It’s probably best to stick with the 5G Auto setting, so you can leverage faster speeds where it’s available and conserve battery life where it’s not. If extra speed is not critical, and you have long-term concerns about battery life, just leave 5G completely off for now .
Read moreDoes 5G use more battery iPhone 12 pro?
As for the iPhone 12 Pro, it lasted for 9 hours 6 minutes when on 5G and 11 hours and 24 minutes when on 4G. Again, there’s a gap of over 2 hours in the battery life of the device when being used on 4G vs 5G .
Read moreShould I turn off 5G to save battery life?
But Verizon is definitely aware that 5G has an impact on a device’s battery life (not necessarily just the iPhone 12 lineup), going so far as to let folks know they can save a little juice with their day-to-day routine if they turn LTE back on and stop using 5G .26 Mar 2021
Read moreDoes 5G use more iPhone battery?
However, one downside to 5G is it uses more battery than LTE . Some tests have shown iPhone lasting from 1-2.5 hours longer when sticking with 4G LTE vs 5G.21 Mar 2022
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