"Best battery life ever in an iPhone..." charged through a decade-old cable that maxes out at 20W. Isn't this the real problem?

I love how Marques makes a car analogy for us to understand phones better, only for me to understand cars better thanks to them being compared to phones

I upgraded from a iPhone 12 to a 14 plus and I couldn’t be happier. The larger screen and the super long battery life have been awesome.

I absolutely adore this phone! Ive had the 12 mini for a little over a year and a half and the battery health was at 81%. My phone wouldnt even last me a school day which is 8:35-3:35. It was laggy, the battery sucked, and the screen was too small imo. Im a girl and i have bigger hands so i love bigger screens. That being said, i wanted one of the 14 series and i was stuck between the 14 pro max, 13 pro max, and 14 plus. In the end, i chose the 14 plus. I didnt care for all the extra pro features and gimmicks. My 14 plus has everything i want and need in a phone: bigger screen for cheaper price, BEST battery life (used my phone from 6:30 am all the way to 9pm and my phone wasnt even below 20%. Havent had to charge it once. My 12 mini could never!!) and a great camera! The 14 plus is a great phone with great features AND colors (i got purple and it’s beautiful) and i think if you dont want/need all the extra weight (cuz this 14 plus is SUPER LIGHT!!) and the extra features and gimmicks of the pro phones and you want a GREAT FREAKING BATTERY, get the 14 plus!!!!! 10/10!!!!

One of the primary issues with today's marketing is the the lack of ingenuity in order to promote cash grabs. Nowadays it's more about the amount of sales instead of the amount of real satisfaction. Thanks for touching on this, it says a lot. Edit: I am NOT saying all products are designed to swindle nor do I mean sales were never the point from day one. Yet in some areas with certain circumstances it seems like less bang for your buck is a result of some corporations.

I think you should make a monthly series about random updates on things you previously reviewed. talking about battery life, software bugs, long term usage, because you learn many other things about tech after a longer period of time

I’m happy he pointed out the special processors in SoCs. It’s a reason why increases in CPU and even GPU performance isn’t as important as it used to be before these processors took over much of their work. I’ve been trying to explain this to people for some time. Most benchmarks don’t take this into account.

Loved your blind car comparison. It shows an interesting point of view of the use of benchmarks even on phones!

Also, I must agree about the battery drain. It's VERY weird. My personal iPhone 11 will drain worse and It'll be hot to the touch at times when charging but I'm not surprised since it's older and my battery is drained. But my work phone is a Brand new 12, and it's battery has been taking a hit since I updated. Which is surprising since I average less than 10m screen time per day on it

These smaller incremental improvements have lead me to upgrade much less frequently. I had my 7 Plus until the 12 Pro Max came out, and I'm sticking with that for at least another generation at this point.

Love mine, 12 hours Sot with mixed use including gaming and still 20% left. Very light in the hand, better then my normal 13 pro.

Your reviews are always *PERFECT* in my opinion you addressed things that I’ve experienced, spoke on, and was concerned about.

@2:00 I felt that. I remember how big of a leap forward the iPhone 4 was over its predecessor and miss seeing that in modern phones.

Battery life problem would be the most concerning to me as well! Clearly iOS 16 related.

Great review & I agree - every year has been incremental steps rather massive improvements prior to the previous year.

I just got the 14 pro and i have no complaints about the battery life, im really impressed. I haven’t had any bugging but im still checking it out.

Carplay issue is not just an iOS 16 bug, it started on my iPhone as well after the 15.7 update.

I’m kinda over the big phone thing; I am happy with the standard size iPhone, or maybe even the discontinued Mini size. The Plus sizes just feel too big in my pocket.

the car analogy was bang on! Simple and no B.S. ! u r unmatched in making all the stuff so simple

Whatever category of your videos this is, I love it

I knew that benchmark analogy was gonna be something bulky and powerful versus a real track machine 😂 Excellent way of describing it!

I had battery drain issues and iMessage bugs being not able to really text anyone, the battery massively improved when I jumped to iOS 16.1 beta 2 took beta 3 to fix my texting issue and now on beta 4 everything has been pretty much fixed so when you get iOS 16.1 a lot of people’s issues should be resolved. I am on an iPhone 13 Pro

Been contemplating on upgrading from my current 12 mini to a 14 pro max for awhile. But in the end, I've decided to the 14 plus instead. Just as MKBHD mentioned, benchmarks are getting less significant for the average consumer like us, but rather, which specific features of the phone matters most to us. To me, battery life is the main issue I'm having with my current 12 mini, which is why 14 plus would make more sense as compared to the pro max. Thanks for this video, informative as always.

This content is getting spicy these days! I’m digging the topics these days your making!

Great way to go about the 12 Plus. Great video! Love this especially because I don't care for benchmarks but I love how dope these SoCs are getting. Like the neural engine and photo processing. Really great video man!

Completely agree with the year-on-year updates becoming less relevant. I’ve had my XS Max for 4 years. Got a 13 Pro Max a couple weeks ago and I expect to use it for the next 4-6 years, unless something breaks.

The issue with the Lock Screen being stuck on one side is also happening on my normal iPhone 13. It’s a glitch with the IOS 16 I believe rather than with the phone

one think on battery life, I had that. I also read it takes up to 5 days for iPhones that you upgrade to a new OS to index everything and be up-and-running. In fact after a couple of days all the bugs were gone and the battery life was back to normal. Little tip here

I think there’s a bug with the iOS weather widgets that causes high drain if you have them displayed on the always on display. I removed it from my Lock Screen and now I’m getting great battery life, even with always on display turned on.

As a car and tech enthusiast, that was the BEST benchmark analogy I've ever seen in my life. Bravo! 4:20...

Any one else agrees that the effort marques puts into his videos is unmatched? Even that car reference I was not expecting that. keep up the good work💯💯🔥🔥👍🏽👍🏽

Who’s still here in 2024?

Bro you make things easy to understand when it comes to the field of tech. Watching your videos is is like being in a lecture room. Always here to learn

So glad battery drain is the biggest topic here. I feel like iOS 16 is killing the batteries like crazy no matter what phone you have. Our phones are hot all the time and the battery is drained quicker than ever!! I’m dying for an update!

I see you're already working on your next review in the video. Can't wait for that one👍🏿.

Your car connection problems happened to me last week! For some reason it didn't play audio through my car speakers for a whole day. Then the following day it returned to normal. Super weird.

Always appreciate the content Marques puts out

3:34 "processing photos the way they want to..." oppo taking a hit here 🤣

The battery drain has been very strange with IOS 16. I have the 11 Pro max with charge case, typically charge it at night and it lasts until late into the next night, never had an issue with battery. My charge case is basically now useless as the phone loses charge so fast now that its draining faster than the case can deliver. If I restart my phone however it returns to normal and they begin charging at similar rates, really annoying and I hope they fix, was hoping to upgrade to the 14 but will see my other options if this doesn't get fixed soon. I'd normally just put this down to battery wear and tear however this only started after updating to IOS 16 and once I restart it its normal again. Thank you for highlighting these issues

Such good and clear thinking here. The analogy is perfect. This is why you’re #1 in this space.

So, I've noticed an increase in connection problems with Wireless CarPlay as well. iPhone 13 Pro though so it's gotta be something in iOS 16. When it does connect it connects quickly...but sometimes the only way I can get it to connect is to toggle Airplane Mode on and off then try again.

Battery drain is real with iOS 16, my iphone 12 had its battery life reduced by around 20% compared to iOS 15.

Awesome video! My 12 Pro Max to 14 Pro Max upgrade has been nothing but stellar. Every aspect of the device is upgraded! And the new screen is amazing… In regards to battery life, I’m seeing an actual increase of more than 50% depending on usage (with 5G disabled), running two eSims. I do notice a much more significant battery drain with 5G enabled, and the benefit of having it enabled is minuscule where I’m located. With 5G enabled for both sims, I am seeing about 40% increased battery life over my previous device. It also becomes much warmer with constant use having 5G enabled. Hopefully that is addressed in the 16 Pro series, which will be my next device. (1/2)

I agree with you and this is well put together. I don't think I will upgrade my Samsung S22U for the next few cycles of upgrades. The tech is now about software and other incremental upgrades rather than significant tech improvements.

Glad you mentioned the benchmarks and buying for use case.. I feel everything in life is now buying for your specific use case. It’s great we live in a time to be able to buy ultra specific cars, phones, CPU’s, GPU’s etc etc. But also tough when we do want to buy something to meet various needs. Look at all the new GPU’s coming out, you literally need to buy your GPU based on the specific game you play for optimal performance.

I came from the 12 Pro Max and I upgraded to the 14 Pro. The battery is just a little bit better but still enough for me however, I do agree with you Mark, the battery performs better when the always on display is Off. I personally don’t need to have it on but at the same time is something like, Yes you do have this new feature in your device you just can’t use because your battery is gonna died fast. About the CarPlay I’m not experiencing any delay in connection, it is actually pretty fast comparing to the 12 pro Max I had before.

You’re one of my favorite Tech reviewers! Keep it up!

It is fascinating to see you do reviews. I started my own channel and you are a role model. Hoping to be where you are some day 🙌🏼

My iPhone 11 Pro is still pretty solid after 2 & 1/2 years in terms of battery life **knock on wood** and I get all the Beta Softwares of IOS 16 too. But I have had other friends with the 13/14 and 13/14 pro that have taken hits on battery so the points you make are def valid.

4:29 that 10 sec of explanation is a whole black hole of realisation, i always had this thought but didn't knew how to explain it to other

oh, I love these video. is so good to understand and the script (subtitle) help me understand more... Thanks for the video and high quality, new subscriber from BRAZIL

I have been watching Marques for literal years about IPhone reviews and which phone to get. Honestly, best reviews because of how in depth he goes for us.

Love the info! I knew where you were going with the Track analogy. Numbers on paper dont mean anything. I do have a 14 Pro Max and havnt had really any issues. I did turn off always on simply because I thought the implementation was terrible.

I’m feeling lucky rn. My battery life has been pretty much the same which I’m glad for since my 12 is still holding strong. I noticed that in ios16 the little notification that delays charging overnight based on your charging habits has changed to one that says charging will resume once the phone has returned to a cooler temperature though so I wonder if the climates people are in also significantly impacts their phone’s battery life.

one of your better videos - the car analogy was superb!

My 14 pro did struggle with battery life at first, like first week or so. But since then it’s been working like a champ. Often end the day with above 35-40 percent. Always on display has stayed on.

This video is a very nice way to understand technology.

+1 to battery drain from me. After I updated to iOS 16 (and even 16.0.2), my iPhone 11 started to consume much more battery when being idle. Had to turn off a lot of stuff on my phone using "improve battery life" guides from the Internet, now it seems to be better, but it sucks that I have to do that. Should've stayed on iOS 15, but I wanted to play with the new "extract subject from photos" feature so bad. :-)

The comparisons between the phones and the vehicle, was a good one.

Just got new earbuds and this channel is a sound design winner.

The variable refresh rate OLED is worth mentioning as well, it might actually be more efficient than the 60Hz

I'd be down for an X Months Later series where you do similar updates like this on current flagships. Android 12 and the Pixel 6 had a bit of a rough start for some but I similarly didn't experience any of what I saw others reporting and it has improved over time. I just noticed with either 13 or a monthly patch they changed the haptic feedback for the fingerprint sensor to a single click. It lends credence to my idea that part of what made people think it was unreliable/slow was the use of two haptic clicks instead of just one when recognized. A friend told me he was having issues with his because it kept telling him "not recognized" even though he felt the click. Once I explained there should be two and he started waiting for the second he said it worked perfectly fine for him. I guess the idea was to provide haptic feedback both for "finger detected" and "print recognized" since you can't feel where the sensor is for the former. I quite liked it but it seems that ended up confusing people used to only the latter and their "hold a little longer" message on the lock screen apparently wasn't sufficient. Noticed now that has been replaced with "press firmly on the sensor". I think such a series could be good at highlighting some of the little changes like these that can make a big difference to user experience as well as how long after launch issues persist.

I loved your benchmark analogy! Rings true and thank you!

You just killed it with the track car analogy

Can definitely get behind the battery issue, though it may extend to battery health as well. Have had a 12 mini for only about a year now, but after updating, not only did the battery life get SIGNIFICANTLY worse (which is made more confusing by the fact that it was already pretty bad), but my battery health is already down to 89%. My previous iPhone only got down to that amount of battery health after almost two years, and I’m pretty sure the majority of the tank was shortly after I updated, considering just about a week ago it read as 91%.

I’m surprised Apple didn’t make a dynamic always on display. As the phone tries to understand your daily schedule and also takes into account other factors like battery, time of day, devices being used, app activities, location, etc. It takes into account all of this and tried to understand when you’re more likely to “glance” at your For example, being at work and the always on display having the time and picture but then it changes into just the time once you head somewhere you’re less likely to use your phone.

5:40 I’ve been getting three days of battery on my 14 Pro Max during my typical weekly routine. I’m sure it’ll be less when traveling or using a lot of data, but I feel no need at present to turn off the AOD. I actually think it’s a really nice feature - and even if it does decrease battery life noticeably, I’m still getting a day more out of the battery than I did on my 12 Pro Max.

Mkbhd has become more of a poet than a reviewer, he delivers a message but it is hidden somewhere deep inside and what that message is , everyone has their own depiction, even though on the surface it is so organised and structured.

I went through and disabled most of the gps tracking features on my 13 mini. I’ve had relatively good battery life for watching an hour or two of youtube on lte and streaming apple music and podcasts all day at work. Usually get off work with 30-35%.

Yeah I agree. iOS 16 on my iPhone 13 Pro, it seems the battery life is much shorter compared from the previous iOS 15.6… Usually after a long day, I still have 35% left in the evening. But on iOS 16, it will be just around 20%.. Significant difference.

The way you explain is the best! Just subscribed and liked lol

Well i think benchmarking for me is important. You still need it to know if actually your pc or equipment works well or faster than another in same spec range.

I upgraded from an iphone 12 to the 14 pro and I was little shocked at how fast the battery drains during the day. I'm going to try turning off the always on display, it's a nice feature but not necessary. Your analogy was perfect. Ultimately I care more about the video/camera capabilities of the 14 pro than the battery life. Interestingly, I did not experience any camera jitter even before the patch!

some animations in ios 16 are not that smooth like in the past versions. It feels buggy but if you use for awhile it stabilize.

As of now, I’m not seeing any battery drain issues with my iPhone 13 PM on iOS 16.0.2. However I have seen a TON of animation bugs and bugs in general. Hopefully this will get ironed out soon.

Love The tech reviews you do, trying to make my own Right now, no way near ur level though

I’m surprised. I’ve had iOS 16 since the beta and not many bugs. And my 14 Pro Max battery is incredible. I’m sure they’ll iron out the outliers

I noticed the battery drain from the first iOS16 developer beta but you kind of put it down to early build, however it really did not improve that much all the way until launch. Saying that, I now have 16.1 and I've noticed the battery life improve - can't say for sure and have a 12 which had comparatively poor life anyway vs 11 and 13 but now I feel like it's close to where it was with iOS 15, don't know what others think

Can't wait to see that Lyriq video!

I've had exactly the same issue with Wireless Carplay, and the way to get it to work every time is to have your iPhone on airplane mode before you start the car. It will connect to CarPlay and then you switch off airplane mode. Just tried it 3 times today on 16.0.3.

I personally have yet to encounter any bugs on my iPhone 14 pro and the battery life lasts me a day and half so I’m happy. Although I did turn off the always on display as I don’t like that feature in general.

Great point on the benchmark thing , and that also leads us to another annoying thing about benchmarks and more particularly , these big phone makers often taking these facts and figures way out of context for marketing purposes , in some instances showing fancy colourful graphs showing performance increases in big splashy detail , but then in the fine print it mentions up against a device model 2 or 3 years old😂. And we saw this I think on more than one occasion with apples marketing of MacBooks and Mac Studio .

Wow, didn't notice you use the Pixel 6 Pro again! But I digress. Agree with your benchmark thoughts and the vehicle analogy100%

I’m glad mine is not glitching or doing unwanted things currently on 16.0.3

I recently bought 14 plus and I am loving it. No complaints so far. A big screen and bigger battery is a big advantage. Better experience overall. Satisfied with the purchase ❤❤. Will recommend others too!!

The rotate Lock Screen bug happens to my iPhone 13 Pro Max with iOS 16 too, but it is very easy to fix every time it happens.

Your racetrack analogy was awesome 👍🏽

3:30 Wow, that chrome finish reminds me of the Nokia 8810. It looked so special and futuristic when it first came out ☺

I love Car Analogies because I use them all the time 😂 But another part where numbers don't tell the whole story is in cameras! People say "Oh, more MPs, is better" but it's more about a balance between MPs and the size of the sensor, and even with that, I've seen great things happen when you use software to combine the pixels, like, it's definitely not as simple as "More MPs = Better Photos" 😅

What are those home screen widgets? They are clean.

I finally turned off Always On on my 14 Pro too. Battery life is much better. I might use a completely black background and turn it back on for certain uses and see if that helps.

the porche vs rivian comparison i think is more of an on-paper comparison and not "benchmarks", benchmarks are typically associated with synthetic recreations of "real world" comparisons, which hasn't been the case since the deviation of hardware and device focuses years ago.

I bet future improvements will come from optimizing those neural chips. We're no where close to diminishing returns there and those gains will make serious quality differences in AI powered apps - things like AI image generation and AI voice assistance. From the machine learning side, that tech already exists - it's just too expensive compute wise for everyone's personal use.

Most people wont admit it but battery life is much more important than a faster moving screen that doesn't even matter...ur eyes can only read or see videos and pics but so fast...120 refresh rate isnt as important as people r pretending it is.

I’ve found that the battery drain and iPhone overheating issue is due to the 5G and Wi-Fi transition. At time the Wi-Fi will connect to an access point (AP) that’s either busy or has no connection. When this happens iCloud become unresponsive and the phone starts to time out. At times if you are playing music through Apple Music the music will stop or once Wi-Fi reconnects the music will skip to a different song. Apple car play will also time out as well as GPS for third party apps such as Waze or Google Maps. I suggested to Apple that before connecting to an AP the phone should ping to check latency and then connect once it can determine ip availability. The blended 5G and Wi-Fi causes the phone to freeze or heat up at times due to the iPhone requiring the use of iCloud to authenticate, verify and access information. I feel if this changes then transition will be seem less.

Great analogy... absolutely on point.

8:37 what are you taking about? The iphone doesn’t stand out I only see some floating cameras.

You know the iPhone 14 Plus has nothing much to talk about when more than half of the video is about current state of smartphone benchmark and different companies' strategy 🤷🏽‍♂️

Man you really gotta give us the links to those wallpapers in the desc. They’re 🔥

That car-benchmark analogy was sick. I'm going to steal that to prove my points multiple times in the future :D