We’ve been though it a lot – the Samsung Galaxy S5, as all Galaxy S’s before it, had a user-replaceable battery, and the S6 didn’t, which sucks. Not only that, it actually had a smaller battery than the model it replaced.

The first part of that story doesn’t seem likely to change, as design constraints have been forcing manufacturers to seal batteries inside devices, not just smartphones. Well, good thing then, that Samsung actually fitted a higher capacity power pack inside the Galaxy S7 than it did in the S6. It is, in fact, the most juice a vanilla Galaxy S-series model has had – specialty editions like the S6 active and S6 edge+ don’t count.

The Galaxy S7 has a 3,000mAh battery, which is the most that 5-inch (or thereabout) smartphones have these days, matched by the latest Xiaomi Mi 5. The current, and likely last of its kind, Sony Xperia Z5 packs 2,900mAh of juice, mated to a marginally larger 5.2-inch display.

The LG G5 has a 2,800mAh cell for an even larger 5.3″ screen, while the outgoing G4 relies on the same 3,000mAh capacity to power a 5.5-inch display. Yes, both LG smartphones are bigger, but who’s to blame if the company doesn’t have a flagship offering close to the 5″ mark? In their favor though, both models feature a removable battery. Now, LG does make the Nexus 5X, and that’s a flagship of sorts with a 5.2-inch display and a 2,700mAh cell.

The iPhone 6s, on the other hand, has a lowly 1,715mAh battery to feed a 4.7-inch display.

It’s what the Galaxy S7 does with its 3,000 milliamp hours that actually matters, though, as we’ve seen plenty of impressive specsheets that couldn’t transfer into reasonable battery life. So as usual we carried out our array of battery tests, and while the summary can be found in the review, we’ll get into a little bit more detail in these few paragraphs here.

The Galaxy S7 does very well, to put it simply. Starting with voice calls over a 3G network, the S7 can outlast all of the above (well, we can’t be sure about the Mi 5 and G5 just yet). And even then, it’s the Galaxy S6 that comes closest, not one of the competing brands. The Xperia Z5 follows, at a distance of almost 5 hours behind the S7. The iPhone 6s fares rather miserably in this respect with less than 10 hours of talk time on a charge.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 LTE
46:44h

Gionee Marathon M5
38:07h

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro
33:20h

Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G
33:19h

Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016)
32:54h

Xiaomi Redmi 3
32:53h

Oppo R7 Plus
30:46h

OnePlus 2
30:29h

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
30:29h

Motorola DROID Turbo
30:09h

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL
29:46h

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE
29:46h

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM
29:46h

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM
29:46h

Huawei Honor 5X
29:40h

Samsung Galaxy Note5
28:34h

HTC One (M8) for Windows
28:34h

Nokia Lumia 1520
28:34h

Samsung Galaxy Note 4
28:31h

Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE
28:25h

Sony Xperia Z5 Compact
28:23h

Huawei G8
27:44h

Samsung Galaxy S5
27:37h

Sony Xperia Z1
26:53h

Huawei Mate 8
26:45h

Samsung Galaxy S6 active
26:29h

Motorola Moto X Play
26:28h

Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)
26:01h

Samsung P6800 Galaxy Tab 7.7
25:45h

LG G3
25:38h

LG G Pro 2
25:37h

LG G Flex
25:19h

Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
25:16h

LG G2
25:15h

Samsung Galaxy A7
25:12h

BlackBerry Passport
25:12h

Huawei Ascend Mate
25:12h

Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos
25:12h

Motorola Nexus 6
25:03h

Samsung Galaxy A8
25:02h

Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos
25:02h

Alcatel Hero
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MWC 2015 brought plenty of high-profile announcements, but many Android fans are still waiting on HTC to announce its next move. It is no secret that the manufacturer has been struggling lately, but hopefully the 10 will have what it takes to put HTC back in the race. HTC fans also learned that the Taiwanese company secured a Nexus manufacturing deal with Google for three years.

Speaking of flagships, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and its edged sibling are once more making headlines. Now that the first batch of units is starting to reach eager fans, everybody seems to be busy either testing Samsung’s current crown jewel or wondering when theirs will arrive.

Another big announcement from the previous week is the developer preview of Android N, which came out of the blue. An early build of Google’s next mobile OS can already be tested out on various Nexus devices and there are quite a few additions to enjoy, like multi-windows support.

In other news, Samsung is constantly outing new devices, like the budget Galaxy J1 Mini, Galaxy TabPro S, a new Netbook 9 series of notebooks and soon, the Galaxy A9 Pro, allegedly with a removable battery.

To read the details on these and more, follow the links below.

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Samsung phones are harder to repair than ever before, iFixIt tears down the Galaxy S7
The guys over at iFixIt give a first-hand look at the Galaxy S7’s internals.

HTC 10 images show additional color options, including white front
The 3D render that leaked earlier showed a Silver back paired with a Black glass front.

HTC 10 leaks in brand new press renders and live images
The handset previously known as One M10 has been given the full leak treatment.

AnTuTu benchmark releases latest chipset rankings, Snapdragon 820 tops competition
The report features the top 10 performers in its database.

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Dual Pixel autofocus tested against that of Canon 70D
Canon has been using Dual Pixel AF on its DSLRs for a while now, so who will win?

T-Mobile document leaks buy-one-get-one-free deal for Galaxy S7 and S7 edge
Leaked information points to an unbelievable deal from T-Mobile for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge.

Samsung launches Notebook 9 series of Ultrabooks
Samsung has launched the new Notebook 9 series of ultraportable laptops. The series consists of four models, one of which has a rotating display.

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge to allegedly launch in India next week
Should go on sale by the third week of March.

Samsung announces the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge in India
Pre-bookings come with a free Gear VR.

Android N features overview
Improved notifications, new doze and project svelte, settings app.

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S now available for purchase
You can get the Windows 10 slates through various retailers around Europe.

LeEco Le 2 gets a round of leaked images, has specs outed too
The Chinese smartphone maker best known for announcing the first SD820 device is working on its next big thing.

Samsung announces own dual-pixel 12MP sensor
The sensor used in the Galaxy S7 was so far known to be Sony’s IMX260, but apparently Samsung has its own imager in production with the same capabilities.

Sony outs video detailing what’s new in its Android 6.0 Marshmallow update
Today Sony has uploaded a new video to its official…

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