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5G Drains iPhone 12 Battery 20% Faster Than 4G in Benchmark
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IMO MagSafe is the only interesting thing in this year's update. There's lots of future potential there.
More proof 5G is unnecessary for several years to come.
Yup, turning off 5G will be the first thing I do when I turn on the phone this Friday. No need for me; my plan doesn't have it, and it's not even widely available in my area.
When I read the article I initially thought the same, but then I re-read that that's actually what they did. The article says that the script reloads the page every 30 seconds, so essentially they are measuring a fixed amount of data. In a given hour, the amount of data they both downloaded would be size-of-website x 120.
I get where you're coming from - with stuff like this its common for the new tech to use more energy than the old tech, but offset that by being able to finish the job quicker and in the end use less net energy (like it uses 10% more power but is able to do the job in half the time). So a test which doesn't account for it being able to do the job quicker doesn't paint an accurate picture. In this case though, I think they've accounted for that because they aren't forcing the radio to work for a given amount of time, they are actually letting it run exactly as long as it needs to run to download a fixed amount of data.
Thicker + more battery = heavy brick. That’s what people don’t want. The 12 Pro Max weighs 228 grams—over a half-pound.
That doesn't sound like a scientific test. No repeats, until the battery was drained, etc...
The battery indicator shows 100% even when there's still some headroom. The battery will deplete faster when it's already warm. Then there's also no way to know what is running on the phone that's draining the battery; indexing files, recognizing faces in photos, apps requesting location info, that kind of stuff.
In theory the extra RAM in the pro might use a bit more power and maybe there's some antenna signal or cooling differences between the aluminum and stainless steel cases.
The battery indicator shows 100% even when there's still some headroom. The battery will deplete faster when it's already warm. Then there's also no way to know what is running on the phone that's draining the battery; indexing files, recognizing faces in photos, apps requesting location info, that kind of stuff.
In theory the extra RAM in the pro might use a bit more power and maybe there's some antenna signal or cooling differences between the aluminum and stainless steel cases.
I'm in that camp. I don't think my phone has died on me in years. I'll take the thin-ness. If someone prefers thicker with more battery, you can accomplish that with a battery case. It's not really possible to go the other way around and make the phone thinner by getting rid of unneeded battery capacity.
It's not meant to be a scientific test meeting the rigor you're expecting. It's just meant to quickly verify something that we already know based on seeing this repeated in all other devices using 5G (and even using the same Qualcomm sourced parts).
According to a lot of posters here, Apple was late with 5G. In reality, Apple was smart to skip Qualcomm’s first generation 5G chips, which were real power hogs.
This second generation is much improved. These benchmarks are fine.
This is one reason why I’m waiting on ordering (the other being in changing carriers and I need to research coverage in my area some more). I want to see performance from the masses rather than some bloggers, influencers, and tech reviewers. I’m in no hurry to upgrade, I can wait a couple more months.
Definitely... T-Mobile says that after 50GB of data, they may throttle your speed.
Also, Video is streamed at 480p. So what's the point of having 5G if your data is capped and then you'll go back to good ol' misery speed?
And Apple with their obsession to make the iPhone thinner and thinner each time, instead of just leaving it the same and using a bigger battery. Oh wait! They want to sell you a battery case for extra $$$. That explains.
I’ll be rocking 5G full time to see how it performs battery wise. This assumes it will be widely available with Verizon. I’m talking about their low band 5G.
What about a magnetic battery pack instead? Imagine the wallet, but with a battery in it. Way easier to put on when you need that extra charge.
I will be happy rocking the 5G while the rest of the blowhards in here are in the sloooow lane.
-- I feel the need, the need for speed! - Maverick
-- I feel the need, the need for speed! - Maverick
Apple probably is working on a MagSafe branded smart battery case.
Agreed. Thanks to the constant advertising by the carriers (including AT&T's false 5Ge), and the increasing noise tech sites and youtubers do about 5G, even the lay consumers are expecting 5G if they pay for a premium phone this year, whether they actually can use it or not.
Make battery smaller. Put power draining features (5G). Take out the charger. Make accessory for fast wireless charging.
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Profit!!
Me: buys super expensive iPhone 12 to have new features over the 11, such as 5G.
Also me: turns off 5G instantly to save battery, happy I just blew a wad of cash upgrading my iPhone.
Also me: turns off 5G instantly to save battery, happy I just blew a wad of cash upgrading my iPhone.
Predictable post warning. I wish Apple woulda given another 1-2mm in thickness to battery, given the first year of new tech. iPhone 5 was beautiful, but they really underestimated the LTE drain and it had the worst battery of any iPhone (that I recall).
Well, since they didn’t take into account the other energy usage during the test, like display, background processes, etc...it’s likely greater than a 20% increased drain, though most people will be hard pressed to surf for 9 hours in a completely 5G environment. I’m lucky if I even see the 5G symbol briefly blink on my status bar during my normal day, lol!