Galaxy S25 More Slim And Edge from iPhone 16 pro

 In a battery drain test, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge outperforms

 nine other premium smartphones of the current generation.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge shows off stellar efficiency in battery drain test versus nine other current-gen flagships

Samsung's new Galaxy S25 Edge's limits were recently exposed during a battery drain test. Although the small phone's battery efficiency is great and comparable to that of the iPhone 16 Pro Max, it eventually falls short of other tested flagships in terms of endurance.

The battery life of the Galaxy S25 Edge has been significantly compromised. A drain test has already revealed the disparity in battery durability between the Galaxy S25 Edge and other high-end phones, despite the 6.7-inch phone's respectable performance and meager 3,900 mAh unit.

The Galaxy S25 Edge competed with flagship devices from the current generation, including the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, Pixel 9 Pro XL, OnePlus 13, iPhone 16 Pro Max, and others, as reviewed by The Tech Chap on YouTube. The Galaxy S25 Edge finished dead last with a total time of 7h 57m, which was not surprising. Naturally, this is due to its small battery, as all other Android devices that were tested had batteries with at least 5,000 mAh.

With a total run time of 9h 33m, the iPhone 16 Pro Max only finished fifth in this test, squarely in the middle of the pack, despite Apple often dominating these tests. The following are the full results:

Battery:

• 1. Vivo X200 Pro -13h 11m
• 2. OnePlus 13 - 10h 54m
• 3. OPPO Find X8 Pro - 10h 52m
• 4. Honor Magic7 Pro - 9h 53m
• 5. Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max - 9h 33m
• 6. Sony Xperia 1 VII - 9h 03m
• 7. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra - 9h 02m
• 8. Xiaomi 15 Ultra - 8h 58m
• 9. Google Pixel 9 Pro XL - 8h 39m
• 10. Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge - 7h 57m
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Earlier this week, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S25 Edge. Although the ultra-thin flagship phone is still subject to a review embargo, a Korean channel has finally posted hands-on tests that show the phone's good battery and compute capabilities.

Reactions to Samsung's new Galaxy S25 Edge debut this week were not entirely positive. The flagship phone's 5.8 mm thickness pushes the boundaries of how thin a smartphone can be, but its lack of a telephoto camera and comparatively modest 3,900 mAh battery have drawn criticism. However, it seems that the latter might not be as troublesome as first thought.

Despite the notable difference in battery sizes, the new Galaxy S25 Edge maintains the same level of battery performance as the Galaxy S25+, according to a hands-on video posted by Korean channel Amazing ddongcan. Despite having a 4,900 mAh battery as opposed to the S25 Edge's 3,900 mAh, the slimmer phone only loses 2% after 3 hours and 20 minutes of testing, and 5% after 7 hours and 22 minutes.

However, the Galaxy S25+ performs marginally better than the S25 Edge in benchmark tests. The S25+ achieves single-core and multi-core scores of 3,095 and 9,753 on Geekbench 6, respectively. On those two tests, the S25 Edge receives scores of 2,889 and 9,282, suggesting a slight ~5% edge for the S25+ (available on Amazon).

The S25+ is displayed with a best loop score of 20,049, compared to the S25 Edge's 18,138, in 3DMark's WildLife stress test. Additionally, the S25+ demonstrated greater stability (50.5%) than the S25 Edge (45.6%).

It's important to note that the S25 Edge is probably still using an early release, and the benchmark performance variations between the two phones are small enough to be attributed to software optimization. Regarding the battery test, it should be mentioned that both phones were in airplane mode and only used Wi-Fi.