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5 hours of usage - 6:50 of standby.. How exactly does this get better bat life?
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I noticed battery drain on my new iPhone 7 Plus and my old iPhone 6S Plus too, both on iOS 10.0.1.
The modern iPhone has a TON of stuff to do in the background after you first set it up, especially if you use iCloud for much of anything. The first day my iPhone was active it downloaded 120GB of my pictures in the background! Making any comments about the battery life in the first 1-2 weeks is pointless.
You can also check out apple's tips.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/
http://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/
Depending on your location, signal strength can vary greatly. For instance my home happens to be in a poor cellular reception area. So I use wifi calling so my radios are not burning up my battery. Turning off things you do not use or that compromises your privacy also makes perfect sense.
Why have the phone send location of every wifi network you pass by as you drive. Or search for and present advertising based on your location if you don't want or use that feature These features have on/off switches for a reason. Leaving everything on all the time for things I don't use seems ridiculous to me.
I customize my iPhone to suit what I do and for what my needs are. Some days I don't charge for two days, other times I charge twice a day. All depends on what I am doing, watching, etc.
This is the single most comprehensive list of battery saving settings that I have ever seen!
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You don't have to, but it greatly depends on how you use your phone and other factors including signal strength.
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Something's not right there, and I suspect poor signal strength. Looking for a good signal all the time really drains a phone. I only lose 1-2% max when I sleep at night, but when my phone is in my desk at work (really bad signal strength) it can lose up to 20% just sitting there for a workday. "No signal" is then high on the battery use list.
Actually it's not a bad idea to do it a few times a year for calibration.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/battery_calibration
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/22/six-questions-about-your-phones-battery-answered/
http://lifehacker.com/smartphone-battery-myths-explained-1735327089
Still think if all is ok, it is not required. Never done a recalibrate on any of my iPhones.
You don't have to, but you get a more accurate battery reading (meter) if you do.
you have a plus.. not a regular. A bit irrelevant when you are walking with a battery that big.
Apple said official we will get more battery life,but in my test this is true ONLY in 1 case. Both run iOS10 ! iphone 7 has more battery than iphone 6s ONLY if 6s is also runing iOS10 !
Perhaps you use every feature available. Perhaps you don't mind your every move being tracked. As for me, and I suspect a large number of users, some features are not. Wing used so why have them eat up battery power broadcasting or searching?
Customizing my iPhone to match my lifestyle and usage makes perfect sense to me. I have lot's of lights and appliances in my home. Do I leave them all turned on, no that would be ludicrous. So if I am not using home kit, or health apps right now why leave those features running searching and consuming power.
Do I want iAds targeting me as I traverse the city? No, so I turn that off. I am very pleased that Apple has these customizable on/off switches. Just because Apple advertises a feature doesn't obligate me to use it for my total iPhone satisfaction.
Perhaps this perspective helps you understand. No one is advocating doing everything on a list. Pick and choose what makes sense for you. And if it saves a little battery power for something you do use, all the better.
My phone has died twice after 5,5 hours of usage and 12 standby now. Capacity of my battery is measured at 2100MaH. So what the hell.
Only using safari and messages. Funny thing is that the battery page shows messages as the culprit with 1 minute of background activity. Not this again, had this before on the i6 and it only went away when I unpaired my watch, even dfu restoring the phone en then setting up everything as new didn't help. Don't want this to be that problem because it sucks.
So; how is battery for you guys?
Only using safari and messages. Funny thing is that the battery page shows messages as the culprit with 1 minute of background activity. Not this again, had this before on the i6 and it only went away when I unpaired my watch, even dfu restoring the phone en then setting up everything as new didn't help. Don't want this to be that problem because it sucks.
So; how is battery for you guys?
