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The 2nd gen SE is a nice phone, but battery life is terrible. Couldn't find any numbers, has this improved?

by MrBuddyCasino 5y ago

kemayo 5y ago
The announcement post does mention "better battery life" a bunch. No explicit numbers, though.
- npage97 5y ago
  From tech spec pages: iPhone SE (3rd gen) (https://www.apple.com/iphone-se/specs https://www.apple.com/iphone-se/specs) Video playback: Up to 15 hours Video playback (streamed): Up to 10 hours Audio playback: Up to 50 hours iPhone SE (2nd gen) (https://support.apple.com/kb/SP820?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/SP820?locale=en_US) Video playback: Up to 13 hours Video playback (streamed): Up to 8 hours Audio playback: Up to 40 hours So looking like a ~25% improvement. For some reason Apple likes to hide the mAh... so not sure how much is the chip vs possibly a bigger battery?
pattyj 5y ago
Video playback up from 13 hrs to 15 hrs Streamed video playback up from 8 hrs to 10 hrs Audio playback up from 40 hrs to 50 hrs According to https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/?modelList=iphoneSE2ndgen,iphoneSE3rdgen https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/?modelList=iphoneSE2ndg... It's the same thickness so who knows if the battery has more capacity. I would think it's more likely that going from A13 7nm to A15 5nm chip nets ~20% battery
- kube-system 5y ago
  I am guessing it has the same or very similar battery and that the battery life difference is primarily due to changes in the silicon.
- fomine3 5y ago
  5G could make battery life worse a bit, so disable it could improve more.
- pattyj 5y ago
  So it turns out "the phone has a physically larger battery — a fact about the new iPhone SE that the company confirmed on background in a group briefing with reporters." When teardowns are published we can see exact mAh. See https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/8/22967821/iphone-se-third-generation-larger-battery https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/8/22967821/iphone-se-third-g...

The 2nd gen SE is a nice phone, but battery life is terrible. Couldn't find any numbers, has this improved?

kemayo 5y ago

The announcement post does mention "better battery life" a bunch. No explicit numbers, though.

npage97 5y ago
From tech spec pages: iPhone SE (3rd gen) (https://www.apple.com/iphone-se/specs https://www.apple.com/iphone-se/specs) Video playback: Up to 15 hours Video playback (streamed): Up to 10 hours Audio playback: Up to 50 hours iPhone SE (2nd gen) (https://support.apple.com/kb/SP820?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/SP820?locale=en_US) Video playback: Up to 13 hours Video playback (streamed): Up to 8 hours Audio playback: Up to 40 hours So looking like a ~25% improvement. For some reason Apple likes to hide the mAh... so not sure how much is the chip vs possibly a bigger battery?

pattyj 5y ago

Video playback up from 13 hrs to 15 hrs Streamed video playback up from 8 hrs to 10 hrs Audio playback up from 40 hrs to 50 hrs According to https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/?modelList=iphoneSE2ndgen,iphoneSE3rdgen https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/?modelList=iphoneSE2ndg... It's the same thickness so who knows if the battery has more capacity. I would think it's more likely that going from A13 7nm to A15 5nm chip nets ~20% battery

kube-system 5y ago
I am guessing it has the same or very similar battery and that the battery life difference is primarily due to changes in the silicon.
fomine3 5y ago
5G could make battery life worse a bit, so disable it could improve more.
pattyj 5y ago
So it turns out "the phone has a physically larger battery — a fact about the new iPhone SE that the company confirmed on background in a group briefing with reporters." When teardowns are published we can see exact mAh. See https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/8/22967821/iphone-se-third-generation-larger-battery https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/8/22967821/iphone-se-third-g...