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Battery Usage/Life Screenshots iPhone 6
- Thread starter tubbymac
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ESPECIALLY for an iPhone 5. I'd say that's excellent battery life to be honest for that phone. iPhone 6, that's about average for me, maybe a little lower. I'd still be happy with that on my 6 though. My mom gets about 4 hours on her 5. :/
Oh so thats the highest i can get on 5. well i am glad that my 5 can manage it.
I wouldn't say its the highest you can get, but it is definitely WAY above average since iOS 7 and iOS 8 have come along and raped battery life.
Here's mine from yesterday. iPhone 6. no wifi all day. Brightness was set to about the middle of the dial. Until about 20% then turned it down. Location services off.
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I typically get over 30 hours per charge with moderate use - I've been averaging this on my 4S, 5s and now the 6. I'll have to say, iOS is really good about battery life. I think I'm getting this kind of battery life because I don't have a voice plan on my phone - I'm hearing impaired so data is the only thing I can use.
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This is what happens when I unplug my 6+ when I wake up and don't use it throughout the day. That usage is just background tasks.
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Here's mine from the other day. Best I've gotten while on campus. Snapchat is the top killer as expected. Spotty wifi connections and 1 bar signal also effect it.
iPhone 6 - 8.2
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iPhone 6 - 8.2
I never understand how people get this sort of battery life. With moderate usage, I'm usually at about 4.5 - 5 hours of usage at 10-20 percent.
Keeping the display brightness down as low as possible while it still being usable has always been the trick for me.
I've found that tweaking the following two areas in Settings will increase battery life quite a bit. I keep the main location services on but turn it off for each app that is listed individually.
* Settings > General > Background App Refresh
* Settings > Privacy > Location Services
Some apps, such as Facebook, are horrible about the background app refresh.
Background app refresh has been disabled for me for the longest time, which I think is what helps me out with my numbers. I leave location services on except for apps that need them (mainly Google Maps, Speedtest.net and Swarm).
Agreed. I have Background App Refresh turned off and only a few apps turned on for Location Services.
Finally achieved over 8 hours of usage on my 6. Half day on wifi. I also realized I may have a problem because that also means only about 4 hours of my day was spent off of my phone :0
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Hmmm..my iphone 6 usage :
6 hours usage 12 hours standby and background off...aiplane on and the battery is soo bad :S:S:S
What to do?Will ios 8.3 change this?
6 hours usage 12 hours standby and background off...aiplane on and the battery is soo bad :S:S:S
What to do?Will ios 8.3 change this?
