iPhone Air iPhone Air battery life screenshots thread

[James6s]

Did you charge to 100% here? What was your usage pattern?

Yes I charged it to 100% as I was going to be away from a charger all day and using 4/5G mobile data, which we know can hit the Air’s battery harder than WiFi use.

Some photos, social media, emails, doom scrolling.

I’d maybe take 20 mins of the screen time for use while charging Saturday morning. Went to bed with 39% left.

Yesterday’s usage with a bit more WiFi than Saturday, 41% left when I went to bed.

 

[stanza.richi]

Saturday and Sunday with 5g and picturs during family trip, one hour run with Strava app Sunday (with screen on and gps). Quite satisfied 😎

 

[James6s]

Busy day with limited access to WiFi, using maps a lot and the usual usage thrown in.

 

[Blaidd]

 

[imp3rator]

What is yours “homescreen/lockscreen” time and battery percentage ?

 

[Blaidd]

10m / 2%

 

[jntdroid]

This was posted in another thread but seems relevant here. First half of video is all on cellular, albeit 4G not 5G, but still (though I wonder how it would be on 5G). Impressive by the Air:

 

[FeliApple]

This was posted in another thread but seems relevant here. First half of video is all on cellular, albeit 4G not 5G, but still (though I wonder how it would be on 5G). Impressive by the Air:

This one is a fluke. First test ever where the Air beats the 16PM. I’ve seen one that compares everything vs the 16 Plus and Pro Max on iOS 18 and they are a whole lot better. Also, the 17PM beats the Air by a lot. I don’t know what that tester did wrong, but I’d disregard that test in light of overwhelming evidence on the contrary.

 

[jntdroid]

This one is a fluke. First test ever where the Air beats the 16PM. I’ve seen one that compares everything vs the 16 Plus and Pro Max on iOS 18 and they are a whole lot better. Also, the 17PM beats the Air by a lot. I don’t know what that tester did wrong, but I’d disregard that test in light of overwhelming evidence on the contrary.

I agree it’s strange. But it’s also the only test I’ve seen so far that’s 100% on cellular and not on WiFi. 🤷‍♂️

 

[James6s]

That is a surprising result for the Air! He did go through the settings at the end for each device and said the 16 PM had 142 battery charge cycles, so that would’ve impacted the result.

Every battery test I’ve seen is different and the only one that matters is your own with the device in your hands and your daily usage.

Apple done all they could to optimise the Air due to battery limitations with such a slim form factor, and it’s the only iPhone with the C1X modem.

Yesterday I gave mine a top up charge from 19% at about 9pm to avoid a deep discharge after a heavy day’s usage. Best part of 9 hours for 98% of the batteries capacity, which is good given the 3149mAh in the Air.