All of Apple's New Devices Feature the Same Battery Life as Previous Generations

[MacRumors]

All of the new devices Apple today announced at its "Wonderlust" event feature no battery life improvements at all compared to their direct predecessors.

This comes contrary to a multitude of rumors prior to Apple's event, which suggested that the major efficiency improvements of the S9 and A17 chips would bring battery life improvements. The approximate battery life of each of the new devices Apple unveiled today is as follows:

• Apple Watch Series 9: 18 hours/36 hours in Low Power Mode
• Apple Watch Ultra 2: 36 hours/72 hours in Low Power Mode
• iPhone 15: 20 hours
• iPhone 15 Plus: 26 hours
• iPhone 15 Pro: 23 hours
• iPhone 15 Pro Max: 29 hours

This is exactly the same as the Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch Ultra, iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro Max, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Of course, efficiency improvements may still result in slightly better real-world performance in Apple's latest models.

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[Shadex05]

Shocker!!

 

[iObama]

Well, now those are probably accurate lol

 

[Dinozero]

This is pretty damn depressing. The iPhone has struggled a bit with battery life with the 13 being better.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Interesting… I guess they went for performance. And ray tracing!

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

Tim must step down.

 

[TVreporter]

They took "can't innovate my ass" literally this year.

 

[tivoboy]

Makes, no sense… I think this is just apple marketing, not wanting to get out over their skis, etc. Can’t possibly be the case that the higher PERFORMANCE eats up all the same amount of efficiency gains.

 

[dmx]

This is a little surprising with all the rumors talking about efficiency.

My guess is that real world battery life will indeed be better, but Apple chose not to update the rated battery life (likely so that that if 2024’s phones dip a little due to larger displays, it won’t seem like a downgrade then)

 

[tonie walker]

they spent more time with environment so have to set aside other stuff

 

[zach-coleman]

There’s still a chance it’s longer, the quoted battery life doesn’t always reflect real world. The 13P and 14P had the same quoted battery and yet the 13P lasted longer… every other year it seems to get better then worse in a pattern.

 

[mtulman1]

As long as they get back to the 13 PM I’ll be happy as the 14 PM is brutal. Fingers Crossed.

 

[M1 Max]

this whole 3nm process is one big disappointment. Only 10% increase in CPU performance. And the 2 year old GPU in the iPhone 15 is only 20% slower while it has 5 instead of 6 cores. No wonder we got so many messed up reports about the 3nm process from TMSC last couple of years, it’s a big fail.

 

[dadiy]

29 hours. You’re having a laugh. 14 pro max drops 50% in 3 hours.

 

[aue123]

we usually get leaked battery size in a couple days , just hang tight

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

It would have been nice to get offered 1+ hour of battery life atleast. Oh well!

 

[9Benua]

Do the 15 pro for other country still have the physical sim card slot?

 

[Ceecephous]

All of the efficiency went to " who asked for this "ray tracing" so its the same battery life even if you now have the 3nm chip inside...

 

[JPack]

Well yeah. People who were expecting leaps and bounds were mainly fanboys. For anyone paying attention, lithography advances have been getting slower and slower every year. It's physics. 3nm is very much marketing.

Like with previous nodes, Apple had the option of choosing between performance or power. They almost always choose performance (more transistors).

 

[deaglecat]

those rays won't trace themselves, you know.

 

[JPack]

Do the 15 pro for other country still have the physical sim card slot?

Every other country in the world except for U.S.

 

[zach-coleman]

It would have been nice to get offered 1+ hour of battery life atleast. Oh well!

They were chasing the “lightest pro iPhone ever” title a little too hard imo.

 

[TheBuffather]

Well, maybe this time reality will be a bit closer to those estimates. My iPhone 14 Pro Max's battery is noticeably worse than my 13 Pro Max's was. Better battery life was the one thing I was really hoping for.

 

[JPack]

those rays won't trace themselves, you know.

Nobody tracing rays in Apple's battery life tests.

It's all video and music playback from the iTunes Store.

 

[Blackstick]

those rays won't trace themselves, you know.

I know, that's why I own a PS5...