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The one, and only benchmark, I care about is battery longevity. Not how long battery lasts before needing charge, but how many years it lasts before dropping t
by yumraj 4y ago
The one, and only benchmark, I care about is battery longevity.
Not how long battery lasts before needing charge, but how many years it lasts before dropping to say 80% of original capacity that it needs to be replaced or the phone needs to be updated.
Most, if not all, modern phones are performant enough that I won’t need to update for a long time, if not for the battery issues. At least for my use case.
- thewataccount 4y agoFWIW my iPhone 7+ went 5 years and holds a charge for ~12 hours. It was just at 78% when I replaced it a few weeks ago but TBH that number is very... random (I used to do phone repair). If you have a charger at your desk/car then honestly you could likely go even longer. I've seen people struggling after 2 years though so it's rather random. Just a random N=1 sample for you
- wetpaws 4y ago12 hours is laughably small running time
- thewataccount 4y agoAbsolutely 12 hours is not enough for a lot of people That was with a few hours of screen time - I found that it didn't matter to me because I'd just plug it in at home/work. I'd call it "servicable" but certainly not great - but for 5 years I was personally surprised.
- ericpauley 4y agoAll phone battery longevities are probably within a factor of 2x (for reputable brands). An iPhone official battery replacement is $100 installed. Is longevity really that material for a component that is 1/8 the price of the phone?
- cm2187 4y agoApple wouldn't replace my ipad battery and is bullshitting me saying it is at 100% health. The device is 4 years old and I can tell it's only lasting half to 2/3 of the original battery life (even with only safari open). I'd be happy to pay $100.
- dangwhy 4y agowhat does the battery health on the settings app say?
- cm2187 4y agoI don't think I have a battery health in settings. The apple store guy ran some sort of remote diagnostic (and there is no way it is at 100% after 4 years of daily usage). My point being that you can't really change those batteries on demand.
- alvarezbjm-hn 4y agoTry another store. The guy might be trying to sell you a new device.
- KennyBlanken 4y agoIf your iPad is still covered under some sort of warranty it's absolutely new enough that it has a battery health section in the settings. Something tells me you're not really being honest with us, for the sake of a "apple suxx" story.
- cm2187 4y agoIt's an ipad pro 11 first generation. As I said, 4y old. But if you think I am dishonest be my guest.
- roneythomas6 4y agoiPadOS doesn't show battery health. It's always been like this. If you can show me where you are seeing battery health on a iPad then let me know.
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- hahamaster 4y agoYou take your phone to a shop and come back an hour later and boom you have a new battery. I once had a microphone fail on my phone and it was exact same scenario. It's really not a big deal.
- koolba 4y agoIf you’re going to do this for an iPhone then best to hurry up. They’re raising the prices at the end of the month. I think from $49 to $89.
- scarface74 4y agoThe average selling price of an iPhone is over $1000. How many iPhone buyers are that price sensitive to a $40 difference in price for a battery that they might replace over four years.
- koolba 4y agoThe iPhones getting their battery replaced are older iPhones owned by people who do not want to spend $1000 on a new phone. It’s people breathing new life into an iPhone 8, not someone debating dropping. $1300 on the latest release.
- scarface74 4y agoAnd those people also at one point spend $800 at least on a phone. Is $40 really a deal breaker?
- yumraj 4y agoI have an iPhone SE2, with 86% battery health, over 86GB of storage left and performance and size that is just perfect for me. Why will I replace my phone if it's in just fine working condition and is sufficient for my needs, that too in just 4 years? Battery replacement will work well for me once it's below 80%.
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- tootie 4y agoMoto G Power has a 3-day battery and costs $130 new and unlocked. I didn't even bother looking at the rest of the specs. It's works exactly fine.
- wetpaws 4y agoI wish I could have galaxy note stylo with Moto g battery and not the miniscule one that Samsung uses everywhere.
- abc_lisper 4y agoBut, the battery chemistry is almost the same across the phones. There is no magic sauce for one phone company. However, bigger batteries generally last longer, because they go through less full cycle refreshes. Getting better battery chemistry is the same order of difficulty as curing a particular cancer! May be you care about cheaper battery swaps, and that is something we all can get behind.
- jjcm 4y agoAnd as an addendum to this, faster/more efficient processors mean the phone takes less time before it goes back into a low powered mode. There's a strong correlation here.
- causi 4y agoBattery longevity is much less a concern for me these days with fast charging. My phone dropping from being 70% when I plug it in to 30% would only increase my time on the charger by a few minutes since it charges so much faster at low percentages.
- hiisukun 4y agoThis is one of the main reasons I use two particular things on Android: 1) Firefox on mobile, with addons. Battery consumption is reduced a lot with less javascript, less ads downloaded, less domains contacted etc. From my quick tests, Firefox was perhaps efficient as a default installation compared to Chrome, or on a wifi with a pihole/nextdns type setup. But out and about in the world 2) Downloaded videos, podcasts, music or books. If I store my stuff on the device by downloading at home on wifi, it uses way less power than streaming over mobile data. My battery lasts for really long time playing videos from storage compared to for example Youtube. I often wonder how much the battery life of a phone is a function of battery size and phone cpu & screen technology, vs web technologies and website design/performance. I can sort-of control for the latter.
- SparkyMcUnicorn 4y agoNextDNS is the best option for ads and junk, because it's applies to all apps and works from anywhere. I also find Brave a lot simpler than Firefox + installing add-ons, and it uses uBO lists by default which is mostly what I care about.