How to improve your iOS 9 devices battery life
Smartphones are increasingly powerful devices, which means increased demands on their batteries. At the same time, tech companies are releasing ever thinner, lighter and more sleekly designed devices, sacrificing functionality for design values. It is certainly possible to manufacture a smartphone which outperforms existing models for speed and battery life, but it would have to be considerable thicker than current market leaders such as the iPhone 6.
Apple is one of a number of companies that are guilty of placing greater importance on style than function. The new iPhone is expected to be released later this year, and it is hoped that significant improvements will be made to battery life.
New menu assists users in managing power consumption
During a benchmark test by MacRumors, device performance was lowered by approximately 40%, which means that an iPhone 6 becomes about as fast as an iPhone 5 or 5s.
Although the feature was introduced in the first iOS 9 beta, commentators claim that it has become far more effective in the second beta version, which was released to developers last week.
In the new power settings menu, users are also shown a list of which apps are using the most power, and can choose to close or remove power-hungry apps to improve battery life.
A public preview of iOS 9 will be released in July, and power consumption is one of a number of issues that Apple has addressed in its new operating system. Significant changes were announced in order to improve Siri, and Apple Maps, and a new News app will replace the old Newsstand.
Low power mode improves iOS 9 mobile device battery life
To enable the new mode, you will need to explore the settings in iOS 9. There you will find a new section devoted to power settings. “Low power mode” can be programmed to activate when the battery reaches 20%, or manually at any time.
Certain functions, such as push email fetching and automatic downloads, are disabled in order to make your Apple a1342 battery last longer. Performance will take a hit because of a reduction in the processor clock speed, but battery life will improve.
Low power mode will be music to the ears of many iPhone users who have been moaning about the poor Apple a1175 battery life of the device. Power saving functions are one of a number of features that Apple has borrowed from Google Inc’s Android software, which introduced a similar idea a few years ago.
Apple announced that the software update to iOS 9 should improve battery life by around an hour at its WWDC developer conference. According to independent reports, the low power mode adds up to three hours to the battery life.
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