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YaBoiD

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At first, I also thought the battery life is awesome, my 13 Pro can easily last 2 or even 3 days on one charge.
However, then I went to a vacation, was taking a lot of photos, and in this situation it's not so good anymore. It's ridiculous how fast the Camera and Photos drain the battery. It could drop from 100% to 10% in just a couple of hours, I had to constantly keep my phone charging from a battery pack.
Now back from vacation and it's back to 2-3 days of use on one charge, but now I don't have a lot of confidence in it anymore.
This is my concern. Thinking of switch back from Max to Pro but haven't really used the Pro away from Wifi for extended periods.
 

snyp1193

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Nov 2, 2019
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At first, I also thought the battery life is awesome, my 13 Pro can easily last 2 or even 3 days on one charge.
However, then I went to a vacation, was taking a lot of photos, and in this situation it's not so good anymore. It's ridiculous how fast the Camera and Photos drain the battery. It could drop from 100% to 10% in just a couple of hours, I had to constantly keep my phone charging from a battery pack.
Now back from vacation and it's back to 2-3 days of use on one charge, but now I don't have a lot of confidence in it anymore.

It totally depends on how you use it. One day I only got 6hrs of usage before 20% but yesterday after 7 hours of usage with watching video I’m at 60%…This phone varies wildly based on how the display is saving power, for example 24hz watching video vs 120hz in scrolling Safari and social media. Camera and video also takes a lot of power too. I really don’t like the inconsistency in battery life.
 
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Traverse

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For my usage, it’s noticeably better than the iPhone 12 Pro and even edges out the iPhone 11 Pro. I can go two days on my average WFH usage.
 
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