Phones. A new study published today shows us what are the main reasons why the battery life is decreasing every time a new phone model is launched on the market. The study considered phones such as iPhone XR, iPhone XS, Samsung GALAXY Note 9, iPhone 8 series, iPhone X, Google Pixel 2 XL, or even Google Pixel 3, and unfortunately two common denominators were discovered for the problems that users have them.
Telephones. Unfortunately, the battery life tests of new and old phone models revealed that the old phones offer better battery life than the newest models. The differences are also quite large, of several hours, including in the case of iPhone phones, and the reasons discovered for this problem are based on the implementation of OLED screens in phones, but also the ever-increasing consumption generated by using the mobile Internet or making calls.
Phones: what REDUCES Battery Life on iOS and Android
Telephones. Battery performance for battery life increases at a rate of approximately 5% annually, while in the case of energy consumption, the growth rate is much higher than the improvement made for batteries. Apart from the OLED screens and the high consumption generated by the GSM functions, the phones also have an increasingly reduced autonomy due to the new technologies that are integrated annually, and which can no longer be supported by the batteries.
"Apple's iPhone XR, the new phone I recommend to most people, has a different approach. It scales back on the screen tech — lower resolution, less bright and lower-quality color — in ways that benefit battery life tremendously: The XR lasted 3 hours longer than the top iPhone XS, even though its screen is actually a smidge larger. (Bonus: It also costs $250 less.).”
Telephones. LCD screens had the advantage of not consuming a lot of energy, but when the limits of this technology were reached, the transition to OLED was made, with a compromise for battery autonomy. Unfortunately, lithium-ion batteries have almost reached the maximum point of their usefulness, and a new technology is needed that allows storing a larger amount of energy, but until then we are left with phones that have less and less autonomy with each new model released.
