Not in my opinion; when the device is a phone, screen on time is a pretty good measure of use. Most use a different device for serious gaming, simulations, and video rendering.
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iPhone SE (2016) Battery life on iPhone SE 2020
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I disagree, reducing brightness from 100% to, let’s say, 30% can have a huge difference. It can even be twice the battery life. Don’t go to gaming, simply comparing Wi-Fi and indoor brightness to outdoor brightness (80-100%) and LTE (in which case signal strength can vary significantly) can yield a significant difference on total screen-on time.Not in my opinion; when the device is a phone, screen on time is a pretty good measure of use. Most use a different device for serious gaming, simulations, and video rendering.
I gave two examples of factors that may change daily and impact battery life significantly, there are many more. Screen-on time alone tells me nothing.
Then I guess the only way to tell you anything would be to tell you everything every day because yesterday, today, and tomorrow will all be different.
I just don't have the time or inclination to keep you posted "daily". It's a phone that's battery lasts longer than I need it to.
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No, not really. Simply saying: with high brightness and LTE, using some social media, web browsing and a few phone calls I got around 6 hours of SOT, whereas web browsing, some note-taking and a little social media with Wi-Fi and 30% brightness resulted in around 8 hours of SOT gives me a general idea which can be adapted to my usage.Then I guess the only way to tell you anything would be to tell you everything every day because yesterday, today, and tomorrow will all be different.
I just don't have the time or inclination to keep you posted "daily". It's a phone that's battery lasts longer than I need it to.
Is your usage heavier? Then you’re looking at 5 hours. Therefore, depending on usage, you can get 5-8 hours. That’s pretty accurate.
Do you play heavy games? Then throw everything away and try it, because I have no idea. Rough estimate? 3-5 hours.
That gives an estimate for nearly every use case.
On the notched devices (X and above), the dual-SIM symbol is in the signal reception indicator. I have not seen an SE photo that shows that. Is that indicator only for notched devices or does the SE also have that symbol?
Considering non-notch phones actually have the full width available for the status icons (even has space for battery percentage), I don't see why it wouldn't be there.
Haven't had the chance to test dual SIM yet. I was going to put my normal AT&T line on eSIM and use the physical Nano SIM slot for local SIM during travel.
Thank you @limhenry for that screenshot. I am on an 8, and considering the SE for its dual-SIM capabilities and justifiable price point. Tough competition between this device and iPhone XR in terms of price and a few features now, such as Face ID and better battery life. Downside is size on the XR, obviously.
My SE2 is sufficient for the day except when that day involves using Apple Maps guidance while driving & streaming Spotify in high quality. 1.5 hour drive and the phone went from full to 55%. Still not a problem because I keep a charging cable in each car, this was just a test to see how quickly GPS would drain the battery.
It’s sufficient because it’s still on 100% battery health. Wait until it drops to 85% next year.
Im barely making it through an 8 hour shift right now. Off charger at 22:30 till 7 am with very little usage( hospital worker) since I use my MB Air. By 7 I’m down to ~30%
I would always factor in a few wireless chargers if buying a SE 2020. One on the office desk, one were ever you lounge at home. That way the battery is always topped up without much thought. Easy to say during the covid crisis I guess as we're not out and about as much.
My main concern would be living in a poor cellular area - constantly looking for signal hits the battery hard for my households phones.
My main concern would be living in a poor cellular area - constantly looking for signal hits the battery hard for my households phones.
For the last two years I've had Apple replace the battery in my 7 Plus to keep it at peak performance. This is always an option and for a device I use everyday, all day, the £50 charge is worth it.
A few threads here might help:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...t-for-a-full-day-of-normal-light-use.2237256/
Maybe better to keep the conversation going here (6 page thread already):
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/battery-life-on-iphone-se-2020.2232660/page-2
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...t-for-a-full-day-of-normal-light-use.2237256/
Maybe better to keep the conversation going here (6 page thread already):
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/battery-life-on-iphone-se-2020.2232660/page-2
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I took mine off charge just before 6am this morning, listened to music for at least two hours via Bluetooth headphones (and via 4g), watched perhaps 30 minutes of YouTube, 3 1/2 hours screen on time and I have 35% left. 6.15pm now. Barring the two hours when I used 4g while running I’ve used WiFi.
Comfortably gets me through the day.
Comfortably gets me through the day.
