Agreed. It's BS. You'd have to drain the battery several times, days after you originally set up the phone to get some accurate test results.
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Teardown Video Confirms iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro Use Same 2,815mAh Battery
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12 pro did, 1 hour less than 11 pro
12 and 12 pro max are officially same though yes
(5g notwithstanding)
Might as well put a 80% smaller battery if you’re gonna make that argument.
Wow, "mind-blowing", but what if I want my phone to be charged to 50% within 8min?
The "up to" is what Apple officially uses as their current benchmark, so for the 12 pro specifically its a minor step back vs the 11 pro....but still matches the 11 which was fantastic as a daily driver
Regardless, hands on reviewers have not been able to discern real world battery differences with the 12 or 12 pro from the 11 or 11 pro.
But I agree with you and what others are echoing, it is not really an issue as the 11 series was absolutely fantastic in the battery department, and tbe 12/pro/max will all be stellar dependable full day devices as well im sure.
Doesn't matter. Battery capacity should never be reduced.
During the last several months millions and millions working professionals are hooking up to their mobiles several hours everyday. For them battery life is very important. Having thinner and reduced batteries serve no purpose with the pandemic going to be here for foreseeable future.
Fully understood - and that was one reason it took me as long as it did to get a smart phone.
That was a Galaxy SII - Li-Ion 1650 mAh battery (apparently). But had the huge advantage you could carry a spare and swap over in seconds.
The mini has a bigger battery than the new SE I had. I don’t live on my phone watching videos and posting on social media. As such, I am not really worried about the battery life. If needed, I will get smart battery case when it is released.
From all the shades of navy blue I’ve seen for the iPhone 12, this one is the one I like the most.
I wonder why this color changes so much depending on who’s taking the images of it.
I wonder why this color changes so much depending on who’s taking the images of it.
That is an important point. However, if we see slim powerpacks which attach and charge via integral MagSafe, such people will have a choice. (I do, of course, mean that MagSafe should be integrated into the powerpack - not just the phone.) Quite importantly to a lot of people, the basic phone weight doesn't need to increase solely to enhance battery life.
I have recently had to take to carrying around a powerpack with me and keeping my phone and powerpack together, with a cable attached between them, to get even most of a day of very light usage out of my old 6s. Made awkward by the fact that both the USB-A and the Lightning plugs stick out of the ends of the respective lumps. That renders them so very easy to damage.
A 3000 mAh powerpack, maybe a bit more to cover any inefficiencies, would double the effective usable time for a 12. If you really want, you could buy as many as you might need. Or hope a manufacturer makes them in 5000, 10,000, 20,000 mAh capacities - despite the weight.
This can be true. However, as we remember, last year it was the battery life which was a big selling factor for Apple and folks got really excited about a possibility of not having to top-up their iPhones throughout the day. iPhone 11 Pro, specifically, became a champ of battery life in its size. This year the major selling point is “speed” - that of 5G and the SOC. 5G is still in its toddler pants and I doubt there will be many of us noticing a real difference between A13 and A14 in day to day use.
So in terms of pure value, the most attractive devices this year might be the ones coming out the latest - iPhone 12 mini (for light to moderate users) and iPhone 12 Pro Max (the biggest in everything). iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are ok too, but I would not personally upgrade to them from anything 11.
I have quite seriously considered an iPhone in the Max range to replace a Note 9 in a year or so. But if the iPhone cannot deliver enough battery for me to use this as a sometimes hotspot AND get reasonable phone time in a day, then I'll once again go for the better battery, modem integration, and reception on whichever, even though getting continued system upgrades for the Apple is far superior, considering the lives of iPhones with other family members.
I've also watched those iPhone users with battery packs, and I'm not ready to go back down that clunky, and frankly hideous, trail myself, especially when, by magic, the Apple Store says there is too much chance your iPhone 'will break' if they even try to replace the old battery [cough, cough].
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Are these the people sat in their homes next to a power outlet?
Very important consideration. New 5nm process which means much less power loss. Also likely many other power sipping improvements throughout CPU and rest of the design. Apple has the ability to look at the entire power budget for the device. For example, screen, and taptic engine. It may well be that although smaller, Apple has figured a way to make the taptic engine as effective, but with less juice.
Point being, reserve judgement until all data is in and real world tests have been made.
Point being, reserve judgement until all data is in and real world tests have been made.
I am hoping that 3G/4G is more efficient - especially in areas with almost (or fully) non-existent signals! Sometimes that seems to be the most important single factor.
You can have amazing battery life if you only make calls and send a couple of texts.
The more I read, the less Pro the Pro becomes. I guess the only Pro is just the Pro Max this year. Sigh ... I don’t want to use a phone that’s bigger than my head.