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6S battery IS worse than 6. Fact.

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We are in the era where hardware improvement is to improve battery life for mobile devices. And most of those improvements come from processor and memory usage. OP skipped that fact.
 
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Your argument would be valid if the hardware was the exact same in the new 6s/6s+.
As someone who works in this field, I can tell you that as chipsets evolve they also become more efficient not only in their ability to perform but also in the amount of power they draw.

Have you not been paying attention to Intel's efforts on continuing to improve battery life on Windows tablet devices and laptops? This isn't because the batteries are bigger, they're not as that would be silly to make these devices larger each time to give more runtime. The chips improve in efficiency as they evolve which correlates with better battery life (less struggle, less power usage. Also why they're becoming smaller and smaller which also helps with heat, less surface area with improved efficiency)

So it makes perfect sense that a more efficient chipset would be able to provide the same battery life with a smaller battery as the less efficient chipset. Oh, and keep in mind Apple makes both the chipsets and the software so they have more potential to tap into this than anyone else who has to use a third party chipset to do the work.
 
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-BigMac- said:
and why is that? Its a thread, pointing out the things which were said in the keynote about the battery life of the upcoming iPhone.

This is a valid thread and i've been around long enough to know its worth a thread.
Unless you do some research, don't bother posting useless replies.
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But a fact isn't a fact unless it is proven and has witnesses to vaildate it's proof. *just sayin.
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Just like the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6s will have average battery life.
Just like the iPhone 6 Plus, the iPhone 6s Plus will have above average battery life.

The tiny bit of reduction in physical battery capacity will likely be countered by advances in chipset efficiency, but obviously there will be tests done after release to prove it. It may very well be the case that in certain tests, the new phones may have slightly less battery life (a long video playback test, for example).

The slight decrease in battery capacity was initially speculated as due to the thickness of the metal frame. But subsequent reports seem to indicate it's because of the 3D Touch feature as part of the display and digitizer. I think either of these improvements are important enough to withstand a slight decrease in battery life. But Apple seems confident that a slight reduction in battery capacity is not going to result in reduced battery life, and they are usually conservative with their batter life estimates (unlike many OEMs who over-promise and under-deliver).

The phone is already thicker and heavier than its predecessor. Could they have kept the battery capacity the same and still reinforced the frame and added 3D Touch? Sure, but the phone would be even thicker and heavier. Actually, it's pretty surprising that Apple did increase the weight and size a bit for these features... usually they just keep making them thinner and lighter.
 
Oh dear, yet another trolling "Look at me" thread.

IMO, these threads are no better than the guy who posted that original YT vid, saying "Look, I exerted a shed load of pressure on my iPhone and it bent"

He alledgedly made shed loads of $$ due to click throughs, this thread (just like all the "Apple are the devil incarnate for making a 16 gig iPhone" threads should be nuked before they're make it on the board (along with anything with "Gate" in the title).

It ruins the otherwise great forum, with a select few trying to get more attention than a new iPhone.
 
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Get an android with a removable battery, sorted.

Or use the new iOS9 feature and have 'low power mode' on all day that way you won't have any worries in life...
 
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It's amazing how people completely ignore the increased efficiency of the hardware. Or maybe they just don't know that hardware can impact these things as much as or more than the software.

Either way, even if the 6 Plus now had an extra hour of battery life over the 6s Plus, I'd still take 3D Touch, 2 GB of RAM, and an improved camera over that one hour of battery life. Especially with those geekbench scores that got posted. The 6s Plus is going to be like my iPad Air 2, only smaller. And that's a beautiful thing.
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If all they care about happens to be numbered specs regardless of if they have any relevance, they should try Android phones with that outstanding 60% Ram efficiency.
 
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I suppose according to some of the logic in this post just because the Note 5 starts at 32GB (in-line with the 64GB for us) that makes it a better deal than buying THE CHEAPER 16GB. Just as it is the base?
 
I know some people can burn through the battery on there iPhone in a working day say like 7-5, but even if I do before iOS9 I could easily start at 6am and finish at 22:00 and have about 15% left, I don't see how that's bad for any phone even after heavy usage, let alone what its like on a light day of usage for me.

If it last my whole working day and then some the rest doesn't matter ill be at home with a charger
 
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We are in the era where hardware improvement is to improve battery life for mobile devices. And most of those improvements come from processor and memory usage. OP skipped that fact.
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his mind would break if a 12 Megapixel camera can shoot 4K when most with more megapixels can not... Mind blown right? After all the definitive factor.
 
Where did he even go? Anyway like others posted it is not just the size of the battery that determines the battery length. The processors and software have a lot to do with it.

For example for years many android devices have had much bigger batteries than an iOS device yet the iOS device consistently gets better battery life. It has a lot to do with the processor and software just as much as battery size.

Until the device is out in the wild and users get real world use of it no one can make a statement. Of "Fact". Let's just wait and see how about that.
 
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-BigMac- said:
So the 6s ads claim 'same battery life' as 6.

This is BS.

The battery size is smaller in the 6s, and can only do same battery life as 6 due to software optimizations in iOS9.

But an iPhone 6 on iOS9 has more than its 'advertised' battery life under iOS9, by an hour infact.

SO..
6S battery life under iOS9 is 1 hour less than 6 under iOS9.

Can someone dispute this?
6S actually has worse battery life than 6, both running the same OS.
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Oh, all the hysteria. Wouldn't it be better to get your phone before going on a rant?
 
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-BigMac- said:
So the 6s ads claim 'same battery life' as 6.

This is BS.

The battery size is smaller in the 6s, and can only do same battery life as 6 due to software optimizations in iOS9.

But an iPhone 6 on iOS9 has more than its 'advertised' battery life under iOS9, by an hour infact.

SO..
6S battery life under iOS9 is 1 hour less than 6 under iOS9.

Can someone dispute this?
6S actually has worse battery life than 6, both running the same OS.
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No one can really dispute this until the review embargo has been lifted and/or more people can get their hands on the new 6s to test with. It's common sense.

That said, the revised CPU/GPU/RAM setup may also have a role in preserving battery life. Who knows?
 
Marques said in his video he has had the 6s for about a week. I await his "Fact" with real world use.
 
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