I honestly think that is the real problem here and we are seeing that coming out in posts.
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iPhone Air vs. iPhone 17 Pro Max Battery Life Compared in New Test
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and deluded, not in control of their faculties and have numerous diseases of the mind.
Because people have gotten obsessed with having the best specs and not necessarily what just works for them.
I think some of the reviews out there sum it up nicely. It's a nice phone, but it's expensive for what you get, because it has some significant compromises to get to that form factor.
I view it as one of Apple's intentionally crippled version 1 products. They slow trickle features over time, so maybe version 2 or 3 will be more attractive to a bigger slice of the population. Version 1 definitely will get some sales, and will vastly outsell the mini in my opinion, but beyond that I'm not sure. If it sells more than the Plus, that would be a win for Apple (since it costs more than the Plus), but I'll be surprised if it outsells any of the 17, 17 Pro, or 17 Pro Max.
I tried not to go over 80% to give the battery a break.
By the time the battery starts to decay, I would replace either the battery or most likely the phone.
Don't worry too much about babysitting the battery.
My iPhone 11 is down to 76%. It's 6 years old and until two years ago I plugged it into my 5W charger and charged it to 100% every night. For the last two years it's sat on a wireless charging pad which also charges it to 100% every night.
More proof that the Air shouldn’t be priced higher than the standard 17. One of the biggest things in a smartphone is worse, yet it costs a lot more.
Overall not bad battery life on the Air, i thought it would be worse. What i dont understand is how samsung managed to fit a 3,900 Mh battery and dual camara into their similarly sized Galaxy Edge phone?
sorry, but putting "non-stop" in quotes is not enough.
it is NOT non-stop. as you know, otherwise you wouldn't have put it in quotes.
This is an interesting comment. I Mine has dropped 9%. However, if you really want to keep it going, just get the battery replaced every 14 months, that helps.
When I'm working from home, my 12 Pro Max is totally fine because I'm not really using it much. I'm sitting at my Mac doing work and the iPhone is just sitting in my pocket or on the charging stand. However, when I was traveling, using it to navigate the city streets and looking up stuff about various locations, etc. it'd sometimes be running out of battery in the afternoon. And this was with 100% battery health, as I replaced the battery at 81% earlier this year.
With this type of usage, the iPhone Air would be totally fine when I'm working from home, but for traveling I'd definitely want that secondary battery.
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Interesting. I received my iPhone 16 Pro Max almost exactly 1 year ago (Sept 20) and the battery is still at 100%. And I have installed all the latest updates as they were released. It is a well used phone.
I am not sure where or how they are getting their information but I am taking all these measures of battery life with a pinch of salt. My 11 Pro Max which I purchased 10 June 2019 (just over 6 years old), has 86% battery life left. It does eat its battery quickly and I barely make it through the day, but still it has plenty of good life left. So we shall see. I have a 17 Pro Max as my main phone and an Air as my back up phone, but I am going to be interested so see which spends the most time in my pocket/with me. Time will tell.
Yes, I had a 13 mini and remember the same sky is falling claims, yet not once did I run out of battery/charge. Damn I miss that phone, but I am looking forward to my air. It has everything I need.
I am impressed with the battery life of the iPhone Air. I don't want one, but wow, that's better than I was expecting.
Apple finally added a feature a few years back that Samsung users have had for a while, which makes constant charging (power) no longer an issue. Once your phone reaches its set charge limit, it stops drawing power from the battery and switches to running directly from the power source.
The battery just sits idle until you unplug the phone. Before this feature, a phone would continuously charge the battery while also using power from it at the same time.
If anyone keeps their phone plugged in often, which I do too, I recommend setting your battery charge limit to 80%.
Apple offers some of the best batteries on the market, known for lasting longer than those from other handset manufacturers.
I suppose they do. However, a lot more people want an iPhone whose battery lasts longer. Two different demographics. So, go hit the gym, do some dumbell curls, and it won't be a problem for you!
Yea, when they launch. No matter how slice it, a 23% drop is a 23% drop. That’s unnatural.
I think you misread. The benchmark dropped 23%, not the battery health. The battery health is still rated at 100%. The problem is even if your battery is still good, Apple reduces how long your battery lasts via software updates. Replacing your battery every 14 months won’t help. It’s planned obsolescence via software.