Which iPhone has the best battery life? Comparing the battery life of all current iPhones in 2022? Apple never lists battery capacity in product descriptions for marketing reasons. Instead, on the company’s website, you can read how long the iPhone can work in one mode or another and compare the performance with other models.
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The duration of battery life is one of the most significant technical characteristics of any smartphone, which means that when choosing a gadget, it is important not only to find out the battery capacity of the model you like, but also to compare real indicators.
Again, Apple does not release official battery capacity figures for its devices, and the figures below are results obtained by third-party experts (for example, iFixit). These data may differ slightly in one direction or another with an allowable error.
Battery capacity comparison iPhone 14 Pro / 14 Pro Max, iPhone 14 / 14 Plus, iPhone 13 Pro / 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 / 13 mini, iPhone 12 Pro / 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 / 12 mini, iPhone 11 Pro / 11 Pro Max, iPhone 11, iPhone XS / XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone X, iPhone 8 / 8 Plus, iPhone 7 / 7 Plus
In fact, the battery capacity of the iPhone is much lower than that of most competitors, but Apple’s developers compensate for the small number of ampere-hours with software optimization, the introduction of energy-efficient chips, and a competent layout of modules. As a result, the latest iPhones in practice last much longer than most Android gadgets with 3500+ mAh batteries.
- Phone 13 Pro Max – 4352 mAh;
- iPhone 14 Plus – 4325 mAh;
- iPhone 14 Pro Max – 4323 mAh;
- iPhone 11 Pro Max – 3,969 mAh;
- iPhone 12 Pro Max – 3687 mAh;
- iPhone 14 – 3,279 mAh;
- iPhone 13 – 3227 mAh;
- iPhone 14 Pro – 3200 mAh;
- iPhone XS Max – 3,174 mAh;
- iPhone 11 – 3 110 mAh;
- iPhone 13 Pro – 3,095 mAh;
- iPhone 11 Pro – 3,046 mAh;
- iPhone XR – 2942 mAh;
- iPhone 7 Plus – 2900 mAh;
- iPhone 12 Pro – 2,815 mAh;
- iPhone 12 – 2,815 mAh;
- iPhone X – 2,716 mAh;
- iPhone 8 Plus – 2,691 mAh;
- iPhone XS – 2658 mAh;
- iPhone 13 mini – 2406 mAh;
- iPhone 12 mini – 2227 mAh;
- iPhone SE 3 – 2018 mAh;
- iPhone 7 – 1960 mAh;
- iPhone 8 – 1,821 mAh;
- iPhone SE 2 – 1,821 mAh.
Apple data
In the above data, you can see that the latest iPhone 14 Plus and iPhone 14 Pro Max as well as the 2021 flagship iPhone 13 Max Pro have the largest nominal battery capacity. Current flagship smartphones lead the championship in terms of practical battery life.
iPhone battery life when playing video and audio;
- iPhone 14 Plus – 26 and 100 hours;
- iPhone 14 Pro Max – 29 and 95 hours;
- iPhone 13 Pro Max – 28 and 95 hours;
- iPhone 14 – 20 and 80 hours;
- iPhone 12 Pro Max – 20 and 80 hours;
- iPhone 11 Pro Max – 20 and 80 hours;
- iPhone 14 Pro – 23 and 75 hours;
- iPhone 13 Pro – 22 and 75 hours;
- iPhone 13 – 19 and 75 hours;
- iPhone 11 Pro – 18 and 65 hours;
- iPhone 12 Pro – 17 and 65 hours;
- iPhone 12 – 17 and 65 hours;
- iPhone 11 – 17 and 65 hours;
- iPhone XR – 16 and 65 hours;
- iPhone XS Max – 15 and 65 hours;
- iPhone XS – 14 and 60 hours;
- iPhone 8 Plus – 14 and 60 hours;
- iPhone 7 Plus – 14 and 60 hours;
- iPhone X – 13 and 60 hours;
- iPhone 13 mini – 17 and 55 hours;
- iPhone SE 3 – 15 and 50 hours;
- iPhone 12 mini – 15 and 50 hours;
- iPhone 7 – 13 and 40 hours;
- iPhone 8 – 13 and 40 hours;
- iPhone SE 2 – 13 and 40 hours.
If we compare the time of pure work when watching online video and playing online audio, then the evolution of Apple processors and auxiliary modules is clearly visible – even with a decrease in battery capacity, the autonomy of gadgets grows according to the chronology of their release, thanks to more energy-efficient chips.
TOP iPhone with the best battery in 2022 (current models)
- iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 14, iPhone 11 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13
- iPhone 11, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12
- iPhone XR
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone XS
- iPhone X
- iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE 3 and iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 8, iPhone 7 and iPhone SE 2
