This was something that many of us already anticipated and that surely Apple itself too, since the tests carried out by Tom's Guide with an iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro over the 5G network show that their battery drains much faster than using 4G.
So far everything normal within what we expect is a higher battery consumption due to 5G connectivity, but looking at the tests in more detail, they warn us that the battery of the new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro runs out more or less 20 percent faster than when using the 4G network for browsing. Let's look at the tests.
What we users of these new iPhones expected so much can become a headache if we focus on autonomy (not to mention the data consumption that will be much greater) and part of the blame we imagine may be due to the fact that this network does not is fully implemented so more resources are needed to connect and this causes the iPhone to eat the battery.
The tests performed by Tom's Guide are clear. They were performed equally on both models, with maximum brightness and accessing a website every 30 seconds until the battery runs out:
- In 5G, the iPhone 12 lasted only 8 hours and 25 minutes, while the iPhone 12 Pro lasted 9 hours and 6 minutes
- With 4G, the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro work for 10 hours and 23 minutes and 11 hours and 24 minutes, respectively
This means that the duration of The battery of the iPhone 12 and the iPhone 12 Pro drains about 20% faster when using the 5G connection. This same test was carried out in the previous models, an iPhone 11 and 11 Pro. The result was an autonomy of 11 hours and 16 minutes for the 11, while the iPhone 11 Pro achieved 10 hours and 24 minutes all this obviously under 4G connection.
Don't worry, you can deactivate 5G
And it is that nothing happens if we are connected to 4G until the connection to 5G is really enough and really interesting for everyone. Right now the connection to this type of 5G networks at least in our country it's pure marketing so you should not rule out the purchase of these iPhone for it.
The 5G is something that will improve in every way during these years, I knowI heard a defender that Apple had to have included this chip with 5G connection much earlier in their iPhones, but it really does not have to be decisive for your purchase just as it is not decisive to have a higher consumption with this type of network in any current smartphone, including, of course, the new iPhone 12.
