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If you’re buddy told you that his/her iPhone’s battery life is pathetic and isn’t lasting them long enough, it’s probably because it’s not delivering the expected battery juice compared to what’s mentioned on the box.
A UK consumer consumer advocacy group Which? has been experimenting with the new iPhones and has discovered that Apple is overstating the battery life of its phones by a considerable margin.
Which? ran tests on nine iPhone models and found that all of them fell short of their actual battery time claim. There was a model which didn’t even deliver half of what was claimed by Apple according to the report.
The company also ran similar tests in 5 different smartphone brands only to find Apple and HTC overstating their estimates.
What’s even more shocking is that the biggest discrepancy was in the talk-time numbers. According to tests by Which? , the Apple iPhone’s battery lasted for 16 hours and 32 minutes, whereas Apple claimed that it would last 25 hours – 51 percent more.
Other smartphone makers like Samsung, Sony and Nokia underestimated their battery life claims. Sony in particular was the one with the highest margin where it was delivering 21 percent more battery life than claimed — 16 hours rather than 12.6 hours.
Apple has been quick to come up with its own response on this whole issue.
Which? was clear in stating that it does publish its methodology which does seem to be very basic.
In hindsight, Apple’s method of testing the battery life of the phone is a bit technical and as quoted by Forbes: ‘Vague”.
Though, you’d have to admit that talk-time isn’t really what consumers are looking for in today’s world where multiple messaging apps get the job done. However, that doesn’t mean that a company’s claimed battery life numbers should differ by such huge margins.
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