iPhone 12 Pro battery disappointing even using 4G LTE. I’ m surprised
If I was using 5G I could understand it
But the fact that the 11 Pro beats it is sad
If I was using 5G I could understand it
But the fact that the 11 Pro beats it is sad
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iPhone 12 Pro BATTERY LIFE IPHONE 12 PRO BATTERY DISAPPOINTING
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I’m upgrading from a xs max, hope I get better battery life on my iPhone 12, got 14 days to return it if I’m not impressed.
A lot of people say give the phone 3-4 days to finish indexing, then you should see improved battery life. 🤷♂️
A lot of people say give the phone 3-4 days to finish indexing, then you should see improved battery life. 🤷♂️
I’m moving from 11 pro max to 12 pro. And I do notice the battery life is significantly worse than the max during the 12-ish hours I got Not sure if it’s because the phone is doing some initial restore/setup.
This phone JUST CAME OUT. Give it time for software updates and optimization as well. Plus, with phones being set up, it is still indexing after a few days...
Why did you need to make the tittle all caps calm down. You need to let the background task run and it finish setup. Apps will optimize and learn usage patterns and it will get better. Can’t judge it on the first few hours or days when your setting it up and playing around with it a bit more than you think you are.
Have you got one, or are you just commenting on reviews? Be good to see some figures if you have tested it yourself.
The 12 battery is much smaller than the Max, this shouldn’t be a surprise...
But having to use low power mode on one device really isn’t comparable at all.
Looks like it has worse battery life than my xs max
A Max phone has longer battery life than a standard iPhone pro 12?!?
You can’t be surprised by that surely. It’s like being surprised that a 60L of fuel will get you further than a 40L?!?
Hmmm, what about the so called efficient a14, the 12 should smoke my xs max for battery going off apple marketing bs.
Battery life isn’t going to be the same for everyone. It depends on how the OP is using his phone, cellular signal strength, WiFi strength, screen brightness, apps installed, as well as apps being used and left in the background. And lets not forget user preference settings.
OP, you didn’t mention anything about these salient points. How are we supposed to offer help?
OP, you didn’t mention anything about these salient points. How are we supposed to offer help?
XS Max 3,174mAh vs 12 Pro 2,815 mAh
Yes the cpu is more efficient but you have no way of knowing whether any of the other new parts, features etc draw more power and as a result, make use of the efficiency!
The last thing I’d ever expect is a larger phone and battery to be beaten by a smaller one. Certainly wouldn’t proclaim to be surprised by it anyway!
I’m still testing out the first charge. Initial thoughts, battery feels/seems to last/drain like my 8+ with 97% battery health, with identical use, and 5G turned off. Hopefully the second charge is better, will make a final decision Sunday night if I’ll keep it or send it back.
So far today... since 8am (now 9:21pm), I've had 5hrs and 18m of screen on time... with 1hr 46m screen off with 45% battery remaining. The usual installing, playing with, taking pictures and video etc etc. This is certainly better than the iP X that has 99% battery health that we also have. After a week or so when things settle down I'll have a better idea but no complaints so far.
How can anyone judge battery life on these devices at this point in time? Lol
This is MacRumors land where anything goes. Lol
Exactly... indexing, playing with new toy etc etc... give it a week or so first.
Apple set the bar high with 11 Pro/Pro Max, in terms of great battery life right off the bat. Now with smaller battery's, I’m not giving them a week.
Man, talk about giving an inch and then asking for 500 miles.
Really? People were saying how amazing the iPhone 11s battery life was after one day.
No defending apple on this one, pure greed by Tim Cook, plain and simple.
With my iPhone 12 I noticed that it gets very hot when using safari. Perhaps this is contributing to battery drain? Is that the case for anyone else?