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iPhone Air Battery: What You're Trading for the Thinnest iPhone Ever
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Because Video streaming is the most strenuous activity on the phone. It's using constant activity.
Yes, you are giving up the different zoom abilities, along with spatial and cinematic shooting modes.
Not at minimal brightness and everything else turned off. Cellular activity is one of the biggest drainers by far.
Exactly! It will have excellent battery life, all things considered. It’s just that the last generation of iPhones received a fairly major battery capacity upgrade, and the 17 Pro models are receiving yet another bump.
Battery life is still going to be very good in the Air.
Interestingly, the new 17 Pro (6.3” model) has nearly the same battery capacity as my current 14 Pro Max, which I always thought had excellent battery life! The 17 Pro, with its smaller screen and more efficient chip, should get even better battery life!!
Not really. They can keep a single GPU core active for the playback and idle everything else, and the screen (which is among the biggest power draws) can be run at whatever the frame rate of the video is (probably not 120hz, and also probably not full brightness either). Streaming compression and WiFi chips are also very optimized these days, so even downloading the video isn’t going to be a huge power draw.
The most strenuous would be a 3D game, but that isn’t a practical example for most people. I am going to wait to see what reviews say once the phone is out, but the fact that they made a big deal about the MagSafe battery back doesn’t fill me with hope.
Same. I set an automation to automatically enable airplane mode when it connects to a wifi and disabled if when I am not longer connected to a wifi.
Nowhere near the most strenuous. But it’s a consistent activity, that doesn’t rely on outside factors. For instance, power consumption of cellular activity relies heavily on reception quality. Video playback is an unrealistic, but comparable spec.
They do specify streamed video too, but that is via WiFi as far as I can tell.
This means that the benefits of the new cellular chip isn’t actually reflected in the specifications.
I think this is an experimental phone. Why did they not put the N1 and the C1X on the other iphone models?
I hope you are using a vetted VPN service when connected to public Wifi. If not, you are taking a big gamble with your security and privacy.
On paper, the battery life seems to be ok. But not sure whether it will last that long in the real word. Waiting to see the reviews.
Have you enabled airplane mode and since enabled wifi and mobile data? Can you look? Airplane mode without data will only recognise GPS, afaik...
Be good to clarify.
This is the phone I'll get probably IF the camera is decent. I hate hate hate the look of the new pros but love the camera features in the pro models.
I'm not on my phone a lot so battery life isn't a big concern to me.
I'm not on my phone a lot so battery life isn't a big concern to me.
The sales for this are going to be fascinating.
For just $100 more you can get a 17 pro:
A slightly smaller screen, heavier and thicker but way better battery life and two more cameras, one with a far superior zoom. And better speakers.
And beneath it, the regular iPhone is now no slouch with that slightly smaller screen, heavier (but not as much as the pro) and thicker, promotion and an extra widescreen camera, as always. And better speakers!
I've said this before, but like the iPhone X before it, this is one for those who want to experience the future of the iPhone, right now.
For just $100 more you can get a 17 pro:
A slightly smaller screen, heavier and thicker but way better battery life and two more cameras, one with a far superior zoom. And better speakers.
And beneath it, the regular iPhone is now no slouch with that slightly smaller screen, heavier (but not as much as the pro) and thicker, promotion and an extra widescreen camera, as always. And better speakers!
I've said this before, but like the iPhone X before it, this is one for those who want to experience the future of the iPhone, right now.
Except that I never ever have with any iPhone, ever. But yeah, I get the point. Some days I put it on the charger and it’s hanging near 10%, which feels a bit lite…
whether anyone sees it now or not, iPhone Air was released at a strategically genius time. sounds like it'll be getting around the same battery life as anything from the 12-14 era—the time when casual users started seeing diminishing returns on battery life, as it would simply last all day for them. there are absolutely pro users who still benefit from the battery life improvements in the latest Pro models, however, it seems like Apple wants to yet again start a new era of iPhone with this product in particular. (notice how it's iPhone Air, not iPhone 17 Air?) between the surprisingly capable battery, the wildly capable single-lens camera, and how straight-up beautiful of a phone it is, I'm very interested to see how this release plays out for Apple. wouldn't be too shocked if it goes the same long-term direction as the MacBook it's named after.
I'd be coming from the iPhone SE 3rd gen, and that sounds like double the battery performance, so it'll be an upgrade for me. Now, I'll probably hate the phone because it's so big, and return it and go back to my SE. Which is what I've done with the last 3 or 4 phones I've bought. But I'm hoping because it's thin and light, that I will be able to overlook that it's giant. I want to like it.
As cool as that would be I can't lol. I don't think they could get enough battery life out of an iPhone that is Air and Mini. A Mini would likely need to get some battery size back with thickness since it doesn't have the length/width. (I would be fine with that by the way, just give me any Mini.)
You expect a company to include all possible tech in all models without raising any prices?