iPhone 17 Pro Named Fastest-Charging Smartphone

Source: MacRumors

Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro has been named the fastest-charging phone overall in a new CNET lab test covering 33 smartphones, with Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra taking the top spot for wired charging speed.

To determine the rankings, CNET’s lab team ran each phone through a 30-minute wired charging test starting at 10% battery or less, using the phone’s included cable and a wall charger rated at or above the device’s maximum supported speed. Phones that support wireless charging went through a matching 30-minute wireless test using a Qi (7.5W), Qi2 (15W), or Qi2.2 (25W) charger matched to the phone’s peak supported speed. CNET then averaged the wired and wireless results into an overall charging score.

40-watt wired charging and 25-watt Qi2.2 wireless charging. CNET notes that battery size is just one factor in overall battery life, alongside processor and software efficiency, and in its battery life testing, the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max came out on top for endurance.

iPhone 17, ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max, and Samsung Galaxy S25 FE each reached 69%.

iPhone Air at 47%, and the Galaxy S26 Ultra at 39%. CNET again attributes the 17 Pro’s edge over the 17 Pro Max largely to its smaller battery, since both devices share the same A19 Pro chip and software.

Across all brands tested, Apple had the most consistent fast-charging performance by a considerable margin, averaging 54.6% across the four ‌iPhone 17‌ models and the ‌iPhone Air‌. Samsung’s nine-phone average came in at 38.5%, with the Galaxy S26 Ultra as its strongest performer and the Galaxy Z Fold 7 as its weakest at 29%.

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