- IPhone SE3 battery tips.
This phone has a very small battery.
It is about 10% bigger than the iPhone SE2
but it's about 25% smaller than the iPhone 10.
So let's starts with a nice quick win here in the Settings app.
Open up the Settings app, scroll down and tap on
Privacy and then scroll all the way down
to Analytics and Improvements.
Tap on that.
- Share iPhone Analytics is on at the top
and there are all these other switches
which may be on on your iPhone.
Let's turn it off the top and magically,
the other ones disappear as well.
If you're not concerned about this, well, you probably
should be because there's a lot of data being
gathered all the time and then sent to Apple
for their analysis and other third party app developers.
And that uses a lot of battery.
If you want to see just how big these files can get,
you can look at Analytics Data
and you're gonna see a lot of entries.
- Now there's not a ton of entries on this phone.
This is fresh outta the box.
So things we're talking about are on by default
or off by default.
So just keep an eye on that.
Next up, tap Back, upper left hand corner of the screen,
Back one more time.
And now we're back on the Privacy section.
Scroll all the way up to the top now
and tap on Location Services.
- Location Services is gonna show a list of your apps.
And there are a few different things that might be
displayed to the right of them.
It's gonna be never, while using, always.
And there's a couple other ones too.
Occasionally that'll appear depending on the app.
We just didn't recommend being intentional
about which ones you wanna leave on.
And we're not telling you to turn this
off entirely because we're not crazy.
- Yeah, also look out for the word always.
That means this app can access your location all the time,
even when you're not using it.
So Facebook, for example, do you want Facebook
to have access to your location all the time
even when you are not using it?
- Right, and the point is, I mean obviously no, right?
Mark sorry, but the point of this is that if it has access
to your location all the time, it also has access
to your battery all the time.
Do you want Facebook to have access
to your battery all the time?
Probably not.
- Let's tap on Facebook, got some options here.
Never, Ask Next Time Or When I Share or While Using the App,
most people While Using the App will be fine.
Also keep an eye here, precise location.
It'll be more specific when this switch is on.
Is it just in your general location?
Probably.
- It could be a privacy issue actually
because this is giving third party app developers access
to your precise location possibly all the time.
Uh-oh, but precise location is also
gonna use more battery life.
- Yep. - Because the closer it zooms
in on you, the more battery it uses.
- [David] Yeah, so let's turn that switch right off.
- Precise location though for Google Maps,
for Apple Maps, leave it on.
- Let's tap Back.
And then let's tap on System Services
below your list of apps.
And we have a whole bunch of stuff turned on right now.
We're gonna recommend turning off most of it.
- So let's go through all these real quick.
Apple Pay Merchant Identification off.
Cell Network Search, turn it off
unless you're going to different countries.
Turn it off.
Compass Calibration.
If you use Google maps, and you wanna know exactly
what direction you're pointing,
would like there's a little blue arrow, right?
- It can be, it could be useful like when you're in a city
and you don't know the streets very well and you wanna,
be make sure you're walking in the right direction.
So you don't head five blocks in the wrong direction.
That's when leaving the switch on can be helpful.
Most of the time, not super helpful.
- Right, that's that's the best reason to leave it on
if you use Google maps.
Device Management off.
Emergency Calls and SOS, yes.
- [David] Leave that one on.
- They'll still get your location if you turn it off
but won't be as precise. - Right.
- Find My iPhone on.
Fun fact about Find My iPhone.
If it's off and you lose your phone
and you have Apple Care Plus, they'll say you're tough luck.
- Yep. - Yep, won't cover it.
Gotta be on.
- [David] HomeKit off.
- [Payette] Yep, location based alerts,
Suggestions off, off.
Motion Calibration Distance, off.
Networking and Wireless, off.
Going to different countries, I don't think so.
- Yeah, we gotta pop up here.
Location For Network and Wireless.
Turning off location for networking and wireless
may affect Bluetooth and Wifi performance.
It almost certainly won't.
- [Payette] Yeah.
- [David] We'll tap turn off there.
Setting Timezone, unless you're traveling
through timezones all the time-
- [Payette] Yeah, what's the point?
- [David] You don't really need that one.
- [Payette] Turn it off.
- [David] Share My Location.
If that's a feature that you use, leave it on.
If it's not one you use, you can go ahead
and turn that off.
System customization, turn that one off.
It's not like you can't just customize your iPhone now.
It'll be fine.
- [Payette] Significant Locations.
- [David] Yeah, let's tap on that next.
I'll enter my passcode, super secure.
Significant Locations, top of the screen.
Turn that switch right off and then tap turn off.
- Right, not really a privacy problem
because Apple's really good with privacy,
but it is a battery drainer.
That is for sure.
- We're gonna talk about some 5G tips next
but first we wanna talk about a significant location to us,
our members list.
- You ever seen this list that's going
across the screen right now?
I mean, we look at it all the time because we really
value all the members that have joined our channel.
We've got some super Davids now.
David OBrien our newest super David,
really appreciate you and welcome.
And then Larry Nicholson of course, not related to Jack
but also a super David.
I don't think he's related to Jack anyway.
- Probably not, we could ask him.
- There's a lot of Nicholsons out there, you know.
- Let's get to those 5G tips first.
Why should people be concerned about 5G and battery life?
- 5G isn't as well built out as 4G is.
So the signal strength isn't gonna be as high.
The more work your iPhone has to do
to maintain a connection to the cell network,
the more battery it uses.
Also, it's a different chip.
It's a newer chip.
It's not as battery efficient as the 4G chips are,
do you- - I think-
- Must I continue?
- That's a good sell.
So we gotta go to the cellular section of the Settings app.
Tap back upper left hand corner of the screen.
Before we do, learn a quick tip, turn off the switch
next to iPhone Analytics and Routing and Traffic.
More product improvement stuff.
Let Apple deal with that.
- I thought we were talking about 5G.
- We're talking about 5G now.
Tap Back again.
Tap Privacy, upper left hand corner of the screen.
And back to the main page of Settings.
There we go.
Scroll up and tap on Cellular.
Then tap Cellular Data Options and then tap Voice and Data.
So by default, it's set to 5G auto
and that might be the best setting for most people.
- It might not be though.
If you're driving in your car and you notice for instance,
that Apple Music or Spotify cuts out,
look and see if 5G is on.
Switch it to LTE and your problem will be solved
because 5G is a lot of hype right now.
Let's also tap back and let's also tap Data Roaming
and turn that on, be careful of this.
But if you have Verizon, for instance, in the United States
this should be on, this might actually help your battery
because you're phone will be connecting to a larger pool
of towers and Verizon doesn't have roaming charges.
- Next stop, we're going to the battery section
of the Settings app, seems appropriate as this
is a battery tips video, tap back to Cellular,
upper left hand corner of the screen, back to Settings.
Scroll down and tap on Battery.
It is one above Privacy.
So we're gonna tap on Battery Health.
- You know what?
I just, let's go back one page there David.
People who think that the iPhone 10 is better.
I haven't seen this battery percentage-
- There you go- - In a long time, bang!
- Let's turn it on. - Let's do it for-
- Yeah. - Take that iPhone 10 users.
- There's a throw back.
- [Payette] Yeah.
- [David] Tap on battery health
and make sure this switch next
to optimized battery charging is on.
I'm happy to see that it is on by default.
- Yes and it should be.
Battery health, a 100%, maximum capacity, pretty good.
- Pretty good.
- Pretty, pretty, pretty good.
- Let's go back to the main page of Settings
for our next tip.
We're gonna scroll up and we're gonna tap on Notifications.
So here is a list of the apps on your iPhone.
Which ones do you want sending you notifications?
What types of notifications do you wanna receive?
- It's up to you.
You should be intentional just like location services.
If you don't need to get notifications from an app,
turn this off 'cause your phone's gonna be waking up less
it's gonna be fewer connections.
I've already sold it.
- Yes, especially this is an issue back with Clubhouse
and that first launch.
You get the Clubhouse notifications all the time.
Fortunately that's kinda died off.
If there is an app that's especially annoying for you,
tap on it here-
- Facebook again?
- Facebook again, sorry Facebook.
- It's the right thing to do.
- [David] You can turn off all notifications like that.
- [Payette] Yeah.
- [David] Or you could do a little customization here
and kind of cut down on the number
of notifications that you receive from the app.
- Right, for instance, sometimes if I don't wanna be annoyed
by the fact that I have 9 billion unread emails, you can go
to Mail and just turn off the Badge.
Turn off Badges, there you go, problem solved.
- [David] That's a good tip for me.
I've got like 44,000 of mine.
- [Payette] There you go.
- [David] For our next tip, we're gonna go back
to the main page of the Settings app.
Once again, tap on General and then tap
on Background App Refresh.
- Background App Refresh allows apps that are in this list
to download new content in the background
of your phone, even when you're not using it.
So as you can imagine, this will use battery life
what you wanna be.
I've, this is the word of the day, intentional.
Set your intention for these apps.
Do you want Facebook to be able to download new content
in the background?
Probably not.
- [David] I don't.
- Because it could be downloading a lot of stuff
and it will work whenever you open the app.
- Yep.
- So it's not like you're really
gonna see a difference here.
Ones to leave on, messaging apps.
Possibly, reminder apps.
- Messaging apps is really the big one.
You want those messages loading up and just being there.
- Right or maybe a news app, if you travel on the subway
through places with no service, leave that one on.
That's a good use for it.
- Yeah, but as you can see,
these are all on by default.
So as he said, be intentional.
One other thing to look out for here.
Scroll to the very top, tap on Background App Refresh.
Right now it's using Wifi and cellular data.
We recommend just doing Wifi.
- Yep, not just for the data usage
which people with unlimited plans are now typing,
"I have an unlimited plan you jerks, and slow down."
- We'll step back to the main page of Settings.
Once again, Settings, we're gonna scroll down
and tap on Accessibility just a few below General there.
Tap on Motion, Reduce Motion.
We recommend turning that switch on.
So now if I press the Home button, you can kinda
see the animation a lot less stylish there,
just kinda fades out.
It's a bit jarring at first.
I will say I've used it before, you get used to it.
And then eventually you don't even know that it's on, so.
- Yeah, and honestly, in the list of things that are good
to make the most difference on your phone,
this one's lower on the list.
- But it is a tip nonetheless, look at the Settings app
once again, tap back to Accessibility,
and then tap Display and Text Size.
So let's scroll down.
Talk about Reduce White Point.
- Reduce White Point lowers the brightest
of the bright whites on your phone just a little bit.
You probably won't notice a difference, but again
it's kind of like a little dark mode.
- [David] Yeah, so if you look at the camera right now,
you kinda see the-
- [Payette] Oh, that's a crazy amount.
- [David] Yeah.
- [Payette] But we're not crazy.
We're not saying to leave it like that.
- [David] Yeah, 50% is, you know, generally pretty good.
- Yeah and I mean, if you even back it off
to less than that, because now,
right now the camera brightness,
we're not gonna change it right now.
Right now the brightness of this phone
is actually set pretty low.
We could still turn it up and it would get brighter.
We're not doing that
because it'll change the overhead camera
and we don't wanna screw up this video.
- Yep, so we're gonna turn that switch off.
But this is also a really good feature for at night.
And the display at the lowest brightness
is sometimes too bright when you're in a dark room in bed.
So useful feature there too.
- That's right.
- One below Reduce White Point is Auto-Brightness.
Apple even says turning off auto brightness
may affect battery life.
How?
Because if you have the display really high,
and you leave it on high all the time
and then that can drain the battery.
- That's right.
But we have it off.
Why?
Because we are recording a video for you right now.
And we don't want the screen to be getting brighter
and darker, it's hard enough to follow us.
- They say, save the best for last.
- This isn't the last.
Save the best for next.
Let's tap back upper left hand corner of the screen,
scroll down and tap on Mail, tap Accounts
and then tap Fetch New Data.
By default, it is set to Push.
We are gonna turn that switch right off.
- Yeah, Push means that your iPhone maintains a connection
to the email server and constantly asks,
is there mail, is there mail, is their mail?
Fetch, you decide how often your iPhone checks
to see if there's new mail.
We do have a recommendation here.
I mean, I think we're a little different on this David
but I'm an every 15 minutes person.
- [David] Sure, yeah.
- [Payette] David, I think is a little more comfortable
with every every 30 minutes.
- Yeah, I don't do a lot of emailing on my phone.
Also, anytime you open the Mail app,
it will fetch your new emails for you.
So if you wanna just check 'em,
you can just check 'em anytime.
- Right.
- You don't need to wait for 30 minutes.
- Some people think, oh, is this a real tip?
But actually Apple built this one into low power mode saying
that turning off Push will save battery life.
It's one of the big ones.
It's always been big.
Many people are saying it's a big battery tip.
- Next up, going to the Home screen for a battery tip.
And that is to remove unnecessary widgets.
- Widgets are like mini apps.
A lot of them maintain a connection to location services
for instance, or the Internet to be refreshing.
They're running.
- Yep.
- Stop 'em if you don't need 'em.
- And by default, Apple sets up these two smart stacks
in your Home screen which I think look kinda bad
and aren't super engaging.
So, to remove a widget press and hold on the widget,
you can tap Remove Stack, tap Remove, gone.
- See you later.
And you're gonna keep the Weather widget there.
- Yeah, I like the Weather widget.
- Yeah, I like that it's 43 degrees too.
Leave a comment below.
How hot is it where you live?
- Those are some iPhone SE3 battery tips.
Leave us a comment down below if you just got this phone.
Let us know what you think about it.
We're not super stoked on this phone.
- Yeah, I took it out the box and the size is nice.
I really liked the, just, this is the back part in here.
That that was pretty cool looking, kind of a blood red.
- Yeah.
- Well like raised by wolves.
- It's a nice stylish phone there for sure.
- Unfortunately, the front is kinda crappy.
- Yeah. - Right, it's not very good.
So yeah, not super exciting.
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