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The iPhone 17 Pro Max recently became the longest lasting iPhone we've ever tested by a big margin. But today, it's going up against what might just be the longest lasting phone, period, in the all-new Oppo Find X9 Pro, which is not only powered by MediaTek's new 3nm Demenity 9500 chip, but it features the biggest battery we have ever tested in a phone at a massive 7,500 MIA. That's roughly 50% bigger than the battery on both the iPhone and the Galaxy S25 Ultra, which gives the OPPO a huge advantage. Now, obviously, the iPhone isn't a slouch. It's powered by Apple's A19 Pro chip. And it benefits from the tight hardware and software integration that Apple is known for.
Whether or not that'll be enough for the iPhone to hold its ground, though, well, there's only one way to find out. But before we do, quick disclosure. We partnered with OPPO on the channel, and they did give us this unit for testing. But APO didn't have a say in our methodology, nor did they get to see this video before publishing. So with that out of the way, let's get right into it. All right, we'll kick things off in the phone test where after going on the same 1-hour phone call, the FindX 9 Pro is still reporting 100%. The iPhone is at 99% while the Galaxy drops down to 96.
Now, obviously, there's no way that the OPPO didn't use at least some of its battery in that phone test. So, I think we'll get a much better idea of how it's actually doing here in messaging where we have each phone texting back and forth with our automated chatbot where an hour of texting later, this time we do see some drain on the Oppo, although it's only by four points down to 96. While the iPhone and the Galaxy aren't that far behind, each dropping by five points. Here in email, we're not doing anything too intensive. We're just opening up the same set of emails and then scrolling through them. Where, as always, we've calibrated each display to the same 200 nits of brightness. And 60
minutes into it, all three phones do really well. The iPhone and the Oppo actually tie there, which is just impressive on the iPhone's part, given how much smaller its battery is, while the Galaxy only does one point worse. meaning heading into browser, this is still technically anyone's game. Now, this browser test though is definitely more intensive than email was since we're randomly cycling through the same set of websites and we're scrolling through them where we'll actually get to see how each chipset performs where we are talking about three completely different SOC's with MediaTek's Demenity 9500 in Yappo, Apple's own A19 Pro in the iPhone, and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8
Elite chip in the Galaxy where after an hour the FX9 Pro does the best with only a six points drop. While the iPhone actually takes the biggest hit with a 9point drop. But if we were talking strictly in terms of efficiency and the estimated milliamp usage, the Galaxy actually did the best in that test with it technically using the least amount of its battery capacity. Here in Instagram, we're just scrolling through the home feed like you would in real life, where this test probably stresses the dynamic refresh rates on the phones more so than anything else, where all three phones do roughly the same in terms of the percentage points drops with the iPhone this time being the most
efficient in terms of its estimated millia usage. The Apple was technically the least efficient in that test, but of course, because of its 7,500 mAh capacity, it was still able to match the iPhone in terms of the absolute percentage point drop. And because of that capacity, it's likely going to have a major advantage here in standby where typically the phones with bigger capacities tend to do better. Where after 16 hours of just sitting there on idle, that's exactly what we see. There's only a four point drop on a Diapo, a fivepoint drop on the Galaxy, which is actually really good given its battery size, and then a 10point drop on a iPhone. So definitely a big hit to the iPhone's battery. as we move on to
YouTube. So, it's worth noting here that in addition to having the screens calibrated, we also calibrate the speakers on each phone to the nearest decel count. That way, we're actually testing the phones and not just some random variables, where after an hour of binge watching some phone buff, the FX9 Pro does the best again, dropping by only six points, while the iPhone drops by seven and the Galaxy by eight. In this gaming test, we have each phone playing Alto's Adventure by continuously tapping on the screen to make sure that we're keeping the touchcreens active, where this time we see a much bigger difference. The FX9 Pro drains by only five points there, compared to a 9-point
drop on the iPhone and an 8-point drop on the Galaxy, allowing the Oppo to pull a full 15 points ahead of the other two. But look, we're still relatively early in this test. Each phone still has over 50% battery remaining, and the iPhone specifically has this knack for making comebacks as the test progresses. But at least after an hour of simulated navigation, the trend only continues with the Oppo doing one point better with a fivepoint drain compared to the sixpoint drain on both the iPhone and Galaxy. Here in Spotify, our robots are just listening to music, which, you know, at first glance doesn't seem like the most intensive task out there. But because we have each phone continuously
playing back music with their speakers calibrated, it does tend to tax the batteries quite a bit. And one thing worth remembering is this is one of those tasks where software optimization can't really do much to help. Meaning, outside of the speakers themselves, the battery capacity becomes the biggest factor. where 60 minutes later, wow, we only see a fivepoint drop on the BX9 Pro compared to the 8point drain on the iPhone and a 9-point drop on the S25 Ultra. So, for the Oppo, I think that's the least I've seen a phone drain in Spotify given how intensive it is, which makes me super curious as to how it'll do here in Snapchat since this one is the most intensive in the entire lineup
with us not only taxing the screen and the camera as we record these clips, but we're also using the microphone, we're using the speakers, and the phones are even using Wi-Fi as we upload each clip to Snap's servers where after an hour of doing this in a loop, oh man, only a 7oint drain on the Oppo compared to the 13 and 17 point drain on the iPhone and Galaxy. So, not just better in terms of the absolute drain for the Oppo there, but also in terms of efficiency, which means for the first time ever, we have a phone going into app cycle with 50% still remaining. I mean, a few years ago, no phone made it this far. So, seeing one doing this well at this stage is insane. Now, this app cycle test is
also super intensive with us opening and closing the same set of apps in a loop where after an hour and 50 minutes of doing so, the Galaxy finally gives out. I mean, that's a respectable performance, but the iPhone is still at 9% at this point, while the OPPO is at a whopping 33%. So, just a huge gap in terms of the performance between the Android phones. But I want to see what the difference is going to be with the iPhone where even though the iPhone 17 Pro Max broke Apple's records lasting longer than any iPhone that ever came before it at a full 3 hours and 5 minutes into app cycle, it's still short of what OPPO is
doing with it still at a healthy 21%. So there you have it. I mean, that is a huge delta, which just to put it into perspective outside of this intensive app cycle, that 21% is good enough to last you 3 hours and 30 minutes of web browsing or up to 5 hours and 15 minutes of messaging. But at least in Appcycle, it's enough to get the Find X9 Pro the top spot in our rankings, officially beating the Vivo X200 Pro with 13% still left to go, allowing it to not only pass the 4hour mark in app cycle, but officially going for 5 hours and 12 minutes before getting down to its last percent, at which point it enters this ultra low power saving mode that we couldn't disable. So technically at this
point the app cycle portion of this test is done since we can't open and close the apps like we normally do. So as a partial solution we had the phone go through the browser test again since you know that was pretty intensive. And we did this for a full 30 minutes and then we switched over to Snap where the FX9 Pro then finally gave out. So you know at least officially its total time is 31 hours and 12 minutes into this test. But if we also count the ultra low power mode, it adds over 30 minutes of extra time, making the winner and the new foam buff style battery test champ by a big margin, the Finded X9 Pro. Anyways, that is it for me in this video. Thank you for watching and as always, I'll see you
in the very next episode.
