xperia Z3
235
Apple iPhone 6
147
Apple iPhone 6 Plus
171
Samsung Galaxy Note4
95
Samsung Galaxy S5
122
LG G3
120
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