Apple acknowledges issue with iPhone 6s battery percentage indicator

Prasad, 18 January, 2016

There seems to be an issue with the battery indicator on the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus, which prevents the battery indicator from reducing proportionately with the actual charge of the battery, thereby suggesting you have more power left than you actually do.

Apple is aware of the problem and has suggested a simple fix for it. It seems the issue is caused by the device time settings, so moving between timezones causes the battery meter to malfunction. The fix is to either restart the phone or check if the clock is set to update automatically through the settings.

A more permanent fix should be rolled out in the next iOS update.

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Reader comments

AnonD-306086
21 Jan 2016
c}a

Last Android phone I had was a Moto X from 2013. Battery life was horrible until lollipop. I have ownd every iPhone. 5s was my favorite but the batery life was horrible. It wouldn't last the whole 8 hours at work inside the labs. The 6 survived the w...

AnonD-362866
21 Jan 2016
NHU

I in no way mentioned it was "better" in terms of batt life... now did I?

AnonD-442781
21 Jan 2016
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iPhones are known to have an advantage when it comes to standby compared to android. Gsmarena has a battery rating with 21 hours of standby. IPhones have smaller screens and lower resolutions. But even still the battery rating of the iPhone is abysma...