What's your experience? Who's seeing better battery life on iOS 11 vs 10?
I'm seeing MUCH better results on 11, especially 11.2 beta 1.
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I'm seeing MUCH better results on 11, especially 11.2 beta 1.
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iPhone 7/+ Users: iOS 10 vs 11 battery life
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How long were you listening to music? An hour or 2? You probably had the screen off quite awhile to get results like that. I know I pull out those ridiculous numbers when I've had a day of listening to podcasts a lot with the phone in my pocked with the screen off.
It has been really poor for me.
Details of average usage:
•Ios 10.3.3:
Usage: 8-9 hours
Standby: 20+ hours
•Ios 11.1:
Usage: 5-6 hours
Standby: 15-17 hours
This condition is my usual usage, fully charged at night around 12am and recharge again at around 7pm the next night.
Ios 11.1 also makes my device become hot easily while using (twitter, instagram, browsing in Chrome).
Details of average usage:
•Ios 10.3.3:
Usage: 8-9 hours
Standby: 20+ hours
•Ios 11.1:
Usage: 5-6 hours
Standby: 15-17 hours
This condition is my usual usage, fully charged at night around 12am and recharge again at around 7pm the next night.
Ios 11.1 also makes my device become hot easily while using (twitter, instagram, browsing in Chrome).
Every time a new iOS release went out I've always been skeptical of everyone reporting less battery, I've never experienced it in years, but now I've seen a big degradation of battery life since my last update (from iOS 11 basically). On iPhone 7 Plus I went from 7-8 hours of usage to barely 6.
Usage pattern didn't change much, I basically use my phone for 2-3 hours, just web browsing and a couple of YT videos (when I commute) while during the day I just quick check whatsapp and email. Always connected to my Apple Watch and I listen music (locally stored) through bluetooth headphones (Beats). Background app refresh on just for Whatsapp and FB Messenger. Location is on for Weather, Maps, Uber and another couple of apps.
At this very moment (2pm here in Italy) I am at 62%, 2h 53mins of usage, 5h 44mins of stand by times.
Before iOS 11 I used to reach 60% at 6pm.
Ugrading now to iOS 11.1, if doesn't fix I'll do a hard reset.
Edit: upgrading done (2.15pm here) and I'm at 54%. I'll update this thread tomorrow.
Usage pattern didn't change much, I basically use my phone for 2-3 hours, just web browsing and a couple of YT videos (when I commute) while during the day I just quick check whatsapp and email. Always connected to my Apple Watch and I listen music (locally stored) through bluetooth headphones (Beats). Background app refresh on just for Whatsapp and FB Messenger. Location is on for Weather, Maps, Uber and another couple of apps.
At this very moment (2pm here in Italy) I am at 62%, 2h 53mins of usage, 5h 44mins of stand by times.
Before iOS 11 I used to reach 60% at 6pm.
Ugrading now to iOS 11.1, if doesn't fix I'll do a hard reset.
Edit: upgrading done (2.15pm here) and I'm at 54%. I'll update this thread tomorrow.
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On my 7+:
about 10 hours on ios 10.3
about 5-7 hours on the earliest betas of 11.0
about 8-10 hours on the late betas of 11.0
about 5-8 hours on the official releases of 11.0 through 11.0.3
about 8-10 hours on the later betas of 11.1
about 10 hours on official 11.1
about 9-10 hours on 11.2 beta 1
about 10 hours on ios 10.3
about 5-7 hours on the earliest betas of 11.0
about 8-10 hours on the late betas of 11.0
about 5-8 hours on the official releases of 11.0 through 11.0.3
about 8-10 hours on the later betas of 11.1
about 10 hours on official 11.1
about 9-10 hours on 11.2 beta 1
***UPDATE***
iOS 11.1 definitely brings improvements to my iPhone 6 Plus and I feel itàs in par with 10.3.
At 2pm I am sitting at 75% battery, 2h 40mins of usage, 5h 39mins of stand by times.
Same settings as yesterday and same usage pattern as yesterday (during workdays).
iOS 11.1 definitely brings improvements to my iPhone 6 Plus and I feel itàs in par with 10.3.
At 2pm I am sitting at 75% battery, 2h 40mins of usage, 5h 39mins of stand by times.
Same settings as yesterday and same usage pattern as yesterday (during workdays).
