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iPhone 13 iPhone 13 - battery life thread [MEGA THREAD]
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That’s the whole point of the last 10 days. It’s basically how much you used your device and the percentage drop regardless of how many times you partially charge it during the day. It’s the aggregate of all the percentage drops during that 24 hr period.
You say that by measuring the bars in the 24h graph? It seems worse to me but I’ll analyze it better
I added up all the times from the bars. Of course, what I calculated was just an estimate. But it appears to be good battery life.
I have noticed that with 15.2 I am getting slightly better battery life.
I mean, is that better than showing the usage since last charge ?
That’s what we actually compare.
It gets tricky if it’s more than 24 hours since the last full charge.
Thought I saw that info in previous iOS version
I think they changed that about 3 versions ago. This does provide more historical data compared to how they did before. Since last charge is for a more immediate info.
The issue with the 10 day battery usage is that you can't tell when you had charged and the usage percentage is included if you had been using your phone while it was being charged. The only way to tell is to look at the 24 hour battery usage.
I really wish Apple would show the battery usage since the phone was taken off the charger. To me that is important information.
I don't think it includes usage while connected to a charger. It clearly says "Battery usage by app" and you're not using battery when you're connected to a charger.
Issue is, if someone charged his phone like 2 days ago at 7pm(like me), it’s impossible to figure out the real screen on time. Because the 10 day data shows the usage before 7pm too.
Weird change tbh. They did that on Android too. The info is still there but they started hiding it more
Weird change tbh. They did that on Android too. The info is still there but they started hiding it more
I think that the battery usage always includes the time that the phone is being charged. I will use the battery usage that @cambookpro posted, I am including it below. Take a look at the area marked as charging. If you select one of the bars it will show you all the apps that were being used as "BATTERY USAGE BY APPS". I don't think iOS is distinguishing between battery or charging. That is what leads me to think the same about the 10 day battery usage.
That’s why it only shows the 20% or so you use in that particular 24 hr period. But yes, in this specific case the older stats would give a better info.
Turns out it does include the charging time. I just made note of the Screen On time and used it with the charger connected. It did go up. Pretty dumb implementation I’d say.
Thanks for the clarification!
I am not fond of the way Apple is tracking the battery usage. I think it is pretty much useless because it requires me to manually add up the individual bars on the 24 hour usage chart to figure out my battery life.
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Ok, after another very bad day (50% battery for not even 3 hours of screen time) I reinstalled iOS15.2 from my iMac and set up the phone as new, let's see
I set up mine as new, hope it helps.
Here's my sot from last night, Happy New Year everyone \o/
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Looks like you got about 7:30, 60% battery usage. Estimate to 100% battery usages, 12:30. That is really good battery life for a 13 Pro. The light blue on the bars (screen off) also uses up battery, it should be counted with the on screen (dark blue).
Yeah, I'm impressed with the battery life on the 13P so far... I know the Max's is even better, and I did have it for about a week but did not like the day to day handle overall, whereas in comparison the 13P is much more manageable.
Wish Apple made a Mini Pro, that'd be my ideal phone.
iPhone 13 Pro Max
iOS 15.2
2:00, 9% battery usage, estimate to 100% usage, 22:13.
Since updating to iOS 15.2, my already great battery life has gotten what seems a lot better. For example, today I charged my phone as usual to 80%, that was at about 11am. 13 hours later, I had only used 9% battery (at 71%). Now granted today was a light use day with only 2 hrs usage. I find that really really impressive. I have Low Power Mode automatically turn on at 10pm and off at 8am, that is why you see the yellow areas.
There is still a ~4% variance from CoconutBattery, iOS still over reporting the percentage.
iOS 15.2
2:00, 9% battery usage, estimate to 100% usage, 22:13.
Since updating to iOS 15.2, my already great battery life has gotten what seems a lot better. For example, today I charged my phone as usual to 80%, that was at about 11am. 13 hours later, I had only used 9% battery (at 71%). Now granted today was a light use day with only 2 hrs usage. I find that really really impressive. I have Low Power Mode automatically turn on at 10pm and off at 8am, that is why you see the yellow areas.
There is still a ~4% variance from CoconutBattery, iOS still over reporting the percentage.
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How good is it to not have to worry about the battery anywhere near as prior generations?!
I'm trying to do my own MagSafe battery testing since getting the iPhone 13, but waiting for the battery to deplete is taking ages ?