That's still quite a nice increase, and we still don't know what else they will do to make it more battery effcient.
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iPhone 6 May See Only Modest Battery Capacity Boost as Apple Pursues Ultra-Slim Designs
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I mean, 1900 mAh IS better than 1560 mAh. 2500 mAh is even better still. So both new iPhones will have better batteries than the 5S and any prior iPhone... It just won't be as large as competitors' offerings - but, we all know that Apple doesn't spec-war with other manufacturers. People were pissed about the RAM in the iPhone 5S... Until they used it.
at least if its plugged in it likely can't drop into the toilet...I guess Samsung thought of that when they made the S5 water resistant
We need to remember that for the vast majority of users, the current battery life is more than enough. Yes it might not be enough for you or some of your friends but you aren't likely the average user.
Hmmm. Interesting. What would they call it though. For an extra $100 it needs a name to signify how much better it is like maybe iPhone Maximum. Or just call it the iPhone Max.
That's what I'm hoping for, and the reason I think that iPhone generally has better battery life for a given capacity than an android phone. I particularly hope location services is improved for battery life since that clearly drains the battery most of all.
No kidding. Why not just say 5.5 iPhone said to get 65% battery boost.
Thats a solid increase in battery capacity, plus likely more efficient SOC, plus enhancements to iOS8, +plus+ other battery saving engineering like a change in the display/lighting tech.
Sounds great to me
Think you need therapy as you seem to have an obsession with fat people. Who mentioned fat phones or little piggies? I have a friend who is a therapist, want her number? Oh hold on she only has a 4s which is on the thicker side..No good for you then?
hey hey hey... skinny jeans are actually cool if paired with a nice shirt...
who am i kidding? skinny jeans = No NO, NO
It's hard to take comparisons like these and reach meaningful conclusions. Two people may have very different definitions for "heavy use" and neither accounts for apps running in the background.
So far as I can tell, if you're not playing games or constantly using driving directions, your battery should last all day with plenty of juice to spare. If you're not doing those things and your battery doesn't last a day, you should bring it in to an Apple Store before your warranty runs out.
No way. It has to be thinner before I'll start using a case.
This is really more or less a fallacy. If you store a certain amount of charge in the battery it's in there. Just because it isn't full doesn't mean the electrons aren't still in there. It's like putting 5 gallons of gas in the tank, which might fill it or might not. It's still going to keep the motor running for 5 gallons worth of time.
Now I'm sure there are some electrochemistry things going on that mess with the times a little bit but I doubt they matter enough to make any real world difference.
Power users LOL
I love it when people throw that term out
In this case though, they are _literally_ power users
I don't know what you consider heavy usage, but I have to charge my phone at least twice a day. If you use Bluetooth and the Soundcloud app, you'll find the battery lasts maybe 5 hours.
Granted I'm pretty sure this whole article was just flame/click bait, since I'm sure the admins have been reading people consistently complaining about how the only thing they want is a battery that lasts longer
I'm personally only really care about the new iPhone having a larger screen, the rest I'm sure will work itself out.
That's because their IQ prevents them from remembering to charge their phone before they go somewhere.
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Wow, the cheerleaders are out in force on this one. Do you guys get paid or do you do this for free?
Why not mix a bigger battery with those software tweaks to really up the battery life? Software tweaks are great and all but nothing says that optimized software couldn't do its thing with enhanced hardware.
So pad that less power hungry A8 with a bigger battery to yield "magical" battery life gains.
Of course, if you build the combo battery life into the phone, we A) don't have to pay for an extra thing, B) don't have to hide as much of the beautiful new toy, C) don't have to waste space with double walls (walls of case against walls of phone), etc.
Nobody is arguing for thicker. Generally, the argument is leave the case about the thickness of the "awesome" iPhone 5s. Since the 6 is apparently taller & wider, fill that space with battery. Then the 6 can be "damn this thing is (just as) awesome" without having to "hate how fat a case (will) make it (too)".
Bigger batteries + intelligent power management and more efficient components yields a better overall product than just rolling with "thinner" and hoping to get enough out of intelligent power management and more efficient components. Nobody is arguing against making better software and more efficient components. However, those innovations could deliver even more benefit by being paired up with more battery.
Correct. If one would take the time and go back through all these threads that talk about iPhone, it would be hard to find many griping about it's onerous thickness. Sure, there's lots of people talking about thinner but- I suspect- that's mostly because we expect Apple to go there. If there was such a poll and "we" were in the dark about whether Apple intended to go for "thin" or go for "bigger battery", I too suspect the latter would get an overwhelming vote- especially if we thought that Apple might actually act on that vote.
Nobody is arguing for thicker. Nobody is saying that want to take the iPhone 5s thickness and add to it. What they are saying is that the 5s is thin enough and that they would rather hold at about that "thin" and fill the added width & height with battery. Then, the 6 could be just as thin as the 5s- which seems to get no "too thick" complaints- while adding a LOT of on-board battery capacity.
Sure, Apple is great at tweaking software and making chips more efficient. Just think what they could do with a high utility benefit of battery life if they paired that brilliance with a bigger battery too. Nobody is arguing for a bigger battery and NOT optimizing the software & components. It seems the argument is to do everything possible to maximize time between charges- tweaks, optimizing software AND bigger battery.
Sure, but what kind of comparison is that? You're implying that your combination of a phone + an accessory (sold separately of course) beats another company's phone on its own. Why doesn't the other company's phone get a similarly capable accessory too? Then your comparison would be iPhone at about 16 watt-hours against Galaxy S5 at about 20+ hours. Then, there's also the issue of "thin" as your 5s+ Mophie is "thickened". And so on.
I do the same thing. Two 5s in battery cases. Why? Because naked 5s in what we would define as normal use can't get through a day without needing to be plugged in. They require a battery case for our needs. In those cases, much of that beautiful design and attention to detail is hidden. We would much rather Apple build the added battery into the iPhone than basically drive us to having to make 2 purchases to get the whole iPhone we need. It's not about wanting a thicker iPhone; we'd just rather maintain the thin that is 5s and fill the added width & height with battery + software tweaks + efficiency improvements. Best of all worlds (IMO).
Why not mix a bigger battery with those software tweaks to really up the battery life? Software tweaks are great and all but nothing says that optimized software couldn't do its thing with enhanced hardware.
So pad that less power hungry A8 with a bigger battery to yield "magical" battery life gains.
Of course, if you build the combo battery life into the phone, we A) don't have to pay for an extra thing, B) don't have to hide as much of the beautiful new toy, C) don't have to waste space with double walls (walls of case against walls of phone), etc.
Nobody is arguing for thicker. Generally, the argument is leave the case about the thickness of the "awesome" iPhone 5s. Since the 6 is apparently taller & wider, fill that space with battery. Then the 6 can be "damn this thing is (just as) awesome" without having to "hate how fat a case (will) make it (too)".
Bigger batteries + intelligent power management and more efficient components yields a better overall product than just rolling with "thinner" and hoping to get enough out of intelligent power management and more efficient components. Nobody is arguing against making better software and more efficient components. However, those innovations could deliver even more benefit by being paired up with more battery.
Correct. If one would take the time and go back through all these threads that talk about iPhone, it would be hard to find many griping about it's onerous thickness. Sure, there's lots of people talking about thinner but- I suspect- that's mostly because we expect Apple to go there. If there was such a poll and "we" were in the dark about whether Apple intended to go for "thin" or go for "bigger battery", I too suspect the latter would get an overwhelming vote- especially if we thought that Apple might actually act on that vote.
Nobody is arguing for thicker. Nobody is saying that want to take the iPhone 5s thickness and add to it. What they are saying is that the 5s is thin enough and that they would rather hold at about that "thin" and fill the added width & height with battery. Then, the 6 could be just as thin as the 5s- which seems to get no "too thick" complaints- while adding a LOT of on-board battery capacity.
Sure, Apple is great at tweaking software and making chips more efficient. Just think what they could do with a high utility benefit of battery life if they paired that brilliance with a bigger battery too. Nobody is arguing for a bigger battery and NOT optimizing the software & components. It seems the argument is to do everything possible to maximize time between charges- tweaks, optimizing software AND bigger battery.
Sure, but what kind of comparison is that? You're implying that your combination of a phone + an accessory (sold separately of course) beats another company's phone on its own. Why doesn't the other company's phone get a similarly capable accessory too? Then your comparison would be iPhone at about 16 watt-hours against Galaxy S5 at about 20+ hours. Then, there's also the issue of "thin" as your 5s+ Mophie is "thickened". And so on.
I do the same thing. Two 5s in battery cases. Why? Because naked 5s in what we would define as normal use can't get through a day without needing to be plugged in. They require a battery case for our needs. In those cases, much of that beautiful design and attention to detail is hidden. We would much rather Apple build the added battery into the iPhone than basically drive us to having to make 2 purchases to get the whole iPhone we need. It's not about wanting a thicker iPhone; we'd just rather maintain the thin that is 5s and fill the added width & height with battery + software tweaks + efficiency improvements. Best of all worlds (IMO).
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