Millions of iPhone users rushed to update their phones to the new operating system iOS 18, which was launched on Monday. But it seems that many regretted their haste.
The British newspaper Daily Mail reported that many users resorted to their accounts on social platforms to express their dissatisfaction with the latest update draining the battery life of their phones.
Some users explained that the battery is dying before their eyes, while others said that the battery life has become absolutely terrible.
One of them said that the battery health of his iPhone 11 dropped to 75 percent after he updated it.
On the other hand, some users indicated that their devices are working fine after the update, confirming that there is no battery drain.
Apple has revealed that it is normal for users to experience battery drain after major updates, as some software changes take hours or even days to complete.
Experts say that installing a new operating system runs many processes in the background, such as indexing and recalibrating the battery, which may give the impression that the battery is draining faster.
They pointed out that if battery problems persist, it is recommended to check the maximum battery capacity through the device settings, and it is also recommended to keep devices away from extreme temperatures and avoid turning on the Wi-Fi Assist setting.
Its power is fantastic… What is the story of the exceptional processor in the iPhone 16?
Smartphone processors are an essential element that contributes to determining the quality and performance of any new phone, as these processors are the driving force behind every digital activity that the user performs on his phone.
In a rapidly changing world, especially after the emergence of generative artificial intelligence technology, phone manufacturers are obligated to enhance their devices with processors that ensure the implementation of complex technical operations and tasks at lightning speed, as the more powerful and efficient the processor, the smoother and more effective the user experience.
In 2023, Apple achieved amazing progress in the phone processor industry when it launched its iPhone 15 Pro Max smartphone equipped with the A17 Pro processor, which is the first processor dedicated to phones to be manufactured using the very advanced 3-nanometer technology, as this technology contributed to significantly raising the phone’s performance, making the iPhone 15 Pro Max outperform its competitors such as Samsung, Huawei and Google, in terms of providing the fastest and most powerful processors available on the market.
With the launch of the new iPhone 16 series, it is clear to observers that Apple is determined to widen the gap with its competitors, in terms of technology for phone chip systems, as the company announced that it will equip the new iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max with the A18 Pro processor, which Apple said is a giant processor with fantastic power that will give phones unprecedented levels of speed, exceptional efficiency, and unimaginable gaming graphics performance.
Apple’s new A18 Pro processor outperforms its competitors in many technical aspects. It is the first on the market to be based on the second generation 3-nanometer technology, which is more efficient. The processor is also equipped with a six core CPU, 20 percent faster than the previous generation, in addition to a GPU that is 15 percent faster than the previous generation, and a 16-core Neural Engine that can perform and process about 35 trillion operations per second. This will reflect a significant improvement in the capabilities of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max.
Who made this processor?
Although Apple is not a company specialized in manufacturing phone processors, its partnership with ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has helped it excel in this field. The A18 Pro chip, which appears to the public as the next generation of Apple Silicon processors, is in fact the result of a collaboration between the iPhone maker, ARM, and TSMC. Apple has a license that allows it to use ARM designs for phone processors, while TSMC is obligated under an agreement it signed with Apple to give the iPhone maker priority in everything related to superior technologies in the field of manufacturing and producing chips.
Huawei is keeping it secret
Unlike Apple, Huawei has not revealed the processor used in its new Mate XT Ultimate Design tri-fold phone, which was launched at the same time as the iPhone 16. The phone is expected to undergo a disassembly process after its launch in the markets to find out the type of chip built into it, which is the same scenario that Huawei resorted to last year, when it revealed the Mate 60 Pro phone, which later turned out to contain the advanced Kirin 9000 chip that defies US sanctions imposed on the Chinese company.
Huawei’s weak point
Huawei is trying to outdo the new iPhone by launching its tri fold phone, the capabilities of the Chinese company’s chips remain a weak point. According to Martin Yang, the senior analyst for emerging technologies at Oppenheimer & Co. Huawei’s chips will in any case be two or three years behind Apple’s latest technologies, noting that the Chinese company is still unable to reach any processes less than 7 nanometers in chip manufacturing. Yang believes that the chip in Huawei’s Mate XT Ultimate Design will not be a major focus or a major marketing point for the phone. Instead, the company is likely to try to highlight the idea that its phone is the first tri-fold phone on the market.
The role of phone chips in enhancing artificial intelligence
With the rapid spread of artificial intelligence technologies, it has become necessary for phones to be equipped with powerful chips capable of handling the complex operations of this technology, such as voice and image recognition, instant translation, data analysis and many other tasks. Apple has realized this transformation well, and indicated during the launch of the iPhone 16 phones that the A18 Pro chip gives phones computing power that can run generative artificial intelligence models known as Apple Intelligence.
Apple’s A18 Pro chip was manufactured according to the second generation of 3-nanometer technology, and this manufacturing method makes the chip, which is the beating heart of every smartphone, faster, less energy-consuming and more stable when facing complex tasks, noting that the iPhone equipped with the A18 Pro chip will consume 10 percent less energy, which justifies Apple’s announcement that the iPhone 16 Pro Max has the longest battery life in the history of iPhone phones.
Top speed for the first time
The reader explains that technically, the maximum speed of the A18 Pro chip can break the 4.95 GHz/hour barrier, which reflects the maximum speed in executing tasks, but Apple was unable to achieve thermal stability for the phone at this power, and in order not to repeat the problem of the device overheating as happened last year after the launch of the iPhone 15 phones, Apple set the maximum speed of the A18 Pro chip at 4.05 GHz, making it 6.6 percent faster than the A17 Pro chip in the iPhone 15 Pro Max, which has a maximum speed of 3.8 GHz/hour, and thus Apple, through the new chip, has broken the 4 GHz speed barrier for the first time.
Run AI without any hiccups
According to Al Qarih, the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max will shine greatly in games, photography and artificial intelligence, as they have sufficient infrastructure to operate various features at lightning speed. It is true that Apple is very slow in modifying iPhone designs, but in return it is one of the fastest companies in developing phone processors, especially since this year it needs to operate the new Apple Intelligence features without any obstacles, revealing that the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max, thanks to the capabilities of the A18 Pro chip, will be ready in the future to keep pace with any updates witnessed by generative artificial intelligence technology.
Huawei is hiding something
Al Qarih believes that as for Huawei’s new tri-fold phone, it is better to wait and see what the company is hiding inside its device, as Huawei’s failure to address the processor raises big question marks, noting that it is not unlikely that there will be another surprise this year related to the progress made by the Chinese company in the field of manufacturing phone chips, considering that Huawei has presented the first smartphone in the world with a tri-fold screen, as the phone can be folded in the shape of the letter Z, and this in itself is a great achievement in the phone industry.
The most powerful chip in the world
iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max currently have the most powerful and efficient mobile phone chip in the world, and this may continue for at least six months, considering that the A18 Pro chip will ensure that many tasks are processed at the same time, with a noticeable decrease in energy consumption, and with its intelligence capabilities, it will help improve the performance of applications and services such as Chat GPT and Siri and will develop the performance of the facial recognition feature and smart photography.
Zoghbi reveals that the A18 Pro chip features an advanced architecture that contains smaller and faster transistors, ensuring unprecedented efficiency and speed in performance, as well as an amazing ability to transfer data at record speeds. The A18 Pro chip is also equipped with accelerated ray tracing technology that is twice as fast as that found in the previous A17 Pro chip, which contributes to significantly improving image quality. He points out that thanks to this advanced technology, smartphones can generate highly realistic images, very similar to the details that can be seen in the real world, which raises the level of visual experience for users.