Apple announced a slew of iPhone upgrades yesterday, but battery life sure wasn’t among them!
As we suspected ahead of time, Apple’s official iPhone 6s video shows that it boasts a 1,715 mAh battery — down from the 1,810 mAh of its predecessor.
You’ll want to skip to 2:53 to see the iPhone 6 battery spec in question. We won’t be able to determine what this means in terms of actual battery life until we get our hands on a handset, although I suspect Apple will have found a way to improve the efficiency of the device since it’s unlikely that Cupertino would issue a new iPhone with a vastly inferior battery life compared to last year’s model.
Apple has stated that the iPhone 6s battery will deliver 14 hours talk time and 10 hours of LTE browsing on a single charge, while the iPhone 6s Plus will bring 24 hours of talk time and 12 hours of LTE browsing.
There’s no official evidence as to the battery capacity of the iPhone 6s Plus, but previous reports suggested that it will deliver 2,750 mAh, down from the iPhone 6 Plus’ 2,910 mAh.
Still, for many users who want a smartphone that doesn’t run out of juice after less than a day of solid use, this revelation about the iPhone 6s battery may be viewed as a disappointment.
Does battery life have a big impact on your decision whether to buy a particular smartphone, or would you prefer Apple focus its attention elsewhere? Leave your comments in the box below.
Source: PhoneArena
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
12 responses to “iPhone 6s gets a reduction where it really hurts”
Apple never sacrifices battery life. I’m sure your allusion to increased efficiency of the A9 is the reason for decreased in capacity. No concern here if you are purchasing/”upgrading” (which I am not for reasons previously stated- problem solved, eh @2oh1? [Btw- tell your mom I left my lightning charger plugged in behind her nightstand ;-)])
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Only way this would impact it is if you’re using your iPhone as much as you would use an Android. Always on and constantly running through it’s features like playing 3D MMORPG video games.
“You’ll want to skip to 2:53 to see the battery in question. We won’t, of course, be able to determine what this means in terms of actual battery life until we’re able to get our hands on a handset, although I suspect Apple will have found a way to improve the efficiency of the device — since it’s unlikely that it would issue a new iPhone with a vastly inferior battery life compared to last year’s model.”
That paragraph there just negated the entire article. Making this clickbait…
I don’t know about anyone else, but I have NEVER gotten 10 hours of LTE surfing on my phones not the purported talk times. I have a feeling that the battery life will be essentially the same. It will last about a day for most, unless the 3D touch and new iOS 9 features consume a lot of energy. We’ll see! Not upgrading from my 6 anyways.
except it’s still better battery life even if smaller capacity. Similar to what note 5 is, smaller battery but lasts longer because of the hardware inside. Meh…and who isn’t near a charger most of the day anyways? I have one at home, car and work…meh…..not a issue at all….
I’m just amazed and how Apple fans (which I used to be) can say nothing even slightly negative about the iphone. Can’t we at least be objective here. If the battery was cut in half I’m sure most of the comments on such an article would be “well I’m sure 1/2 the batter really means twice the speed”… or “why does this writer have to be so negative” or “yea 1/2 the battery life but the iphone is SO great”. The blinders are incredible. Even the Apple financing isn’t addressed for what it is…. a way for Apple to make more $$. It isn’t so we can have “more choice” as some have espoused but so Apple can create a new version of the iphone with little in the way of innovation (okay maybe the new 3D touch or whatever label they are using for it). But to pay an ungodly amount for a phone that is in most ways years behind under high end smart phones… but merely they write the check… amazing. I think Steve would be rolling over in his grade saying “man people buy these things with little innovation.. I could have just sat back and done so little”.
Relevant.
Why don’t we wait until the actual battery life is determined?
Without any testing, this article is just speculation and possibly FUD.
Smaller battery but 14 grams more! Yeah!
Just my 2c, when Intel released the new Haswell chip, every single new generation laptop got at least moderate battery life boost. Why? obviously everyone suddenly chucked a 2x battery in their laptops right? No, because their chip got a lot more energy efficient.
It could very well be the same case here. They decreased the size here because of the taptic engine, but they increased efficiency with the A9 made up for it.