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iPhone SE Battery Life Thread
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8-9 hours with 10% left puts you on track for 9-10 hours of use on a full charge. How are you not happy with that? :|
My son streams videos on it and will get close to what he should be getting for those values. The real benefit over other phones is how quickly it charges due to having a significantly smaller max capacity.
Is there something wrong? Are you kidding? That is an incredible battery life!
Apple states 13 hours of battery life on wifi. I guess my Air 2 spoiled me as it always exceeded the 10 hour battery life.
Overall I'm pleased with the battery life, a single charge will get me through the day just about.
Definitely. No more useless stress about my battery dying.... coming from a i5
28%
usage: 6hrs, 36min
stanby: 26 hrs, 44min
28%
usage: 6hrs, 36min
stanby: 26 hrs, 44min
It depends on the apps you use. Go to Settings > Battery, hit the "clock" icon, and show us screen shots of your usage.
I got my SE yesterday and i am a little bit disappointed, i got 1%/hour drain while i sleep. So from 70% to 65% for 5hours sleep 
and it is a samsung chip, yeah it sucks. But only a little yellow screen at top screen, no rattle etc. i will post later my stats.
and it is a samsung chip, yeah it sucks. But only a little yellow screen at top screen, no rattle etc. i will post later my stats.I got my SE yesterday and i am a little bit disappointed, i got 1%/hour drain while i sleep. So from 70% to 65% for 5hours sleep
Don't feel despair. The 1st day usage is not an accurate estimate of its full potential for battery performance. On my day 1, I felt it slightly edged out my 2+ yr old 5s. On Day 2, it is a different beast.
Day 2 usage:
90 mins of Waze(GPS)
30 mins of music streaming
40 mins of safari browsing,
20 mins of phone call
95% on Mobile data, 5% Wifi
Pebble watch connected all day long with GPS weather checking every 30 mins.
Hope it helps.
I just bought my SE today, so once I've had a full day with it, I'll post mine.
I will say this though: when I bought it from the Apple Store, it had 94% charge. I did a TON, used about 4 1/2 hours and it was at 43% when I plugged in to do a backup.
I loved my 6, but this phone is amazing.
Edit: here's my current battery status after a pretty full day of usage.
I will say this though: when I bought it from the Apple Store, it had 94% charge. I did a TON, used about 4 1/2 hours and it was at 43% when I plugged in to do a backup.
I loved my 6, but this phone is amazing.
Edit: here's my current battery status after a pretty full day of usage.
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I got my iPhone SE, which replaced my 4s, about 3 weeks ago. This is on rather light usage:
I had about 1.1 hours of screen time for YouTube over wifi.
I had about 1.1 hours of screen time for YouTube over wifi.
Battery life after first charge .Is it good?
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Second charge- Charge when the battery hits 20%
Disable motion settings
Background app refresh too
[doublepost=1466534783][/doublepost]How is my SE battery life after the first charge?
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In the first charge, let the battery die completely. And recharge it to 100%. A
Second charge- Charge when the battery hits 20%
Disable motion settings
Background app refresh too
[doublepost=1466534783][/doublepost]How is my SE battery life after the first charge?
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Battery life has been unbelievable for me.
Hello everyone,
To start, I'm really impressed by yours screenshot !
I've an iPhone SE 64Gb storage but I don't have screen on time like yours.
I can read on French and American forum that iPhone SE users are satisfied about iPhone SE's autonomy but I find that mine is very bad, compare to your.
I believed I never had more than 5 hours SOT, and I use mainly for safari, iMessage, whatsapp. So I really don't understand.
And my phone is working on iOS 9.3.2.
If someone knows more about it and can tell it to me it would be kind.
(Sorry for mistakes, English isn't my native language) thanks to have read me.
To start, I'm really impressed by yours screenshot !
I've an iPhone SE 64Gb storage but I don't have screen on time like yours.
I can read on French and American forum that iPhone SE users are satisfied about iPhone SE's autonomy but I find that mine is very bad, compare to your.
I believed I never had more than 5 hours SOT, and I use mainly for safari, iMessage, whatsapp. So I really don't understand.
And my phone is working on iOS 9.3.2.
If someone knows more about it and can tell it to me it would be kind.
(Sorry for mistakes, English isn't my native language) thanks to have read me
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Now that I've had my new iPhone SE for long enough, its no longer a novelty and my usage is back down to normal.
I love the battery life on my SE. Work days, I wake up at 7 am and put my phone on lower power mode until I got off work at 5pm. By that point, i usually have around 80% battery life and don't have to worry about having to charge it, if I decide to go out at night. Non work days, I leave it running like normal and don't need to charge it until 8 or 9 pm. At that point, I just leave it be oil bed time.
