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Super Spartan

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I have the iPhone 12 Pro Max just because I wanted to have all the features of the camera and the best battery. Now my battery barely lasts me the full day so now with the 13 Pro and Pro Max having the same cameras, part of me wants to go back to the smaller more manageable Pro but I am worried about the battery life. How much better do you think the Pro Max would have an advantage over the Pro?
 
According to Apple, 13 Pro has already better battery life than 12 Pro Max when it comes to video consumption. It only falls short by few hours in audio playback, so if your current 12 Pro Max gives you sufficient battery life, you should be fine with 13 Pro.
 
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This year’s Pro has better battery than last year’s Pro and last year’s Pro wasn’t awful. My son has it. There’s really no discernible difference in the cameras between my 12PM and my son’s 12Pro so that’s not really an issue. I’m all about the increased zoom of the new models and the increased battery life will be nice too.

I always wait a bit before I upgrade, I like to see at least 30 day reviews. As long as there’s no issues with this year’s phones, I’m going Pro this year because I’m tired of a boat anchor in my pocket. I’ll have 14 days to ensure it’s the right phone for me, if not, it’ll get returned.
 
Okay so I ended up buying the 13 PM ..

Here's a couple of screen shots from today. Device on 5G, indoors, primary and secondary lines active, BT on, brightness on Auto, Dark mode on ( always ) ...

As of this post, battery at 76%
 

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Say it with me. The 13 Pro Max has the largest battery every put in an iPhone. Seen repeated battery drain tests where the 13 Pro Max is consistently beating the likes of the S21 Ultra which has a 5k mAh battery versus the 4400 mAh battery in the 13 Pro Max.
 
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Okay so I ended up buying the 13 PM ..

Here's a couple of screen shots from today. Device on 5G, indoors, primary and secondary lines active, BT on, brightness on Auto, Dark mode on ( always ) ...

As of this post, battery at 76%
I calculate that you had 4 hours 11 mins, using 24% battery. Your estimated battery usage at 100% battery would be 17 hours 25 mins. That is off the scale battery life.
 
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