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Cool Samsung video shows how the Galaxy S5 can take you places the iPhone can’t go

Updated Jul 18th, 2014 4:11PM EDT
iPhone 5s Vs. Galaxy S5 Battery Life

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Samsung seems to think its new ads that either mock the iPhone’s poor battery life or that tout its own phones’ strong batteries are winners. The company on Friday put out a new video chronicling two men who took the Galaxy S5 with them on a road trip across the United States and didn’t have to recharge it once.

“We put the Galaxy S 5 with Ultra Power Saving Mode to the ultimate challenge — a coast to coast road trip without recharging,” Samsung explains. “The results: 3504 miles driven, 7 days on the road, 150 hours traveled, 86 texts sent, 119 photos taken, 4+ minutes of video, 16+ minutes of talk time, 13 states visited.”

While Samsung obviously optimized the device’s usage throughout the road trip to ensure that it lasted the whole time without a charge, it’s also true that multiple studies have found that Samsung phones’ batteries offer significantly more juice than the iPhone 5s.

Be sure to check out Samsung’s full video below.

Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.