iPhone obsolecence.

[So]

I bought my first iPhone exactly two years ago - 6S. Of late it has been chewing through battery life alarmingly. I had the battery changed yesterday and it is still draining quickly.

The repair chap said the problem isn't the phone but the operating system. The iOS are far more demanding on the battery and the phone just cannot cope.

Is this something I am going to experience every 2 years if I remain with iPhone?

[GT03ROB]

Yes. I used to reckon 2 years & the battery life had eroded to the point it was noticeably poor.

Having said that my 6 is 4 years old & is ok, & 7 is also fine at 2 years

[SD_1]

Yes I think you are on the right track. A mate of mine bought an SE about 3 years ago and has not installed any of the software updates since he got the phone. It still works perfectly and the battery life is still good. He is planning to hold onto it for as long as he can as he doesnt want an enormous phone.

[JulianHJ]

My 6s is going strong after three and a half years thanks to the cheap battery replacement Apple offered last year. I took it up in December so hopefully the phone should be good for another couple of years.

Nothing about any of its successors has tempted me to change, particularly given the massive cost increases.

[thebraketester]

I had an iPhone 6s from release in 2015 up until November last year when I upgraded. If I get 3/4 years out of my Xs I will be happy.

[tog]

So said:

I bought my first iPhone exactly two years ago - 6S. Of late it has been chewing through battery life alarmingly. I had the battery changed yesterday and it is still draining quickly.

The repair chap said the problem isn't the phone but the operating system. The iOS are far more demanding on the battery and the phone just cannot cope.

Is this something I am going to experience every 2 years if I remain with iPhone?

Repair chap seems to be talking rot in my experience. My 3 year old 6S went back to behaving like a new phone when I got a new battery put in by Apple last autumn. I thought the latest OS was supposed to have better battery management than the older ones.

[Sheepshanks]

Have you Googled for suggestions on how to optimise the phone settings?

Also IIRC they say to give the new battery a couple of days use before it ‘settles’. Maybe the phone has to learn about the new battery coupled with the battery charge cycle building up?

[ging84]

If you read the release note for basically any phone os upgrade there will almost always be claims of improved efficiency. It is pretty rare for a new feature that consumes power to not be optional or even on by default, so if anything I'd say the exact opposite is likely to be true.

[otolith]

I wonder if there’s a reset procedure to remove throttling for degraded batteries that Apple do and the repair chap doesn’t know about.

[LordHaveMurci]

SD_1 said:

Yes I think you are on the right track. A mate of mine bought an SE about 3 years ago and has not installed any of the software updates since he got the phone. It still works perfectly and the battery life is still good. He is planning to hold onto it for as long as he can as he doesnt want an enormous phone.

Same here.

[The Mad Monk]

So said:

I bought my first iPhone exactly two years ago - 6S. Of late it has been chewing through battery life alarmingly. I had the battery changed yesterday and it is still draining quickly.

The repair chap said the problem isn't the phone but the operating system. The iOS are far more demanding on the battery and the phone just cannot cope.

Is this something I am going to experience every 2 years if I remain with iPhone?

I bought my iPhone 6S - the same model as yours - immediately the iPhone 7 came out. What is that, 3 years ago?

The battery lasts about 3 days. It never gets run completely down, as it goes on charge every night. Have you done a reset? Hold the home button and the button on the right hand side simultaneously until the screen goes blank and the apple icon appears.

Or go to settings - general - scroll to the bottom - reset - and choose your appropriate reset.

Or let Google be your friend. It's amazing what you can find out on Google.

[Heres Johnny]

It can be stely written apps in the background too (not saying Apple aren't also being naughty)

Double click the home button and close the thousand open ones you used once and maybe even delete or stop some of the apps from starting in the settings.

[TameRacingDriver]

Check the power settings I'm sure it shows you what is using the battery in there (I dont have an iphone so I can't remember exactly where it is).

[soad]

Here’s what mine says:

[DoubleSix]

LordHaveMurci said:

SD_1 said:

Yes I think you are on the right track. A mate of mine bought an SE about 3 years ago and has not installed any of the software updates since he got the phone. It still works perfectly and the battery life is still good. He is planning to hold onto it for as long as he can as he doesnt want an enormous phone.

Same here.

Yup. Apple won’t see any more ££ from me until they release another small form handset...

[So]

Okay so I have now deleted everything from the phone and reloaded it. Let's see if that helps.

[abzmike]

My 6Plus was made like new with a fresh battery. I now find battery life is almost entirety governed by screen brightness. Keep it low and I get over a day, full blast and just a few hours.

[So]

abzmike said:

My 6Plus was made like new with a fresh battery. I now find battery life is almost entirety governed by screen brightness. Keep it low and I get over a day, full blast and just a few hours.

I was running it at about 25% brightness and it was still not lasting a day. The battery was 95% healthy.

[The Mad Monk]

So said:

Okay so I have now deleted everything from the phone and reloaded it. Let's see if that helps.

Oh! Do you really think that was wise - Sir?

[So]

The Mad Monk said:

So said:

Okay so I have now deleted everything from the phone and reloaded it. Let's see if that helps.

Oh! Do you really think that was wise - Sir?

Why not?