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Hows the battery life?

by givemeethekeys 5y ago

onemoresoop 5y ago
I've replaced the original but it's still not really great. I do need to recharge my phone at my office...
meerita 5y ago
I am an iPhone 13 Mini user and the battery sucks. I am waiting to see the next gen and i will go for a larger iphone.
- gnicholas 5y ago
  How do you use it? I've not had any issues with mine, but I've not been using it super heavily due to COVID/WFH. I don't think it'll be an issue for my normal post-COVID behavior, but I can see it being a stretch when I'm off at a conference, using it a lot, and without easy access to charging. I also expect that 2 years from now it'll probably be borderline for perhaps 20% of my days. I'd be curious to know what your situation/usage is that it's been unsatisfactory.
  - meerita 5y ago
    My daily usage is mostly whatsapp, twitter, reddit. I don't do heavy apps like TikTok, Instagram or Facebook. Figure that out how much battery but a friend of mine depletes the battery twice as fast as me during a day. The mini and SE would be good for some casual usecases, but for example, when i go offroad and use apps that uses the gps, the battery dies pretty quick. I will not go for the max models, but the middle size models are much battery performant than mine.
- ako 5y ago
  I guess I use it differently, but i have absolutely no problems with the battery.
girvo 5y ago
Depends what you use it for (with my 12 Mini). If you use your phone for lots of media consumption, like most do, you'll find it lacking I think. As for me, its a communications device, and handles an hour or so of YouTube in the morning, then gets through my workday and onto my charger in the evening with no issues.
- anta40 5y ago
  Even if we use iPhone mostly for Whatsapp/email, for us with bigger fingers, typing on smaller screen is more typo-prone. Annoying. iPhone 12 Mini is still acceptable. iPhone SE? Nahh... pass.
edwinyzh 5y ago
Here in China you can replace a new battery for about 16USD. I've done that 3 times, each of which lasts about 1 year.
- kube-system 5y ago
  1 year? Can you pay more than 16USD to get an OEM quality battery?
  - thesmok 5y ago
    I'm replacing my own and my close circle old iPhone's batteries with Nohon brand batteries from China. They work as well and as long as new original ones. Advertised capacity is even higher than original, but I haven't measured it to confirm.
dopidopHN 5y ago
I’ve changed it twice. Long overdue for a third time. It’s still completely manageable.

Hows the battery life?

onemoresoop 5y ago

I've replaced the original but it's still not really great. I do need to recharge my phone at my office...

meerita 5y ago

I am an iPhone 13 Mini user and the battery sucks. I am waiting to see the next gen and i will go for a larger iphone.

gnicholas 5y ago
How do you use it? I've not had any issues with mine, but I've not been using it super heavily due to COVID/WFH. I don't think it'll be an issue for my normal post-COVID behavior, but I can see it being a stretch when I'm off at a conference, using it a lot, and without easy access to charging. I also expect that 2 years from now it'll probably be borderline for perhaps 20% of my days. I'd be curious to know what your situation/usage is that it's been unsatisfactory.
- meerita 5y ago
  My daily usage is mostly whatsapp, twitter, reddit. I don't do heavy apps like TikTok, Instagram or Facebook. Figure that out how much battery but a friend of mine depletes the battery twice as fast as me during a day. The mini and SE would be good for some casual usecases, but for example, when i go offroad and use apps that uses the gps, the battery dies pretty quick. I will not go for the max models, but the middle size models are much battery performant than mine.
ako 5y ago
I guess I use it differently, but i have absolutely no problems with the battery.

girvo 5y ago

Depends what you use it for (with my 12 Mini). If you use your phone for lots of media consumption, like most do, you'll find it lacking I think. As for me, its a communications device, and handles an hour or so of YouTube in the morning, then gets through my workday and onto my charger in the evening with no issues.

anta40 5y ago
Even if we use iPhone mostly for Whatsapp/email, for us with bigger fingers, typing on smaller screen is more typo-prone. Annoying. iPhone 12 Mini is still acceptable. iPhone SE? Nahh... pass.

edwinyzh 5y ago

Here in China you can replace a new battery for about 16USD. I've done that 3 times, each of which lasts about 1 year.

kube-system 5y ago
1 year? Can you pay more than 16USD to get an OEM quality battery?
- thesmok 5y ago
  I'm replacing my own and my close circle old iPhone's batteries with Nohon brand batteries from China. They work as well and as long as new original ones. Advertised capacity is even higher than original, but I haven't measured it to confirm.

dopidopHN 5y ago

I’ve changed it twice. Long overdue for a third time. It’s still completely manageable.