iPhone 6s and 6s Plus Weigh More Primarily Due to 3D Touch Display

AngerDanger said:
That would explain why 3D Touch didn't make its way on to the iPad Pro.
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While weight may have played a role, I would suspect that more importantly the 3D touch wouldn't be near as useful on the large tablet form factor and may also conflict with the high-res pencil screen sensitivity hardware.
 
Piggie said:
In reality all your statement says is:
This is bad, however, I have got used to it being bad now, so that now I don't see any reason for it to be better.

Tell me, if battery life of just 1 day is perfectly fine for you.
I expect you would feel absolutely fine if every battery operated device you own or ever bought also only lasted 1 day between charges.... yes?
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I dock my phone into an alarm clock every night. Also charge my Apple Watch daily. I see no issue with charging regularly used items daily.

Even if Apple doubled the battery you would probably use the phone more to compensate the extra battery life... assuming you're using your phone conservatively now when the battery power is low. So a "2 day battery life" will pretty much just lead to whining why the battery won't last 3 days because you'll still be charging it after day 1.
 
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supersalo said:
Are we seriously complaining about an increase of HALF AN OUNCE?

Just because the battery is smaller doesn't mean it automatically lasts less than last year's model. This year's processor (like always) is more power efficient.

This is a non-issue.
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EDIT: Nevermind, I was wrong.
 
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MrXiro said:
I dock my phone into an alarm clock every night. Also charge my Apple Watch daily. I see no issue with charging regularly used items daily.

Even if Apple doubled the battery you would probably use the phone more to compensate the extra battery life... assuming you're using your phone conservatively now when the battery power is low. So a 2 day battery life will pretty much just lead to whining why the battery won't last 3 days.
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I believe if you would have to charge it just every other day you would continue not having issues, so why the resistance.
 
I'm ok with the weight. If the battery can last like my 6 then I'm fine. I get good use and don't need to charge that much. I have chargers at home, work, and my car so I am charge when/if needed. I would be fine with they increased battery life but it's not bad to where I have issues. Everyone is different though so I can see some not liking it.
 
Risco said:
Battery life has not changed for years on iPhone. I don't get the constant complaining. It will last at least a day with normal use.
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It has. It has almost doubled since 2007.

iPhone:
audio: 24
video: 7
Talk over 2G: 8
Browsing internet: 6
Standby: 250

iPhone 6s:
audio: 50
video: 11
Talk over 3G: 14
Browsing over 3G: 10
Browsing over LTE: 10
Browsing over Wi-Fi: 11
Standby: 250

iPhone 6s Plus:
audio: 80
video: 14
Talk over 3G: 24
Browsing over 3G: 12
Browsing over LTE: 12
Browsing over Wi-Fi: 12
Standby: 384

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone#Model_comparison
 
They should be using a lighter hardwood on the iPhone.

I suggest Balsa.

iPhone-6-vs-6s-Material-Breakdown.jpg
 
DDustiNN said:
Well, if you look at the actual numbers, the iPhone 6s weighs about 2.5x more than the iPhone 6. While it may be light, that's still a pretty big difference.
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I think you are looking at the display weights, which is where the size difference is. The entire device is marginally heavier

Personally I am fine with it - people are saying they should have increased the battery size. Ignoring all the technical hurdles with just making a battery bigger, it wouldn't even double the size, it wouldn't even be 1.5x the size (29 grams to 40g) So you would get a day and a quarter and people would complain about Apple not doing anything innovative (Though apparently 3d touch is not innovative, at least until it is on the Galaxy S7 in a few months)
 
Jsameds said:
It has. It has almost doubled since 2007.

iPhone:
audio: 24
video: 7
Talk over 2G: 8
Browsing internet: 6
Standby: 250

iPhone 6s:
audio: 50
video: 11
Talk over 3G: 14
Browsing over 3G: 10
Browsing over LTE: 10
Browsing over Wi-Fi: 11
Standby: 250

iPhone 6s Plus:
audio: 80
video: 14
Talk over 3G: 24
Browsing over 3G: 12
Browsing over LTE: 12
Browsing over Wi-Fi: 12
Standby: 384

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone#Model_comparison
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Also these are ******** numbers. In real life its nothing like it.
 
John Mcgregor said:
If all of the extra weight was battery - yes. It would be 25% increase. Duh.
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Meh, 25% is useless for me. I'd rather have the 3D Touch. But that's just my preference. Those that only last until 20:00 each evening would much prefer the extra 25%.

Unless they manage to double it to 2 days, it's not going to those who will still have to charge every night. I charge the Plus every night even though I can can often get 1.5 (at a push 2) days out of it.

Everyone will have different opinions, the tech types who frequent these forums are probably heavier users than Joe Public on average. I'm sure Apple has way more data than you or I on their customers battery habits/needs.
 
John Mcgregor said:
I believe if you would have to charge it just every other day you would continue not having issues, so why the resistance.
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No because I still have to dock it on my alarm clock to wake me up. So I would still be "charging" it every night by default... You totally missed the point.
 
supersalo said:
Are we seriously complaining about an increase of HALF AN OUNCE?

Just because the battery is smaller doesn't mean it automatically lasts less than last year's model. This year's processor (like always) is more power efficient.

This is a non-issue.
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OS effeciency can only go so far in lengthening usage times. Mark my words. A smaller battery always means less usage. Hardware goes much farther than software in determining usage times between charges.

Once actual reviews are out, I guarantee you it will be discovered the 6S has ever so slightly less usage times.
 
Keane16 said:
Meh, 25% is useless for me. I'd rather have the 3D Touch. But that's just my preference. Those that only last until 20:00 each evening would much prefer the extra 25%.

Unless they manage to double it to 2 days, it's not going to those who will still have to charge every night. I charge the Plus every night even though I can can often get 1.5 (at a push 2) days out of it.

Everyone will have different opinions, the tech types who frequent these forums are probably heavier users than Joe Public on average. I'm sure Apple has way more data than you or I on their customers battery habits/needs.
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For me it would be two days.
 
Not sure why everyone is up in arms over this. Realistically more than a day of battery life has not been achieved unless you have the plus because it has a much larger battery. Barring them putting in some monstrosity of a battery, things aren't going to change until battery tech improves drastically. But people just want to complain so .. whatever.

As I've always said, go design a better device if you think it's simple.
 
John Mcgregor said:
Also these are ******** numbers. In real life its nothing like it.
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It really depends on how you've got it set up. What apps you're using, what's active in the background, your screen brightness (this is a big one) etc.

On average it translates to around a day of normal-heavy use on iPhone 6, and 2 days on iPhone 6+. I've very rarely seen 0% on my previous iDevices since I charge every night anyway. It's not as they have to be anywhere or do anything while I'm sleeping.
 
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