I wonder if battery age skews this test towards the new phones.
I reckon Arun once mentioned that all of the phones he uses for the battery testing are new phones.
I’m pretty sure he uses all new phones.
Are all the iPhones at 100% battery health though?
My only explanation is that the ProMotion, hence the GPU, decided to consume more. It’s evident on how YouTube and the games depleted 30% of the battery while the iPhone 15 Plus was just chill.
And that seems like a problem on both Pro Max. Videos and Games on 120Hz means low battery life. I wonder how it would have lasted ProMotion was disabled and keep the brightened at the same nits.
I wonder how it would have lasted.
I wish there was an option to limit it to 60 Hz. You’d still have the benefits of variable refresh rates, but with lower battery consumption.
Settings > accessibility > motion > limit frame rate
sigh This option shouldn’t be hidden in accessibility.
Does it reduce the frame rate to 60 HZ?
it caps it to 60hz but isn’t fixed, retaining promotion/VRR. I think the “normie” way to do it is low power mode
I have the normal iPhone 15 so can’t test it, but according to people, low normal mode introduces a lot of lag.
It just feels weird that regular iPhones are the one to recommend right now.
I don’t have any lag people are talking about in low power mode ¯_(ツ)_/¯ I use it all the time cause I have really long work shifts and I can type and take pictures and videos etc perfectly fine, on my old 13 pro and this 15 pro max
I guess one could switch on low power mode to limit it to 60 Hz. Not very hopeful though because I’ve read of 13/14 Pro users getting crazy lag when on low power.
14 Pro User here.
Yes. It’s crazy. Typing in any app makes it lag, no matter if iMessage, Mail, WhatsApp, internet, in here, Notes…
The rest is lag-less. So as long as you don’t type you’re good using power saving mode.
Oh that detail helps. My partner complained that her 14 Pro was not right: slow while typing in iMessage and FB Messenger. When I tried her phone later I had no issues. I’m going to have to check her Focus and Shortcuts for low power mode.
I’m glad I got the basic iPhone 15 to replace my old iPhone 8 Plus. I don’t need all the bells and whistles of the pro line.
Apple definitely should have added a bigger battery to the Pro lineup.
They’re not exactly going to make it worse are they? This just makes sense
There have been a couple generations that had worse battery life than the one before. It wouldn’t be unheard of.
I still refuse to watch someone who can’t spell their own name correctly
