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iPhone 7/Plus Is it true that iPhone 7 doesn't last long battery wise?
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The earlier versions of iOS 15 were atrocious on my iPhone 7 for battery life. The latest version of iOS 15 seemed to fix it and that phone now seems to discharge normally.
All of them except the 5c and the SE family. OK, not literally all of them, as I always pick one per release, but in general I went "non Plus/Max" up to the 7, and starting from the 8 I had the large ones (8 Plus, XS Max, etc).
upgraded from the 7 to 13 pro max in december. even after a battery replacement in jan 2021, with 90% battery health and ios 14, it would die super fast with my usual use, which is relatively heavy. less than 2 hrs battery life if i was playing pokemon go, or browsing the internet, or watching youtube. if i opened a pro camera app like moment it would die within 30 mins from full. it also did especially bad in the cold, during some winter days the average use was less than 1 hr, the cold just kills the battery so quick.
if you use your phone more than 10mins/hr a portable battery/charger is a must. obv a used 7 is pretty cheap now but you can find 8's for not a lot more. i don't have personal experience with that but my friend used to use hers more than me and it lasted many hours, don't have a number but enough to not require carrying a battery/charger everywhere.
if you use your phone more than 10mins/hr a portable battery/charger is a must. obv a used 7 is pretty cheap now but you can find 8's for not a lot more. i don't have personal experience with that but my friend used to use hers more than me and it lasted many hours, don't have a number but enough to not require carrying a battery/charger everywhere.
It seems like you gave your phone quite the heavy usage.
Also, it is important to note that the 7 had one of the smallest battery capacities.
I had the iPhone 7 since release in 2016 and back when it came out the battery life was fine. I remember getting through the day no problem. But subsequently with battery health dropping and newer iOS releases battery drainage started to really affect it. After 2 years I replaced the battery (when the battery replacement program for 29€ was still a thing), but even with that the phone wouldn't last just as long as it was on release. I guess new iOS features really took a toll on the old chip set.
I have 15.5 on my 7+, and battery life is not worse nor better than iOS 14 or 13. Its still mediocre because the phone cannot utilize all the cores at the same time, only either the performance cores or the efficiency, so most task that turns in the performance cores will drain battery and made the phone overheats. But standby time is amazing, it can last for days if I don’t use it.
Still better than the 6s. I believe the 6s has the worst battery.
Still better than the 6s. I believe the 6s has the worst battery.
We are talking about a rather old phone here which in many cases will be using a degraded battery. I will say that in my experience my 13 Pro Max has the best battery life of any iPhone - and I had the 4, 5, 6, and 7 Plus. The 6 had the worst.