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iPhone 6S battery excessively draining

Hello,

My iPhone 6S battery drains really quickly and I constantly need to put it in a charger just for it to work. I have an iPhone 11 Pro Max and a Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G, and since these batteries are over 4000 mAh, I am able to use it for a full day and those batteries are still at at least 20-30 percent. However, for the iPhone 6S on iOS 13.5.1, after even a full charge, when I start playing a random game like Homescapes, Gardenscapes, or even Wordscapes for a period of time (30 minutes), it drains rapidly from 100 to 10 percent. My battery health is at 82 percent, while my iPhone 11 Pro Max is at 98 percent as of 24 June 2020. Even though one of my iPhone 4's batteries doesn't drain that fast (it only drains from 80 to 75 in 10 minutes), my iPhone 6S drains really quickly, even though iOS 13 is meant for battery optimisation. Sometimes in the restroom during a shower when I leave the phone on the photos app looking at a picture of a sky (doesn't consume much battery since it does not consume much power) at full brightness, it sometimes drains from 50 to 10 percent after only 10-15 minutes, which is totally shocking. I have scheduled an appointment, and also, sometimes, when I try to type something, sometimes the right side of the touchscreen doesn't work so it takes a long time to type some basic text out, and plus, the touchscreen sometimes glitches, even though the phone is not cracked (it was 3 years ago, when my Chinese girlfriend dropped the phone by accident after I decided to give the phone to her).

iPhone 6s, iOS 13

Posted on Jun 24, 2020 3:26 PM

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Posted on Jun 27, 2020 7:05 PM

You can go for the iPhone Battery Replacement as mentioned, though I’d not likely be inclined to spend any money on an iPhone 6s that’s been dropped and is glitching. A battery replacement that involves latent damage or a failing touchscreen is likely to be more expensive than an isolated battery swap. For a 6s.

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Jun 27, 2020 7:05 PM in response to iHelpFixUriDevice

You can go for the iPhone Battery Replacement as mentioned, though I’d not likely be inclined to spend any money on an iPhone 6s that’s been dropped and is glitching. A battery replacement that involves latent damage or a failing touchscreen is likely to be more expensive than an isolated battery swap. For a 6s.

Jun 28, 2020 6:20 AM in response to MrHoffman

If I buy the iPhone SE 2, even though it comes with a bit larger battery at 1821 mAh and it comes with 100% battery capacity out of the box, I will not buy it, even though I do own one, but instead, recommend purchasing the Galaxy A51 even though it does not shoot 4k at 60 and has a much slower processor because the battery at 4000 mAh can make up for it. The Galaxy A51 is pretty much on par with the iPhone 11 Pro Max, and possibly the future iPhone 12 Pro Max in terms of battery, and not the iPhone SE 2, even though pricewise, the A51 is similar to the iPhone SE (2020).

Jun 28, 2020 6:22 AM in response to iHelpFixUriDevice

I meant the iPhone SE 2020 would only last as long as the iPhone 6S, or probably even shorter, because performance has an inverse relationship with battery, because with a more demanding processor, it requires a bigger battery, and with 1821 mAh (similar to the iPhone 6 and 6S at 1715), it will definitely drain much quicker.

Jun 28, 2020 8:15 AM in response to iHelpFixUriDevice

Buy whatever best meets your preferences and requirements.


Battery capacity is certainly one factor in a system design, so too is power efficiency.


Power efficiency considerations are not limited to the processor, but also involve the communications radios, the display screen and its backlighting, and other power-consuming components. Battery weight and power density are also design factors, among many other details.


Better efficiency can means smaller batteries and lower capacity, with a single charge still being sufficient for typical daily usage.

iPhone 6S battery excessively draining

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