> btw, apple doesn't have some magical solution to this scaling problem. their small phones have significantly worse battery life than their larger offerings. it's just that their overall efficiency advantage makes a small iphone more viable than a small android phone.
Agreed. Am currently in the SE 2020 and its battery life is terrible. Apple is expected to announce a SE 2022 and I'm curious how the battery life will be with it supporting 5G and a better SoC. If it's the same/worse, I'm going to upgrade to the 13 mini.
Not sure I can agree. I’m using an iPhone SE (2016), the original, and my battery life is still pretty darn good. Routinely outlasts my SO’s Pixel 4a, and her 3a before that. I have swapped out the battery twice since my original purchase, but I’d do that for any phone.
I briefly had a 6S, before I grew so sick of the size that I got my current SE. The SE’s battery is 90% the size of the 6S battery, and the 7/8/SE 2020 only increases the battery size incrementally past that point. The SE 2016 is about a mm thicker than those phones and that makes all the difference.
The Sony Xperia Compacts routinely had great battery life compared to the larger models, too — all for an extra mm or two of thickness that I, at least, cannot perceive. Phone manufacturers are just so hooked on making “7mm” phones with a 2mm camera bump they’ve forgotten that they could just omit the camera bump, curve the edges a bit if necessary, and dramatically improve battery life.
Agreed. Am currently in the SE 2020 and its battery life is terrible. Apple is expected to announce a SE 2022 and I'm curious how the battery life will be with it supporting 5G and a better SoC. If it's the same/worse, I'm going to upgrade to the 13 mini.