Reports of iOS 11 Battery Life Issues Persist Despite Updates

[Agave]

I'm not seeing this "11.3 beta 4" available in software updates on my 5SE.
my up to date current iOS is 11.2.6

I have to use my extra power supply to keep mine from dying daily

 

[scifan57]

You won't see a beta version of iOS as an available update unless you're a registered Apple Developer or a member of the public beta program. If you are, the current beta release is iOS 11.3 beta 6.

 

[Agave]

Just now DL'ing 11.3
we shall see soon enough if battery life improves

 

[NSquirrel]

With battery life, one must take into account how the device is used. A brand new battery used in a low or very low signal area, accessing icloud frequently, using Safari to read the news pages frequently (and hence each news page will be downloading loads of large images, adverts, etc.) will hit the battery hard.

I am currently trying to learn another language and my battery drain through each day is a bit like driving at high speed and watching the fuel gauge make its way towards empty, because I am accessing all sorts of different aspects from course work, to translations, etc. If I take an iPad or iPhone ‘day off’, the battery drain drops to a few percent.