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Sketchy Photo of Claimed 'iPhone 6s Plus' Box Surfaces Alongside Rumor of Smaller Battery
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Follow the guides to help extend your battery and charge every night and battery life will never be a problem, unless you're playing graphically intensive games all day in which case a slightly larger battery won't help you much anyway.
Concerning the added 0.2 mm, do people honestly think that would be enough for the Force Touch? Think again, obviously it required more than 0.2 mm but for Apple to (mostly) maintain the same thickness as the current iPhone 6 versions they had to sacrifice battery thickness. But seeing that the A9 chip will probably be more energy efficient as well as iOS9 optimizations I doubt anyone will experience any battery life shortages compared to current and previous iPhone models.
Also, why would anyone go through the trouble of faking a box? I mean, it adds nothing to the information we already know, even the name of the product. And if you were to fake it, you would obviously not miss a detail like the front-facing camera.
Also, why would anyone go through the trouble of faking a box? I mean, it adds nothing to the information we already know, even the name of the product. And if you were to fake it, you would obviously not miss a detail like the front-facing camera.
Better battery life is surely one thing that all users of all types unanimously want. It would be pretty out of touch to ignore that.
And each and every iteration of iPhone so far has brought just that.
The obvious assumption would be that this piece of paper is going to be stuck onto a cardboard box.
In other news. The fish is most definitely a new cyber pet screensaver that you can poke using force touch.
Only a rumour but worryingly the 1715 mAh figure ties up with the photo of what was claimed to be a leaked 6s battery a few weeks ago.
If true then why? The leak a couple of days ago when they put a rumoured 6s screen assembly and other 6s electronics into what was claimed to be a 6s back shell showed plenty of space around the existing 1800 mAh iPhone 6 battery that they used to power it all up. From those photos it looked to me as if they might have space to put a bigger battery into the 6s due to the narrower main PCB rather than reducing the capacity.
Just think how much extra battery life could be delivered with all the efficiency optimisations that do seem to be happeneing in the 6s plus a higher capacity battery. An iPhone 6s with the battery life of an iPhone 6 Plus? Yes please!
I have a real love-hate relationship with Apple but if these rumours are true then today is definitely a 100% hating day.
- Julian
Perhaps the patent pictured somewhere above us is what they've managed to do (hide the camera and sensors inside the speaker grill?)
OR maybe its a misprint and the factory workers have all been assigned their very own Sharpie to draw the dots on.
So you think they can introduce a cellphone to the facilities? Lol. Think a little harder...
Really? Judging by the comments here it looks like every new iphone has worse battery life
Since many apple rumor sites would pick it up and link through, it could be a nice way to collect some page impression revenue. I don't see many other reasons though.
Maybe (if it is not fake) this is a possible indication that the iPhone gets life-wallpaper with a goldfish as on the watch with the jellyfish.
No, people just use their phones more these days as they have become more and more useful at doing more stuff, so their battery dies quicker.
Battery life has approximately doubled since the 2007 original iPhone.
Original iPhone/iPhone 6/iPhone 6+ battery usage in hours.
audio: 24/50/80
video: 7/11/14
Talk time: 8/14/24
Browsing internet: 6/10/12
Standby: 250/250/384
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone#Model_comparison
You are crazy. I've had all the iPhones and this is THE FIRST (yes, THE FIRST) iPhone to have a GOOD battery life. Not decent, not average, but GOOD. iPad-like good. And what are they doing? RUINING IT.
Kidding. If it's still 10 hours usage i'm ok with it. But you never know with apple haha.
that's cause you use it to send 4 texts and make a 20 minute call a day. with every possible smart option turned off. don't kid yourself.Not necessarily true. I'm still on an iPhone 4 and the battery lasts all day. How many years ago did it come out? Oh yah... 5 years.. June 24, 2010.
Fuel-cell batteries is a dead idea. There are only two practical applications for fuel-cell batteries:
1) Extended-Range-Extended-Life: Satellite phones, like mountain climbers, first responders, search and rescue, hunters, fishers, people at sea (including ferries and cargo freighters.) Which requires replacable battery types. Smartphones are not even a viable market for this.
2) Extended-Range-Electric-Vehicle: You are not going to see Fuel Cell cars and buses. You're going to see Fuel Cell train engines, 5th wheels, and RV's. Basically vehicles that are super-inefficient as gasoline to begin with.
Fuel Cell's aren't going to compete with LiPO. You can only charge fuel cells a handful of times. This makes their target market something more like flashlights and emergency use. You're not going to stick them in anything that is currently LiPO or NiMH. What you're going to do is have a general-purpose power "brick" that you plug in things that need a charge via USB. This is great when you're at a convention that wishes to charge you a few thousand dollars to have an outlet. But you also have to go back to your hotel room sometime.
Not feeling the hype yet. Last year everyone seemed to be talking about the new iPhone, with a new leak every day. I know this year is only an S release, and last year we were anticipating Apple Watch, but I thought Apple might be releasing controlled leaks to build excitement?
You generally get more leaks from the "tick cycle" (numbers) than the "tock cycle" (S models) because of the form factor change associated with them.
Some from iOS 9, but I bet the rest will come from the die shrink that'll be in the A9 vs the A8. It should use significantly less power unless it's cranked up to the max.
percentage wise 6+ is taking a bigger battery hit if true.
I think apple was unhappy that the 6+ battery life lasted too long. had to address that
I think apple was unhappy that the 6+ battery life lasted too long. had to address that
So let me get this straight: the new S series will supposedly feature a smaller battery with less mAh output, yet still be just as or more efficient than the current iPhone 6/6+?? (Did MacRumors really just write that?) Is this even possible from an engineering standpoint, especially given the fact that the new phones will supposedly include 2GB of ram? Companies are trying to find ways to increase battery mAh, not go in the opposite direction...
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