iPhone 7 Could Feature 1,960 mAh Battery, a 14% Improvement Over iPhone 6s

[AppleFan91]

Just give me fast charging and wireless charging too and I'll be thrilled lol.
Keep in mind however that this could just compensate for a more power hungry A10 chip too, so it may not necessarily mean better battery life.

 

[Andres Cantu]

Probably true. They always try to put bigger batteries in (regardless of tired internet chatter).

iPhone - 1,400 mAh
iPhone 3G - 1,150 mAh
iPhone 3GS - 1,219 mAh
iPhone 4 - 1,420 mAh
iPhone 4S - 1,432 mAh
iPhone 5 - 1,440 mAh
iPhone 5C - 1,507 mAh
iPhone 5S - 1,570 mAh
iPhone 6 - 1,810 mAh
iPhone 6 Plus - 2,915 mAh
iPhone 6s - 1,715 mAh
iPhone 6s Plus - 2,750 mAh

The anomalies have been when the phones actually got thicker OG to 3G. And 6 to 6S the batteries decreased as the space was used for other components.

A bit sad that the iPhone's battery has only gone up 315mAh in 8 years.

 

[AppleFan91]

Longer battery life at the cost of headphone jack.

*popcorn is ready*

FIGHT!

Worth it to me, but this is probably for a more power hungry A10

 

[kamalds]

So they removed headphone jack for this? I won't buy an iPhone until they bring headphone jack back!

 

[Ultra AleM]

15% bigger battery + new components = 25-30% increase in battery life IMHO.

 

[dannyyankou]

Didn't the 6s have a smaller battery than the 6? How much of an improvement is this truly from the 6 is what I want to know.

It could be significant. The iPhone 7 is supposed to have the same form factor. The SE has the same form factor as the 5s and the battery life is 3 hours longer despite only being 64 mah larger.

 

[B4U]

Am I dreaming here?
14% battery capacity increase!?
They would charge $200 more for that and market as a feature!

 

[manu chao]

Amazing how excited we can get about a bigger battery considering it's still less than 2,000mAh while the S7 has 3,000mAh. Still, at the end of the day, we have to wait for results.

And you could compare the S7 (5.1" display) with the 6+ which has 2915 mAh. A better comparison is the S7 Edge (which has a 5.5" display like the 6+ and 6s+). There we have 3600 mAh (S7 Edge) vs 2915 mAh (6+) and 2750 mAh. If you compared the late 2014 6+ (5.5", 2915 mAh) with the early 2015 S6 Edge+ (5.7", 3000 mAh), things looked almost even with the 6+ even having more battery capacity per screen area than the S6 Edge+.

Ratio between battery size and screen area relative to the iPhone 6:

Apple wasn't so far off with the iPhone 6 and 6+. They boxed themselves into a corner by adding 3D touch to the 6s and 6s+ while trying to keep the phone case-compatible. And we know that battery capacity doesn't translate into battery life when comparing iPhones with Android devices. We could do the same graph with official battery life numbers but then we still wouldn't be sure how close they are to reality for the two companies.

 

[unobtainium]

Too bad Bluetooth headphones will sap more power now that the headphone jack is gone.

 

[Analog Kid]

Ratio between battery size and screen area relative to the iPhone 6:
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Wait, did you just post a graph with units of milliamp hour per diagonal inch?

 

[canadianreader]

It is still not enough !

 

[gim]

Just give me fast charging and wireless charging too and I'll be thrilled lol.
Keep in mind however that this could just compensate for a more power hungry A10 chip too, so it may not necessarily mean better battery life.

That makes no sense, there's no way the A10 is going to be less power efficient than the A9. They could just put in the A8 then...

 

[LordQ]

"Can't innovate anymore my ass"

 

[foxkoneko]

at this point a there's not much to improve as a selling point for these new iphone upgrade
Improving battery to double or triple would be a huge selling point though

 

[blackcrayon]

That makes no sense, there's no way the A10 is going to be less power efficient than the A9. They could just put in the A8 then...

Yeah I bet it's probably close to just slightly more power efficient (there's no major manufacturing improvement this time around with TSMC or Samsung, right?). But they've never been LESS power efficient in the new generation. The only exception would be that they have the capability of a higher max power draw due to more GPU and/or CPU cores, etc. But in average use they'd save juice.

 

[cmaier]

I'm not buying another iPhone until they dramatically improve battery life. I'm tired of charging it 3x a day when using it for work.

What on earth are you doing with it that you need to charge it 3x a day? Unless I fly west cross-country (thus adding more hours for me to use it) I can't get my 6s+ down to 0% just using it normally.

 

[Shookster]

I'd love it if Apple had a separate model that was optimized for battery life. It could just be the regular model with the speed of all components locked at a (reasonably) lower rate.

 

[jlasoon]

Doesn't the Nexus 6p have a 3450 mAh battery? Is this suppose to be groundbreaking?

 

[AppleFan91]

That makes no sense, there's no way the A10 is going to be less power efficient than the A9. They could just put in the A8 then...

If it's more powerful, it may not be as efficient. it may take more energy to power. It's unlikely but not impossible. Bump the battery to make up for the increased power consumption.

 

[TurboPGT!]

Longer battery life at the cost of headphone jack.

*popcorn is ready*

FIGHT!

Hmmmmmm, a headphone jack that absolutely no one needs, or more battery (and waterproofing) that everyone needs.

Tough one.

 

[jpn]

And you could compare the S7 (5.1" display) with the 6+ which has 2915 mAh. A better comparison is the S7 Edge (which has a 5.5" display like the 6+ and 6s+). There we have 3600 mAh (S7 Edge) vs 2915 mAh (6+) and 2750 mAh. If you compared the late 2014 6+ (5.5", 2915 mAh) with the early 2015 S6 Edge+ (5.7", 3000 mAh), things looked almost even with the 6+ even having more battery capacity per screen area than the S6 Edge+.

Ratio between battery size and screen area relative to the iPhone 6:
View attachment 640141
Apple wasn't so far off with the iPhone 6 and 6+. They boxed themselves into a corner by adding 3D touch to the 6s and 6s+ while trying to keep the phone case-compatible. And we know that battery capacity doesn't translate into battery life when comparing iPhones with Android devices. We could do the same graph with official battery life numbers but then we still wouldn't be sure how close they are to reality for the two companies.

where was this chart obtained from? or, did you create it yourself?

 

[Mansu944]

Oh good, so now my phone will turn off with 46% battery left instead of 32% like it always does. Awesome!

My wife's phone does this too. Apple says it's fine. I'm glad she's not alone. /done hijacking

 

[superblockio]

That'll help us Pokemon Go players.

 

[guychicago]

This will be the best feature on the new phone if true. Besides including a larger battery if they can improve LTE and WiFI browsing time like the iPhoneSE I'd buy in a heartbeat.
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And you could compare the S7 (5.1" display) with the 6+ which has 2915 mAh. A better comparison is the S7 Edge (which has a 5.5" display like the 6+ and 6s+). There we have 3600 mAh (S7 Edge) vs 2915 mAh (6+) and 2750 mAh. If you compared the late 2014 6+ (5.5", 2915 mAh) with the early 2015 S6 Edge+ (5.7", 3000 mAh), things looked almost even with the 6+ even having more battery capacity per screen area than the S6 Edge+.

Ratio between battery size and screen area relative to the iPhone 6:
View attachment 640141
Apple wasn't so far off with the iPhone 6 and 6+. They boxed themselves into a corner by adding 3D touch to the 6s and 6s+ while trying to keep the phone case-compatible. And we know that battery capacity doesn't translate into battery life when comparing iPhones with Android devices. We could do the same graph with official battery life numbers but then we still wouldn't be sure how close they are to reality for the two companies.

Apple definitely has better battery management compared to Android but the AMOLED screens are better and more power efficient. With the S7 Shamesung has finally improved their battery life. Look at the new benchmarks over at Anandtech!

 

[Keane16]

Oh good, so now my phone will turn off with 46% battery left instead of 32% like it always does. Awesome!

Mine started doing that after a trip to Vegas - I think the heat caused some issues. Took it in to the Apple Store and they replaced it. No issues over the last 12 months.

A bit sad that the iPhone's battery has only gone up 315mAh in 8 years.

The 6s is smaller in volume compared to the original iPhone. And it contains almost 25% more mAh. Not bad is it. What were you really expecting?

More impressive to me is with only 25% more mAh the 6s is capable of double the internet browsing time of the original iPhone which was rated for about 6 hours (whilst powering a bigger, denser, more accurate and brighter screen).

Hopefully a switch to OLED tech should allow for even larger batteries which should put the mAh closer to Android flagships - giving even better usage (alongside some slimming of the handsets too no doubt).