Apple Boosts iPhone 5s Battery Capacity by 10%, iPhone 5c by 5% Over iPhone 5

[orthorim]

How about 50% more? That would change things a bit. A phone that doesn't last all day is a bit of a joke - however, it seems to be the standard now.

The iPhone 1 would easily last 2 days. Even the 4 - using iOS 4 - would last 2 days for me, and 1 day under heavy use. The 5 barely squeaks by until the evening and if I dare use it more than just a little bit, it dies long before the sun sets. Ridiculous. I believe most of this is due to changes to iOS - iOS now has WAY more stuff running in the background; even normal apps run in the background for up to 10 minutes after they're backgrounded.

As an app developer, I can very easily create an app that totally kills all battery life (I have done that by accident). That's wrong - the OS should take care of shutting down BG apps, and it also needs to be more efficient in handling the various things happening in the background. iOS is set up from the get go to be very good about battery life - just iOS 6 and 7 don't make use of that....

 

[Chuck-Norris]

thats its, only 10%????

 

[nick_elt]

best thing about my note 2 is the battery. Motorola and Samsung seems to be the only companies that care about battery life. I really like apple but shane they cant go down the the Motorola route and have a maxx version (obviously dif name) i reckon they would sell more 5s maxx's than the 5c's

 

[Tmelon]

Meh, nothing major. Motorola pushed their product's battery life to 24 hours.

This is definitely a feature Apple are holding out on, probably in order to glorify the iPhone 6 somehow when it comes out.

Probably so. Bigger screen = bigger phone. Bigger phone = more room for battery.

 

[longofest]

Increased battery life is good but how much RAM is in the new iPhones ?

Good point... I'd hope 5S has at least 2GB, since 64 bit apps will be taking up more memory space (and since 1 GB is anemic these days)

 

[nick_elt]

wouldn't even need to be 3200ma like a note or maxx either as ios doesn't use as much power but 2200ma in a iPhone would be a beast

 

[Jimrod]

I have to charge my iPhone 5 twice a day. 10% improve is not much, but anything helps.

What exactly do you do with it, jumpstart your car? With moderate use - phone/text/email/web browsing I finish the day (6am - 11:30pm) with around 65% battery, with heavy use maybe 40%, light use 80%+.

 

[Tech198]

improvements, are improvements

 

[lombax54]

I thought that since the new phones were announced on Tuesday, we could get back to, oh, I dunno, actual MAC rumors, perhaps?

 

[MarkCooz]

(1507/1440*100)-100=4.65%

Where did 10% come from?

 

[gnasher729]

What exactly do you do with it, jumpstart your car? With moderate use - phone/text/email/web browsing I finish the day (6am - 11:30pm) with around 65% battery, with heavy use maybe 40%, light use 80%+.

There's a new feature in Mavericks: It will show you exactly how much energy each app uses. I think that's a feature that you'd want in iOS as well. I know apps using GPS can drain your battery quite quickly - I only use that with the iPhone plugged into the charger in the car.

Another thing that was always a problem is being in an area where reception is marginal. Where the phone gets 3G reception, loses it, tries again, gets reception, loses it and so on. Awful for battery life. If 3G is fine, or so bad that you have to use 2G, that's much better for the battery.

 

[MN7119]

Leave Facebook app open and it will drain your battery like crazy. I shut down all apps after I use them so battery has been great for my iPhone 5.

 

[bchery21]

I wish there was a standard way to gauge usage; I use my phone in what I would describe as moderately and by the end of the day (8AM - Midnight) I'm left with around 40%.

 

[lazard]

(1507/1440*100)-100=4.65%

Where did 10% come from?

wrong numbers bro

 

[patent10021]

Leave Facebook app open and it will drain your battery like crazy. I shut down all apps after I use them so battery has been great for my iPhone 5.

I'm assuming by "shut-down" you mean delete it from the multitask app area? As I understand it, that does nothing.

 

[nick_elt]

Leave Facebook app open and it will drain your battery like crazy. I shut down all apps after I use them so battery has been great for my iPhone 5.

shouldn't a "smart" phone be able to be "smart" without shutting everything down just to get a days use?

 

[nwcs]

Unless I'm playing something like Infinity Blade or doing a lot of video streaming my iPhone 5 lasts easily 24 hours of mixed use time and standby. I think when people see dramatically different battery life they need to look at what they're doing on the phone and not assume everyone else uses it the same way.

As a software developer who has worked with electrical engineers on portable handheld devices I know very well how many compromises have to be made to have a successful handheld device. It's never as easy as "just make it bigger" but some here can't accept that answer until they're actually working on those devices themselves and see all the considerations first hand.

As far as graphene et al goes... I'll believe it when I see it. EEStor is more likely a scam to get lots of investor money than a viable technology.

 

[MaSx]

Isn't amazing how Apple put a plastic in a preimum product and calling it iPhone 5C while leaving the premium pricd tag of last year model? Downgrade everyway! This is suppose to be cheaper and affordable. All this time we have been bashing Samsung for their plastic use and now this. *smh* Shame on you Apple!

 

[NovapaX]

(1507/1440*100)-100=4.65%

Where did 10% come from?

From using the correct numbers.

(1570-1440)/1440 = 9.02%
Thats closer don't you think!?

 

[mylop]

the iPhone 5s and 5c

Is it "iPhone 5S" or "iPhone 5s"?

Apple writes it 5S - seems odd a website devoted to Apple makes such an obvious error. Next you'll have an article about the iTouch.

 

[blue22]

10% meh...

That's still impressive battery life considering it's a mini computer in your pocket.

 

[Nightarchaon]

A truly revolutionary iPhone would have doubled the battery capacity, allowing all day use without worrying about needing to charge around 3pm (in my office the emails asking for charging cables for iPhones go around between 2:30 and 3:30 everyday)

the Fingerprint sensor is a pointless add-on, unnecessary, will end up unused by 99% of users after the gimmick wears off (like siri) and could have been omitted in favor of reducing cost and increase sales of units, which in turn would increase revenue via apps sold through the app store

 

[MN7119]

By shutting down I mean double tapp the home button, hold down the app on the multi-tasking bar until it starts wobbling and I click on the "x". If you leave FB app open in the background it will drain your battery since it works in the background looking for updates on your accounts, new postings, etc...

I'm assuming by "shut-down" you mean delete it from the multitask app area? As I understand it, that does nothing.

 

[Tiger8]

(1507/1440*100)-100=4.65%

Where did 10% come from?

Did you even read the article or you quickly grabbed the first number you saw and did your math?

 

[g0odfr1end102]

I don't buy that, everyone I know with an iPhone 5, myself included, has lousy battery life. Before iOS 7 I got 5 hours of usage, after iOS 7 I get about 3-4 hours. Not only that, the battery bleeds out even when its asleep. This is true of everyone I know who has an iPhone 5.

Okay, sorry to say this but my iPhone 5 never died on me after 3-4hours. Do you use high power demanding app/functionalities? Disabling PUSH notifications, localisation in certain app, turning the brightness down will definitively help. For info, and I checked many times, my iPhone 5 used to die 8-9 hours after a night-long charge. If yours lasts 3-4hours, then you have a problem.