Apple recently released the official version of iOS 17.4. In this revision, in addition to adding new emojis, Apple Podcast supports the handy verbatim function, music recognition is also more practical, and the battery life after this update is compared to the previous one. Progress or regression? Earlier, a foreign YouTube channel helped you conduct actual battery life tests on iOS 17.4 and compared the changes in battery life of various iPhones before and after the update.
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iOS 17.4 battery life test
In addition to new features and whether past errors have been corrected in every major iOS update, what more users are concerned about is whether iOS becomes more power-consuming after the update? Recently, after the official version of iOS 17.4 was released, the well-known foreign YouTube channel iAppleBytes helped everyone test the changes in battery life after updating to iOS 17.4. In addition to the five iPhones he used in the past, iPhone SE (2020), iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 and iPhone 13, the iPhone 15 is now also included in the test. The test also uses the battery test function of Geekbench.
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After the final update of these 6 iPhones to iOS 17.4, the actual battery life measured by Geekbench 4 is as follows:
- 3 hours and 19 minutes on iPhone SE (2020) (3 hours and 23 minutes on iOS 17.3)
- 4 hours and 44 minutes on iPhone XR (4 hours and 49 minutes on iOS 17.3)
- 5 hours and 26 minutes on iPhone 11 (5 hours and 22 minutes on iOS 17.3)
- 5 hours and 59 minutes on iPhone 12 (5 hours and 35 minutes on iOS 17.3)
- 6 hours and 48 minutes on iPhone 13 (6 hours and 51 minutes on iOS 17.3)
- iPhone 15 battery life 10 hours 47 minutes
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The scores of the Geekbench 4 battery test are as follows: iPhone SE (2020) is 1,982 points (iOS 17.3 is 2,020 points), iPhone XR is 2,822 points (iOS 17.3 is 2,873 points), iPhone 11 is 3,245 points (iOS 17.3 is 3,346 points), The iPhone 12 has a score of 3,579 (iOS 17.3 has a score of 3,208), the iPhone 13 has a score of 3,480 (iOS 17.3 has a score of 4,100), and the newly added iPhone 15 has a score of 6,470 (iOS 17.3 has a score of 6,610).
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From the long-term records, it can be observed that after the iOS 17.4 update, the performance of most iPhones has been flat or slightly improved, but only the performance of iPhone 13 has declined significantly.
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Complete test video:
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