Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Why does the iPhone SE have better battery life than the 6S?
- Thread starter El3ctronics
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
My 6s plus and se are very comparable in terms of usage time. I comfortably get over 5-6 hours and have 30 percent battery remaining at the end of the night. Now when it comes to the 5s I would only get around 3 and a half hours and I would be down to 20 percent. Battery on the se is definitely a win.
I just wish we could get an actual screen on time stat like Android....that paints a much better picture than "usage" time. I'll have my SE sometime next week and will probably hold on to my Note 5 for a bit and can compare the two. I'll be on vacation though so I'm not sure how much I will actually be using a phone.
I don't know if it would have changed over a little time, as I had to return mine, but I noticed it running pretty warm as well.
It still would be nice to compare to current iPhones. The only pic so far is ~7.5hrs of usage, I'm assuming that is a worst case scenario for the SE because it's less then I've ever gotten on my 6S.
Do you have a source on the Galaxy S7 (non edge) beating the 6S? Not that I don't believe you, I just didn't find anything.
Pretty funny to see the rankings...
Though Apple is perfectly capable of making a phone with crazy battery life if they weren't always balancing weight to features.
Especially so with the iPad...really wish for them to return to 13+ hrs battery life.
I've never heard of most of those phones. The 6s plus has perfectly capable battery life among the top selling phones.
I wouldnt trust everything you read on gsmarena , that site hasnt been relevant for years lol.
Nice back peddle after stating your subjective opinion about the Plus battery life is what all others are judged against, and then trying to pass that off as fact....you got called out and proven wrong, plain and simple. Remove your Apple blinders, own it, and move on. Shoot, my old Droid Mini would average 5 hours screen on time consistently....and it was running stock Moto Android.
Posts like this really make me wonder why I bother coming on here. So many people on here are insanely aggressive. I don't think there was anything inaccurate in what the other user said, to be frank. A list of battery life on GSM Arena doesn't change the fact that most tech bloggers will automatically use iPhones as comparison when talking about battery life. So in that they are completely correct. They're also correct in saying that the 6s devices did very well amongst top end phones of the same caliber. So basically you're jumping all over them for no reason, as far as I can tell.
The constant back and forth on here is really tiring.
Battery life problems with iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, or iPhone 6s Plus? Here's the fix!
If your iPhone battery life isn't what you expected, here's how to troubleshoot!
If your iPhone battery life isn't what you expected, here's how to troubleshoot!
After the second charge, 87% remaining after 23 hours of stand-by and 1 hour 20 minute activity. I am very happy with the battery of the SE.
Did you not read his first comment directed at me? It was childish. "No offence, but I don't know where you have been since the release of the Plus".....and a simple look at my signature would show I have owned a Plus, or numerous posts in the past about my Plus. I work in a world of no BS and while I like my humor, knocking someone down a notch while sitting behind the comfort of their keyboard is weak at best. A lot of unchecked online statements, like his, translate much over into the real world interactions with people as many today lack any class and respect. It's sad.
Furthermore my fiancé's 6S was married to the charger. She was a loyal iOS user until that phone. We even swapped it out with another 6S and the same results. For the first time, during her 6S ownership, I heard her say, I miss Android. I know I know, a sample of one. But none the less, she got the Galaxy S7 and has been absolutely thrilled. I however love both OS's and can call a spade a spade w/out the loyalty to a certain OS or brand b/c while I pour out large amounts of money for these products, I have no stake in whether they succeed or fail.
almost 48 hours since last recharge and still 45%, been using it a decent amount to install apps and config, brightness at around 70%. Once the honeymoon period wears off I'll probably get 5 days on a single charge since I dont use the phone much (which is why I like smaller).
I don't follow your logic. Knocking someone down while sitting behind the comfort of a keyboard is weak, but it's okay for you to make jibes about 'Apple blinkers'? Your comment was just as bad.
That's impressive. I always had good battery life with my 5 and 5S's that I owned. Can't wait til the big brown truck drops off my SE. It's crazy that all of these companies keep putting this ridiculous resolution screens in their phones and killing their battery life. To me, as a tech junkie, they're focusing on the wrong things. Samsung is starting to get the hang of it, and it appears Apple too. Smaller screen or less resolution, larger battery, and not so thin. Less bezel space is a plus also.
[doublepost=1459626403][/doublepost]
Respect is given as it is earned. A random person on the internet just used childish statements as a dig towards me. At that point, the gloves come off. I treat my inmates the same way. But regardless, plenty of people called him out on his statement, so at this point I guess it is moot.
That sounds pretty similar to mine.
I'm on my second day since charging after I set it up, 4 hours screen on time and 32 hours stand-by, and I'm at 40% battery remaining.
This will very easily be a "2 full day" phone once it settles in.
I think cableguy84 is right. So far everyone here is saying that the SE battery life is better than the 6S+, but the only screenshots we saw here are showing 7-8 hours of battery life with ~25-30 hours of standby. No offense but I can do almost the same with my one year old iPhone 6.
The 6+ and 6S+ are known to be able to reach more than 12 hours of usage with like 40 hours of standby.
The 6+ and 6S+ are known to be able to reach more than 12 hours of usage with like 40 hours of standby.
My original statement might have been slightly off. But the iPhone is arguably the most well known electronics product across the world, and therefore people will always look to compare other devices with it. So i dont think i was wrong in saying other devices are measured against it.
Last edited: