More battery will not mean greater autonomy

After many rumors, we now officially know the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus accompanying the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. This year, like so many others, A battery increase was expected that actually seems to have arrived. To the four models, too. And as contradictory as it may be, we probably won’t notice anything.

Apple does not usually give exact data on its battery capacities, but it does provide an estimated autonomy. In fact, they do not skimp on giving importance to that information. However, we can see that the autonomy marked by the manufacturer is maintained Not only compared to what has already been seen in the iPhone 14, but it is also close to the iPhone 13 series.

More battery, but practically no changes since the iPhone 13

Not even in the specifications section of Apple’s website do we find data on the battery capacity (not even the RAM memory). Unofficially, it is assumed that the different operation of iOS compared to Android means that, theoretically, iPhones can compete in performance with less RAM and provide greater autonomy with less mAh.

However, the exact capabilities of the new iPhones were leaked, remaining like this compared to the two previous generations:

We exclude the iPhone 13 mini of the comparison as there was no replacement in subsequent generations, nor was there an iPhone 13 Plus

As we can see, these are more than notable advances in battery capacity, which is always an indication that autonomy will improve. Now, taking into account the autonomy data that Apple does providewe observe no changes compared to ’14’ and not very big changes compared to ’13’:

Yes, it is true that the situations raised by Apple are very specific. Nobody uses a mobile phone only for non-stop action. In any case, it serves as an indication and who better than Apple itself to boast of an increase in these situations. But is not the case.

It seems that Improvements in performance also imply greater consumptionso we do understand that the chip incorporated in the phones (A16 Bionic the ’15’ and ’15 Plus’ with A17 Pro the ’15 Pro’ and ’15 Pro Max’) are efficient for consumption, but just as to equal the autonomy of the previous ones.

No trace of the rumored fast charging, despite the “new” USB-C

Beyond the different USB-C standards of the new iPhone 15, based on USB 2.0 in the ’15’ and ’15 Plus’, and USB 3.0 in ’15 Pro’ and ’15 Pro Max’, the fact is that None of these terminals met what was expected in fast charging. An increase in charging power was leaked that would place them at 35 W (at least for the ‘Pro’).

The USB-C based on USB 3.0 of the iPhone 15 Pro will favor a higher transfer speed, but not charging speed

Not that it’s impressive fast charging. In fact, Apple is, along with Samsung and Google, one of the most concise companies in this regard and they make it clear that they are out of the fight for the highest fast charging that the Realme GT3 currently has with 240 W. Thus, are again limited to 25 and 27 W depending on whether they are the ‘normal’ or ‘Pro’ versions.

According to Apple data, this allows devices charge 50% in less than 35 minutes. A fact that makes it clear that a full charge takes more than an hour. And, of course, nothing changes in the policy of do not add charging adapter in the boxnot only of these capacities, but of no other.

In the absence of testing them, the iPhone 15 points to ways in other aspects, although If there was someone waiting for a battery change and fast charging to make the leap, they will have to wait. That or be satisfied with what there is, which is not little. Not in vain, we have been able to witness how the iPhone 14 Pro Max was already one of the high-end terminals with greater autonomy. The “problem”, if we can call it that, is that it offers practically the same thing as in the iPhone 13 Pro Max and the new iPhone 15 Pro Max points to the same thing.

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