What's not clear is which set of cores do what - it would be great to know how to activate the lower-power cores only, because during our tests we didn't see any evidence of great battery life at all. Every day by around five o'clock things get dicey in terms of battery.
There was also a lot of 'Home & Lock Screen' taking up the power, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense given how short an amount of time we spent there. Is that just the screen being fired up, Either way, it takes a decent chunk of the battery.
In short, it's hard to see where Apple has improved the battery life on the iPhone 7, because despite a 10% increase in battery life over the previous model, it was hard to see where that improvement was coming from. After many weeks of using the iPhone 7, there were very few days where the charger wasn't needed at some point.
On the weekends, where using the phone a little harder, it would be only 15:30 before the phone would need another boost. There's no reason that this should be such an effort, and it's not something we'd ever encounter on newer Android phones - Apple needs to get up to the level of its rivals. It's actually a really poor battery experience from Apple, and shows that the brand is hamstrung by the amount of space it's got to put in more power.
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