The Galaxy S26 Ultra may have the same battery capacity as its predecessor, but it lasts longer on a charge based on our testing. Just not as long as the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
We run every phone we review through the Tom's Guide Battery Test, which involves continuous web surfing over 5G at 150 nits of screen brightness. The longest-lasting handsets make it to our best phone battery life list. So how did the the S26 Ultra do? Here's the results.
