Welcome to 95 Mac Daily for Wednesday, February 11th, 2026. I'm your host, Chance Miller. We're

sponsored this week by Stuff, the clean and powerful to-do list app for iPhone.

Leading off today, it's common knowledge that communicating over Wi-Fi is more efficient than using the 5G cellular

network, but a new test reveals exactly how big a difference you can expect.

Using an iPhone 17 Pro Max, the test simulated general phone usage, including texting,

web browsing, streaming video, Instagram, and FaceTime, once on 5G, and once on Wi-Fi.

The results are actually closer than you think.

In this specific test, the iPhone on 5G lasted a total of 10 hours and 22 minutes in terms of screen on time,

with another 16 hours of standby time. When that iPhone died, the iPhone

running on Wi-Fi had 25% battery remaining. This means the difference between Wi-Fi and

cellular is about three hours of additional screen on time. Results, of course, will vary depending

on location, conditions, and what activity you're

doing on the phone, but still a difference of 25% is a smaller delta than many people would have

predicted. In general, it shows the power efficiency of modern iPhones in general, even when they're

only connected to a cellular network rather than Wi-Fi.

There are other factors that could affect the results here for you. For instance, if you

conducted the test in an area with weaker signal strength, the difference between cellular and

Wi-Fi would be bigger. When moving around, switching between cell towers is also a power-intensive operation,

something that wasn't tested in this particular instance.

Nonetheless, it's a nice benchmark to see Apple's flagship iPhone Pro lineup,

and you can watch the video itself at the link in the show notes below.

Next up today, we have a pair of iPhone 18 Pro rumors to talk about.

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