Good Battery Life

[barstep]

I read all the posts about poor battery life on ios16. For me I have noticed no change on any of the updates since I moved up to iPhone 13 fifteen months ago.
Am I the only one who hasn’t seen any difference through all the recent iOS updates?

 

[christiann]

I read all the posts about poor battery life on ios16. For me I have noticed no change on any of the updates since I moved up to iPhone 13 fifteen months ago.
Am I the only one who hasn’t seen any difference through all the recent iOS updates?

I have a 13 mini. A lot of people were complaining about the battery life, but it was the same for me. I ended up downgrading back to iOS 15 though because I didn’t like the new UI.

 

[doboy]

Luckily no significant battery life change on my iPhone 13 Pro after updating from 15.7.1 to 16.2.

 

[Helmsley]

Same here...no issues.

I'm running an iPhone 11 that's 2.5 years old and has 89% battery health. Never done a full reset either since I bought it, I just update over the air.

I don't doubt that some users have had issues, but touch wood, I haven't so far.

 

[darrylcn]

Mines been pretty good too, 14PM on factory 16.1. Other than some occasional Dynamic Island clicking freak outs I’ve had no odd bugs. Hesitant to go to 16.3 etc when it’s out cause I think I’m doing well for battery

 

[darrylcn]

…especially compared to this screenshot of a Zollotech video

 

[FeliApple]

…especially compared to this screenshot of a Zollotech video

It‘s difficult to tell with your screenshot because it has way too much background use. That said, YouTube’s results are almost always extremely unreliable, and I’d be willing to directly say always unreliable. They use them extremely heavily: one of the first 11 Pro Max tests I saw drained it in less than 6 hours back on iOS 13. To drain an 11 Pro Max in 5 hours on iOS 13 you have to use it extremely heavily, in a way the vast majority of people don’t.

The screenshot from the video is awful, 2h on 50%? I get more on a 6.5-year-old 6s on iOS 10 with fairly high brightness. 2h on 50% is what a 5s with heavy use gets, we are way past that in terms of battery life. They conduct extremely heavy tests (in my opinion, needlessly, because that tells me absolutely nothing about that device’s battery life, only that it can be drained in no time, and we already know that) with the intention of demonstrating battery life and in my opinion those tests are completely useless. Okay, you can kill an iPhone’s battery in 3 hours with extremely heavy use… and? We know that already.

 

[darrylcn]

It‘s difficult to tell with your screenshot because it has way too much background use. That said, YouTube’s results are almost always extremely unreliable, and I’d be willing to directly say always unreliable. They use them extremely heavily: one of the first 11 Pro Max tests I saw drained it in less than 6 hours back on iOS 13. To drain an 11 Pro Max in 5 hours on iOS 13 you have to use it extremely heavily, in a way the vast majority of people don’t.

The screenshot from the video is awful, 2h on 50%? I get more on a 6.5-year-old 6s on iOS 10 with fairly high brightness. 2h on 50% is what a 5s with heavy use gets, we are way past that in terms of battery life. They conduct extremely heavy tests (in my opinion, needlessly, because that tells me absolutely nothing about that device’s battery life, only that it can be drained in no time, and we already know that) with the intention of demonstrating battery life and in my opinion those tests are completely useless. Okay, you can kill an iPhone’s battery in 3 hours with extremely heavy use… and? We know that already.

For sure. I’m thinking my background must be Zello as it’s a radio app that saved missed messages when muted. Either way good battery life numbers I think(?). I also have a 6S on 10, fun to use it once in a while to experience 3D Touch the way it was intended.

 

[FeliApple]

For sure. I’m thinking my background must be Zello as it’s a radio app that saved missed messages when muted. Either way good battery life numbers I think(?). I also have a 6S on 10, fun to use it once in a while to experience 3D Touch the way it was intended.

No way! You have one? Amazing! It’s my favourite iPhone ever! Agree on 3D Touch, although woefully underutilized (and henceforth discontinued by Apple), it’s very cool to be able to use it in the way it was intended.

My main iPhone is an iPhone Xʀ running iOS 12.

 

[darrylcn]

Sure do. 10.3.2 and it’s great. Also have a 6S Plus on 14.2 so I know a before and after for 3D Touch on the phones not being the same post 12 or so. Have a pair of iPhone 5s on 7.1.2 so pretty well covered for generations of the OS/Hardware.

 

[FeliApple]

Sure do. 10.3.2 and it’s great. Also have a 6S Plus on 14.2 so I know a before and after for 3D Touch on the phones not being the same post 12 or so. Have a pair of iPhone 5s on 7.1.2 so pretty well covered for generations of the OS/Hardware.

Amazing! Funnily enough, I have almost the same! The 3D Touch thing is really amazing on iOS 10! I’m on iOS 10.0, which is interesting, because it is pre-battery throttle for the iPhone 6s (added on iOS 10.2.1). On 3D Touch, I have an iPhone 6s on iOS 13.4, and the difference is significant, they’ve really degraded the experience after iOS 13 (they added Haptic Touch there, with the iPhone 11, which killed 3D Touch). I also have an iPhone 5s running iOS 8.2! How amazing it is that you have them on iOS 7!

Unfortunately, for me to go to a combo in which the iPhone was released with that iOS version I’d have to go to my main phone: the Xʀ running iOS 12. I don’t have the 5s on iOS 7 because I bought it late and it came with iOS 8.2 installed. My 6s on iOS 13 was my favourite iPhone ever back when it was on iOS 9, but it was forced out due to the iOS 9 on the A9 activation bug, in which that combo of iOS/processor would deactivate: it affected my A9X-powered 9.7-inch iPad Pro too, which was on iOS 9 until 2019, when Apple forced it into iOS 12. It is still there today! In fact, I’m writing this from it. So I went from an A9 combo of iPhone/iPad on iOS 9, to iOS 10 and 12, respectively. Not perfect, but not too bad, right?
That A9 on iOS 9 combo was my most cherished, though. I’d love to have it. But like I said elsewhere, the iPhone 6s on iOS 13 isn’t used anymore (I have one on iOS 10, so not too appealing, honestly), and the iPad, while not perfect on iOS 12, could be a lot worse. Glass half-full: at least it was forced out on iOS 12 and not on iPadOS 16. Again, even if not perfect, iOS 10/12 >>> iOS 15/iPadOS 16.

I have a little gem: an iPod Touch 5G running iOS 6.0, the first version ever released for it.

 

[darrylcn]

For sure. The 12PM I had was left on 14.2 but I had to turn it in for the 14PM I have now. Other than the awesome 120hz it was as fast as my 14PM opening apps and stuff. My 6S+ was on ios 12 but it started boot looping so I had no choice but to try and update it to 14 or lose it. Its ok as long as it's in low power mode, but I was planning on keeping it as long as possible to be my daily driver - I guess technically I did since it's half dead w a bad chip somewhere on the board.. Anyway revised plan is to keep the 14 Pro Max forever and leave it on 16.x.



I still remember the 6S+ on ios 9, was amazing, and for some reason when I updated it to ios 10 the quick reply texts would vanish mid composition - I think I have a thread on it here - so I swapped it out for my current refurb one which developed whatever bizarre fault it has with the boot loop due to 'SOC Hot' in the logs.

 

[doboy]

For sure. The 12PM I had was left on 14.2 but I had to turn it in for the 14PM I have now. Other than the awesome 120hz it was as fast as my 14PM opening apps and stuff. My 6S+ was on ios 12 but it started boot looping so I had no choice but to try and update it to 14 or lose it. Its ok as long as it's in low power mode, but I was planning on keeping it as long as possible to be my daily driver - I guess technically I did since it's half dead w a bad chip somewhere on the board.. Anyway revised plan is to keep the 14 Pro Max forever and leave it on 16.x.



I still remember the 6S+ on ios 9, was amazing, and for some reason when I updated it to ios 10 the quick reply texts would vanish mid composition - I think I have a thread on it here - so I swapped it out for my current refurb one which developed whatever bizarre fault it has with the boot loop due to 'SOC Hot' in the logs.

I would be worried about not getting security updates in the future.

 

[darrylcn]

For sure. It’s a gamble but I have to pick my poison!

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Sure do. 10.3.2 and it’s great. Also have a 6S Plus on 14.2 so I know a before and after for 3D Touch on the phones not being the same post 12 or so. Have a pair of iPhone 5s on 7.1.2 so pretty well covered for generations of the OS/Hardware.

My backup 6S is on 12.4, know what you mean about functional 3D Touch. Haptic Touch isn't the same experience..

 

[darrylcn]

My backup 6S is on 12.4, know what you mean about functional 3D Touch. Haptic Touch isn't the same experience..

For sure. My first experience with it being different was on my 14.2 6S+ which, when I’d try to use the app switcher from the edge of the screen, tries to also open the tweet when I’m in twitter. Ah well. Also nice car, the Bugeyes have a good following, if polarizing hehe.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

For sure. My first experience with it being different was on my 14.2 6S+ which, when I’d try to use the app switcher from the edge of the screen, tries to also open the tweet when I’m in twitter. Ah well. Also nice car, the Bugeyes have a good following, if polarizing hehe.

My X was on 12.4.1 until I bought a S6 watch. Had to update to iOS14 to use the watch and have missed it everyday since. It's actually the only feature that held me back from the newer versions of iOS.. My X is on 16.2 now and I've learned to get by without it

 

[FeliApple]

For sure. The 12PM I had was left on 14.2 but I had to turn it in for the 14PM I have now. Other than the awesome 120hz it was as fast as my 14PM opening apps and stuff. My 6S+ was on ios 12 but it started boot looping so I had no choice but to try and update it to 14 or lose it. Its ok as long as it's in low power mode, but I was planning on keeping it as long as possible to be my daily driver - I guess technically I did since it's half dead w a bad chip somewhere on the board.. Anyway revised plan is to keep the 14 Pro Max forever and leave it on 16.x.



I still remember the 6S+ on ios 9, was amazing, and for some reason when I updated it to ios 10 the quick reply texts would vanish mid composition - I think I have a thread on it here - so I swapped it out for my current refurb one which developed whatever bizarre fault it has with the boot loop due to 'SOC Hot' in the logs.

It’s a shame you couldn’t keep the 12 Pro Max on iOS 14! iPhones on original versions are true gems. I had an iPhone 7+ on iOS 10 but I had to trade it in because its camera was broken. I still regret that trade-in. iPhones and iPads on original versions are amazing because they retain perfect performance and battery life indefinitely. Sometimes they’re difficult to keep there: my 9.7-inch iPad Pro deactivated and was forced to update to iOS 12, your 6s Plus was on iOS 12 and started bootlooping... things happen. Anything happens and that version is gone.

The 6s Plus on iOS 9 would probably be my favourite iPhone ever. I have never used a 6s Plus, but I used a 7 Plus on its original version and it’s amazing. Considering that my favourite iPhone is now my 6s on iOS 10, a 6s Plus on iOS 9 would probably be my favourite iPhone ever without a doubt, like I said.

Yeah, it’s a great idea to keep the 14 Pro Max on iOS 16. There is an eternal, unsolved debate on the usefulness of iOS updates, but it is undeniable that devices on their original iOS versions are amazing. I’m in a similar situation with my iPad: I have an iPad Air 5 on iPadOS 15 and I intend to keep it there forever. Like I said earlier, my main phone is an iPhone Xʀ on iOS 12. iPhone/iPad combo on original versions, it is perfect. Last time I had that was back on iOS 9 with the iPhone 6s and the 9.7-inch iPad Pro. I had it shortly with the Xʀ on iOS 12, but I lost the iPad soon after getting the Xʀ.

Do you remember how was battery life on the 6s Plus on iOS 12? My 9.7-inch iPad Pro is on the same version and it suffered a 3.5-hour decrease of screen-on time after being forced to iOS 12 (14 hours to 10.5, although performance is fine). And consequently, has there been any drop in terms of battery life after it was forced to iOS 14? You implied there was, but how is it in terms of numbers? How many hours of screen-on time do you get?

 

[darrylcn]

IOS 12 was fine while the 6S+ was still fully functioning, definitely enough to get through a full day with maybe 20-30% left if I had to make a wild guess. Low power mode or no power mode now though, heh, so it’s probably not representative comparison even though it’s the same device. I searched online for SOC Hot log entries but found little in the way of info. Luckily shortcuts keep it forced on LP mode these days, I’m guessing that might be what causes the stutters for animations it has.

As for the 12PM on 14.2 it was great, I would have kept it but it would have cost $600 to buy out at the end of the contract. I wound up switching carriers and got a better plan and the 14PM and paid off the 12PM by selling it and putting the funds toward the balance so it cancelled out.