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Smartphones got better in many ways this past year.
To me, longer battery life has been the best development for smartphones in 2024.
OnePlus 12R
Of the dozens of phones we’ve tested in 2024, these lasted the longest on a charge.
Then, we run that same test a few more times to confirm none of the results are outliers.
Not long ago, the threshold was about 1.5 hours shorter.
OnePlus 12R
(The less expensiveMotorola Razrjustmissed landing on the list, though it also topped 14 hours.)
But Motorola seems to have cracked the formula.
Why battery life is getting better
So what’s happening here?
Part of the explanation boils down to bigger batteries.
The iPhone 16 Pro Max saw its battery size increase from theiPhone 15 Pro Max.
You should be able to wring a lot of power out of a cell that large.
But something else is at play here, too.
As silicon shrinks, the transistors are positioned closer together, providing boosts to both performance and efficiency.
But that’s the future.
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