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i have a bad start regarding the battery life time of my iphone 8 plus.
i set up my 8+ from a backup of 6+, then the battery life is horrible...6 hours of usage drains the battery completely. then i restore the phone and setup as a new phone. The battery life is up to 12hours of usage now. This is enough for me, i can use it for two days.
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if you have 7, then there is no need to upgrade to 8. i upgraded from 6p to 8p, that is a huge improvement
i set up my 8+ from a backup of 6+, then the battery life is horrible...6 hours of usage drains the battery completely. then i restore the phone and setup as a new phone. The battery life is up to 12hours of usage now. This is enough for me, i can use it for two days.
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This is the only thing that's making me actually want the 8+: all the amazing reports on battery. Still not enough to get me to upgrade from my 7 though
if you have 7, then there is no need to upgrade to 8. i upgraded from 6p to 8p, that is a huge improvement
Same here. I was really surprised after after the 11.01 upgrade. Before it I was finishing the day on 45% after 3.5 hours on screen time but after the recent update it was sat at 85%?!?!
I can sit and read the news for half an hour and the battery hardly drops. If I'd done that with the Samsung S8 I had it would have dropped 15% or more.
So far, loving the change back to Apple/IOS from many years won Android. Last time here was 3GS days. It also makes more sense really as I use a Mac Pro, Macbook Pro and iPad Pro etc for my work (photography/video etc).
My 8+ gets me through an entire day but has to be charged over night. My Note 8 would go 2 whole days before needing charged. Same usage between both devices so I am not super impressed with the 8+ battery but it is good enough.
That's interesting considering many people are complaining about the Note 8's battery life due to it having a smaller battery than the S8+ along with having a larger display. Not saying I don't believe you, I'm just saying that's the first time I've seen someone say the Note 8 battery has lasted them more than a day.
On Saturday I took my phone off charge at 8 in the morning, went to climb a mountain with friends, took loads of pictures and videos on the way. Around 350 pictures I think. Navigating on Apple maps on the way and back for about 3 hours also texting friends from time to time. After all that when I got back to the cottage, I had about 53% battery left at around 9 at night. I’m beyond impressed.
Shot this one on the way up to the summit.
Shot this one on the way up to the summit.
The 8+ battery life has definitely exceeded my expectations. I figured it would be about the same as my 7+ was a year ago, but it’s giving me at least an hour more usage on average.
Battery might be great for now, but what happens when the next ios 12 comes out? Lol
Listened to music from my iPhone 8 Plus for several hours during the day yesterday (Air Pods) and a few phone calls (one of a little over 30 minutes). Plugged it in last night and it showed 74% charge.
So I'm having doubts about the battery life of my iPhone 8 Plus. It doesn't suck, but it neither does it look as good as what I see many people here at Macrumors claim to have. Your thoughts?
I mean, what bothers me most is how much it drains in stand by. Today for example, I may have used it for like 10 minutes max at school (from 8:45 AM to 15:00 PM), and I lost 10% in total in all of those hours. That doesn't look normal to me.
I mean, what bothers me most is how much it drains in stand by. Today for example, I may have used it for like 10 minutes max at school (from 8:45 AM to 15:00 PM), and I lost 10% in total in all of those hours. That doesn't look normal to me.
This is how it was when I had my 6s+. The first 6 months battery life was amazing. I marveled about it just like you did. 6 months later...the battery life just tanked. I went from having 75% by the time I got home from work to 20%...to having problem with battery going from 30% to 2% in no time.
It's ridiculous to a point that you know the battery can't possible worsen that quickly unless it's manipulated in some way....
Wow, nice. Was that handheld? I’m having a hard time getting sharp long exposure effects with Live Photos.On Saturday I took my phone off charge at 8 in the morning, went to climb a mountain with friends, took loads of pictures and videos on the way. Around 350 pictures I think. Navigating on Apple maps on the way and back for about 3 hours also texting friends from time to time. After all that when I got back to the cottage, I had about 53% battery left at around 9 at night. I’m beyond impressed.
Shot this one on the way up to the summit.