Apple's new iPhone 12 Pro has a beautiful design with flat edges, thereby reminding us of the widely loved iPhone 5.
Battery: how long will it last?
Of course, everyone is concerned about the question of how muchiPhone 12 Pro runs out of battery. How long the phone will last on one charge. Foreign bloggers have already tested the new product and answered most of the exciting questions.
After the first reviews, it became clear thatiPhone 12 Pro won't last up to two days on a single charge. But, perhaps, it can serve moderate users for a day and a half without recharging. Anyway, let's see what the battery tests show. And how good the new iPhone 12 Pro is in terms of battery life compared to earlier iPhones and some Android competitors.
Please note that iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12have the same battery capacity — 2815 mAh, both phones are also powered by the same A14 Bionic chip, so their results will be about the same.
So, the first test — in viewing mode.The iPhone 12 Pro lasted much longer than last year's iPhone 11 Pro — almost four hours. The new iPhone 12 also beats last year's iPhone 11, lasting about an hour longer.
But compared to competitors, the new iPhones are notare too impressive and don't advance on battery life. If anything, it's impressive that they keep up with Android phones with much larger batteries.
Second battery test — in modeplay videos on YouTube. Here is the most interesting part. Samsung phones typically excel in battery life when streaming YouTube videos, and in this case they are significantly superior to the new iPhone 12 and 12 Pro. And while the iPhone 12 Pro is slightly ahead of last year's iPhone 11 Pro, the iPhone 12 is actually behind its predecessor.
However, about six and a half hours of continuous YouTube playback — that's not bad considering the battery capacity we're dealing with.
There is bad news too.Third test — in game mode. Perhaps the biggest surprise is how poorly the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 performed in the 3D gaming test. Both lasted just three hours, which is much less than the competition and even much less than last year's iPhones.
To test the shockingly bad results of thistest, bloggers double-checked playing various games such as Call of Duty Mobile and Minecraft, and in both cases the iPhone got pretty hot and the battery just started to drain incredibly quickly. The moment they stopped playing and returned to normal use, the phones returned to their normal operating temperature and the battery drain returned to normal. It is possible that something is seriously wrong with many popular 3D games and the Apple A14 Bionic chip used on the latest iPhones.
If you're an avid gamer, you probably won't want to buy the new iPhone 12 Pro until it is clearly not a good gaming phone in terms of battery life.
Conclusion
The sad reality is that thesephones aren't exactly the best in terms of battery life when it comes to media consumption, much less when it comes to gaming. But if you can handle these tasks easily and are mainly surfing and social media, then you are fine.