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6s v. 6s+ Battery Question
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I can say I use mine pretty much all day whether searching the web listening to music walking around campus from class to class and normally last me day and a half to 2 days.. iPhone 6s+ 64gb
Diversion
macrumors 6502a
8+ hours of usage and 32+ hours of standby so far on my 6s.. Pretty satisfied with that considering how fast the 6s battery is supposed to drain.. I'm probably not a hardcore user.. Most of my usage is Apple Music and a few games i've been playing.
Days?? Goodness. That is pretty impressive. I've never been able to get that out of my 5. With pretty heavy internet and music, I'm lucky to make it past 3pm.
I carry a portable charger with me to work and school and once I had that 1 percent I plug mine in. Do so any time it needs a charge (hardly ever use my house or anything to charge anymore) and normally get at minimum 36 hours of use out of mine
Took it off last night around 7 and have been using it all night except the few hours of sleeping and still have 60 percent left. And have music playing all of the time and always searching the web
nanotoj
macrumors regular
Usually about a day and a half and 2 days if I pushed it more than normal. The 6s is still less than a week old and with any new phone, for me at any rate, I seem get much better battery life after the first week. It even seems much better today than it did yesterday. Today 58% at 2pm whereas yesterday plugged it in mid morning when it hit 30%.
That's good to hear. What storage option are you using? My final thing to narrow down is 64GB or 128GB
Battery life has been great for me so far. 6s+ 64GB. Currently at 16% battery, 7 hours, 46 minutes usage, 46 hours, 10 minutes standby.
I never got anything remotely near this on my 6 (regular 6). I'm impressed with the battery life to say the least.
I never got anything remotely near this on my 6 (regular 6). I'm impressed with the battery life to say the least.
Wow, that is definitely impressive. On average, how often are you plugging in to get a full charge? It is so un-ordinary to me simply because I'm used to charging throughout the day and getting a full charge at night.
I am right up there with you..
50% left, 5 hr 6 minutes of usage, and 23 hours of standby..
I just took my 6S Plus battery down to 1%. It lasted 26 hours on standby, 8 hours 5 min of usage. Usage was gps for about an hour with waze. Lots of music. Email. Lots of texting and moderate web browsing and face booking.
It seems to be a little less than my 6 Plus but not by a ton.
It seems to be a little less than my 6 Plus but not by a ton.
lordofthereef
macrumors G5
I get the same battery life on my 6s plus as I did with my 6 plus. Wife the same as her 6 on her new 6s. I think battery life is pretty much the same as it was.
sunking101
macrumors 604
The 6+ and 6S+ have virtually identical battery life so I would assume that the smaller models do as well. The Plus gets a good 9-11 hours of heavy usage whilst the smaller phone will get two or three hours less.
I had the 6 last year, so I was charging nightly. I charged the phone in full on Sunday. Took it off the charger around 3pm and it's still going. I just turned on low power mode since I'll be at work for 3+ more hours and want to make sure it lasts until I get home.
The battery life is definitely awesome so far. I'm expecting 9-10 hours of usage and 52-55 hours of standby on this charge alone. That's incredible in my book.
Coming from someone who hasn't had a phone past the iPhone 5, I am simply blown away. I didn't even know it was possible.
nanotoj
macrumors regular
I went with 128gb this year after not filling up 64gb with the plus last year. The larger phone was not very portable so I did not use it for pictures like I have on every other phone before that. I plan on making use of the live photo option with the S download more music and movies.
The Game 161
macrumors Nehalem
my last charge
15 hours usage
33 hours standby
currently
3 hours, 50 mins usage
6 hours standby
78% left
MH01
Suspended
The Game 161
macrumors Nehalem
Neverbepeace
macrumors 6502a
B's iPhone
macrumors regular
The 6 PLUS battery life (and I'm assuming the 6s Plus as well) is truly epic battery life. A lot of times I would go to bed and the phone would be at 70-80% battery life.
I'd go for the regular 6s, but just afraid I'd be dissapointed. Plugging in during the day just isn't an option for me, and neither is being without a phone. If I had to go into "low power" mode I'd be looking for a new phone...