Whenever a new version of iOS is released, people who take old iPhones will definitely worry about whether it might consume more power when they are upgraded. iOS 14.4, which debuted a few days ago, is no exception. Many friends around me are asking this question. If you are also worried about this, the iOS 14.4 battery life measurement video shared by a foreign YouTube channel a few days ago should give you the answer, and it does not have much impact on the new machine, but some old models have a lot of battery life scores. The promotion.
iOS 14.4 battery life measured
The foreign iAppleByes channel will test the battery life and speed of many iPhones whenever a new version of iOS is released (regardless of the official or beta version), and this time on iOS 14.4, they also tested iPhone SE, iPhone 6S, iPhone 7, iPhone 8. , IPhone XR, iPhone 11 and iPhone SE2020.
Except for the battery health of 98% for iPhone SE, 99% for iPhone 8 and 96% for iPhone XR, the rest are 100%:
To ensure fairness, they adjusted the screen brightness of all iPhones to 25%, and the automatic brightness adjustment function was also turned off:
The battery capacity part is basically 100%, only the iPhone XR is slightly lower, but the 4% difference is strictly speaking not much. Their test method is through the battery mode of the Geekbench App:
It’s not surprising that it runs. The old iPhone SE and iPhone 6S are the first to run out of power and run out in about 3 hours, followed by iPhone SE2020 and iPhone 8, which can last for about 3 hours and 50 minutes:
The performance of the iPhone 7 is quite eye-catching this time, and I did not expect the battery life to be longer than that of the iPhone 8. Both iPhone XR and iPhone 11 can reach 5 hours and 30 minutes:
Battery life test scores:
If compared with the previous iOS version, iPhone SE can be said to be a significant improvement, which is about 100 points away from iOS 14.3. iPhone 6S has not changed:
The improvement of iPhone 7 is not small. Compared with iOS 14.3, it is 200 points worse. The iPhone 8 also has a gap of 153 points:
iPhone XR has not changed much, but iPhone 11 has a 200-point improvement:
As for the iPhone SE 2020, the score has also improved, but not much, and it is still lower than the previous iOS 13:
So overall, this time, iOS 14.4 can be upgraded with peace of mind for the old iPhone. The battery life will not be affected, and some will even improve.
Full movie:
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