iPhone 15 Pro's A17 Bionic Chip Could Be 35% More Energy Efficient, Enabling Longer Battery Life

[fatTribble]

Looks like it will be a pretty signi upgrade next year! 🥰
Still waiting on Star Wars Holographic Chess 🤓

 

[Spidder]

efficient this, efficient that - but we run for the charger at nearly the same intervals.

While having 1000+nits high refresh rate displays, multi camera systems, gigabit connections, console like gaming graphics, workstation grade video and photo edit and export capabilities etc. etc. etc.

Sure, Apple could build an iPhone 2G with a 3nm soc and give you two weeks of battery life, but you would have to deal with a dumb phone grade feature set and a craptastic user experience (by todays standards).

 

[jonnysods]

I hope they find a way to lightweight the phone a little - so I can selfishly upgrade from my 13 Mini without it being too much of a size/weight increase

 

[Octavius8]

Do we need ray tracing on an phone?. That’s is only for some high end games, no?. Can it br appreciated on a phone?.
Do you realize that every year we get the same “better performance” and “better battery life” story but still more or less the same as the previous year?. Don’t get your hope up for neither, even this years phone battery is the same as the 13 pro. 35% smaller CPU does not mean 35% less power and definitely not 35% longer battery. If we are lucky, maybe 1 extra hour.
Apple documents still say 10 hours battery for the iPad since for ever.

 

[RickDEGH]

While having 1000+nits high refresh rate displays, multi camera systems, gigabit connections, console like gaming graphics, workstation grade video and photo edit and export capabilities etc. etc. etc.

Sure, Apple could build an iPhone 2G with a 3nm soc and give you two weeks of battery life, but you would have to deal with a dumb phone grade feature set and a craptastic user experience (by todays standards).

You didn’t get the import of my comment, did you? The point I’m making is that, while there are efficiency gains each year, we shouldn’t be overly rejoicing about battery life, because most gains are offset by other battery-demanding improvements (as you mentioned).

 

[aircanman]

Rinse and repeat, iPhone battery life seems to be worse every other year only to be miraculously improved by a better processor. Shame they can't just give us better battery life as a start point. These things should last 24 hours without needing a charge.

 

[1557750]

Yea… but can I put this chip in my coffee.

My phone is already efficient.

What about me?

 

[tomtad]

This is why I’m waiting. Swap out that heavy stainless steel for titanium, USB C, telescopic zoom and this phone will be the 🐐

 

[viktorhun]

The energy crisis is solved:

 

[switz]

The 15 series will most likely (in the USA continue) with the dual eSIM vs a SIM card slot. That is a major pain in the backside for International travelers. Have not had much luck getting an eSIM to transfer to a new iPhone from the prior generation. Maybe it is just a Verizon thing.

 

[Tevosn]

iPhone 15 is just going to be iPhone 14S.

Hopefully they get rid of the “pill” too, not holding my breath though.

But the rumors regarding the phone does seem interesting.

 

[minimo3]

Does it really matter if the chip is 35% more efficient when each subsequent version of iOS reduces battery life by 50% (whether intentionally or unintentionally) ?

 

[KOTN91]

Ugh. Can’t they at least give some upgrades to the non ugly iPhone (ie the standard one) but PLEASE no third camera

 

[MarioPhone96]

Longer battery life in iPhones. Always. How about Apple start focusing on iPad battery life? 10 hours in 2023 is a joke.

 

[tridley68]

Longer better battery is always welcome .

 

[xraydoc]

I would be totally fine with USB-C and longer battery life at same exact speed as the 14 Pro.

Go ahead, tweak the cameras -- hopefully make the hump thinner, maybe even make the pill cutout a little smaller, perhaps boost the mAh on the battery by a tad (presuming 3nm lithography gives the iPhone more internal free space) but otherwise I'd be fine with nearly the same as long as it had USB-C and longer battery life.

I'd upgrade to the 15 Pro from my beloved 13 mini for that.

 

[CarAnalogy]

USB-C and 35% better battery life? The 15 Pro is sounding better and better. Finally, a significant upgrade worthy of my money!

If only they hadn’t removed the sim slot. Guess I’ll have to import an EU model to actually get a phone with everything I need in a Pro phone that’s actually used for work.

That’s the real irony. Of all the people who might actually have to “deal with” a sim slot, it’s the Pros who are using work issued SIMs.

Other than that it does indeed seem like the 15 is the one to get.

 

[bradman83]

Good we don’t need more power as there’s nothing that needs it

Since the cores on this chip will be used in future M-series chips we absolutely do need more power. The M2 is falling behind similar offerings from Intel and AMD in terms of single-core speeds, which translates out to multicore performance as well. Yes the M2 is beautifully efficient and great for consumer or prosumer laptops, but Apple needs to up its game for more demanding power users. Hopefully the efficiency of these cores mean they can be cranked up to deliver competitive performance for future Pro/Max/Ultra variants.

 

[Contact_Feanor]

USB-C and 35% better battery life? The 15 Pro is sounding better and better. Finally, a significant upgrade worthy of my money!

35% better battery life for the SOC provided there's no speed upgrade. The display, the speakers, taptic engines, microphones, sensors, etc. suck WAY more power combined than the SOC.

 

[DMG35]

Hang on, wasn't the 14 just a 13S?

Well there was a slight redesign with the dynamic island. I don't think there will be ANY redesign with the 15 and it will be exactly the same as the 14 except for internal improvements. Visually they will look the exact same.

 

[mrr]

The iPhone 14 was supposed to give us increased battery life…

 

[I7guy]

iPhone 15 is just going to be iPhone 14S.

Let's see. The iphone 15 could be the iphone 14S, or the iphone 13SS or the iphone 12 SSS. Either way it will be "the best iphone ever™"!

 

[PauloSera]

I am certainly pleased with the battery life of the iPhone 14 Pro, but not necessarily impressed. I put it through 12 hours of a theme park recently, using camera for photo/video and GPS in the park's map. Finished the day with about 20%.

Did it do its job? Yes. But just barely. Focusing on a battery life improvement would be a great idea for the next iPhone.

 

[james2538]

Actually the iPhone 14 is the iPhone 13s.

Assuming the previous cadence...

iPhone X (Redesign)
iPhone XS
iPhone 11
iPhone 12 (Redesign) (Would be an S-Year)
iPhone 13
iPhone 14 (Would be an S-Year)

That doesn't really work though since iPhone 12 was a redesign (S-Year models always kept the same body)

It makes a little more sense if you look at the consumer line instead of the Pro models...

iPhone 7
iPhone 8 (Would be an S-Year)
iPhone XR (Redesign)
iPhone 11 (Would be an S-Year)
iPhone 12 (Redesign)
iPhone 13 (Would be an S-Year)
iPhone 14

However that doesn't really work either since the iPhone 14 wasn't a redesign

Seems Apple has moved to a three year cadence...

iPhone X (Redesign)
iPhone XS
iPhone 11 ("XSS")
iPhone 12 (Redesign)
iPhone 13 ("12S")
iPhone 14 ("12SS")
iPhone 15 (Redesign)

So I think it's most accurate to say the iPhone 14 is the iPhone 12SS

iPhone 15 is getting a redesign (USB-C, possibly rounded sides and titanium replacing steel) so it is not an S-model

 

[tomtad]

iPhone 15 is just going to be iPhone 14S.

That was the 14. Aside from the dynamic island there’s very little that’s different from the 13.

The 15 will bring a new rear camera array design with telescopic zoom, USB-C, rumours of a lighter metal for the chassis/tweaked chassis design and the above battery life improvements. All in all the 15 is lining up to be a significant change over the 14.