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iOS 17.0.3 will increase the battery lifetime of almost all older iPhones. Nevertheless, assessments finished on quite a lot of fashions discovered that the patch launched this week usually doesn’t make dramatic enhancements.
That stated, there’s superb information for anybody nonetheless utilizing an iPhone XR.
iOS 17 battery life improves a bit
Testing reveals that the primary model of iOS 17 lowered the battery life of an array of older fashions. And the primary two rounds of “bug repair” patches didn’t make constant enhancements — iPhone 13 did higher however iPhone 12 did worse, for instance.
iOS 17.0.3 launched October 4 to repair a bug that induced the iPhone 15 collection to run sizzling. However this identical bug may also have been decreasing the battery lives of earlier fashions.
Assessments finished by iAppleBytes on a variety of older iPhone fashions discovered that nearly all of them last more on a single cost working iOS 17.0.3 than they did when working iOS 17.
Chart: iAppleBytes
For essentially the most half, the modifications aren’t big, although. iPhone 13 elevated 4%, for instance. The iPhone XR is the standout, with a 30% enchancment. Then again, iPhone 12 went down barely.
And there’s room for enchancment. Even with 17.0.3, the iPhone 13 and iPhone 12 battery lives are shorter than when working iOS 16.6.1, which an incredible many iPhone customers are nonetheless on.