This is 2023. And the iPhone 15 battery is about 3300 vs the Google Pixel’s 4300. And it’s on Black Friday Sale for 347 dollars. Why in the world is there 1000 more mAh in a midrange phone than a flagship iPhone 15. Idc if they optimize software the battery life of iPhones compared to Android is crap. Why is apple doing this? 3300 mAh in a 800 dollar phone seems crazy to me. Also the Pixel 7a and iPhone 15 are the exact same size, 6.1 inch.
Well I get it, the battery life can feel frustrating. I sure hope it’s true, that Apple’s chips are so power-efficient, that the small battery size is justified. But this is usually something you’ll only come to notice when you use the phone for a long time.
Out of the box, almost every new phone can feel great when it comes to battery life, but what’s the situation after a year, or two years of use?
I get how you feel about Apple’s pricing, I feel the same. To me SE feels like a midrange, and the SE3 pricing (when it first came out) felt really close to the flagship pricing, at least where I live, compared to the pricing of SE2 when it came out. (TBH anything 600$+ feels like a flagship to me haha xD)
I never realized that the basic iPhones (like 15) were the “midrange” ones. They have a flagship price in my eyes.
About the battery thing. I solved this by getting a cheap or midrange Samsung phone with a 5000mh (or something) battery, and I use it as my second phone. The battery of my iPhone SE2 just wasn’t reliable enough, no matter the power-efficient Apple chip in it. So far the Samsung battery feels great after a half a year, but I’ll be curious to see how it fares after a year or two.