Apple claims the iPhone XR provides up to 25 hours of talk time but in tests by UK consumer advocacy group ‘Which?’, it lasted only 16 hours 32 minutes.
Do iPhone batteries really last that long as claimed by Apple? No, says a UK-based consumer advocacy group. The group, that goes by the name ‘Which?’ has Published the results of the tests it conducted on 50 different models of mobile phones of different companies, like Samsung, Nokia, HTC and Sony besides Apple. The report published by ‘Which?’ and shared with Apple says while most other brands fared well in their tests, except, HTC, the talk-time results for iPhones were much below those claimed by Apple. HTC’s figures were down by around 5% while the other brands phones exceeded the official claims by up to 21% even.
The nine iPhone models that were testes by ‘Which?’ the talk-time were less by 18% to 51%. If you take the example of iPhone XR, Apple says its battery lasts up to 25 hours when fully charged. The tests conducted by the UK agency showed it lasted only 16 hours+.
Apple, on its part, has questioned the method used by the agency to test the talk-time. The company says it shares its testing process in public. Interestingly, ‘Which?’ too has shared its process details. But the jury is still out on this one. There has to be a uniform testing environment close to the real one in the hands of the users of the phones.
The concept of talk-time for using the phone for just voice calls is one thing; but the phones could be put to different uses like messaging or watching videos or playing games that have high level of graphics. Apple may have to still take a serious note of this report and work on the battery life on its phones.
Source; thenewsminutes.com
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