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iPhone SE (2016) Battery life on iPhone SE 2020
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This one seems low, for example. All the screen-off time (some kind of indexing or iCloud downloading, maybe?), was done before unplugging. Total SOT is below 5 hours, closer to 4 hours, more or less.You guys have to bear in mind that with a new phone there's a lot of indexing and downloading of various assets going on
Mine did pretty dang well today. Unplugged at 6:40AM and died right around 9PM.
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I think the indexing was checked via Xcode and it was proven not to take too long. I might be wrong and it might get better, though.
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Too early to judge, there’s not enough data yet, but don’t be surprised if it’s like the iPhone 8.
For context, that was a 14.5 hour day with music streaming and 2:40 SoT with 33% battery left at the end. Sounds quite decent to me given the small battery.2:40 hours SoT is disappointingI hope it guess better.
My 6s with 2200mah battery does between 3:30 and 4 hours SoT every day.
The Xs does 3:30 consistently.
Granted, I wouldn't mind a slightly thicker and heavier device with plastic chassis if it meant better battery life.
Got mine too since Friday... but pretty disappointed in the idle battery drain. Last night the battery went from 74% (10pm) to 41% (6am). The battery statistics show nothing special: no app is responsible for this.
For info: I've already tuned the settings (localisation settings and background refresh).
What are your experiences?
For info: I've already tuned the settings (localisation settings and background refresh).
What are your experiences?
Calculated today and I got 4.94 hours of screen on time. Unplugged at 6:45 AM, died at 10:45 PM.
I completely forgot to turn off background app refresh though! Will definitely do that.
I completely forgot to turn off background app refresh though! Will definitely do that.
That definitely doesn't sound like usual idle drain. Do you have Photos/Messages/Voice Memos syncing through iCloud? Possible it is still indexing and downloading stuff.
I also thought that was the reason. That's why I turned it off yesterday. Without any luck, unfortunately.
I'm now trying with "mobile data" switched off (and thus 100% on Wi-Fi). Maybe that's a reason... (but why then...; never had issues with previous smartphones).
Too bad, because otherwise this is a very nice device in terms of form factor and performance. Only ... with such a "battery drain" it will be a return to Apple.
Either way the OS hasn't settled still, or you have a hardware defect.
I leave my data, wifi and Bluetooth on, and overnight get no more than 2-3% drain.
If the new SE manages 5 hours screen on time with standby from 6 am to 10 pm, then it's pretty good.
I leave my data, wifi and Bluetooth on, and overnight get no more than 2-3% drain.
If the new SE manages 5 hours screen on time with standby from 6 am to 10 pm, then it's pretty good.
For me, the godsend when it comes to "battery life" with moving up to the new SE is the wireless charging.
My old SE had pretty rubbish battery life such that I was always carrying around a power bank if I went out for more than an hour, and I’d forever be checking the battery to see if I needed to plug it in. It proved inconvenient.
It doesn’t matter to me if the battery will last so many hours with the screen on, or if it’ll will still have 3% by bedtime. If the battery is on its last dregs at any point in the day, then it means I’m going to be compromised at some point. Either I’ll fear actually using it, in case the battery is dead when I need it. Or I’ll have to charge it at the most inopportune time.
The wireless charging of the new SE, though, is what makes the difference this time around.
I’ve bought two wireless charging stands. One for my bedside - so the SE can be charged by morning; and one for my desk - so that it can charge when it’s on its stand while I’m working. So it doesn’t really matter whether the battery would last 4 hours or 5 hours because it’ll always be charged when I pick it up. However many hours it has, is what it has whenever I pick it up.
That, for me, makes the real difference in usability because I won’t feel the need to compromise my use of the SE as much as I did before.
My old SE had pretty rubbish battery life such that I was always carrying around a power bank if I went out for more than an hour, and I’d forever be checking the battery to see if I needed to plug it in. It proved inconvenient.
It doesn’t matter to me if the battery will last so many hours with the screen on, or if it’ll will still have 3% by bedtime. If the battery is on its last dregs at any point in the day, then it means I’m going to be compromised at some point. Either I’ll fear actually using it, in case the battery is dead when I need it. Or I’ll have to charge it at the most inopportune time.
The wireless charging of the new SE, though, is what makes the difference this time around.
I’ve bought two wireless charging stands. One for my bedside - so the SE can be charged by morning; and one for my desk - so that it can charge when it’s on its stand while I’m working. So it doesn’t really matter whether the battery would last 4 hours or 5 hours because it’ll always be charged when I pick it up. However many hours it has, is what it has whenever I pick it up.
That, for me, makes the real difference in usability because I won’t feel the need to compromise my use of the SE as much as I did before.
Not that I know of. Never had issues with other smartphones before. Any tips on this? I don't feel like turning mobile data off and reactivating it whenever I need to.
The difference is huge: no battery drain with mobile data off; when I tick mobile data back on, it starts again.
Definitely abnormal. Shouldn't be happening.
Even with your mobile data on, it shouldn't be draining that much without doing anything.
Must be something in the background that is not reflected in Battery Stats. I suggest giving it a few more days before bringing it to an Apple Store to diagnose.
Signal strength ("calling" *3001#12345#* > LTE > Serving Cell Meas. (rsrp0)) is around -90 / -100 dBm. That's not too bad, is it? I'll give it a couple more days, but if this problem persists, it will be returned. Too bad :/.
Anyone with a 11 here that can compare and say if this is the case? I really wanted the SE, but now I'm wondering..
Most people say the battery life is close to the 8, which was extremely mediocre. The battery is 1800mah, so it’s down to science. A car could get amazing gas mileage, but if you give it a 7 gallon tank you won’t make it that far. Same thing applies to the SE. Every phone on that list is over 3000mah. Bigger screens for sure, but if you need battery and want an SE, you need a battery case.Anyone with a 11 here that can compare and say if this is the case? I really wanted the SE, but now I'm wondering..
What's the context here? Obviously, significantly bigger battery means longer battery life and yes, the iPhone SE will run out of juice quicker.Anyone with a 11 here that can compare and say if this is the case? I really wanted the SE, but now I'm wondering..
I'm a light phone user and back when it was new, full charge on the iPhone 7 lasted me 1.5-2 days so I expect I'll be just fine with the SE (2020). Size, weight and price is more important to me.
The context is the fact Apple advertises “all day battery life”, which is not true for the majority of users. Anyone who can go 2 days on a charge with this phone isn’t the normal user. If you use LTE, location and take a bunch of pics, you most likely will need to charge in the evening before going out for the night. Not a deal breaker by any means, but people need to just realize that 1800mah is one of the smallest batteries available on ANY new phone in 2020. Everyone loves how light and thin the phone is, but the trade off is the fact there isn’t room for a big battery. When the iPhone 6/7/8 came out, this wasn’t as big of a deal because there weren’t any iPhones that got outstanding battery life. The 6+/7+ got pretty solid for the time, but it wasn’t like the xr or 11 series where someone legitimately could make it all day on a charge unless they really used it like mad. The SE requires a battery case, portable battery charger or a nightly charge before you go out for a good amount of people. Not sure why anyone assumed 1800mah could legitimately have long battery life in heavy use, even with the very solid a13. It’s simple physics.
My light use included Tile tracker in a location with no wifi and 1-2 bars AT&T signal (so bluetooth + GPS + LTE) so despite little oncscreen time, it's not exactly super low power.
I remember getting pretty good battery life on the 6+ (8am to 12 midnight at Disneyland, lots of pics and videos, 20+% remaining). I expect the 7+ with big.LITTLE-like setup of 2 high power and 2 low power cores probably would have done better.
I don't recall seeing "all day battery life" mentioned in Apple's iPhone SE (2020) press release. That said, while the SE is certainly not gonna last all day for heavy users, I think "all day battery life" is doable for moderate users.
So close. The iPhone 8 battery in the video has 13 cycles but it's 18 months old. I wish there was a truly fair comparison between SE2 and 8 so we can eliminate age and cycle as confounding variables. Maybe I'm asking for too much.
