Now that the fuss after the IFA announcements is finally settling down we got some time to share the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ full battery life test breakdown.
Our review was quickly topped by the IFA articles, so in case you've missed it, you may want to check it out.
The Galaxy S6 and S6 edge outed very respectable battery life scores, so we were very curious how the bigger S6 edge+ will do. And it turned out stellar.
The Galaxy S6 edge+ packs a bigger 5.7" Quad HD Super AMOLED display and runs on the same Exynos 7420 monster chipset the Galaxy S6 duo introduces earlier this year. Its battery is 15% bigger at 3,000 mAh battery, which should make up for the bigger screen to light up.
Our first battery test gauges the 3G talk time performance and the Galaxy S6 edge+ aced it with a score beyond the 30 hours mark.
Talk time
It did very well on our web browsing script as well, posting a very good rating of 10 hours and then some.
Web browsing
The video playback on this beautiful screen is a real pleasure and Samsung made sure this fella has enough juice to last a lot - the edge+ model played our looped 1h video for almost 14 hours before its battery dropped down to the critical 10%. Impressive, isn't it?
Video playback
The Galaxy S6 edge+ did above average when it comes to standby endurance - it can last about 10 days on a single charge before its battery dies.
The final endurance rating of the Galaxy S6 edge+ is 83 hours. It also includes a standby battery draw test that is not featured in our scorecard but is calculated in the total endurance rating.
The 83 hours score means you can rely on the S6 edge+ for three and a half days on a single charge, if you are to use if for an hour each of calls, web browsing and video playback daily. Such usage pattern is of course entirely artificial, but we've established it so our battery results are comparable across devices. In this case, the endurance rating of the S6 edge+ shows it will last you quite close to what the Note5 would with its 85h endurance rating.
Samsung's quick charger can top up the battery in less than 90 minutes from empty, so it is incredibly convenient to use. Wireless charging, on the other hand is so fast and so liberating, that once you try its convenience, there'll be no turning back. You're fully charged in just 120 minutes.
As always, there are two battery saving modes available to the user - Power Saving and Ultra Power Saving. The latter turns off all, but the most crucial phone features and allows the phablet to last for hours with single percentage digits of battery left.
Combined with the plethora of options to rapidly charge the phablet, we reckon that the battery endurance of Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ should be good enough for even a seasoned power user. Yes, a removable battery would have been a great thing to have, but we find the sleek metal/glass body of the handset to be a fair tradeoff.
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