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iPhone 14 battery life test results are now available. The iPhone 14 Pro Max is the best, although it can't surpass its predecessor.
The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 also offer excellent battery life that should meet most people's needs. The iPhone 14 Plus hasn't been released yet, but it should also provide spectacular battery life.
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That said, there are many things you can do to ensure the best possible battery performance from your iPhone 14 Pro. The following tips apply to all iPhone 14 models, although some tricks are only available on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max .
Turn off always-on display on iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max
We'll start with a feature exclusive to the iPhone 14 Pros. The devices support always-on display functionality, which means the screen stays on almost all the time.
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iOS 16 can lower brightness and refresh rate drops to 1Hz. But the always-on display still uses power. In other words, it affects battery life.
Drive to Definitions, Screen and brightnessand disable the Ever feature to disable it.
There's another unexpected downside to having an always-on display. Several reviewers complained about the user experience. The dimmed screen is too bright.
Years of iPhone use have taught us that the iPhone screen only lights up when you receive a notification. So you're more likely to pick up the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max when you see the screen is on.
It's a reflex that leads to unlocking the screen to check notifications only to discover that you don't have any. And, you guessed it, you're killing your battery life in the process.
If you must use the always-on display, make sure you are aware of any situations where the screen turns off completely so you can make the most of them to conserve battery life.
Disable keyboard haptics in iOS 16
iOS 16 introduces a cool little trick that many people love: support for haptic feedback on your iPhone's keyboard. In addition to making sounds, the keyboard now vibrates to indicate that you have pressed a key.
But this combo will consume energy. The iPhone has to reproduce sounds and generate vibrations. And Apple has a support document that explicitly warns users that “turning on keyboard haptics may affect your iPhone’s battery life.”
To improve battery life on the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models, you must Sound It is Haptic off. Go to the same Definitions application, go to Sounds and haptics, It is Keyboard Reviews. That's where you'll find toggles for both settings. Make sure you turn them both off.
Turn on iPhone's auto-brightness feature
The OLED screen on your iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro uses more power. Because it is OLED technology, it uses energy to display colors other than black. The brighter it is, the more power your battery will provide for the experience.
To optimize battery life, ensure that Automatic brightness it's on. You will find the configuration in Definitions, Accessibility, It is Display and text size. Once you turn it on, your iPhone's ambient light sensors will automatically reduce the screen's brightness. This is not only great for your eyes, but it also saves battery life.
Using Dark Mode permanently can also help you squeeze additional minutes from your battery. Black colors do not consume power with an OLED screen.
While in Accessibility menu, you might be tempted to also manage the Movement Definitions. Whatever you do there, you can also enable the Limit frame rate option. This is another battery life-saving trick that only applies to the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max.
The feature will set the maximum refresh rate to 60Hz on Pros, which will hurt the ProMotion feature. Keep in mind that the screen refresh rate will still fluctuate between 1Hz and 60Hz when the setting is enabled. You can test this by having Ever activated. This feature doesn't work unless the screen can go down to a 1Hz refresh rate.
You will conserve battery life by preventing the screen from going up to 120Hz. ProMotion is a great feature to have on the iPhone, but it's not as revolutionary as 120Hz on Android. Some people may not even see the differences between 60Hz and 120Hz on iPhones or care about them. These people can enable the Limit frame rate feature.
Keep Battery Health in Mind
The above hidden tricks will not work wonders. Battery life will likely improve by several minutes, but not several hours. Still, any improvement will be good news for people who experience battery life anxiety.
These iPhone users must remember to also take care of their iPhone battery health. This means having Optimized battery charging enabled in Battery Health settings under the Battery menu.
The feature combats battery aging by learning from your daily schedule. The iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro will finish charging beyond 80% only when you need it. For example, the phone will finish charging before the alarm is set to go off in the morning.
You don't just want great battery life from your iPhone. You want years of great battery life, and this little setup will help you get there.
As for battery life, you can always enable Low Power Mode to save energy in emergencies.
iOS 16 will stop charging when iPhone is hot
Another battery safety feature that will improve battery health and extend battery life is a new built-in iOS 16 feature available on all iPhone models.
If you see the following warning on your iPhone 14 model, it means the device is too hot to charge:
Charging on hold. Charging will resume when your iPhone returns to normal temperature.
You don't need to enable anything in Definitions app for the feature to work. But you may want to take action, such as removing your iPhone from direct sunlight. Or stop using power-hungry apps while your phone is charging.
Get the right battery charger for iPhone 14
One of the iPhone 14 Pro rumors that didn't pan out concerns the battery charging speed. The iPhone 14 models still have an advertised maximum charging rate of 20W, instead of 30W. That's enough to get a 50% charge in 35 minutes on any iPhone since the iPhone 8/X.
Some Android phones support charging speeds that reach or exceed 100W. However, these speeds can harm battery health. In turn, they will reduce battery life faster than slower charging phones.
But the iPhone 14 Pro supports slightly faster charging speeds that Apple doesn't advertise. We've seen this happen in the past with previous iPhones, and Apple is quietly doing it again.
The iPhone 14 and 14 Pro may not reach 30W, but some models may come close. User testing has shown that the iPhone 14 Pro Max reaches 29W with larger USB-C loads.
The averages appear to be around 25W for the iPhone 14 and 27W for the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Instead of getting a 20W charger, you might want to use a larger model to speed up charging a bit. You can use any common USB-C charger to recharge your iPhone, including your MacBook's power supply.
You won't get 25W-27W continuous charging speed, but the larger charger can reduce charging time in emergencies and “kill” battery anxiety. All without significantly degrading battery health.