iPhone XR iPhone XR battery life is insane [MERGED]
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aakshey
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aakshey
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Somebody above said it lasts twice as much.
I’m sure a XS would last much more than a X too. But of course XR would last even longer.
There's no way it can last twice as much. The X can have a screen on time of up to 8-10 hours according to my testing. That's mostly Reddit, WhatsApp, casual web browsing etc.
There's no way the XR can last for 16-20 hours of screen on time.
aakshey
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A X doesn’t really do 8-10 hrs. Not on iOS 12.
If you’re talking of real world mixed usage (4G plus Wifi) assuming there are 0 calls and only actual screen usage, a X can do 5-6 hrs over a 12-15 hr period.
A XS should do 7-8+ hrs over a 24 hr period.
A XS Max maybe 1 hr more.
A XR maybe an additional 1-2 hrs over that.
I'm on iOS 12 and if you're being careful, you can hit 9+ hours. I'll send some screenshots if I can find. I restore my phone's using iTunes and set them up as new, so there is nothing draining the battery.
The XS doesn't have that much better battery life when compared to the X. Most people see a difference because the X's battery capacity has gone down over the year. They're comparing a used battery vs a new one.
Case in point. This guy tests a new iPhone X with an XS and XS Max. There's only a 10 minute difference between the X and the XS.
Realistically, the XR should have 1.5-2 hours more battery life than the X. I'm not sure though, that's why I asked the people who switched from an X to an XR. Then again, it should come from people with X's that have good battery health and no weird iOS battery drains. Otherwise it's not fair.
The X's in other tests probably had low battery health.
I manually count the bars for each hour after disconnecting it from the charger. Its a bit of work, but it's accurate.
aakshey
macrumors 68030
I do the same. If you do a lot of calling you can get 8 hrs SOT. Maybe more. Without any calling maybe 5-6 hrs. It really depends. My health is 98%.
With low power mode you’ll get an additional 15-20%.
Also, SOT isn’t accurate. Everything from calls to background usage are under SOT. Screen Off time is always 0 or nearly 0.
thadoggfather
macrumors P6
Has anyone loaded 12.1 to see how battery is on Xr with it? Any differences ?
Still on 12.0.1
Still on 12.0.1
How does the two compare?
PBz
macrumors 68030
So the XR came off the charger at about 2:30 yesterday. I have used it a good bit.. again.. first charge so indexing is going on and this should be ‘bad’ battery life.
This morning, as of 9:30 it shows almost 6.5 hours of Screen On, 21 minutes of Screen Off and I have 48% battery remaining. I am pretty sure I could make this battery last through tonight if I had to based on this. Insane battery life. With heavy usage it has gone 19 hours so far.
This morning, as of 9:30 it shows almost 6.5 hours of Screen On, 21 minutes of Screen Off and I have 48% battery remaining. I am pretty sure I could make this battery last through tonight if I had to based on this. Insane battery life. With heavy usage it has gone 19 hours so far.
PBz
macrumors 68030
I don’t know. Maybe someone can let us know. I do know I used the phone a LOT from yesterday to late last night.
I didn’t use it much before the full charge as I took it out of the box, did some basic setup and then put it on a charge at my desk. If there was time before the charge it was less than an hour .. at most.
ATC
macrumors 65816
My biggest complaint about my 7 was battery life, even after Apple swapped out the battery it was still barely making it on one charge through the day. The XR can't seem to drop below 50% even on my heaviest-use days. Yesterday I went to bed with over 50% left and I had well over 4 hours of SOT. This is insane.
Bow Commander
macrumors regular
Same here. Literally felt like I ALWAYS had to be plugged in with my 7. And any streaming I did drained the battery crazy fast. With the Xr I used it a lot during the day, then streamed an hour of monday night football, and still had 40% by 11pm. This is better than an all day phone for me. Hell, I could probably make a charge last two days if I wanted.
NJHitmen
macrumors 6502
Similarly, that’s my only real complaint about the 7. I’m in low power mode constantly, but the thing still drains like a sieve - whether I’m actively using the phone or not. And god forbid I’m actually using it. In that case, I’m forced to remain close to an outlet/charger. Or carry around a bulky battery case.
If I had no issues with battery life, I could go another year without upgrading. Easily. The new phones look great, but the 7 does everything I need - and it’s still fairly snappy. But the fact is, I do have this issue, and thus the XR’s excellent battery life is really appealing.
If I end up choosing the XR over the XS (which is the direction I’m leaning at the moment), this will be the reason.
cornerexit
macrumors 6502
Same. I put a new battery in my 7 (128gb) like 3-4 weeks ago and the battery life is crap on iOS12. I'm probably going to upgrade phones now over it and I did not want to upgrade this year due to the phone sizes. Xr is coming for me and I'm going to have to get over carrying a ***** Phablet.