Galaxy S24 Battery Test: Which small phone has the best battery life?

We test the best compact phones so far in 2024 to determine which one has the best battery life.
Included devices in this test are:
- Samsung Galaxy S24
- Samsung Galaxy S23
- Apple iPhone 15 Pro
- Google Pixel 8
- Asus Zenfone 10
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00:00 Introduction
00:40 Battery Sizes
01:05 Browsing Test
03:11 Browsing Test Results
03:24 YouTube Test
05:12 YouTube Test Results
05:23 Conclusion

[bhavyesingh]

A little suggestion. Put the processor name alongside the phone. Makes it easier to know if its snapdragon or exynos in samsung phones

[cvtechreview]

The Zenfone is crazy. I have the Zenfone 9 and the battery life is ridiculously good. I don't know what they're doing, but other manufacturers need to take lessons.

[xofrevlise]

finally someone does a battery drain test of sorts involving the zenfone 10!

[dennishapca]

I can’t believe a 6 inch screen is considered small 😂 before clicking i thought this was about mini phones, like the iPhone 13 mini

[igorstojanovic]

S24 used in this test is Exynos. Read review on their website, they mentioned that they reviewed Exynos 2400 version.

[AsifZed]

Assuming it's S24 Exynos, being in Europe. It's pretty lame to state this upfront, however.

[Etbesttube]

I'm waiting to see These "small" phone with larger silicone carbon battery like honor and vivo foldable phones

[Desgeneratico]

Surprise, surprise that you didn´t batter the iphone for being the worst in all battery categories. If it was other phone brand that ended up last in both tests, you will making sooo many remarks about how unacceptable it would be in 2024.

[andyH_England]

Even considering the 1080p display and the 4300mAh battery, the Zenfone 10 destroyed the rivals. The rest were as expected and basically performed to their battery capacities, but none were amazing. Whereas the Zenfone rose above them.

How do they achieve these SOTs? I assume they run YT and Chrome on the efficiency cores rather than a mix-and-match, which is sensible as we only really need a little performance for these two simple tasks. OnePlus also does this.

All would be solid for the average compact user as most do not need excellent battery life; my S23 lasts 2-3 days with 1-2 hours SOT per day.

[michaeld.]

the sony xperia 5 V would also be pretty interesting in a test like this, i wonder if the sony with its 5000mah battery can beat the zenfone 10. Honestly those to right now are my absolute favourite compact phones at the moment and cost about the same here in Germany.

[enricolanger]

You guys forgot the Xiaomi 14! Im using it right now and HELL what a beast of an Phone!❤
And I'm coming from the Honor Magic 5 Pro!

[semirmusic]

S24 Exynos or Snapdragon?
But probably Snapdragon

[modestman]

compact phones are dying because their demands are decreasing every year. thats why samsung and apple are making bigger phones after this

[Nicola-qxlb]

how do I get my s24 to reproduce yt videos on full screen? because now it cuts the video just below the camera and above the bar on the bottom

[vidpetrovic]

Not disclosing is the phone is Exynos or SD makes this test useless

[Blaco]

I would really like to see an idle battery test. I saw a report that mentioned huge battery drain on the S24 when idling.
One idea to measure this would be to watch the internet router to see when the smartphones are no longer connected to the wifi.

[KubusPogus]

S24 is an exynos wariant - they wrote about it on their website.

[highimwolf]

That screen on time is impossible, 5-8 hrs max. Somethings not right here

[ponoxpe]

If it is 27 hours, does it then beat s24 ultra and iphone 15 pro max in terms of battery drain ?

[alanmckeown]

Did you use inbuilt chrome browser on zenfone 10 for browsing test?