how long long will the battery last recording video with an iphone 6 plus?

how long long will the battery last recording video with an iphone 6 plus?

I’m thinking of using my old iPhone 6 Plus like a dash cam to watch traffic passing me while I’m riding my ebike.

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 12

Posted on Feb 29, 2020 4:51 PM

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Feb 29, 2020 11:47 PM in response to ronaldsauve

Battery consumption depends on many other factors too.


Some of these options which may affect battery drain are...

  1. Auto Lock On (Timing):- with low power mode it will be 30 Sec
  2. Push notifications for apps
  3. Brightness:- Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Auto-Brightness [Enable]
  4. Location services Status
  5. Frequency Settings on your iPhone to fetch email and calendar data from internet
  6. Turning On/off Background App Refresh 
  7. Connection over Wifi where ever available in stead of Cellular
  8. Enable Airplane mode in areas with bad cellular and wifi coverage. Your phone keeps trying for reconnection with the missing / weak network. This uses lot of energy
  9. Switch off Wifi & Bluetooth while in Roaming or Not in Range
  10. "Wifi Assist" : Settings > Cellular or Settings > Mobile Data > Wi-Fi Assist [Enable / Disable]


Mar 1, 2020 6:11 AM in response to SravanKrA

Thank you for replying.

I know all these things you mentioned, but virtually none of them will apply for the application I’m looking at.

All I am looking at is using the phone like a dash cam, as a camera to live video traffic approaching from behind and passing me as I’m riding my bike.

As I mentioned, I’m thinking of using my old iPhone 6 Plus like a dash cam to watch traffic passing me while I’m riding my ebike.

That means that I won’t be using the phone as normal.

The battery is in excellent shape, with 100% capacity available.

I will be deleting virtually all of the apps on it. So there will be no push notifications, and in fact I have almost never enabled that for most apps anyway.

Location services will be a non entity, except for possibly the phone alone.

Mail will not be on the phone, nor will any of the normal services of a phone.

I have never enabled Background App Refresh.

Connection to WiFi is a non entity on the road, cellular and wifi coverage won’t even be considered.

In fact it won’t even have any options for any of the things a phone is used for. It will be closer to an iPod than a phone.

All it will be is a camera. Therefore, my question is simply:

How long can the battery be expected to last while I’m videoing traffic approaching me from behind, and passing by me while I’m riding my bike?

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