This sucks. I'm already having to extra charge the 11 pro during the day. Now it seems I'll have to do it longer/more often.
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iPhone 11 Pro Outlasts iPhone 12 and 12 Pro in Extensive Battery Life Test
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I'm 18 months in with my XS max... and it's at 99%.
if the iPhone 12 Pro is the same, I'll be happy.
That’s what I’m guessing. It’s a nice update for people going from the 11 to the 12. But I’ve seen people who went from the 11 Pro Max to the 12 Pro and I think lots of them will change their minds in a couple days, lol
I don't think he said that.
He said no SIM cards in the phones but the phones were not in flight mode with wifi enabled for example.
I would be curious if he would run the test with Flight Mode enabled and Wifi and Bluetooth on.
This way disabling any possible use of 4G/5G modems.
Just having no SIM card does not disable phone usage as I think you can call 911 (or other emergency services) without a SIM card, I might be wrong. - I am not, just confirmed you can call emergency services without SIM card so my point still stands the test (to not account for 5G) needs to be done in Flight Mode.
Edit: fixed my English
Edit2: confirmation
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Looks like a non issue. Still crushes the XR and 11 and I thought those were good batteries.
Last I read, at full brightness OLED pixels use more power per pixel than LCD. Both OLED and LCD have adjustable brightness, but the magic of OLED is that individual pixels can be illuminated as opposed to the whole backlight. However, since individual pixels control their own brightness in OLED the percentage of the screen that is lit, compared to a all white screen, decreases power consumption faster than with LED. This means, for each size and generation of OLED there is a crossover point where the screen is dark enough that it uses less power than an equivalent LCD.
Which I suspect is why the lock screen is dark with thin text and dark mode is so heavily promoted.
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This looks encouraging for me coming from an XR. I'll happily take the extra battery life and the XR already has great battery life.
I am pleasantly surprised to see that iPhone 12 outlasted iPhone 11, the latter being physically bigger with bigger battery too. I am now just waiting for the mini tests, as its battery life might actually turn out to be quite good despite its size.
A lot of shocking news lately!!!!!
This is all just NUTS!
It's like buying a car with a larger engine and getting worse fuel economy!
- AniPhone charges slower via 15-watt inductive charging than via a 20-watt wired charger.
- AniPhone with a smaller battery, faster processor, and larger display has shorter run time
- An iPhone with smaller internal volume and additional components has a smaller battery than a phone with larger internal volume and fewer components.
- The faster 5G cellular chipset consumes 20% more battery than the slower 4G chipset
This is all just NUTS!
It's like buying a car with a larger engine and getting worse fuel economy!
How often do you charge it and how? My iPhone 11 is still at a 100% and I charge it every night with Apple’s original 5W charger.
I agree, that sounds crazy. My 11 Pro is at 100%, likewise charged every night (albeit with a 12W charger).
Except Apple does not advertise anywhere that battery life is "the same."
In fact, their comparison page shows that for some tasks such as video playback it is indeed shorter.
Precisely why this test is so ridiculous. Most people don't play games of watch videos for 8 hours straight, and the battery life exceeds the amount of time they are awake, making it a non-issue.
Since the iPhone X there hasn't been a single day where I've had to plug an iPhone into a charger before the end of the day.
The Pro phones go backward, the regular phones forward. The 11 Pro is really amazing. Heavy user and have never had to recharge during the day. Its a great phone.
I’m hoping the mini comes in between the Xr and the 11. That would be a huge improvement for me over what I’ve got now.
Why the iphone 11 with bigger battery than 11 pro ( 3,110 mAh and 3,046 mAh) but the onscreen time is only 5 hours and 8 minutes, compare to 7 hours and 36 minutes on 11 pro. Both has the same cpu. I’m don’t get it.
Nice Review, thanks. The same type of review on iPhone antennas would be awesome. The antenna on my iPhone XS is borderline useless. My sons iPhone8 and my previous iPhone 7 have great antennas
Arun Maini today shared a new side-by-side iPhone battery life video test on his YouTube channel Mrwhosetheboss, timing how long the new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro models last on a single charge compared to older models, with equal brightness, settings, battery health, and usage. All of the devices are running iOS 14 without a SIM card inserted.
In the test, the iPhone 11 Pro outlasted both the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, despite being a smaller 5.8-inch device. When the iPhone 12 Pro ran out of battery, the iPhone 11 Pro still had 18% battery life remaining, and when the iPhone 12 powered off, the iPhone 11 Pro still had 14% battery life remaining.
The final rankings ended up as follows:
These rankings are of course missing the iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Pro mini, which will be available to pre-order starting November 6.
- iPhone 11 Pro Max: 8 hours and 29 minutes
- iPhone 11 Pro: 7 hours and 36 minutes
- iPhone 12: 6 hours and 41 minutes
- iPhone 12 Pro: 6 hours and 35 minutes
- iPhone 11: 5 hours and 8 minutes
- iPhone XR: 4 hours and 31 minutes
- iPhone SE (2020): 3 hours and 59 minutes
Teardowns and regulatory filings have revealed that the entire iPhone 12 lineup features slightly lower battery capacities. iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro models share a 2,815 mAh battery, for example, while the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro are equipped with 3,110 mAh and 3,046 mAh batteries, respectively.
While the more power efficient A14 Bionic chip in Apple's latest iPhones helps to offset the lower battery capacities, this test shows that the iPhone 11 Pro still lasts longer than the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro under heavy, continuous usage.
Apple's tech specs indicate that the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro provide up to 17 hours of video playback, compared to up to 18 hours on the iPhone 11 Pro, so Apple does acknowledge that the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro have slightly less battery life.
It will be interesting to see a real-world battery life test for the iPhone 12 Pro Max, as Apple's tech specs suggest that the device has equal battery life as the iPhone 11 Pro Max, at least based on its own metrics. Apple lists both devices as providing up to 20 hours of video playback and up to 80 hours of audio playback.
Article Link: iPhone 11 Pro Outlasts iPhone 12 and 12 Pro in Extensive Battery Life Test
I fast charge every night and mine is at 93%. Had for one year.