Does iOS 17.1 consume more power? Here comes the battery life test!

This week, Apple pushed the official version update of iOS 17.1, which brought many new changes and fixed many known issues and security vulnerabilities, especially for the iPhone 15 series, fixing premature screen burn-in, keyboard freeze, etc.

Every time Apple pushes a new system, the battery life issue is of great concern to everyone. Now foreign blogger iAppleBytes uses 5 different models to upgrade the battery life score of the official version of iOS 17.1.

The testing method is the same as before. The blogger still found five iPhone models, namely iPhone SE 2020, iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12, and iPhone 13. Unfortunately, there is still no iPhone 14.

iAppleBytes used the battery test function provided by the GeekBench tool to compare the running scores and automatic shutdown time of five iPhones after upgrading to iOS 17.0.3.

Before the test, the screen brightness of each phone was adjusted to 25%, and the automatic brightness adjustment function was turned off (maintaining the same settings as when testing previous iOS versions). Each iPhone ran GeekBench from full power until it automatically shut down. Compared with the test results of iOS 17.0.3, the results under iOS 17.1 are as follows:

Judging from the score results, the running time of the three iPhones has been improved after upgrading to iOS 17.1, among which the iPhone 13 has seen the most obvious improvement; while the running time of the iPhone 11 has been significantly shortened.

However, it should be noted that the test results of GeekBench are different from actual daily use, so these data are for reference only. In fact, every time Apple updates a version, users will have different opinions on battery life. After all, everyone's usage is different.

For users who have already upgraded to the official version of iOS 17.1, are you satisfied with the battery life? You can share your experience in the comments section.