Don’t really have much money to upgrade but my battery life sucks

All right so for context, my main daily driver iPhone is an iPhone 12, but I use the iPhone XR as a side device when the iPhone 12 is charging. For some reason, though the iPad is a slow device, the iPhone XR is slower than it in almost every way. It might overall load some things a bit faster, but usually it loads things slower, responds slower to touch, and lags worse when browsing a website that's heavy on ads, especially when I have my ad blocker turned on, performance speeds up when I turn it off but only slightly.

However, the specs inside the phone would suggest that it would, in every way, be faster than the iPad or at least on par. They both have the same amount of ram (3GB), and the iPhone is running a two year newer processor which is a six core A12 Bionic versus the iPads 4 core A10 Fusion, which is, I believe, effectively a two core chip since it cannot use all four of its cores at the same time, it has to switch between the performance and efficiency cores, while the iPhone XR can use all six cores at the same time. The A12 Bionic is from 2018, a six-year-old chip, the A10 Fusion is from 2016, an eight-year-old chip, and the iPhone 7 and iPod touch seventh generation that also ran the chip were actually dropped from support with iOS 16, an outrageously ridiculous move since both of them could've ran iOS 16 just fine and then not gotten iOS 17. The battery health on the phone is also good, at 82%. Meanwhile, my iPhone 12 destroys both of them in performance and has a not to good battery health of 74%.

All devices mentioned are running the latest version of iOS 17, 17.5.1, so not running a beta. And the funny thing is that iOS 15 on the iPhone XR ran smooth, it was on iOS 15 when I got it a couple months ago from my cousin as she upgraded to the iPhone 13 Pro Back in 2021 so never updated the XR past iOS 15. iPadOS 16 ran very well on the iPad as well. But iOS/iPadOS 17 crippled both devices, why at the same time not doing much performance wise to my iPhone 12, possibly making it a bit faster in some areas and a bit slower in others. Can someone explain to me why a device that is superior in almost every way to Another one is slower when it comes to performance? How can I fix the slow performance and bring it to be almost on par with my iPhone 12, which is I feel like where it should be? Because literally the only major advantage that that thing has is that it processes dictation requests locally.

Just wanted to get opinions on if anyone knows if the 16 is any better than last years 15? Or should I hold on for another year.

This phone is great and I can hold on to it for longer but I really want a better camera, and 5G network. Something that is included in my plan but I can’t use.

Sorry I’m out the loop but I literally never look at leaks or keep up on Apple News.

Thanks

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I tried to reset the network setting to no avail. Anything helps, as I’m at a loss for words at this point.

i accidentally dropped my iphone xr and my tempered glass was broken on the upper right part. after a few days, a small line appeared on the upper right part. i saw some comments that it will just be gone after a few months. will it expand and will eventually be gone? should i be worried?

Ok so this my opinion. 15 hours of battery life, 12 Megapixel camera, can make calls, take pictures, really durable, can text, airdrop is immaculate. I think if you can’t afford much and you want an iPhone or just don’t care for the new ones, this is the way to go. Tell me your opinion in the comments

I have called both PayPal and Apple TWICE and nothing has been resolved

So, im an hardcore Android user and i got a deal for a used Iphone XR for 10k INR which is 120 Dollars. And it has changed battery with 100% health , 256 GB storage and fully functional.
Is it a good deal or bad deal since i use My Nothing Phone as primary device and i want XR for taking photos and watching some youtube videos and netflix etc and only on Wifi

I was normally using my xr and suddenly there was some black things gone up and down my screen and it just went black but when i tapped the on button u could see the dim light of the phone but nothing was actually visible on the screen where the apps are and stuff. I then tried holding my power button but nothing happened and then it randomly just turned back on . I also took a screen shot when the screen was black and frozen and i could hear the snapshot noise . I also turned the brightness up when it was still back through knowing the system with the screen off and it reacted to it. Anything i should be worried about ? The back of my phone is quite cracked and im on ios 16

when I do a screenshot, there is no line after about 8 hours, the length of the line has gotten just past the entire battery symbol. (picture was taken when it started). any suggestions?

I recently bought an Iphone xr and I have some doubts about its battery because it is also the first time I have an iPhone, can someone explain to me how the issue of I leave the battery between 20% and 80% works, if I can let the phone charge up to 100% but put it to charge before giving 20%? I'm used to my old cell phones, I got to the end of the day with the cell phone at an average 25% and I was going to sleep with it charging, when I woke up it was already 100%

I’ve had my XR since they came out and it’s been a great phone most of that time. Recently there have definitely been glitches and it’s getting to a pretty annoying level… starting to consider trading in for a newer model. But are there any ways to reduce glitching?

Honestly, it's a great phone 6 years after it was released and is still a great budget iPhone purchase today that could give someone a solid 3 years of affordable, high-quality phone use.

Light, smooth, nice colour, really good camera. Mine still runs perfectly fine even with the newest iOS upgrades. No glitches or lags. It still has over a year of official iOS support, then will have another 1-2 years of security upgrades.

I've compared the screen and functionality with the lastest iPhone and yes, iPhone 15 has a bit of a brighter screen but to me the difference isn't much and doesn't really matter when the iPhone XR is still very bright and runs almost as smoothly. Remarkable how iPhone 15 really doesn't seem to be THAT much of an upgrade in all these years.

My iPhone XR's battery capacity is at 81%, and I plan to just replace the battery later on for like $80, and it'll be good to go for another 2-3 years. By the end of its life, this baby will probably last up to 9 years since its release! That's a really sustainable phone. Amazing!!

I tried to make underwater video in my Xr cuz i thought it's waterproof now the screen got these dark spots it goes and appears again how to fix it, 😕left my phone in rice for overnight but didn't work

What is this? And if it is screen damage how do you fix it?

I got this phone in 2019. Realized that at this point I’m using a 5 year old phone, which is longer than any phone has ever lasted me.

The thing is, it works fine. I’ve had no reason to upgrade. My battery’s at 74% but I try not to use my phone that much anyways so it hasn’t really bothered me. I’m still on iOS 16 because I’m wary about an update severely effecting performance. At this point I’m making it a challenge to myself to see how long it’ll last.

So realistically, how long until I’m forced to upgrade?