Apple was able to introduce significant gains in battery life across the entire iPhone 16 lineup, and new regulatory information from

The first iPhone 16 reviews deliver real-life battery tests, and the small iPhone 16 can almost match the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Battery life can make or break a phone, and the iPhone 16 is absolutely no exception to that. But thankfully you don’t need to worry about it, because the entire iPhone 16 series has managed to exceed the battery life of their predecessors in our battery test — No doubt thanks to the larger batteries and the boosted power efficiency of the A18 and A18 Pro chips.

On our TikTok rundown battery test, which loops a continuous video until it dies with the display at 50% of brightness, the iPhone 16 Pro Max ran out of juice after 25 hours and 17 minutes.

The iPhone 16 family has much bigger batteries than its predecessor, with the iPhone 16 Pro growing by almost 10% versus the iPhone 15 Pro.

Apple's battery life estimates for the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max imply that battery life might be better with Always-On display disabled.

Behold! I now crown the iPhone 16 Pro Max as our new smartphone battery life king, kicking the Google Pixel 9 out of its short-lived throne. You won't believe how long the top-tier iPhone 16 lasted on a charge.

Via regulatory listings we found that the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus have 3,349 mAh and 4,383 mAh batteries, respectively. In our tests we found the Plus model performed much better than the standard iPhone 15, giving us a battery life of 14 hours and 14 minutes compared to 11 hours and 5 minutes.