Honor 600 beats iPhone 17 Pro and Galaxy S26 in unusual battery test

TheHonor 600 serieswasunveiledyesterday and made its way to Europetodaywith one major change. While units sold across Asia are equipped with a 7,000mAh Si-C battery, the European versions come with 6,400mAh cells. And while the difference in battery capacities surely favors the international Honor 600 variant, Honor decided to undertake a rather unusual battery test against its key competitors. Instead of comparing running times across regular use-case scenarios, Honor’s engineers took out the Honor 600’s 7,000mAh Si-C battery and fitted it to power a miniature RC car.

They then did the same with the batteries from an eSIM-onlyiPhone 17 Pro(4,252mAh) and aSamsung Galaxy S26(4,300mAh).

The three battery cells were then pitted against each other on the track to see which one would outlast the others. With a much larger capacity, Honor expectedly came out on top. The video (linked below) does feature several not-so-subtle jabs at Apple and Samsung, referring to the iPhone 17 Pro as “The First to Retire” while the Galaxy S26 is credited as “The Persistent Challenger”. For more details, check out our first impressions withthe Honor 600andthe Honor 600 Pro.