iFixit: iPhone 5 Teardown

[YosemiteSam]

Figured some of you guys would be interested in this. I just came across it and haven't checked it out yet.

iPhone 5 Teardown

 

[SaltwaterServr]

I'll admit I'm not 100% on if this comparison is apt, but it looks like the i5's battery is underpowered if it switches to 4G LTE.

The Galaxy Nexus is 1750 mAh and I burn through it pretty damn quick.

Now the i5 is at 1440 mAh???? That's approximately 30% less than the Galaxy SIII.

My Nexus sometimes irks me that it eats the battery like it does when I'm really working multiple apps and surfing. I can't imagine shaving off almost 1/5th the power that the i5 is getting and trying to use it to its full potential.

Apple might have some power consumption trick up its sleeve though. Who knows. I already use a task killer and battery saver to stretch my Nexus out.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I thought I heard someone say the iPhone 5's battery life has increased even with LTE enabled. Obviously, someone will test that theory out. Though it doesn't sound right considering the iPhone 5 is smaller and lighter than iPhone 4S that didn't have LTE.

If you have LTE, you know that chews up a hell of a lot more battery than 3G does.

 

[TheCount]

I thought I heard someone say the iPhone 5's battery life has increased even with LTE enabled. Obviously, someone will test that theory out. Though it doesn't sound right considering the iPhone 5 is smaller and lighter than iPhone 4S that didn't have LTE.

If you have LTE, you know that chews up a hell of a lot more battery than 3G does.

During the apple event they said the battery life was similar but not better than the 4S.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

I thought I heard someone say the iPhone 5's battery life has increased even with LTE enabled. Obviously, someone will test that theory out. Though it doesn't sound right considering the iPhone 5 is smaller and lighter than iPhone 4S that didn't have LTE.

If you have LTE, you know that chews up a hell of a lot more battery than 3G does.

Page 2 of the tear down shows the comparison of the 4S and the 5. They're showing same talk time, but a maximum increase of 25 hours on standby time on the 5.

Like I said, I couldn't see trading in almost 1/5th of the battery power of my Nexus for a 5.

And I doubt that a 5 owner will get 225 hours of standby time. They'll be too busy showing it off to everyone they can.

 

[masomenos]

During the apple event they said the battery life was similar but not better than the 4S.

Apple's website claims better battery life:

Even better battery life.

Not only is the A6 chip custom designed to be fast, it’s custom designed to work with iOS 6 to be extremely power efficient. So even at its accelerated speed, iPhone 5 has more than enough battery power to last throughout the day — up to 8 hours of browsing on a cellular connection, up to 8 hours of talk time, and up to 10 hours of video playback time.4

Based on the reviews I've read, that claim seems to be holding up.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Apple's website claims better battery life:



Based on the reviews I've read, that claim seems to be holding up.

10 hours of video playback time would be incredible.