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Battery Life on iPhone 6 is Great

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Thrifty1

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I know most only like to share what is not working, but I'm very happy with the battery life on my iPhone 6.

I keep my expectations realistic and the iPhone 6 is doing a little better than my iPhone 5. I've had the phone unplugged for about 10.5 hours so far today and used it actively for a little over 2 hours. Battery life is at 78% which meets my expectations.

Here is the screen shot of my current battery usage.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vxzsb213dhl3xsr/IMG_0038.PNG?dl=0
 
Tthomas612

Tthomas612

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I'm so happy with the iPhone 6 battery life. It's much better than that of the 5s. My 5s id actually have to charge once a day. The 6 I haven't had to charge throughout the day since I've had it. That's all I wanted was a phone I didn't have to put on a charger
 
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zuckuss00

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Jun 23, 2012
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Same here.

Getting almost 2 days on a single full charge with a decent amount of usage.

Not watching movies or streaming anything.

But it's great for my day to day usage.
 
Ayeyotone

Ayeyotone

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Thrifty1 said:
I know most only like to share what is not working, but I'm very happy with the battery life on my iPhone 6.

I keep my expectations realistic and the iPhone 6 is doing a little better than my iPhone 5. I've had the phone unplugged for about 10.5 hours so far today and used it actively for a little over 2 hours. Battery life is at 78% which meets my expectations.

Here is the screen shot of my current battery usage.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vxzsb213dhl3xsr/IMG_0038.PNG?dl=0
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Did u setup as new or did a fresh restore?
 
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munkydust

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My 4s would usually be dead or very close to it by the time I got home from work. Today my 6 had 50% left when I got home (with the same approximate usage).
 
ericschmerick

ericschmerick

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Dec 18, 2004
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My wife's Verizon 6+ was at 70%+ at the end of the evening. My ATT 6+ was at 27%.

I used my phone more during the day yesterday, but it sure does seem like mine is draining the battery faster than hers.

In general with my 5 (not 5S) I would be at 10-15% by the end of a day. So far it doesn't feel like my 6+ battery life is any better than by 5 battery life. I was expecting a bit better.

Right now it's 2:40PM PDT, and I'm at 66%, and haven't used the phone too much at all. Again probably about the same as it was with the iPhone 5.
 
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Thrifty1

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Ayeyotone said:
Did u setup as new or did a fresh restore?
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I had always done a restore in the past but decided it was time to "clean house" this year so I set it up as new.

I also do the following to maximize battery life:

- Background App Refresh: I keep the list as short as possible. Currently have 4 apps with this on.

- Location Services: I keep the list as short as possible. Currently have 12 apps as "Always" or "While Using".

- Notifications: I keep the list as short as possible. Currently have 16 apps with notifications. I turn off all diagnostics (Product Improvement) in the System Services.

- I close apps when not using.

- Display brightness when I am inside is set at about 30% -- more than bright enough for me to see the screen.

- Personal Hotspot off until I need it.

- Mail set to fetch hourly (manual even better, but hourly works well for me).

Other settings:
- WiFi is always on.

- Bluetooth is aways on as I am in / out of my car during the day.

Hope those details help.
 
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jonbravo77

jonbravo77

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I'm loving my 6 as well. Battery is way better than my 5s. I had a Mophie case on my 5s and would either have to charge the phone or turn on the battery by early afternoon. I'm at 10 hours of standby and 4 hours usage and at 55% which is fantastic for me.
 
ericschmerick

ericschmerick

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Dec 18, 2004
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Thrifty1 said:
I also do the following to maximize battery life:

- Background App Refresh: I keep the list as short as possible. Currently have 4 apps with this on.

- Location Services: I keep the list as short as possible. Currently have 12 apps as "Always" or "While Using".

- Notifications: I keep the list as short as possible. Currently have 16 apps with notifications. I turn off all diagnostics (Product Improvement) in the System Services.

- I close apps when not using.

- Display brightness when I am inside is set at about 30% -- more than bright enough for me to see the screen.

Personal Hotspot off until I need it.

Other settings:
- WiFi is always on.

- Bluetooth is aways on as I am in / out of my car during the day.

Hope those details help.
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This is great information. I didn't know any of this stuff, and I'm going to go try these optimizations now. Thanks for posting these tips!
 
Ayeyotone

Ayeyotone

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Sep 15, 2012
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Thrifty1 said:
I had always done a restore in the past but decided it was time to "clean house" this year so I set it up as new.

I also do the following to maximize battery life:

- Background App Refresh: I keep the list as short as possible. Currently have 4 apps with this on.

- Location Services: I keep the list as short as possible. Currently have 12 apps as "Always" or "While Using".

- Notifications: I keep the list as short as possible. Currently have 16 apps with notifications. I turn off all diagnostics (Product Improvement) in the System Services.

- I close apps when not using.

- Display brightness when I am inside is set at about 30% -- more than bright enough for me to see the screen.

Personal Hotspot off until I need it.

Other settings:
- WiFi is always on.

- Bluetooth is aways on as I am in / out of my car during the day.

Hope those details help.
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I'm only getting 6hrs usage with mostly everything off I setup as new I'll try new restore in a couple of days if it don't improve thanks
 
barondebxl

barondebxl

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I have noticed that watching youtube on the iphone 6 drains the battery quickly. I wish apple would have a native youtube app like they did in the early iphone days that way they can optimize it properly. But its a licensing thing with youtube i believe.

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ericschmerick said:
My wife's Verizon 6+ was at 70%+ at the end of the evening. My ATT 6+ was at 27%.

I used my phone more during the day yesterday, but it sure does seem like mine is draining the battery faster than hers.

In general with my 5 (not 5S) I would be at 10-15% by the end of a day. So far it doesn't feel like my 6+ battery life is any better than by 5 battery life. I was expecting a bit better.

Right now it's 2:40PM PDT, and I'm at 66%, and haven't used the phone too much at all. Again probably about the same as it was with the iPhone 5.
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Wow thats not good at all. how is your signal?
 
ViperDesign

ViperDesign

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Right now the 6 battery is solid. I use my phone quite heavily. So having a good battery is important to me.
 

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darkside flow

darkside flow

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Yup. Restored from back up. Screen about 45% with auto, wifi and bluetooth on. This was my first full drain.

iphone6batterysep22.png


.. and yeah, I spent almost an hour on Tinder. So what? :D (three matches, all hookers :()
 
Traverse

Traverse

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Even with heavy use, it's lasting longer than my 4S did. I'd say I'm getting 10-17% percent more juice for my usage.
 
ericschmerick

ericschmerick

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Dec 18, 2004
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barondebxl said:
I have noticed that watching youtube on the iphone 6 drains the battery quickly. I wish apple would have a native youtube app like they did in the early iphone days that way they can optimize it properly. But its a licensing thing with youtube i believe.

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Wow thats not good at all. how is your signal?
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I think that's a big part of the issue. My signal is almost always 2 bars, and in a few parts of the building there is virtually no signal (1 bar, and if you try to make a call it usually drops).
 
Eileen89

Eileen89

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I agree, the battery life on my 6 is great as well. After the second charge it has almost 5 hours of use with a day and a half of standby time and still has 76% left. At this point I don't think it will ever run out, lol.
 
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dotme

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I have the 6 and also have surprising battery life so far. 8hrs standby, 90min usage, 94%

Upgraded from the 5s - which I considered good, but not this good. I restored my 6 from a backup of the 5s - but I updated the 5s to iOS 8 before I backed it up.
 
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