That’s great to hear! Some mentioned a decrease in battery life on different models, but others reported no (further) impact. We’ll see. I’d love to see a screenshot, too.
So far, according to what I’ve read, throughout multiple iPhones, it seems like battery life is worse, but I’ve seen a not-insignificant amount of people report a performance improvement in terms of smoothness, like you said. That’s a good sign. iOS 16 wasn’t well received in that regard, and to see many people report an improvement is great.
9:30 am till now 1:19 pm battery now 92% . On low power mode. Remind me a day. Before i do struggle with this phone max 6 hour doing nothing. Till i keep thinking 14 or 15 ? Next month
@I7guy like you saw in my previous reply, I tried. I tried my best not to be negative from the beginning when it comes to this topic. Just have a little faith, I said to myself. Maybe they didn’t worsen it again.
There is no rational way that an assessment of battery life for iOS 17 can be made in less than a day and a generalized statement made from one macrumors poster. Additionally, Facebook has been known to be a battery life pig going back years.
Absolutely! Which is why I said “hopefully it’s better than this”. Other efficient users have mentioned that iOS 16 represented a 25% battery life loss when compared to iOS 12. If iOS 17 isn’t a lot worse, and if it is the final iOS version for the iPhone Xʀ, maybe, just maybe, it can be the first iOS device with usable battery life on its final iOS version since... well, probably since the iPhone 5c.
Imo, the “25%” battery loss is offset by the minimum 25% increase in functionality and security patches. So it balances out.
Funnily enough, I can’t recall the thread in which I said this, but I mentioned that this was an alternative solution to the problem.
Screen-on time?Charged to 100% Yesterday at 23:18
24 hours later 43%
No idea what I have been using it for
Or what the iOS 16 equivalent usage was
iOS updates definitely caused a hit on a battery life. But imo since the a12 iOS updates cause a minor hit on battery life…mostly due to more concurrent operations and more functionality within iOS. These updates tax the processor and battery harder than then original version. It’s a good trade off. Batteries age anyway might as well get the most out of your iPhone.
Why did you not update to iOS 12.4.1? It was the last update before iOS 13 for A9 devices and newer...
I wouldn’t call it minor, but battery life skyrocketed since the A12. With efficient usage, I was able to get around 11-12 hours on a Plus model on light Wi-Fi usage. I can get 16 on the Xʀ, and it got better ever since. The 11 Pro Max is better, the 13 Pro Max is incredibly good. If the 13 Pro Max has 25 hours of SOT with light use on iOS 15, and you stave off 40% by the final iOS update... well, you’ll still get 15 hours. More than enough. Which is an alternative solution. I’m not totally against this. And if battery life is good enough at first, and you don’t kill performance too... well, maybe updating can be worth it for some people. That’s a lot coming from me!
It’s true, but I’ll never touch the update button if I can. I don’t think it makes a whole lot of difference.
I agree. I haven’t really seen much battery degradation since the initial release of iOS on my max. Of course, I got a new battery last year or late the year before.
Well, we’ve been over your Xs Max. Not this again. I’m not doing it again. Once was enough.