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How is the battery life on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7+. Can you get through an entire day? Thank you.

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MikeS.7456

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Use my phone for calls and average talk time for me is around 1 hour and 40 min.
Will I be able to get through a whole day of use with the iPhone 7 (Verizon) or iPhone 7 + (Verizon).

If I get a iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case will it increase the SAR.

Thank you for your time and have a great day.
 
MikeS.7456 said:
Use my phone for calls and average talk time for me is around 1 hour and 40 min.
Will I be able to get through a whole day of use with the iPhone 7 (Verizon) or iPhone 7 + (Verizon).

If I get a iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case will it increase the SAR.

Thank you for your time and have a great day.
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Battery life on the 7plus is outstanding. I've had it ta month and a day and a half is the norm. I opted for the jet black 128GB which I won't fill, but is very fast and a significant update.. \love mine.
 
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The battery life on my iPhone 6S Plus is phenomenal.I can go through a whole day with heavy usage without any worry
 
MikeS.7456 said:
Use my phone for calls and average talk time for me is around 1 hour and 40 min.
Will I be able to get through a whole day of use with the iPhone 7 (Verizon) or iPhone 7 + (Verizon).

If I get a iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case will it increase the SAR.

Thank you for your time and have a great day.
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If you purchase an Apple iPhone battery extender, it will certainly increase the capacity. I do not own one by comparison, but they do work.
 
MikeS.7456 said:
Use my phone for calls and average talk time for me is around 1 hour and 40 min.
Will I be able to get through a whole day of use with the iPhone 7 (Verizon) or iPhone 7 + (Verizon).

If I get a iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case will it increase the SAR.

Thank you for your time and have a great day.
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Sounds like you should be fine, but it depends a lot on your usage (not just calls, unless that is all you do), your cellular signal, etc.
 
Thank you, Just one last question - how is the call quality on the phone [both handheld (earpiece) and speaker (speakerphone)]. Thank you for your time.

Macman45 said:
Battery life on the 7plus is outstanding. I've had it ta month and a day and a half is the norm. I opted for the jet black 128GB which I won't fill, but is very fast and a significant update.. \love mine.
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MikeS.7456 said:
Use my phone for calls and average talk time for me is around 1 hour and 40 min.
Will I be able to get through a whole day of use with the iPhone 7 (Verizon) or iPhone 7 + (Verizon).

If I get a iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case will it increase the SAR.

Thank you for your time and have a great day.
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If you are worried about SAR ....you should probably stay away from the iPhone as it is one (competing with Huawei and ASUS) of the worse!!

iPhone 7 (A1660, A1780 / A1779 / A1778)
SAR (Over 1gr) – Body: 1.19 / 1.20 / 1.19 | Head: 1.20 / 1.19 / 1.19 – Limit: 1.6 W/kg
SAR (Over 10gr) – Body : 1.39 / 1.38 / 1.34 | Head: 1.37 / 1.32 / 1.38 – Limit: 2.0 W/kg

iPhone 7 Plus (A1661, A1786 / A1785 / A1784)
SAR (Over 1gr) – Body: 1.19 / 1.20 / 1.19 | Head: 1.20 / 1.19 / 1.19 – Limit: 1.6 W/kg
SAR (Over 10gr) – Body : 1.39 / 1.38 / 1.34 | Head: 1.37 / 1.32 / 1.38 – Limit: 2.0 W/kg
 
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Yesterday I was on a 5 hour flight and for about 4 hours I was deleting and editing photos on my 7plus,
hence the display was kinda constantly on (ca. 40% display brightness though).
While editing photos the phone got really hot, so I had to turn it off a view times for a minute or
so to cool it down a little. Most of the time I also listened to music with the airpods...
When I got of the plane I still had 54% battery left on my phone and about 30% with the airpods.

Really, really enjoying the 7plus and the airpods!!
 
Macman45 said:
Battery life on the 7plus is outstanding. I've had it ta month and a day and a half is the norm. I opted for the jet black 128GB which I won't fill, but is very fast and a significant update.. \love mine.
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Outstanding? you must not be using your phone too much. The battery life on my iPhone 7 Plus isn't that great, do you mind sharing some of your settings? do you have spotlight search on for all your apps? do you have location services enabled?
 
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Outstanding? you must not be using your phone too much. The battery life on my iPhone 7 Plus isn't that great, do you mind sharing some of your settings? do you have spotlight search on for all your apps? do you have location services enabled?
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Location on, spotlight off...That's about it really...find a good day and a half...A lot of messaging but maybe only 10 calls a day. That might be the key.
 
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Location on, spotlight off...That's about it really...find a good day and a half...A lot of messaging but maybe only 10 calls a day. That might be the key.
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well if you only text and make calls of course the battery will last a day but if you run apps or play a game or 2 like CSR RACING the battery doesn't last 5 hours
 
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iPhone 7 Plus
 
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