iOS 11 Is Causing Massive Battery Drain Problems (betanews.com)

Mark Wilson writes: A study conducted by security research firm Wandera shows that iOS 11 is causing iPhone and iPad batteries to drain faster than ever -- much faster. The difference between iOS 10 and iOS 11 is anything but minor; batteries can drain in half the amount of time following the upgrade. Wandera's report shows how, on average, an iPhone or iPad running iOS 10 takes 240 minutes of usage to drain the battery from 100 percent to zero. With iOS 11 installed, this number plummets to just 96 minutes -- over twice as fast. Users have also complained about the issue.

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article blames FaceID

[YesIAmAScript]

One problem, no one has an iPhone X yet.

It also says 'We suspect it is also a case of Apple fans wanting to test out all the shiny new features right off the bat.' and then the reporting on this reporting just ignores that and says the update is causing "massive battery drain problems".

I want to know where they got the data. Do they have a lot of data? A little? What app are they using to monitor users' battery usage? I presume they are using some app of their own as a form of spy?

Re:article blames FaceID

[Archimonde]

Same story every time that part is true. What is also true is that even after a few days the battery drain is still there. And people can't downgrade anymore after first two weeks (of a new SW version release) so they are screwed.

After that people complain and the usual response is "your battery was dead anyway" (which is false) and/or "buy a new phone, why are you so cheap".