iPhone 12 dies two hours faster when connected to a 5G network

[Jacob Siegal]

• Early iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro battery tests show that 5G has a significant effect on battery life.
• When Tom's Guide tested the battery life of the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro, both phones died about two hours faster when 5G was on the entire time.
• Apple has included a Smart Data Mode feature that automatically switches from 5G to 4G in order to save battery, but you might just want to turn 5G off.

In theory, 5G is a major advance for the smartphone industry. Theoretical top speeds for downloads and uploads are far higher on a 5G network than on a 4G LTE network, 5G networks can handle more traffic, and the latency is lower on 5G. Unfortunately, 5G connections also consume more energy than 4G connections, which is why Tom's Guide decided to find out how much of a difference 5G would make on the iPhone 12's battery life.

Tom's Guide explains that their battery test consists of surfing the web "continuously at 150 nits of screen brightness, launching a new site every 30 seconds until the battery drains." In order to see how drastically 5G affects battery life, the site ran the test on both an iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro over 4G and 5G.

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