Why iPhone Batteries Are So Small

If you’re an Android user thinking about switching to iPhone, you may’ve been discouraged by their smaller batteries. Just consider the one-thousand dollar Galaxy S22 Plus. It has a 4,500 milliamp hour battery. While the eleven-hundred dollar iPhone 13 Pro Max has a 4,350 milliamp hour battery. That means you’d pay an extra one-hundred dollars for 4 percent less capacity. But it gets even worse with the iPhone 13 Pro, which is the same price as the Galaxy S22 Plus, but has a whopping 32% less battery capacity. So considering these numbers, many are wondering why Apple isn’t putting larger batteries in their phones. And the answer has to do with efficiency.

[TheBritishPatriot]

It all comes down to better optimisation, that’s why Apple is able to get away with smaller batteries and less RAM. The hardware and software is tuned almost perfectly so Apple devices are more efficient.

[Skelig]

Battery life on Android was one of the major deciding factors in me switching back to iOS (something I thought I'd never ever do back in the day). I don't know if it's gotten any better since then, but the battery life on my last couple of iPhones has been excellent, under very intense activity.

[justj.r.]

The iPhone’s battery life only got good when the 11 series came out. Apple decided to actually increase the battery size instead of constantly making it smaller along side the phone.

[zaherva]

Yeah, the amount of energy required to do particular task in iOS is less than that in Android. So, the iPhone just needs much less energy for similar operations. This is also true for idle/standby drain, which is very less on iOS devices.

[aranapauljohn]

When I was an android user, I was all about numbers. Battery capacity, storage, ram, etc… But when I switched to apple, I’m now more into how long my phone lasts per day. And I am impressed with apple.

[JohnMushitu]

1. "Takes longer to charge" I can guarantee you that even a $100 budget android device has at least 13w charging speed, which makes that point less valid.
2. You only cited one example why a larger battery is dangerous, and the example in question didn't happen cause of a larger battery size but a flaw in the engineering.

[NOTLeavingLV]

I find my techy android using friends seem to fail to be able to admit that battery size doesn’t matter so long as it lasts to the end of the day.

[KingDeadMan]

As an Android user, I can only say that we don't care about battery size. We just don't want to be part of an ecosystem with no customization, no freedom to choose, or an update from games a whole month or 2 later than Android.

It's alright for what it is, but I haven't touched a working Apple product in 8yrs, and that's mainly because they weren't even my devices.

[rorisxng]

When the phones are similar size/volume; I’d like to know what Apple prioritised in their phone over a larger battery. Like maybe the speakers or Taptic Engine is larger than speakers and haptics found in Samsungs or whatever… Is the motherboard smaller on Android devices?

[Magicmushroomboi]

Apple shows time and time again that designing the hardware and software to work together in a closed off ecosystem is dramatically more efficient than collaborating with different companies. Its no wonder they make the most powerful mobile chips on the market which are also the most battery efficient.

[TheGamingAudiophile]

Because of iOS optimization being more efficient.

[vysakhvalsaraj]

The type of batteries used makes a lot of difference. my phone has a capacity of 5000 mah but i was surprised by its weight. its below 180g....then i looked for the type of battery-its li-polymer, making the battery lighter. i have heard that phones generally used li-ion batteries, but now i think brands are switching to lipo as battery capacity and charging speeds are going up.

[NavidEsma-ne]

As a programmer and a lifetime Android user, the problem that is not mentioned in any video like this or any video that is related to iPhone vs Android, is that there are a couple of very important factors why iPhone battery consumption and performance is better than Android in every way:

1. Apple uses the latest gen silicon because it is TSMC's most important customer, so the chip that you have on iPhones are usually one or two years ahead of Android.

2. If you are familiar with mobile programming, you know that nowadays you write ios apps with swift, which is a compiled programming language, and Kotlin or Java for Android, which both are not completely compiled and have worse raw performance compared to ios apps. One of the reasons that iPhones want less ram is that and why, in the past, Android phones just couldn't keep up.

3. Don't forget the optimization on iphones. It is natural that if you put time in as few products, you can have a better output, compared to a company like Samsung that releases like 100 phones in a year when Apple releases just 4 phones in a year, that is why all iPhones receive the latest version of ios in the same day.

4. The amount of money that Apple puts into research and development is not like any other company. That allows them to think about every aspect of the phone very carefully.



And this is just me saying it. I choose Android because of the freedom that it gives me, because if an app is not available in my country through Playstore, I can just install the APK, I can just plug my phone into my PC and enjoy Android's file management capabilities, I prefer to spend 500 bucks on a midrange Android phone rather than spending a 1000 on a flagship phone, These are the things that may not be a priority for most users but they are for me, otherwise in my opinion iphones are just better in every other way.

[leDespicable]

While bloatware is annyoing and not a good thing, I think its portrayal was a bit exaggerated, at least when it comes to certain manufacturers. As someone who has owned Samsung and Honor devices in the past, the bloatware was nothing more than a few additional apps that sat on your homescreen upon first setting up your device. They did nothing except existing there, because in order for them to do anything like "spamming notifications or ads you'd first need to open them, which people don't do because they immediately uninstall them.

[dylanwhite]

You should also be aware that most galaxy batteries are being market at their “typical” capacity, not their lower rated capacity. It’s usually off by about 200-500mAh.

[photosbymiketm]

My new Android Rugged smartphone has a huge 8000mah battery and I only need to charge my device once a week.
Called the Oukitel wp5 pro which I imported from United States from Amazon U.S site into Canada.
I ended up getting 2 of these so I'll have 1 as a spare for only $554 for both. This phone never dies on me for several several days of use.

[theprodigy]

I’m actually used to having bad battery life on my phone, that’s why I don’t mind getting the iPhone 12 mini.

[girivarchadha]

As iPhone 12 user, I can say that optimisation can not always work, the battery output on my Device is actually poor. Also battery health has dropped to 85% in 11 months, which wouldn't have been a case, had it packed with a bigger battery.

[computernerdinside]

While the power efficiency of Android has gotten *considerably* better than it was 5 or more years ago, it's still difficult to get it as good as it can get without real specific optimization. Apple's custom hardware helps too, something that many Android OEMs have began to learn as well. Rather than just shove octa-core off-the-shelf ARM designs into phones, and compensate with fatter batteries, they're starting to go with slightly customized builds too, and I'd assume that could greatly help.

[Jayden-lrmm]

Upon watching this, I am using my Samsung S22 Ultra and could quite understand the aspects of it compared to the iPhones however it has never failed me and it is a reliable phone from a daily basis of playing games and watching videos on