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ferjilo

macrumors regular
Original poster
Hi

My new iPhone X, bought on Friday evening, seems to drain its battery quite fast while using it. TWhen it is in standby seems OK as it consumed 7% in 3 hours, so seems more than fine.

The problem is when I start using it, not too heavy usage and not long (some web surfing, IG, FG, Outlook, WhatsApp), it seems to be drained too fast. I checked the battery of last 24h to try to figure out which App was consuming so much and I was very surprised with Safari, as it says 30% battery in ONLY 9 minutes of it onscreen!

I just disabled the adblock content blocker I was using, just in case it was that app.

In order to confirm if Safari is draining the battery so fast I did a simple trial and I think the Battery Apps data is simply wrong (so whatever was draining more the battery while in use it was probably not Safari):

- I started the test, using Safari for regular Web surfing (content blocker Off), with a 72% battery- Battery data for Safari being those 9min in use draining that 30%

- After 5 minutes of Safari usage the battery has dropped from 72% to 71% (so probably quite normal) and... the battery data still says 9mins in use and 30%!

So:

1.- I have no clue what was draining more my battery while using the phone. Any hints?
2.- Battery consumption data is wrong. At least on my iPhone X for Safari. Any app to check for real battery consumption? I do not think there is anything like that for iOS

I restarted by iPhone twice since yesterday, so it shouldn't just be about restarting it

I checked again after 1h approx (with no more Safari usage but just 2 mails read) and battery is at 69% but the Apps battery data has updated properly for total Safari usage (14 mins instead of 9, so it should be those 5 mins from before) but now it says 35% of battery consumption....
 
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