JANUARY 2020 PCWorld 45percentage points add up
over the course of a day,
especially because most
people won’t be using their
phones to watch videos for 10
hours straight. And look what
happened when I ran the
same video a second time with
auto-and adaptive brightness
turned on for all three phones,
tracking the battery drain:
iPhone 11: 13%
OnePlus 7T: 18%
Galaxy S10+: 19%
Pixel 4 XL: 20%
Apple’s advantage comes
into play when iOS starts working its magic.
Even with a significantly smaller battery, the
iPhone 11 is able to last longer than any of the
phones here. All four handsets have lots and
lots of pixels to power here, so lower
brightness is definitely your friend. At the end
of the day, the iPhone 11 consistently had the
most juice left—and the Pixel 4 XL was always
closest to the red—but every phone should
get you through a normal day of use.
It’s hard to crown a champion here, so
I’ll say this: The iPhone 11 and the Galaxy
S10+ will last the longest, the OnePlus 7T
is just a tick below, and the Pixel 4 XL will
constantly worry you. But if battery life is
your deciding factor for any phone, go
with the iPhone 11.
Winner: iPhone 11/Galaxy S10+
CHARGING
We no longer need to wait hours to charge
our phones—assuming you have the right
charger. With a dead phone and the charger
that’s included in the box, here’s how much
juice you’ll have after an hour of charging:
OnePlus 7T: 100%
Pixel 4 XL: 77%
Galaxy S10+: 74 %
iPhone 11: 33%
Two things here: The OnePlus 7T’s
incredible Warp Charging, and the iPhone’s
not-incredible 5W charger. While Apple’s
“Pro” phones enjoy a swift 18W USB-C
charger, the iPhone 11 is still saddled with a
Lightning-based 5W plug. So if you buy one,
you’ll want to pick up a way bigger third-
party charger.With giant screens and lots of pixels, the OnePlus 7T (left), Galaxy
S10+ (center), and Pixel 4 XL (right) all have giant batteries.