Raise to Wake x Battery

[Schalch]

I've recently retired my brave iPhone 5S and got an iPhone7. A feature I really appreciated is raise to wake, helping in looking at the time or at some notification.
As I have been with this phone for so little, I can't assess properly: Does this feature have any impact on battery life whatsoever? Is it worth it turning it of?

 

[Mac-lover3]

I've recently retired my brave iPhone 5S and got an iPhone7. A feature I really appreciated is raise to wake, helping in looking at the time or at some notification.
As I have been with this phone for so little, I can't assess properly: Does this feature have any impact on battery life whatsoever? Is it worth it turning it of?

Think it should be negligible because they use the M9 processor for that task.

 

[golfnut1982]

I've recently retired my brave iPhone 5S and got an iPhone7. A feature I really appreciated is raise to wake, helping in looking at the time or at some notification.
As I have been with this phone for so little, I can't assess properly: Does this feature have any impact on battery life whatsoever? Is it worth it turning it of?

When I had it activated, and wore it in my top pocket, the phone would turn on and off when I walked or made a movement that caused the motion sensor to activate. So based on this highly scientific test, I would say it does have an impact on the battery because I'm pretty sure that it turned on and off many more times than I actually needed it too. I'd bet it happens to when in a pants pocket. FYI, I turned it off. But other posts think its a battery saver because it turns on and off very fast. Just my 2 cents.

 

[foxconn]

When I had it activated, and wore it in my top pocket, the phone would turn on and off when I walked or made a movement that caused the motion sensor to activate. So based on this highly scientific test, I would say it does have an impact on the battery because I'm pretty sure that it turned on and off many more times than I actually needed it too. I'd bet it happens to when in a pants pocket. FYI, I turned it off. But other posts think its a battery saver because it turns on and off very fast. Just my 2 cents.

Haven't noticed any battery issues. Get 10+ hrs usage on my 7+ daily.

Also, my phone is always upside down in my pocket.. In fact it doesn't even make sense to have your phone right side up in your pant pocket.

 

[BenTrovato]

Something else to consider is how often you unconsciously check your phone. Pressing the home/power button activates the screen for around 6 seconds while raise to wake activates for 2 seconds. If the average person checks their phone 150 times per day.. multiplied by 150 seconds - ya it's not that big of a deal in savings

The only way raise to wake would be a battery killer was if it was going off every few seconds all day.

 

[imagineadam]

When I first got my iPhone 7 I thought this would be neat but I found it wasn't waking up as fast as when I would just press the home or sleep button like I did before and it was randomly turning on and off in my pocket. So I turned it off and haven't thought of it till I saw this thread. I would imagine it has some effect on battery but not much. It just wasn't fast enough for me. I got sick or waiting a second or two till it would turn on the screen. My 2 cents.

 

[golfnut1982]

Well, I restored my phone and tried the raise to wake feature again. Now it doesn't seem to turn on and off in my shirt pocket. I'll try it again.