The Galaxy S23 Ultra beats the endurance rating of its predecessor by 18 hours. But, arguably more importantly, the new phone beats its predecessor in each of our onscreen tests as well – it achieved 4 hours more in web browsing, and 5 hours more in video runtime. Those are impressive results considering the S23 Ultra works with the same battery capacity.
But even more than that – the Galaxy S23 Ultra is competitive against the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max – something Samsung’s big phones haven’t been able to do for years. The Galaxy scored a higher endurance rating by 5 hours and outlasts the iPhone by 12 whole hours in our call test. But the 14 Pro Max still beats the Galaxy S23 Ultra in onscreen tests.
On paper charging hasn’t improved. It’s still technically capped at 45W, though we did see an improvement in charging speed compared to the Galaxy S22 Ultra.
Using the faster 45W Samsung adapter, the Galaxy S23 Ultra got to 68% in our 30-minute test – 8% more than its predecessor. Both finished their 0-100% charge test in 59 minutes, though.
Interestingly, if you use the slower 25W Samsung adapter, the Galaxy S22 Ultra was faster in both the 30-minute test, and the 0-100% test.
Source: gsmarena
In other news – Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra hands-on
Samsung unveiled the much-awaited Galaxy S23 series smartphones earlier this month at the Galaxy Unpacked event alongside the Galaxy Book3 series laptops, including the Galaxy Book3 360, Galaxy Book3 Pro, Galaxy Book3 Pro 360, and Galaxy Book3 Ultra.
The Galaxy Book3 Ultra is the flagship in the lineup and we had the chance to spend some quality time with it at the Samsung Opera House in Bengaluru, India so here are some impressions of Samsung’s most ambitious laptop yet. Learn more
