Yes it's off. When in location services, I have all the 'system' settings unticked too. I have Siri turned off as well.
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How's your battery life looking so far?
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Yes it's off. When in location services, I have all the 'system' settings unticked too. I have Siri turned off as well.
Mate, he was playing Angry Birds for 2% of the time. You don't get 16 hours by playing games. There will be some rrrreal light use there, especially when coupled with the long standby time. A 6S+ owner will get roughly 8-10 hours from one charge if they use their phone pretty heavily. I had the 6+ last year too so have experience with two of these phones.
Be careful; going through "one charge cycle per month" does not mean draining the battery until your device dies and then charging it again. You can go through a 100% charge cycle over several days of discharging and charging again, as Apple notes here (emphasis mine):
Well that was my speculation as to why they took it down. Dont know for sure. We should all really read this for true battery info
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
Yeah on average i'm getting
12-13 hours usage
24-26 hours standby
so very happy with that
I guess clash of clans actually increases and adds to your battery life! Who would have known. I bet its an in app purchase too. $4.99 add 1000mah to your battery
I get that if mostly wifi. But if all lte browsing its 8-9. Its a big dropoff this time arnd
4G use was especially good on the 6+. Not sure if the 6S+ battery lasts as long on cellular but I haven't really checked yet.
This is a good caveat to provide, Pete. I had read that too. But it's really hard to keep track of thinking of it that way. A full depletion, by several Apple Geniuses, I've consulted about this is anything that brings the battery to under 5% (over any period of time - as you point out there). It's this 'full depletion' that is necessary from your phone out of the box and was 'once recommended' by Apple (still is when you talk to Geniuses) once a month to keep your battery reading properly.
So I think you and I have both moderated our position from a few posts back. I was wrong to say - run your battery all the way until it shuts off. And you were wrong to say that ANY of this 'calibration stuff' was ancient news from Nickel Cadmium days.
What's best for people to do as a matter of course - is to - IF you notice your battery only charging to 99% - or staying abnormally long at like 78% or 21% -- any weirdness -- it's time to 're-calibrate' by bringing your battery, through normal usage, down to under 5% (I've seen some say to under 25% - but Apple Geniuses say under 5%) and then do a full charge (some say WHILE NOT USING phone).. And your battery meter readout should then discharge more normally and evenly on its readout.
Good discussion!
lol...well, I'm not quite ready to concede the point but in the long run I don't really care how people want to manage their batteries; if it makes you feel better to discharge your battery to 5% and charge it up again go for it. One thing I do agree on: good discussion.
Maybe it has been already been mentioned and forgive me if it has but is anyone doing a full charge and discharge upon receiving the phone? I didn't but was curious what everyone's thoughts are regarding this.
I didn't see the top part of his stats in your quote, just the lower part. Really though, the battery life people are getting depends on their own personal usage patterns, the network they're on, the strength of their signal, the state of their backup/if they're using one at all, and what settings they have toggled on their phones. There are so many variables. Usage times on the 6+ and 6S+ on average is around 10 hours. Any more than that and lighter usage patterns are being employed. Much over 12 hours and we're talking lighter & lighter use with screen off for large periods of time, ie listening to music.
Thanks. Yes if you do can you post back. i get 8-9. Closer to 8 if pure 100% LTE. 6S+ start as new
O come on.. You know you had no idea that a modern LiON battery would benefit from ANY regular calibration until you read Apple's article from the UK.. Admit it..
.. I tend loving to be a 'myth buster' on these forums too.. but you need to be really studied up or you get caught with egg on your face. That's why I'm really careful to use the term 'Battery meter calibration' - and never use the term 'conditioning' which is what hasn't been necessary for more than a decade.
My battery life is way better on my 6s+ than my 6+.
Edit: not way better but definitely an improvement.
Edit: not way better but definitely an improvement.
Nice post i would also amend that in most cases calibration is prob more 2-3 months not every month
O come on.. You know you had no idea that a modern LiON battery would benefit from ANY regular calibration until you read Apple's article from the UK.. Admit it..
I still don't believe that Apple products need any kind of "calibrating"; I did know and have never denied that LiOn batteries need to be used and not left on a charger for months on end, but that's to avoid damaging the battery and has nothing to do calibrating the battery meter AFAIK. But again, whatever floats your boat!
Over the years I have definitely noticed that the battery meters needs 'calibrating'. Over time batteries can start dying at 4% (for example) but if you calibrate the meter occasionally they will still go all the way down to 1%. I run my batteries down until the device switches itself off at least once a month and never run into any problems.
Same here. My 6S is noticeably better than my 6 ever was. How amazing despite the smaller battery.
Well you can 'believe' what you want, Pete. But intelligent people respond to empirical evidence, bro. And empirical evidence exists for the need for occasional calibration. And I believe you to be an 'intelligent' person. So modify your beliefs, bro.
We need screenshots as proof, ZipZap. We can't just take a person's word for it when they post something that seems too amazing. I believe 88 hours of standby CAN BE possible if you barely touch your phone and put it in Airplane mode when it's just sitting in your pocket. But always provide a screenshot as proof on a thread like this.