8 Tips to Extend Your iPhone's Battery Life

[ChrisA]

THe #1 thing to do is put the phone in Airplane mode. Also "low power" mode. Do both of these and I can go for about 4 or 5 days on one charge.

The effect of airplane mode is greater when you are out of cell coverage because the iPhone just ups the radio power if it can't find a cell tower and this will exhaust the phone very quickly. I was up in the mountains hiking for a couple weeks this summer and did not have cell coverage. I only had to use my phone charger once and I was constantly using the phone as a camera.

If you really need to save power in town. Airplane mode works too. Just turn the phone on for 5 minutes every hour or so to get texts and voicemails. Then back to airplane mode. The phone could last for 3 days on a charge.

 

[CoMoMacUser]

8. Choose a carrier with great indoor and outdoor coverage where you live, work and play. A phone wastes a lot of power straining to make do with a weak signal.

 

[Populus]

Tip number one is, for me, one of the most important ones if you type a good amount on your phone at the end of the day. Yeah, haptics may feel nice, but I’ve tested the higher battery drain. Also, if you use the ChatGPT app, disable those haptics as well (from within the app’s settings).

Then, the tip some users have shared, about enabling Airplane mode once you get home to trigger VoWiFi, if you have WiFi calling, is also super effective. I’ve been home for 3 days and thanks to WiFi calling, battery on my SE3 lasted for almost two days.

 

[gigapocket1]

Man, low power mode on the iPhone 15 is just a jittery mess

 

[Dble07]

Came here to say that.
Extending battery life is also a matter of battery health. And wireless charging is worse for battery health than wired charging.

Please explain, I’m really curious of the mechanics of this.

 

[klasma]

Came here to say that.
Extending battery life is also a matter of battery health. And wireless charging is worse for battery health than wired charging.

This has been debunked. Tests show no significant difference in battery degradation. (I used to believe it too.)

Wireless charging wastes more energy though.

 

[MrSkoTA]

Remove all widgets from the Home Screen. Battery life will increase dramatically!

 

[sjsharksfan12]

I've seen various articles like this and I think adding in cycle count might have been a bad idea. People are so anxious about their battery, and these articles amount to basically using only 50% (Or less) of your phone. I paid good money for this phone, I want to use as much as I can and enjoy what it has to offer. I get anxiety is real, but that is why adding things to add even more anxiety was a bad idea.

 

[jake.au]

Stupid tips again… why not just go
Tip 9: stop using it

 

[coffeemilktea]

Maybe in 2024, MacRumors will offer an extremely streamlined version of this article on how to save battery life; they'll boil it down to a single helpful tip:

"don't use your phone lol"🤪

The battery will stay full for sure... thank you MacRumors!

 

[Coreymac84]

imagine…all the features we wanted for years are the same ones we’re being told to turn off now. Amazing times we live in.

p.s. you will have to get through my king fu grip if you want to turn off haptic keyboard.

 

[GraXXoR]

Jeezus. With most of these tiny tiny tweaks you probably waste more power having to turn on the phone’s display to set and disable the tweaks than the amount of power the tweaks themselves save. lol.

Tho turning off and back on frequently can damage the circuitry more than you imagine, which can lead to premature failure.

Would very much like to see a scientific citation for this rather incredible claim.

While i understand that it’s potentially true for industrial devices such nuclear power units, power turbines, jet engines and production lines, I’ve never heard it said for an iPhone.

 

[Shirasaki]

Jeezus. With most of these tiny tiny tweaks you probably waste more power having to turn on the phone’s display to set and disable the tweaks than the amount of power the tweaks themselves save. lol.


Would very much like to see a scientific citation for this rather incredible claim.

While i understand that it’s potentially true for industrial devices such nuclear power units, power turbines, jet engines and production lines, I’ve never heard it said for an iPhone.

Power off and power on sequence drives the circuit with surge currents and voltage changes. I heard one day that people turned off their PC and immediately turned it back on, hurting components inside. While it is true that power regulating circuit nowadays are pretty good, and protections are all over the place so the surge won’t hurt critical components, I would stay away from frequently turning off and on devices.

 

[sw1tcher]

8. Turn off your phone

Just turn off your iPhone....

What I came here to write.

Just turn off your phone and enjoy the party and the company of others.

Seriously. Don't be one of these people.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Love these tips articles but gotta say I question 2 and 4.

Nobody is going to be constantly triggering proximity. It takes very close proximity and a significant pause.

And live activities is super useful and time limited. And if you don’t want that specific one just swipe it away.

Low Power Mode pretty much covers it if you want to maximize battery life, and you don’t know enough about the phone to tweak it yourself, or don’t want to risk disabling useful functionality.

 

[Born Again]

I’d rather just complain that my battery sucks.

 

[ralpa]

Here we go again...
C'mon MR

 

[klky]

I think the better tip would be to simply use our phones less. Seems silly to turn off all the features that make your iPhone enjoyable to use.

 

[DesiMunda]

just turnoff your iPhone, it will save a lot of battery…..forever.

 

[henrikhelmers]

Tho turning off and back on frequently can damage the circuitry more than you imagine

I feel like some additional context is needed here.

 

[ronno]

Power off and power on sequence drives the circuit with surge currents and voltage changes. I heard one day that people turned off their PC and immediately turned it back on, hurting components inside. While it is true that power regulating circuit nowadays are pretty good, and protections are all over the place so the surge won’t hurt critical components, I would stay away from frequently turning off and on devices.

Sounds like BS to me.
Show me the research that says turning your iPhone off and on is going to “damage” it.

 

[tweaknmod]

This has been debunked. Tests show no significant difference in battery degradation. (I used to believe it too.)

Wireless charging wastes more energy though.

Came here to say that.
Extending battery life is also a matter of battery health. And wireless charging is worse for battery health than wired charging.

Citing your sources if you’re claiming to debunk myths should be common practice, no?

 

[segfaultdotorg]

Does this ONLY work on the iPhone, or is it also applicable to the iPhone Plus, the iPhone Pro, the iPhone Pro Plus, the iPhone SE, the iPhone SE Plus, the iPhone SE Pro, etc.? They should really make those things clear.

 

[Le0M]

8. Buy a Nokia 3310.

I mean, you might as well, at this point...😂

 

[newyorksole]

Tips on how not to experience iPhone!

bruh. I don’t abide by any of these things except for the Always On Display lol.

there are plenty of opportunities for me to charge my phone no matter what. all features on!