My 6+ Battery Life Not Up to Snuff

[DiggityBiggity]

Chat services and their notifications will skyrocket usage times while draining battery slowly. These results are not atypical. His number one batter drainer was tapatalk. Number two was the lock screen.

To be very clear, these results are "slanted" due to the fact it was very "light" use. No GPS, no streaming music, just some moderate game playing, web browsing and Tapatalking.

The lock screen was a HUGE battery suck, which was very interesting to see. Another reason I think an LED notification would be a great idea for the phones, but that thread was closed long ago.

Overall, my phone will typically get around 11 - 12 hours of "heavy" use with around 30 hours of standby

 

[legioxi]

But doesn't that mean other WiFi seeking devices can see your phone? So it'd have to be on on some level.

Only when you're using it. When you're not using it via another device, the wireless part of hotspot shuts off. No broadcast, no extra battery usage. It's about 5min or so of inactivity before it shuts off. Then you have to open the settings window for the wireless part to activate again.

 

[Traverse]

Only when you're using it. When you're not using it via another device, the wireless part of hotspot shuts off. No broadcast, no extra battery usage. It's about 5min or so of inactivity before it shuts off. Then you have to open the settings window for the wireless part to activate again.

Interesting. Thank you, I didn't know that.

 

[lordofthereef]

To be very clear, these results are "slanted" due to the fact it was very "light" use. No GPS, no streaming music, just some moderate game playing, web browsing and Tapatalking.

The lock screen was a HUGE battery suck, which was very interesting to see. Another reason I think an LED notification would be a great idea for the phones, but that thread was closed long ago.

Overall, my phone will typically get around 11 - 12 hours of "heavy" use with around 30 hours of standby

I think we can conclude that iOS 8's new battery usage meters are just barely better than they were in previous versions. That is to say, they still aren't very good. A breakdown, like we have on Android, would actually tell us a lot more. It gives you actual numbers for the screen, the OS, and then apps. App numbers only calculate the energy required for the app itself. Of course, while you are in the app, you are using the screen, but that only counts towards (or against, depending on viewpoint) the screen usage on not the app.