Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

MikeS.7456

macrumors member
Original poster
Jan 26, 2017
34
3
Use my phone for calls and average talk time for me is around 1 hour and 40 min.
Will I be able to get through a whole day of use with the iPhone 7 (Verizon) or iPhone 7 + (Verizon).

If I get a iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case will it increase the SAR.

Thank you for your time and have a great day.
 

Macman45

macrumors G5
Jul 29, 2011
13,197
135
Somewhere Back In The Long Ago
Use my phone for calls and average talk time for me is around 1 hour and 40 min.
Will I be able to get through a whole day of use with the iPhone 7 (Verizon) or iPhone 7 + (Verizon).

If I get a iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case will it increase the SAR.

Thank you for your time and have a great day.

Battery life on the 7plus is outstanding. I've had it ta month and a day and a half is the norm. I opted for the jet black 128GB which I won't fill, but is very fast and a significant update.. \love mine.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sunny1990

Sunny1990

Suspended
Feb 13, 2015
1,660
5,196
The battery life on my iPhone 6S Plus is phenomenal.I can go through a whole day with heavy usage without any worry
 

44267547

Cancelled
Jul 12, 2016
37,642
42,494
Use my phone for calls and average talk time for me is around 1 hour and 40 min.
Will I be able to get through a whole day of use with the iPhone 7 (Verizon) or iPhone 7 + (Verizon).

If I get a iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case will it increase the SAR.

Thank you for your time and have a great day.

If you purchase an Apple iPhone battery extender, it will certainly increase the capacity. I do not own one by comparison, but they do work.
 

C DM

macrumors Sandy Bridge
Oct 17, 2011
51,392
19,461
Use my phone for calls and average talk time for me is around 1 hour and 40 min.
Will I be able to get through a whole day of use with the iPhone 7 (Verizon) or iPhone 7 + (Verizon).

If I get a iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case will it increase the SAR.

Thank you for your time and have a great day.
Sounds like you should be fine, but it depends a lot on your usage (not just calls, unless that is all you do), your cellular signal, etc.
 

MikeS.7456

macrumors member
Original poster
Jan 26, 2017
34
3
Thank you, Just one last question - how is the call quality on the phone [both handheld (earpiece) and speaker (speakerphone)]. Thank you for your time.

Battery life on the 7plus is outstanding. I've had it ta month and a day and a half is the norm. I opted for the jet black 128GB which I won't fill, but is very fast and a significant update.. \love mine.
 
Last edited:

8692574

Suspended
Mar 18, 2006
1,244
1,926
Use my phone for calls and average talk time for me is around 1 hour and 40 min.
Will I be able to get through a whole day of use with the iPhone 7 (Verizon) or iPhone 7 + (Verizon).

If I get a iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case will it increase the SAR.

Thank you for your time and have a great day.
If you are worried about SAR ....you should probably stay away from the iPhone as it is one (competing with Huawei and ASUS) of the worse!!

iPhone 7 (A1660, A1780 / A1779 / A1778)
SAR (Over 1gr) – Body: 1.19 / 1.20 / 1.19 | Head: 1.20 / 1.19 / 1.19 – Limit: 1.6 W/kg
SAR (Over 10gr) – Body : 1.39 / 1.38 / 1.34 | Head: 1.37 / 1.32 / 1.38 – Limit: 2.0 W/kg

iPhone 7 Plus (A1661, A1786 / A1785 / A1784)
SAR (Over 1gr) – Body: 1.19 / 1.20 / 1.19 | Head: 1.20 / 1.19 / 1.19 – Limit: 1.6 W/kg
SAR (Over 10gr) – Body : 1.39 / 1.38 / 1.34 | Head: 1.37 / 1.32 / 1.38 – Limit: 2.0 W/kg
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: timeconsumer

dangeng

macrumors member
Nov 25, 2015
82
52
Yesterday I was on a 5 hour flight and for about 4 hours I was deleting and editing photos on my 7plus,
hence the display was kinda constantly on (ca. 40% display brightness though).
While editing photos the phone got really hot, so I had to turn it off a view times for a minute or
so to cool it down a little. Most of the time I also listened to music with the airpods...
When I got of the plane I still had 54% battery left on my phone and about 30% with the airpods.

Really, really enjoying the 7plus and the airpods!!
 

Benz63amg

macrumors 601
Oct 17, 2010
4,370
911
Battery life on the 7plus is outstanding. I've had it ta month and a day and a half is the norm. I opted for the jet black 128GB which I won't fill, but is very fast and a significant update.. \love mine.

Outstanding? you must not be using your phone too much. The battery life on my iPhone 7 Plus isn't that great, do you mind sharing some of your settings? do you have spotlight search on for all your apps? do you have location services enabled?
 

Macman45

macrumors G5
Jul 29, 2011
13,197
135
Somewhere Back In The Long Ago
Outstanding? you must not be using your phone too much. The battery life on my iPhone 7 Plus isn't that great, do you mind sharing some of your settings? do you have spotlight search on for all your apps? do you have location services enabled?

Location on, spotlight off...That's about it really...find a good day and a half...A lot of messaging but maybe only 10 calls a day. That might be the key.
 

Benz63amg

macrumors 601
Oct 17, 2010
4,370
911
Location on, spotlight off...That's about it really...find a good day and a half...A lot of messaging but maybe only 10 calls a day. That might be the key.

well if you only text and make calls of course the battery will last a day but if you run apps or play a game or 2 like CSR RACING the battery doesn't last 5 hours
 

dmillar74

macrumors regular
Apr 22, 2011
220
126
Livonia, Michigan
944646ff31c2bfdcf01e44a20922e7fd.jpg

iPhone 7 Plus
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.