IPhone 7 Plus & IPhone 7 Battery: How Long Do They Last,

The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus may not have the largest battery capacity on the market but as previous iPhones have taught us, the battery life doesn’t always reflect the smaller capacity. In previous years, Apple managed to include a battery that’s on average 30-40% smaller than rival devices but delivered similar battery life to the Android competitions, but what about its latest devices,

Over the past couple of months, we’ve been testing the iPhone with both, regular usage and in-depth testing, so let’s take a look at what you can expect from the iPhone 7 battery and how it compares to the competition. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are equipped with batteries that are 19% and 5% larger than last year’s iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus at a capacity of 1960mAh and 2900mAh respectively.

Now we know the battery capacities, let’s take a look at the first of our tests; Wi-Fi browsing. Using a custom script, we set the brightness of each device to our standardised 200 nits brightness and then set the script to open a series of web pages in a loop until the battery drained from 100% to empty. First, the difference between the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus may seem smaller than the near-50% increase in battery capacity would lead you to believe but this is easily explained by the larger Full HD display.

Our second test involves setting the display brightness to 200 nits and using our custom battery test, simulating gameplay continuously until the battery is depleted from 100 percent to completely empty. Gaming is where iOS seems to have a considerable edge over its Android competition, by offering double - if not more - the battery life that Android smartphones do when gaming.

Despite the smallest battery of any of the smartphones used here, the iPhone 7 proves to be a very reliable gaming device and the iPhone 7 Plus gaming battery life seems to top anything else on the market. While the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus battery life does seem to last a while, how long does it take to charge when your battery is low, Android smartphones have offered fast charging (in some guise) for several years but not only does Apple not offer it, it only includes a low-output 1A charger in your iPhone box.

How long does the iPhone 7 take to charge using the default charger, The results say it all really; the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus take around 70-90% longer than Android smartphones to charge. In our battery tests, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus certainly perform well but what about in actual usage,