How Much Extra Battery Power Will You Get in IOS 9 Low Power Mode
iOS 9 contains many great features, and one of the most useful is the new Low Power Mode, which triggers when the battery reaches 20%. Wired has verified how much extra time you can spend away from your phone with this mode turned on.
When your phone drops to 20% and 10%, you will receive a notification asking if you want to enable low power mode (you can also enable it manually whenever you want in Settings> Battery). This mode slows down the processor and disables nonessential features like background app refresh, Bluetooth, motion effects, and more. Everyone uses their phone in different ways, and because of this difficult to determine exactly how much battery life you can save, if it is included, because of all its use is very different. That said, Wired has got at least a general idea of what most of us can expect:
This means that if the low power mode uses 70 percent of the power in standard mode, the battery should last 1.43 times longer. Battery life of 14 hours is 20 hours. It’s not that bad. I can live 20 hours of battery life. Of course, the iPhone only prompts you to turn on Low Power Mode when you hit 20 percent battery. In this case, the additional time is about an hour.
That’s roughly what Apple suggested, and it’s good news for anyone hoping to squeeze a little more power out of their phone before it dies. Visit Wired to learn about how they conducted the tests and what is behind it.