I did a iPhone to iPhone transfer and I am getting really great battery life.
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iPhone 13 Pro Max The battery life on the 13 Pro Max is utterly insane.
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2 hours later still on 100% !
mind-blowing
mind-blowing
30 minutes later and at 95%, with no Spotify usage too
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I'm very envious of those getting great battery life. Every reboot is dropping me anywhere from 2% to 5%. Overnight it loses 8-10% while not being used, with notification summary and do not disturb set up, so the screen isn't going on, and background refresh off for almost all apps.
Then during actual usage, it's dropping faster than most other people are getting, even when exclusively on Wi-Fi and brightness set to around 35% most of the time. Getting about 8 hours at those settings, with extremely light weight usage.
Then during actual usage, it's dropping faster than most other people are getting, even when exclusively on Wi-Fi and brightness set to around 35% most of the time. Getting about 8 hours at those settings, with extremely light weight usage.
Keeping an eye on the 13-series performance - I’m a battery/runtime geek and wife will be upgrading shortly.
Looks like the OP has the records here, 5-5.4% battery per hour (45%/9hrs and 80%/14.8hrs). FWIW, yesterday I averaged 5.6% batt/hr (50%/9hrs) on a 2yo XR.
Notice your GPS arrow is showing, meaning it’s running in the background. It’s one of the heaviest power users. CV19 exposure notifications maybe? Can set-up which apps are allowed to use GPS in background, or just turn it off from General/Privacy.
Notice a weak-ish 2-bar cellular signal while wifi is connected. 1-2 cellular bars will consume more power to maintain. Are you aware of the free ‘wifi-calling’ feature? Channels your ‘phone’ (calls/texts) through wifi so can you place the cellular antenna on airplane mode (eg, while at home). Cellular providers prefer it as it frees up bandwidth/power for them.
Looks like the OP has the records here, 5-5.4% battery per hour (45%/9hrs and 80%/14.8hrs). FWIW, yesterday I averaged 5.6% batt/hr (50%/9hrs) on a 2yo XR.
Notice your GPS arrow is showing, meaning it’s running in the background. It’s one of the heaviest power users. CV19 exposure notifications maybe? Can set-up which apps are allowed to use GPS in background, or just turn it off from General/Privacy.
I wonder if I should contact Apple. I should definitely be getting better than this from the 13 Pro Max.
Notice a weak-ish 2-bar cellular signal while wifi is connected. 1-2 cellular bars will consume more power to maintain. Are you aware of the free ‘wifi-calling’ feature? Channels your ‘phone’ (calls/texts) through wifi so can you place the cellular antenna on airplane mode (eg, while at home). Cellular providers prefer it as it frees up bandwidth/power for them.
Yea I am not getting great battery life either, starting to think it’s no better than my Xs max. Maybe it’s an iOS 15 bug but I really don’t want to restore my phone to see if it’s software related. Hoping the next iOS 15 update fixes this. Kinda sad to see my percentages dropping quick for light usage with 5G disabled and no battery draining apps being used (no Spotify, Facebook).
Hi, thanks for that insight. I never had COVID notifications on, but I do have Life360 enabled. But I had that on my previous phone too and I’m getting around the same screen on time. Everything else is changed to when using and precise location is only on for weather.
also my brightness is on 55%. So not too high.
Thanks for the heads up and tips, but that was just in the screenshot, it isn't always like that. 90% of the time I have either 3 or 4 bars depending on the location in the house. I do have Wi-Fi calling enabled; but surely the iPhone should automatically 'close' the cellular connection when that is active... I shouldn't need to fiddle with airplane mode constantly to get the battery life I should?
I also don't feel that maintaining an unused (4G) cellular connection should lose me 6-8 hours of battery life that others are getting, to be honest.
Would you restore your phone?I might do that if the next update doesnt fix this and do iCloud backup.
I wouldn't mind giving it a go... doing a backup + restore. I might later this evening.
Yes. Almost all of those should be off. For the last few years only on....
Emergency Calls SOS
Find my iPhone
Share my location
36% now, I’m happy with that as I’ve used it often today. Far better than my 12 Pro would achieve.
Really? It sounds like most of those being disabled would gimp certain features of the phone.
Not really. Go on YouTube. Many videos on this. Tell me last time you used your phone for compass situations? Do you use home kit devices? Do you travel regularly away from you time zone? You'll be shocked how many things you should have set to off.
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Well, These are WFH times and i am not far from charging brick all day so not sure if this feature alone should be USP to upgrade. Wish they had this kind of battery life in 7+/8+ times
I really hate how inconsistent our battery lives are, wish Apple would be better. Who knows if it’s a software glitch/bug. My 13 pro max is not having a good battery life. Already down to 70% with 5G off and some other location based settings.
Keep us updated because I’m at the point of doing an iCloud restore to see if that helps.