eSIM-only iPhone 17 Pro flexes muscle in our battery life tests

10 November 2025
Here’s how the extra 254mAh reflects in our Active Use Score.

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Legend Z, 11 Nov 2025Great phone amazing Apple are we deadass 🥀🥀

    Som dude, 11 Nov 2025Apple claims "Video playback (streamed) Up to 30 hours... moreI'm not talkin about how Apple conducting their video test.

    I'm talkin about how the GSMArena should have been testing the video playback, they're supposed to test native video playback instead of video streaming which is categorically "web browsing" test.

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      • 16 Nov 2025

      Anonymous, 11 Nov 2025By killing every app in background?Have you userd a flagship iPhone lately?

        YUKI93, 13 Nov 2025More convenient, possibly. But safer? I doubt it. If anythi... moreIt is safer. A Thief who stole your phone wouldn't be able to pry out the SIM and use it to access important accounts and OTPs.

        Carriers tracking you has nothing to do with eSIM technology, and they're already selling your numbers to advertisers even before eSIM ever existed.

        The fact that you got confused that what the carrier is doing is somehow related to the technology is what baffles me.

          potato4k, 13 Nov 2025eSIM, when properly implemented, is safer and more convenie... moreMore convenient, possibly. But safer? I doubt it. If anything, carriers can make more use of your personal data for adware.

            YUKI93, 11 Nov 2025I still think that eSIM only works best for a short weekend... moreeSIM, when properly implemented, is safer and more convenient than traditional physical SIM. The tech is not at fault, it’s the lazy and greedy carriers who are intentionally making it inconvenient.

            Ironically, instead of blaming and demanding carriers to change for the better, consumers are blaming the technology instead.

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              Anonymous, 11 Nov 2025I am still using my Oppo Find X3 Pro. No Lags. The battery ... moreI Love that phone with microsscope camera and its better then any iphone price 200 euro or some 250 usd

                I still think that eSIM only works best for a short weekend, possibly weekly, international travel. For near-monthly international travel, physical SIM is still the better solution.

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                  • 11 Nov 2025

                  Anonymous, 11 Nov 2025IPhone will still be working fine in 5 years, OPPO will be ... moreI am still using my Oppo Find X3 Pro. No Lags. The battery is still good and lasts all day. So what now?

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                    • 11 Nov 2025

                    jerem06, 11 Nov 2025The Oppo Reno14 has 6000mAh, true fast charging and 80% cap... moreIPhone will still be working fine in 5 years, OPPO will be falling apart in 2 and lagging in 1.

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                      • 11 Nov 2025

                      Anonymous, 11 Nov 2025IPhone will still be working fine in 5 years, OPPO will be ... moreThat's a nice fairy tale you told right there!

                        Anonymous, 11 Nov 2025IPhone will still be working fine in 5 years, OPPO will be ... moreYou're talking absolute nonsense.

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                          • 11 Nov 2025

                          didnt you consider that the other batttery actually has like 15% more mah? I dont really consider this article as a real thing..its like april fools joke... i dont get it

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                            • 11 Nov 2025

                            jerem06, 11 Nov 2025The Oppo Reno14 has 6000mAh, true fast charging and 80% cap... moreIPhone will still be working fine in 5 years, OPPO will be falling apart in 2 and lagging in 1.

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                              • 11 Nov 2025

                              That's a first time I think Apple did something good by removing the Sim card and increasing battery.

                                Abo King, 11 Nov 2025According to Apple it's additional of 2 hours on video... moreApple claims "Video playback (streamed) Up to 30 hours" for the eSIM version 17 Pro on its US website and "Video playback (streamed) Up to 28 hours" for the physical SIM version 17 Pro on its UK website.

                                  According to Apple it's additional of 2 hours on video playback.

                                  Yet you test it on video streaming which categorically is a web browsing.

                                  I'd suggest you to do a re-test on video playback, without streaming over the internet, of course. Yes, native video-playback.

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                                    • 11 Nov 2025

                                    A flagship not even having 5000mAh in 2025 is just crazy lol

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                                      • 11 Nov 2025

                                      Esmejo, 11 Nov 2025Outlasting a lot of 5,500 something phones. Just imagine. By killing every app in background?

                                        I'd like to act like this is a positive, but it feels like the non eSIM-only version got deliberately downgraded. iPhones already have a rather small battery and I doubt the SIM-card assembly is the thing holding it back

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