But all the other phones in the test are still larger than the iPhone 7...hence bigger batteries.
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Which? Magazine Claims iPhone 7 Has 'Poor Battery Life' Compared to Rival Smartphones
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But all the other phones in the test are still larger than the iPhone 7...hence bigger batteries.
Speak for yourself. My 7Plus with 90% of things turned on gets 12hrs of usages and 24 hours of standby easily. That includes a decent amount of gaming as well.
Last night I plugged my phone in at 56% with 6hrs34min of usage and 18hrs21min standby.
Maybe they should include the Lumia 640 which has ~1400 minutes of talk time on a phone that I only paid $40 for and which surfs quickly, plays 1080p video back, records 1080p video and has Bluetooth and all the other frills...all for $40 (and takes SDCards so $98 later and I have 208GB storage on it!). Apple sucks. People are crazy to buy Android or Apple when Windows phones are dirt cheap by comparison. Get your heads out stupid apps like Snapchat and you won't have an issue.
Compare the physical size of the iphone7 and the phones tested. They are all about the same size. Valid test.
I couldn't use my iPhone 7 Plus battery all the way up in a day if I tried hard. Unplug at 8AM, run Maps and Waze, take a couple of hours' worth of work phone calls, email and text all day, fiddle with a game or two... and still I'm at 50%-60% at 2AM when I plug it back in. It was the same with my 6S Plus, and my 6 Plus.
If your using your Iphone predominately for phone calls, and not only that but talking on it for over 700 minutes during the day??? I think the Iphone isnt for you. Why spend all that money, upwards of $800 just to talk on the phone. Pop over to your carrier, they will probably have a nice flip phone they will give you.......free. Then you can talk for days without having to charge it. I use my phone to make calls the least of anything I do. Watching video, using apps, texting and email are used more then calls, by far,with my usage.
You forgot to mention the antenna lines and the camera bump.
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Has anyone done the maths on this? Battery size mAh divided by minutes. This new number you can then compare as they all have the same dominator.
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I don't know if it is iOS 10 or the iPhone 7 Plus, but I'm not that impressed with the battery life. It is certainly no better than my old iPhone 6s Plus, despite the 'supposed' low power cores in the A10 Fusion.
Doing that only makes the accuracy of the battery percentage/level better. It doesn't make the battery last longer.
Take a look at a Time vs Voltage comparison of a battery that is being used. The graph is not a straight line. By doing your calibration, the OS gets a better idea of what the battery level currently is.
Again, doing that doesn't make your battery last longer.
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Bigger by 1 or 2 mm. Compare the size of the phone, not screen sizes.
My batteries in 6S plus and SE have been draining faster since iOS 10, too. I haven't tried to really troubleshoot yet since I have been able to throw the phones on the charger mid-day. But I'll be working again soon on some stuff away from home and will need to address this. Thanks for the tip on the Music app. I'll take a look at that.
Though 3G and 4G LTE gives gives you the same battery life. This is according to apple tech specs.
Im just trying to think of a scenario where most people are not dependent on 3G or 4G data on a daily basis outside of their home. What makes my iPhone ....not an iPod touch ....is the cellular component. And given all phones are made to be self sufficient portable communication devices , its the physical battery size that is the problem here and not the usuage patterns of the user in my opinion.
The iPhone is my best choice device , it just has a smaller batter than the competition
My husband had that problem, too. He downloaded an app that killed apps running rogue in the background and battery usage went back to normal.
Yeah, who uses phones as phones anymore??? Some of you blind Apple faithful will come up with any crazy justification to keep them on a pedestal. Reminds me of all the Donald Trump supporters.
3 days? Did you switch the iPhone on when? I am not a heavy user, but 3 days on my 6, never.
U.K. Consumers' Association magazine Which? has concluded that the iPhone 7 offers the worst battery life when compared against the current crop of rival flagship smartphones.
Using a series of tests designed to account for everyday usage variables, the subscriber-only magazine compared Apple's 4.7-inch phone against the Samsung Galaxy S7, HTC 10, and LG 5, and called the results "staggering".
Internet browsing time measurements were less contrasting, nevertheless the iPhone 7 still came last.
The new iPhone's poor results in the battery test shouldn't come as a surprise, given the physical limitations of a 4.7-inch handset's battery cell compared to its larger rivals (5.1-5.3 inches). Measured in milliampere hours, the iPhone 7 has a 1,960mAh battery, compared to the HTC 10's 3,000mAh cell, for instance, yet Which? describes this as a 'fault' of the phone.
The larger iPhone 7 Plus, on the other hand, features a 2,900 mAh battery, but wasn't mentioned in the test, perhaps because it was perceived as belonging in the 5.5-inch handset bracket populated by devices like the Galaxy S7 Edge (3600mAh) and the HTC 10 Desire (2700 mAh).
The test doesn't mention that Apple's own product specifications show that the iPhone 7 has a higher-capacity battery than the iPhone 6s (1,810mAh), and seems to continue a recent negative trend where media reports have criticized Apple's new flagship phone on the basis of its battery life. For example, last month, The Guardian ran an iPhone 7 story titled "How good can a phone be if the battery doesn't last even a day?" and claimed that its holding charge was worse than the iPhone 6s.
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While I agree that we shouldn't beat the exploding Note 7's to death, it was brought on by Samsung trying to beat the iPhone 7's to market instead of coming out in Late October/November like they do every year. This wasn't an issue with a few batteries, which can happen with any LiIo battery as you point out, this was (I believe) because of not having enough room inside the phone for the battery. And then Samsung didn't coordinate with the appropriate agencies to keep the device from being sold and tried to do a "voluntary recall", which just confused the crap out of consumers. The whole exploding battery debacle is definitely a mess of Samsungs own creation.
That would actually make no sense for most people. Now, at night I charge it be default when I go to sleep, as a habit. Would I only do this once in a few days, I think I would find myself (rather my iPhone) without a charge more frequent. Only people who are also up for several days in a row would really benefit. Guess there are not that many around.
Next to this, extra battery means extra weight, which means extra damage when you drop it. No thanks, I am fine.
I dunno about anyone else, but the iPhone 7 battery has been amazing for me. I have mine off the charger all day and it is usually a little less than half when I plug it in at bedtime.
Though 3G and 4G LTE gives gives you the same battery life. This is according to apple tech specs.
Im just trying to think of a scenario where most people are not dependent on 3G or 4G data on a daily basis outside of their home. What makes my iPhone ....not an iPod touch ....is the cellular component. And given all phones are made to be self sufficient portable communication devices , its the physical battery size that is the problem here and not the usuage patterns of the user in my opinion.
The iPhone is my best choice device , it just has a smaller batter than the competition
True...
One other factor driving battery life is the distance between wireless phone and cellular basestation. Basestations constantly monitor received signal power from each mobile phone and adjust all phones' RF output power to maintain a level of adequate signal quality. Too much RF power arriving a basestation antennas causes mutual interference to other phones' signals being received, degrading the overall cellular system. And, decreasing battery life in phones due to increased RF power demands. Too little power and the received signal quality goes down. It's a fine balance.
RF energy from phones received at basestation antennas varies with the inverse square of the distance change. Twice the distance, 1/4 of the power. In that case the basestation would need to command the phone to increase power - or, ideally, hand the phone off to a closer basestation.
A girl will learn the battery serves the faceless wifi. A man does not use phone to call.
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