ios 8.3 battery life

Pleas I just want someone who did upgrade the new ios 8.3 to tell me is it much better for battery or worse ? 😟 cause im afraid again to install it

iPhone 6, iOS 8.2, null

Posted on Apr 8, 2015 4:14 PM

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Apr 12, 2015 9:14 AM in response to brehob

I have the same issue as brehob... iPhone 6 Plus battery life was amazing w/ iOS 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2. As soon as I updated to 8.3, battery drain through the day is much quicker. My battery is now at ~20% with regular usage by the end of the day, whereas before it would be 50%+ remaining by the end of the day. And I didn't install any news apps since, so it can't be an app issue.


I'm going to go out on a limb here and say some of the connectivity stability fixes made in 8.3 are causing too much battery drain.

Apr 12, 2015 10:59 AM in response to ZknowlesCarter

With a 5C it definitely is worse. Not by a lot, but noticeable for sure. The one thing I notice is a definite drain even in standby for hours. I used to lose very little

in standby, now I seem to lose about 15% . I do not have a lot of apps updating either. Before the update I would maybe lose 5% battery. Last night went to bed it was at 90% by morning it was 60%? Maybe it has something to do with WiFi fix? I'm going to try and disable WiFi tonight to see if it helps. But I typically have Do Not disturb enabled at night which should have helped battery life?

Apr 13, 2015 2:38 AM in response to blancT

iPhone6 with the IOS 8.3 - initially it was great, and then updated my iPad Air. Went to bed, my phone was 98% and when I woke up, it showed a red battery icon and 27%. Normally the battery remains the same when I wake up, but apparently during the night my phone was doing some serious processing. Now I notice the batter last only a few hours, and the phone get really hot while using it for more than 30 minutes.


fast forward to Sunday 4/13 and a drive from LA to OC; phone was 54% when I departed and was plugged into car charger. Normally I play music and by the time I arrive in OC, the phone is 100%. Not tonight. the phone burned thru the charge it had plus what the car charger was putting out and before arriving in OC, the low battery warning box showed up.


I am guessing the power is being consumed with the new Photo's app.

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