Recent iOS updates have a nasty side effect

Remember when Samsung poked fun at limited battery life on Apple’s iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c? An ad produced by Samsung showed large numbers of iPhone users at an airport struggling to find a way out and gave them the term “Wallhuggers”. In those days, both the iPhone 5s and The iPhone 5c carried batteries with capacities slightly higher than 1500 mAh. But all that changed last year when Apple made improving battery life a primary focus of 2019 models. IPhone 11, Apple says, offers up to an hour longer battery life than iPhone XR model that it replaced. the iPhone 11 Pro and The iPhone 11 Pro Max provides up to four and five hours of additional battery life, respectively, compared to the models they replaced.

This new awareness of battery life by Apple is expected to continue this year, as a rumor says that the iPhone 12 Pro Max will come equipped with a 4400 mAh battery, a 10.9% increase from the 3969 mAh battery that powers the iPhone 11 Pro Max. But part of that extra battery life will be used to help the phone connect to 5G networks and possibly a 120Hz refresh rate for displays on “Pro” models. There is still a chance that iPhone 12 Pro 2020 models will ship with a refresh rate of 90Hz or the traditional 60Hz frequency.

What brings out all this talk about the battery is a bug that has caused the iPhone’s batteries to drain faster. According to various iPhone users writing on Apple’s “Talk” website (via ZDNet), faster battery drain has been an issue since the iOS 13.5 update. But the latest iOS 13.5.1 update has also sparked yet another wave of iPhone users complaining about their phone’s shorter battery life.

One user wrote “Since I updated to 13.5, I have seen considerable battery discharge. I have a iPhone XS Max. Has anyone else seen the difference? “Another claims that” after the update to iOS 13.5, Siri uses the battery in the background and after keeping the phone in the charger overnight, the battery starts the day at just 20%. However, another iPhone user notes: “I have seen significant battery drain since iOS 13.5 was updated. There are numerous posts in other threads. I have an XS. I think it could be that Bluetooth is looking for a tracking app. Contacts that doesn’t exist yet or that Apple is doing something new to track down iPhones that drain the battery. ” And what can be worse than a married couple experiencing a battery discharge together? “My spouse and I are experiencing faster battery drain since the update to iOS 13.5. Any solution available,” writes a couple.

The complaints continued after the iOS 13.5.1 update that was released on June 1. One theory is that the problem is occurring thanks to applications running in the background. Take a look at the photo we have included with this article. Watch how The Weather Channel ran on screen for one minute and in the background for 3 hours and 49 minutes. the New York Post The app was also on the screen for eight minutes, but it stayed in the background for 2 hours and 40 minutes. the Huffington Post the app was a great battery killer; the 6 minutes of screen time he had were flooded by the background usage of 19 hours and 52 minutes. Not all the background activity is bad, but when you see large amounts like the ones we mentioned, or a screen off time that is over an hour (the iPhone 11 Pro Max we are discussing had a screen off time of 12 hours and 11 minutes plus a 24 hour period) something might not be kosher.