There’s not a whole lot new in the hardware department of the latest Samsung Galaxy S24 series, but that doesn’t mean Samsung hasn’t eeked out improvements from the existing setup. I’ve run the new Galaxy S24 Ultra through our lab test suite this week, and it turns out the new model is quite a bit more frugal with the same 5000mAh battery than its predecessor, resulting in better battery life.
Our battery test runs through a series of the most common mobile workloads. Automated web browsing, 4K video playback, 4K30 video recording, taking pictures, and hosting a Zoom call. We then extrapolate the total run time based on the battery drain.