People who own an iPhone 12 or later model may be unintentionally draining their phone’s battery, but there is an easy fix.
5G, while designed to connect virtually everyone and everything to machines, objects and devices, can often be the source of battery drain.
However, Apple offers a way to prevent you from losing battery life too quickly and it involves a simple customization setting.
Owners of iPhones 12 or later that have 5G technology can get started by entering Settings, Mobile data, then Mobile data options, or Settings, Mobile data, then Mobile data options.
Anyone using a dual SIM can also do customization by selecting Settings, Cellular or Settings, Mobile data.
People who own an iPhone 12 or any other later model of Apple cellular devices may be draining their phone’s battery due to an option related to its 5G technology.
5G first appeared on iPhones in 2020 and now appears on almost all models, from the iPhone 12 to the most recent iPhone 15.
Owners of iPhone 12 or later models can make their batteries last longer by choosing how their cellular device uses 5G technology.
The Voice & Data section in settings lets you choose between three options: 5G Auto, 5G On, and Long Term Evolution (LTE).
Anyone who selects 5G Auto will activate Smart Data mode, a feature that allows iPhones to switch to a lower frequency, such as LTE, to save battery.
5G On is similar to the Auto option, except it will only use the 5G network on a phone whenever it is accessible and may drain the battery more quickly.
The last option, LTE, is a standard option on 4G mobile devices that is used for wireless telecommunications and will also save you time before you need to recharge the battery.
Owners of iPhones 12 or later can determine if they have 5G technology by going to Settings and selecting Cellular Data Options.
iPhone owners with this technology will see 5G in selections made in Voice & Data and Data Mode. This customization can help an iPhone owner extend battery life
In addition to these data switching settings, Apple suggests that iPhone carriers enable enhanced data usage on their 5G cellular devices to improve the phones’ performance.
This option will enable advanced data enhancements and enhancements for an iPhone’s apps and system features.
The improvements can help make FaceTime calls have higher resolution, increase definition on Apple TV content, access high-quality Apple Music songs and videos, receive IOS updates, and iCloud backups.
This setting will automatically switch the iPhone to 5G instead of Wi-Fi, which will help phone users without Internet access.
Apple has suggested that iPhone users enable enhanced data usage on their 5G mobile devices, which will improve the quality of select features.
This feature may already be enabled on an iPhone depending on unlimited data plans, but for those who don’t have this option turned on, you should navigate to Settings, Wi-Fi.
Although this setting will improve the quality of the phone, unlike the Voice and Data options, this will result in increased iPhone data.
The bottom line is that those looking to preserve their battery life should first check if they have 5G, and from there, switching to 5G Auto or even LTE might be the best way to go.
The US Sun was the first to report the aforementioned configuration change.
