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iPhone 7 Finishes Last In New Test of Battery Life (betanews.com)
"Pitted against the Samsung Galaxy S7, HTC 10 and LG G5, Apple's latest handset came in last place... and by some distance," reports BetaNews. Here's the results of a new test from the U.K. consumer advocacy group, Which?:
We compared the iPhone 7's battery life, when making calls and browsing the web, to those of three top Android competitors: the Samsung Galaxy S7, HTC 10 and LG G5, and the results were staggering. While the iPhone 7's 712 minutes of call time (nearly 12 hours) may sound acceptable, the rival Samsung Galaxy S7 lasted twice as long -- and it doesn't even have the longest lasting battery. The HTC 10 lasted an incredible 1,859 minutes (that's almost 31 hours).
When it comes to internet browsing time, arguably the more important measurement, the results were a lot closer...but the iPhone 7 still came bottom. The 615 minutes of battery life offered by the iPhone 7 is 25 minutes less than its nearest rival, the LG G5, and 175 minutes less than the top performing HTC 10.
The researchers point out that the iPhone 7 has a smaller battery -- but that's leaving critics unimpressed. The Guardian newspaper is asking, "How good can a phone be if the battery doesn't last even a day?"
When it comes to internet browsing time, arguably the more important measurement, the results were a lot closer...but the iPhone 7 still came bottom. The 615 minutes of battery life offered by the iPhone 7 is 25 minutes less than its nearest rival, the LG G5, and 175 minutes less than the top performing HTC 10.
The researchers point out that the iPhone 7 has a smaller battery -- but that's leaving critics unimpressed. The Guardian newspaper is asking, "How good can a phone be if the battery doesn't last even a day?"
It could've had 71.2 minutes call time, 61.5 minutes of browsing time, and cost twice as much, and people would still buy it because it's an iPhone.
Impossible, the test must be rigged. Because Apple says the battery is way better with the headphone jack gone.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
Why restrict the tests to 3G when this is a 4G world (at least in the US) now?
That "highly useful" barometric sensor they put in place of the headphone jack uses 1.21 Jiggawatts.
Since it has no headphone jack, I'll never have to make that evaluation; Apple trashed the design, so it's not even in the running here.
I guess that's what happens when your flagship computer... is a trashcan.
Well, you also need to consider pixels being pushed, too. The other phones have nearly 4 times the number of pixels as the iPhone 7. Meaning on those web tests, they're moving a ton more data, running the GPUs a lot harder. That right there shows they are more than equal in terms of efficiency... But I guess if you're happy with a 720p display (versus >full HD resolution), then that's not an issue!
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
Battery size is the old MHz (GHz) game that CPU manufacturers (mostly) used to play.
In the sense that it doesn't really matter how big the battery is. Either it lasts 1 day of normal usage, or 2 days... or half a day... depending on the hardware that's its plugged in to right? I agree with you completely.
However, it becomes relevant when apple brags they made the phone slimmer and lighter each generation. Slimmer and lighter is great if it already lasts 3-5 days on a charge.
But if it can barely make it through day... well the the iphone 3 was already slim enough, would the iphone 7 last a couple days if it was as thick and as heavy as an iphone 3? Then I want THAT phone a lot more than I want a lighter slimmer one that can't get me through an entire day.
the unit as an assembly is what really matters most.
Absolutely true. You can't really compare phone A to phone B based on battery size. The total package matters, but that doesn't detract from the point that if you added 50% more battery to a given phone it will straight up last 50% longer... and a LOT of consumers WANT it to last longer a lot more than they want it to be another few mm slimmer than it was 3 years ago.
You can pretend Apple is all about loyal Fanbois, but that's not true. Under Jobs it was about Unique Selling Points. Phone after phone came out with something new that only the iPhone had. Job would bounce on stage and beam about the new camera, or Siri or whatever. Their iPod touch was revolutionary, their iPad created the market.
Now Apple seems to be constantly playing catchup. Worse its full of hubris. Removing the floppy disk drive when it was no longer used was Jobs work. Removing the audio port for profit when its the most popular way of connecting speakers is Tim's work.
Apple's reflect this, e.g. Q2 2016 they sold 51.2 million iPhones, a 16 percent decline from the 61 million in the same quarter the year before.
Hubris