Well, that’s a bit embarrassing. The Galaxy J5, one of Samsung’s brand-new budget handsets for 2016, has just beaten Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S7 in our battery life test. Only by two minutes, mind, but it just goes to show that you don’t necessarily need to fork out hundreds of pounds to get a smartphone with plenty of stamina.
With the screen brightness set to our standard measurement of 170cd/m2, the J5 lasted an incredible 17h 50m in our continuous video playback test, just edging out the S7 to be the longest-lasting smartphone I’ve ever tested.