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Taking my 6plus to the genius bar tomorrow...
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Maybe you could try loading up a HD video, and see how many times you can play it on a full battery before the device shuts down?
Apple says you should get 14 hours of HD Video, although that's probably 720p, and doesn't say what codec. Do you own any video media on iTunes?
Apple says you should get 14 hours of HD Video, although that's probably 720p, and doesn't say what codec. Do you own any video media on iTunes?
3 of the top 4 items are heavy Internet users. You can browse 12 hours on the Internet on the plus so if you have done 7 hours and have 30 percent left it . means your battery will die when you have 11 hours of useage which is perfectly fine
Safari is a battery hog
Safari being the primary use in 5s would earn you 7 hours with a dead battery
Your battery life looks fine. All those hours and still at 28%!
I think I get something similar. If you want to save some life turn off all the unnecessary stuff and some notifications, etc. lots of guides with tips if you search around.
I wouldn't be worried though. Since there's likely nothing wrong with your battery life now one risk you run is getting a replacement unit that does have a real problem.
I think I get something similar. If you want to save some life turn off all the unnecessary stuff and some notifications, etc. lots of guides with tips if you search around.
I wouldn't be worried though. Since there's likely nothing wrong with your battery life now one risk you run is getting a replacement unit that does have a real problem.
i wasnt talking about you...i was talking about shabbbanggg or whoever...lol. It's all good bro. Cheers.
Your battery isn't fantastic but it's not horrible either. Honestly I doubt you'll find that the battery is defective.
Do the obvious battery saving things that you can Google: shut off most location based items, don't allow many apps to background refresh, keep your screen brightness 50% or lower, etc, etc.
GL!
Do the obvious battery saving things that you can Google: shut off most location based items, don't allow many apps to background refresh, keep your screen brightness 50% or lower, etc, etc.
GL!
You probably had a bad signal during class - a bad cell signal will constantly be scanning for signal and eat up more battery life.
If you have a particularly bad signal, turn off cellular data if you have a wifi connection.
If you have a particularly bad signal, turn off cellular data if you have a wifi connection.
You don't necessarily need them to definitively prove the device is defective. Apple replaced an iPhone for me once because it was occasionally dropping signal randomly for a minute at a time in areas where I should have had excellent signal. It wasn't something they could reproduce at the genius bar (it didn't happen often enough), but they took my word for it and switched it out.
I suggest seeing if they ask you to do a clean reset on the phone, kindly agree but let them know you'll return if that doesn't solve it. Go back a couple of days later (provided that you'll still be in the 14-day return window) and ask them to switch it out if the problem remains unresolved.
In my experience, they won't give you any trouble if you're friendly and go through the standard troubleshooting. The 6 Plus should have incredible battery life under normal conditions (easily besting all of the Android flagships and prior iPhones) -- it lasted for over 13 hours in Anandtech's wi-fi battery run-down test and should be around 20-40% better than the iPhone 6 depending on type of usage.
Use your phone as intended, just don't complain about battery life LOL. WiFi DRAINS battery on any device.
What they will likely do is test the battery. I think the Genius Bar has ways to check the available capacity, just like coconut battery does on the Mac. So, if they test and the phone battery capacity checks out, I wouldn't expect them to exchange or anything.
FWIW, I found with the 6+ that with lots of screen on internet browsing, my phone was near dead battery after about the same amount of time.
FWIW, I found with the 6+ that with lots of screen on internet browsing, my phone was near dead battery after about the same amount of time.
If you're talking about the battery stats, that's incorrect -- it measures usage and standby times since the last full charge. The app battery usage %'s are broken down by last 24 hours and Last [X number of] days.
All radios drain the battery on all devices, but they don't drain equally at all times. The wifi will drain the least amount of battery if you're connected to a network than the cellular connection will if it's also got a good connection to the network. If you're not getting cell reception, turn off your cell radios for better battery life. If you're not connected to a wifi network, turn off your wifi.
But seeing as how the OP said he's a college student, I'm willing to bet there is a wifi network available and he's connected to it. Telling him to turn the wifi off will drain the battery faster if that is the case, not slower.
Ok so the phone has lasted me from 8am until 9pm it's impressive but it doesn't live up to my other friends and people on heres battery life.
Also i put it on sleep, turn it back on and the % keeps going down.
Do you think it might all be in my head? I genuinely think there might be a slight problem. I'm going to restore now
Without knowing the specifics of your usage, I can't say whether that battery life is correct or not. You already have the appointment, the guys at the store will tell you whether or not it's a problem. The restore is a good idea though. Good luck with that!
One thing though: Do you have the parallax turned on? If so, turn that off immediately. I got much better battery life when I did that.
One thing though: Do you have the parallax turned on? If so, turn that off immediately. I got much better battery life when I did that.
That's pretty good if you use it a lot.
Remember this graphic.
Does it feel like your 6+ is doing maybe 15% better then a 5 or 5S? Then it's probably performing appropriately.
You will not see anything like double the on screen time or anything like that.