Other (Newer) iPhones and standby time: is there a repetition of the iPad’s current (and abhorrent) standard?

[FeliApple]

The iPad’s standby time has been abhorrent since iPadOS 13. This is irrespective of whether the device is running on its original iOS version or not. The latest iPads on their original iOS versions are very poor, too. Updated iPads on iOS 12 and earlier are fine, regardless of battery health, which would indicate that the issue’s core is solely iPadOS 13 onwards, solely software.
(For a discussion of this on the iPad side, see: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/what-happened-to-the-legendary-standby-time-of-ipad.2376100/)

I’ve been using iPhones for some years now, but I have never used any iPhone on iOS 13 onwards (my iPhone is an iPhone Xʀ running iOS 12). I wanted to ask those of you who are running and who have been running newer versions of iOS since they debuted, is standby now significantly worse than it used to be before that version? Did it get significantly worse before that, perhaps on iOS 13, 14, or 15?

I have an iPhone 6s running iOS 10, and it is significantly better than my Xʀ, even though it is 7 years old with its original battery. My question, however, is whether it is even worse than iOS 12. iOS (or iPadOS) 13 has been the cutoff for a massive, free-fall decline of standby battery life on iPads. Has it been for iPhones, too?

 

[sparksd]

I haven't thought so - 14 Pro Max, cellular Mini 6, M1 12.9 - all on 16.4.1(a).

 

[russell_314]

I've had zero problems with battery life with two exceptions. The first one is I always see a battery life hit right after installing an update. I feel like for about a week my battery doesn't last as long. The second exception was a while back Facebook was draining my battery. There was a period where I had to uninstall the Facebook app and check it on the web because of this. It turns out that was Facebook doing a test on their users to see how they would react to this 🤦‍♂️

I always install point updates immediately and I wait for the .1 version of major updates before installing them. I figure by then some of the bugs have been worked out so it's more usable. If I'm buying a new iPhone, then I don't have that choice. I never hold off on security updates on any OS because I feel that would be asking for pain. My 14 PM and iPad Air 4 are on the latest 16.4.1(a).

 

[I7guy]

I would characterize my ipads standby as good (syn: ok, excellent, no problems with it, etc). I use my iphone fairly heavily so standby time is not a metric I track.

 

[FeliApple]

I use my iphone fairly heavily so standby time is not a metric I track.

I anticipated that as a possibility: people tend to use their iPhones more throughout the day, so if they use it fairly frequently, standby time is impossible to measure.

It was worth a shot as a question anyway, but yeah, for many people it’s a difficult (almost read: impossible) question to answer.

I’d try to measure it myself, but I can’t.

 

[I7guy]

I anticipated that as a possibility: people tend to use their iPhones more throughout the day, so if they use it fairly frequently, standby time is impossible to measure.

It was worth a shot as a question anyway, but yeah, for many people it’s a difficult (almost read: impossible) question to answer.

I’d try to measure it myself, but I can’t.

Not to mention charging schedule can be erratic. Sometimes I charge in the office, sometimes I charge in the car. Other times I charge when I get home or use the 5v charger when I go to sleep. It depends. So as you said it's difficult or impossible to trace.

 

[sparksd]

I anticipated that as a possibility: people tend to use their iPhones more throughout the day, so if they use it fairly frequently, standby time is impossible to measure.

It was worth a shot as a question anyway, but yeah, for many people it’s a difficult (almost read: impossible) question to answer.

I’d try to measure it myself, but I can’t.

What about overnight, when not in use?

 

[FeliApple]

What about overnight, when not in use?

Many people charge overnight. Yeah, those who don’t can probably contribute.

 

[VineRider]

I have a work iPad mini 6 that has not been fully charged in over 10 days. It's just been sitting there on standby and still has 28% battery left. Its running iOS 16.4.1(a) and is always kept up to date when software updates arrive.

I also have personal iOS devices (iPhone and iPad) and standby time is not an issue on any of these devices. I find standby time to be very good on my iPhone 14 Pro. It's a moderate use device usually at the end of the day i have at around 50% battery left at the end of the day. I just charge it every night with a 5w charger.

 

[FeliApple]

I have a work iPad mini 6 that has not been fully charged in over 10 days. It's just been sitting there on standby and still has 28% battery left. Its running iOS 16.4.1(a) and is always kept up to date when software updates arrive.

I also have personal iOS devices (iPhone and iPad) and standby time is not an issue on any of these devices. I find standby time to be very good on my iPhone 14 Pro. It's a moderate use device usually at the end of the day i have at around 50% battery left at the end of the day. I just charge it every night with a 5w charger.

A 72% standby drain in 10 days isn’t good, earlier iPads used to be far better.

Yeah, like I said on my previous comment, the iPhone is more likely to be charged overnight and used frequently. It’s difficult to gauge standby time like that.

 

[VineRider]

A 72% standby drain in 10 days isn’t good, earlier iPads used to be far better.

Yeah, like I said on my previous comment, the iPhone is more likely to be charged overnight and used frequently. It’s difficult to gauge standby time like that.

My history with iDevices doesn't go back that far (2016), so I don't have experience with the much older devices and operating systems. So, from my perspective it seems pretty good coming from Windows Phone (if you remember those).

 

[FeliApple]

My history with iDevices doesn't go back that far (2016), so I don't have experience with the much older devices and operating systems. So, from my perspective it seems pretty good coming from Windows Phone (if you remember those).

In 2016 iPads were far better! The latest iOS version was iOS 9. Until iOS 12 (included), iPads were great.

iOS 12, like I said, is worse than iOS 10, but iOS 9 was amazing on iPhones, too. Everything started to crumble in 2019 as far as standby goes, at least on iPads. On iPhones, iOS 12 isn’t amazing, but I’m unsure as to whether subsequent versions were even worse.