iPhone 12 Pro Max Has Smaller 3,687 mAh Battery According to Regulatory Filing

[Momof2.1107]

I have dual SIM XS Max 512 GB as well never had any network problem or wifi issues.

Some of us do have that problem and will gladly upgrade if it means those issues will decrease and or go away.

 

[NightFox]

I’m surprised no major phone manufacturer has ever made an extended capacity battery version of a phone. In the GPS smartwatch market, Coros came out with a watch that boasted twice the battery life of the best Garmins and it made them a legitimate player overnight.

I don't think the battery life in the Coros was down to a higher capacity battery though, I think it was down to their components and firmware. So you could argue that's what Apple are actually doing here, reduced battery capacity but a more efficient device = comparable battery life.

 

[Chidoro]

i'll be happy if battery life is the same as 11 Pro Max which is exactly what Apple have said. the improved efficiency of the A14 Bionic means they can get the same battery life with less capacity.

sure it'd be nice to keep the same capacity as 11 Pro Max and get more battery life but i'm not to bothered. i'm sure the battery life will be perfectly fine on the 12 Pro Max.

It’s the same with the phone sitting in airplane mode playing a video on repeat, audio on repeat, and streaming a video on WiFi. Whether it’s the same in day to day usage with the actual cell radios being used remains to be seen. I hope it is, but I’m doubtful.

 

[Zimmy68]

Normally I would be in the no big deal camp but now that I think about it...
You know what was suspiciously omitted from the presentation? Battery Life.
Uncle Phil always had a chart about how much better battery life would be.
iPhone 12s? Nothing.

 

[MrGuder]

There you go Apple always sacrificing battery life. It will always be this way and we consumers just accept it.

 

[Joe Rossignol]

This is incorrect. Apple discloses battery capacities for all their products. They are legally obligated to do so.

The info is listed on the bottom of this page:

Legal - Global Trade Compliance - Apple

www.apple.com

Updated my phrasing:

Apple never discloses battery capacities or RAM on its iPhone tech spec pages

 

[zombierunner]

Create a problem, sell the solution.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Well my iPhone 7 has 1900 mah so I'm still happy.

 

[MrGuder]

It would have been great if they offered one of the models of iPhone 12 without 5G and a larger battery. I wonder how many would have ordered it?

 

[MrMacintoshIII]

It would have been great if they offered one of the models of iPhone 12 without 5G and a larger battery. I wonder how many would have ordered it?

that will be SE Max next year perhaps. $599.

 

[Digital Dude]

There you go Apple always sacrificing battery life. It will always be this way and we consumers just accept it.

Perhaps...🤔I've been on board with Apple since the very beginning. In recent years, I've been looking at the 'grass is greener' options that are out there. Yeah, I know, ecosystem, blah-blah-blah. While I used to appreciate Apple's more conservative design approach, I just don't see the fruits of their designs compared to years past.
The coattails of Steve Jobs have worn-off. Current Apple products appear to be more about sales and cost containment. I'm not a troll from the other side, but other companies have not been standing still with emerging technologies. The adage of 'we'll produce that XYZ' feature when we can perfect it' only goes' so far before I realized their marketing focus.💸

 

[xgman]

The most concerning thing is the report that 5g drains up to 20% faster. ugg..

 

[jpsalazar]

That's a relief. One of the many selling points of the iPhone 11 Pro Max was the higher battery capacity.

 

[cocky jeremy]

Everybody, hurry and freak out before comparisons on battery life are done!!!!

 

[UK-MacAddict]

That means in the design phase you'd sit down and say, "we're using this exact same battery pack, let's design the circuits and boards around it", which is a dumb thing to do.

Lets be real, not much has drastically changed in iPhones since 2012. The iPhone 6 - 11 Pro were basically the same design with the same space inside to work with.

The circuit boards haven’t changed loads from what I have seen size wise, if anything they have got smaller with improving tech.

I wasn’t saying use the same exact battery. Apple have redesigned batteries in the MacBook in that tiered shape to squeeze more battery into tight spaces. I’m sure they could have kept or increased battery size to fit into the new iPhones which in theory have slightly more space to work with that the 11 Pro design.

 

[Alexrat1996]

When can we pre approval it on IUP I’m ready

 

[JosephAW]

It's time for a fuel cell battery.

 

[oneMadRssn]

I dunno why is hard for Apple, they successfully creating high efficiency chips but very hard to increasing battery capacity. Instead when Apple introduced more efficient AX chips, they also reducing mAH as possible.

Do the both should be win win for customer, especially with 5G tech which consumes more juices.

Because lithium is a commodity. The size of the battery directly correlates to the cost of said battery. Whereas manufacturing a more efficient chip costs about the same as manufacturing last-year's less efficient chip.

 

[SnakeEater1993]

The amount of people not bothering with this is laughable!!!''iT's GoT a BeTtEr cPu''..Iphone 11 series biggest selling point was best ever battery life...!Yeah a14 will NOT compensate for the loss of mah capacity...

 

[Silverstring]

I’m surprised no major phone manufacturer has ever made an extended capacity battery version of a phone. In the GPS smartwatch market, Coros came out with a watch that boasted twice the battery life of the best Garmins and it made them a legitimate player overnight.

Ever?https://www.techradar.com/reviews/energizer-power-max-18k-pop

 

[Spizike9]

But we’re still getting plenty hours of battery life.

We’re getting plenty of life but can you imagine if they’d just keep the capacity the same. We’d get even better life. It would be glorious. 🤓

 

[joshwithachance]

Kinda bummed they reduced the battery size but the phone is bigger and heavier...

 

[Nozuka]

Yeah, they get real multitasking and stuff like that.

might sound good, but doesn't really mean anything... has more drawbacks than advantages, imho.

 

[DoubleDragon1987]

This is incorrect. Apple discloses battery capacities for all their products. They are legally obligated to do so.

The info is listed on the bottom of this page:

Legal - Global Trade Compliance - Apple

www.apple.com

Why not just say, "You are wrong." What is this "incorrect" stuff? Just tell the guy he is wrong to his face. Wow, talk about people being triggered. Man this is a weak generation of kids.

 

[creediddy]

6000mAh? Hell no. That thing will be as heavy as a brick! 4500 is enough to last for a day with heavy use, why would you want it to last 2 days in an exchange for holding a heavy brick all day long? I’m sure people sleep every night and you can just charge your phone at night.

I think you are over exaggerating the weight of lithium-ion batteries. The point that I made is I prefer a larger phone of 7.5". You can accommodate larger battery sizes. If phones are now 6.7"-6.9" now going to 7.5" is not that big of a difference in the size of the phone. So yes you could accommodate a larger battery in a phone without the weight that you claim it would have.