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iPhone 12 iPhone 12 Mini Battery Life

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A thread to discuss iPhone 12 Mini Battery Life.

Can early owners post screenshots of their battery life, while explaining their usage?
 
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Everybody should also mention what they were using before and how that compares.
 
Coming from my iPhone 8, so far the battery life on my mini seems the same. I did turn off 5G (since it's not in my area) and set the phone to LTE. Before I did that, the phone did seem to drain faster. With limited use yesterday, I was down to about 50% halfway through the day. But tonight after a full day with LTE only, I'm at 75%. I'm happy with that.
 
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100%🔋 off charger @9:15am cst, current time 8:06pm(before posting here) @ 24% battery 🔋. No charging. 95% WiFi, 5% LTE, no 5G. I left the house for that 5% lol.

Came from 11pro(early 2020,returned) then went back to my 6s (last 4 months) and then the 12 (non-pro) so compared to those batteries, the 11 pro and 12, I’m impressed with the mini. Waaaay better than that Se2’s 🔋. Oh I returned the 12 for now.

This is within a day so we will see how the coming weeks go. Thus far it’s past my instant test of use without plugging. I usually charge around 20%, but I’ve done the 1% too. Lol

The circle below IS what I do most, but I will say that it is spiked up a little based on research, reviews, and entertainment. I am off work today too but for this type of Day, the Mini may be a keeper. It reminds me of the pro size but a more sweeter compact.

Honesty is always nice so if you upper level deep battery techies think I need to simply go to the bigger battery phones, by all means, be honest 😂

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jayducharme said:
Coming from my iPhone 8, so far the battery life on my mini seems the same. I did turn off 5G (since it's not in my area) and set the phone to LTE. Before I did that, the phone did seem to drain faster. With limited use yesterday, I was down to about 50% halfway through the day. But tonight after a full day with LTE only, I'm at 75%. I'm happy with that.
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And you'd be at the same 75% with your 8 as well?
 
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100%🔋 off charger @9:15am cst, current time 8:06pm(before posting here) @ 24% battery 🔋. No charging. 95% WiFi, 5% LTE, no 5G. I left the house for that 5% lol.

Came from 11pro(early 2020,returned) then went back to my 6s (last 4 months) and then the 12 (non-pro) so compared to those batteries, the 11 pro and 12, I’m impressed with the mini. Waaaay better than that Se2’s 🔋. Oh I returned the 12 for now.

This is within a day so we will see how the coming weeks go. Thus far it’s past my instant test of use without plugging. I usually charge around 20%, but I’ve done the 1% too. Lol

The circle below IS what I do most, but I will say that it is spiked up a little based on research, reviews, and entertainment. I am off work today too but for this type of Day, the Mini may be a keeper. It reminds me of the pro size but a more sweeter compact.

Honesty is always nice so if you upper level deep battery techies think I need to simply go to the bigger battery phones, by all means, be honest 😂

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Seems great. Need more reviews. I might bite if it is this good for others too. What was your average level of brightness?
 
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aakshey said:
How does it compare to 11 Pro/12?

Does it get you 80%+ of an 11 Pro?
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It doesn’t really. Both the 12(non pro /11 pro have bigger batteries, I just needed to know that the mini lasts a day without me charging, so go from there.

Also a regular youtuber actually has a 12 mini battery review. Look up Bernard Walter 12 mini battery review
 
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It doesn’t really. Both the 12(non pro /11 pro have bigger batteries, I just needed to know that the mini lasts a day without me charging, so go from there.

Also a regular youtuber actually has a 12 mini battery review. Look up Bernard Walter 12 mini battery review
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I know. I have seen that. How much better is the 11 Pro/12 battery life according to you?
 
aakshey said:
I know. I have seen that. How much better is the 11 Pro/12 battery life according to you?
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Why do you keep asking the same question. Both have bigger batteries vs the mini. I got nothing else for you. 11 pro lasts longer than the mini of course and it’s longer than the 12 but for what I use it for, the 11 pro and 12 lasted me all day, rarely had to charge at night, maybe the next day.

The mini, I had to charge at night which is good and what I was hoping for with the mini, meaning it last all day hence my battery pic above.

I don’t have the 11 pro anymore, and the 12 was returned so I’m not doing side by side comparisons just sharing my experiences.

Anything else?

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iApple_man said:
Why do you keep asking the same question. Both have bigger batteries vs the mini. I got nothing else for you. 11 pro lasts longer than the mini of course and it’s longer than the 12 but for what I use it for, the 11 pro and 12 lasted me all day, rarely had to charge at night, maybe the next day.

The mini, I had to charge at night which is good and what I was hoping for with the mini, meaning it last all day hence my battery pic above.

I don’t have the 11 pro anymore, and the 12 was returned so I’m not doing side by side comparisons just sharing my experiences.

Anything else?

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Ok. Thank You.
 
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I won't post a screenshot because it doesn't say much how and where you use the phone but I can give you my first impression comparing it to my iPhone 11 6.1.

So first REAL stress test here. I travel for work and today had a 12h day on the road, through areas with low to bad signal, but also cities with LTE (no 5G contract atm, only 4G activated in settings). I did a call a few times and did some surfing etc.. The usual stuff I also did with my iPhone 11 6.1 the same way before.

At the end of the day I have about 40% battery left, when my iPhone 11 had around 50-60% battery left with similar usage. That is more than I expected. I had signal on all the time and battery life really suffers from traveling through low signal areas instead of staying at home in the city with always good LTE signal. I am very happy. I expected around 20-25% left at the end of the day because of the smaller battery but it is around 40%. 10-20% less than the iPhone 11. And the battery is new and still needs some time for it's whole potential. Really, really nice atm.
 
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I won't post a screenshot because it doesn't say much how and where you use the phone but I can give you my first impression comparing it to my iPhone 11 6.1.

So first REAL stress test here. I travel for work and today had a 12h day on the road, through areas with low to bad signal, but also cities with LTE (no 5G contract atm, only 4G activated in settings). I did a call a few times and did some surfing etc.. The usual stuff I also did with my iPhone 11 6.1 the same way before.

At the end of the day I have about 40% battery left, when my iPhone 11 had around 50-60% battery left with similar usage. That is more than I expected. I had signal on all the time and battery life really suffers from traveling through low signal areas instead of staying at home in the city with always good LTE signal. I am very happy. I expected around 20-25% left at the end of the day because of the smaller battery but it is around 40%. 10-20% less than the iPhone 11. And the battery is new and still needs some time for it's whole potential. Really, really nice atm.
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Thank You. This sounds very very promising.

If I can get 80% of my 11 Pro battery life, I’ll jump for sure.
 
Yesterday at the end of the day I have about 40% battery left, when my iPhone xs had around 45-50% battery left with similar usage.
 
aakshey said:
Thank You. This sounds very very promising.

If I can get 80% of my 11 Pro battery life, I’ll jump for sure.
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I am not sure about that. 11 Pro normally has better battery life than the 11 6.1. And from FIRST usage it is between 10-20% less than my 11 on a workday with low of standby in low signal areas, so I would guess maybe 25-30% less than the 11 Pro with normal usage. But I don't know if it depends on usage. I am not on the phone all the time. For comparison my battery life with the 11 6.1. on off days at home or in the city is around 70-80% at the end of the day, I don#t need it that much at home and have consistent good signal. On the go I have around 50% left, sometimes 60%. 20-30% more usage because of low signal and more browsing and music via BT. But atm I would say compared to your 11 Pro it could be 70% battery life, 80% if you are very lucky. But not much less than 70%
 
taneff said:
I am not sure about that. 11 Pro normally has better battery life than the 11 6.1. And from FIRST usage it is between 10-20% less than my 11 on a workday with low of standby in low signal areas, so I would guess maybe 25-30% less than the 11 Pro with normal usage. But I don't know if it depends on usage. I am not on the phone all the time. For comparison my battery life with the 11 6.1. on off days at home or in the city is around 70-80% at the end of the day, I don#t need it that much at home and have consistent good signal. On the go I have around 50% left, sometimes 60%. 20-30% more usage because of low signal and more browsing and music via BT. But atm I would say compared to your 11 Pro it could be 70% battery life, 80% if you are very lucky. But not much less than 70%
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70% won’t work for me. But my health is 94%.
 
lazy_desi_ said:
Yesterday at the end of the day I have about 40% battery left, when my iPhone xs had around 45-50% battery left with similar usage.
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Doesn’t sound good. I had a brand new X with 100% battery. My 11 Pro used to last 50-80% more compared to the X. X and XS are very similar. And your XS has an aged battery I’m guessing.
 
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