What If You Used iOS 9's Low Power Mode All the Time?

The Android dig at the end is wrong. I don't know what he means by "basically turn everything off and turn your $600+ phone into a dumb phone" but an Android phone is still very usable in low battery mode. Basically it dims the screen, slows the CPU and limits background data syncing. Probably the same thing the iphone does.

I don&#x27;t at all mean to sound condescending, but I&#x27;m genuinely curious how much of an issue battery life is for people nowadays?<p>Using a 6S, I&#x27;ll comfortably get through a long long day without the need to plug it in.<p>But that&#x27;s not my point. The point is I&#x27;m constantly around an opportunity to charge my phone. Everywhere. The only times I can see this being a real issue anymore is when you&#x27;re travelling long distances without lounge access.. maybe? But even then, a battery pack solves all those woes.<p>I just personally feel like we&#x27;re at a point now where batteries are a non-issue. Does anyone else have major issues with newer smartphone batteries? I just don&#x27;t feel like it&#x27;s a thing anymore.

Didn&#x27;t Android already have this* exact feature? I use it when I&#x27;m traveling and it keeps my battery going for much longer.<p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnet.com&#x2F;how-to&#x2F;how-to-enable-battery-saver-on-android-5-0-lollipop&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnet.com&#x2F;how-to&#x2F;how-to-enable-battery-saver-on-an...</a>

Low power mode is my new permanent mode. I haven&#x27;t done the science but it&#x27;s roughly ~doubling my battery life.<p>I just wish it could be enabled from the swipe bottom panel or a gesture, or the triple home button click.

I upgraded my 4s on the premise that it got better battery life just by being on ios9, but it got much much worse. My battery was on the decline before the switch, but I could generally get through a day with just enough juice left at night. Now, I have to have it in LP mode all the time or it will die within a few hours.

I use Low Power Mode all the time since the iOS 9 update. It does work well.

I found it pretty funny that it wouldn&#x27;t have occurred to me either to use Siri for turning the low power mode on.

What would be nice is if switching to airplane mode enables low power mode. At least as an option.

&gt;Screen is a bit dimmer<p>iPhones screens are always too bright anyway. 90% of iPhone use was with the brightness setting on 0. I jailbroke specifically because SBsettings allowed me to do it conveniently. That saved a lot of battery time, about 20%.<p>I moved on to Android by the time Apple came up with Control Center. I loved being able to read comfortably in the dark.

Dear Apple: Please let us permanently enable low power mode.

then that would be the base level, and they would need to introduce a &quot;lower power mode&quot;.

TL;DR - Low Power Mode works!<p>How informative..<p>&gt; It turns some things off, yes, but nothing that really changes how you use your phone. Sure, your screen is a little dimmer, the CPU is cranked down a bit, and your apps don’t update as regularly in the background<p>You mean exactly like Android?<p>&gt; The phone was connected to an Apple Watch<p>It all makes sense now. Next up, a review about how the Apple Watch is a revolutionary new product!<p>I know there&#x27;s lots of Apple fanboys in these parts, and that&#x27;s totally cool. But at least put some content in the articles.