My 12 Pro drains quite a bit of battery on 5G. It can go as fast as 30 min for 10%. I’m assuming new modem update will make a little bit better. In anyway iPhone 12 Pro is an awesome phone!
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5G Drains iPhone 12 Battery 20% Faster Than 4G in Benchmark
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Iphone 12s were letdown because they did not include pro motion that was most people wanted ...they were saying promotion ''iTs GoInG tO be A BaTTeRy dRaIner'' yeah now that 5g is a HUGE battery drainer AND it will not be fully utilized people say ''oh i am going to just turn it off''...Iphone 11 series was a huge success mainly to excellent battery life...Now without even 5g, 12s smaller batteries are already causing less battery life than last year's models...
Apple made the right call, imo. Promotion could be just as big a battery drain as 5G and not have the impact to the masses that 5G has. 5G at least can be set to smart data, and let the software manage the radios. Don't think Promotion was ready for prime time.
hahahahaha 5G has an impact to consumers? Really ? Have you not read all these articles here about mmwave being available ONLY IN USA and 12 pro MAX? needless to say about lack of infrastructure in us and the rest of the world...5G is just a marketing gimmick for now...Maybe in 2-3 years it will be important...Promotion would be a differential feature from DAY 1 for users.
Based on comments here at MacRumors, Promotion wouldn't have as a wide a ranging impact as all that. Hence my comment about 5G. But as these things go....YMMV.
Many people wished promotion based on their experience from iPad or other android phones...I am pretty sure though that nobody asked for 5G...most people don't even know what mmwv is...Apple decided to remove charger and earpods in order to compensate the increased price of new modems...Android manufacturers just decided to increase their units price..
IMO, there would have been a huge backlash if Apple didn't update the iphone 12 to 5G. Promotion doesn't seem to be getting any backlash, except on MR. Android manufacturers also have bigger and heavier phones to compensate for the increased battery life. Samsung also some limitations on 120 mhz. Apple will include Promotion when there is no downside to having it.
There will be always bigger battery consumption with higher frame rate, that is not an excuse. Apple decided for no reason to make thinner phones so this year 12s have worse battery life without using 5G ...
Well yes it is, if your objective is to build phones lighter and thinner.
The phones have worse battery life (but acceptable to some) against the iphone 11, but better battery life against past generations. Battery life is not absolute, it has be acceptable for the majority.
As someone who has the phone that has 5g almost everywhere that goes for low and too
some not all I’ve seen a lot more reviews and real world use case , my coworker returned his for that very reason I’m in the fence because I love the phone but the battery is terrible compared to last the phone could go into the next day without problem . I don’t see how the new chip helps because it just drains if you do anything intense like say play a game or two to pass time it’s like having a gas leak