Most of the country is still reeling from last week’s deep freeze, which blanketed areas with record snowfall and dangerously low temperatures. I know very well how battery performance can be affected dramatically by excessive heat, but I wanted to find out exactly what cold temperatures could do.
That’s why I took some of the best phones and ran my own battery drain test to uncover what kind of changes, if any, happen when phones are exposed to frigid temperatures. For this test, I took the iPhone 17 Pro Max, Galaxy S25 Ultra, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and OnePlus 15 because they offer some of the best phone battery life around.
