15" Touchbar Mac Book Pro users now reporting battery life problems (less than 33% advertised life)

[Master Disaster]

Things just keep getting better for Apple and the MBP 2016. This time its a slew of users who've taken to Apples forums and reddit saying their pros are only lasting 3 hours on a full charge despite Apple advertising 10 hours on the products sales page. This issue seems to be only affecting users with 15" touch bar models.

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Owners of Apple's new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar are complaining that they're not getting anywhere near the stated battery life.

 

Apple's own support community, along with sites such as Reddit, are ablaze with complaints that the battery is not delivering the promised 10 hours.

One user said he got 3 hours life with just safari open so not doing anything remotely strenuous.

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A user posting to Apple's support forum claimed their battery ran down in three hours.

 

"I just received my new 15" MacBook Pro with touch bar. The battery life is horrible!!! I have Safari open with 6 tabs and with 95% battery, I am told that I have under 3 hours of battery life left! I thought these things were supposed to get 10 hours? I ran the battery down in 3 hours last night only browsing the web. I wasn't watching videos, just browsing. Is there something wrong with my laptop?"

Some users are speculating the issue is with AMD GPUs being very power hungry and eating the battery life but this is unconfirmed.

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It is currently unclear what might be at the root of this problem, but an issue with the discrete Radeon graphics chip is suspected (although far from confirmed).

 

So far, beyond keeping usage to a minimum or keeping the MacBook Pro connected to a power outlet, there are no fixes. It is likely that users will have to wait for a patch from Apple (or return the MacBook Pro for an exchange or refund).

http://www.zdnet.com/article/new-macbook-pro-with-touch-bar-suffers-from-serious-battery-issues/

https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/5ez0or/terrible_battery_life_on_new_15_macbook_pro/?st=iwd6zugh&sh=7e1f9664

 

You couldn't make this up, Apple fucked up so badly with this device and yet the Isheep still defend it and Apple. Now your portable "pro" device has to be tethered if you want to use it for more than 3 hours? Just wow.

[Sir Asvald]

LOL.

[rattacko123]

to confirm whether it's the radeon or not could you just monitor the power draw?

[Dackzy]

Yep they fucked up hard, the worst part of this is that apple is known for having good battery life.

Also the touchbar, also has a lot of bugs. A guy has to restart his macbook daily, because the touchbar pops up on the screen and the touchbar just goes black.

 

GG Apple you made a product that is worse than a Acer cancertop.

[Master Disaster]

8 minutes ago, Nicholatian said:

Everything surrounding this stinks. And it’s a shame too; I was looking hard at Apple’s lineup until all of this shit hit the fan with the MBP.

 

As someone who was genuinely interested in buying their product, I can say this is a massive turn-off… on top of everything else already.

Yep, at this point the only benefit you get from a MBP over any Windows laptop is Apple Care, every other usual Apple plus point has been designed out or has vanished in a puff of smoke.

[Dabombinable]

Ok....if the battery life is around 3 hours, its worse than my 2010HP Pavilion DV6 3010AX if I had a 9cell battery installed.

[FloRolf]

Does this also affect the 13" model? 

A friend of mine just bought it but I told him to wait lol. Get f*cked. 

[Droidbot]

Welp, isn't it ironic that Apple went down the shitter when Jobs died.. 

Apple's had a year of fuckups; the iPhone 7, the new MacBook Pro, the various defects with iPhone 6 and 6S/Plus units, etc

 

 

[Master Disaster]

1 minute ago, FloRolf said:

Does this also affect the 13" model? 

A friend of mine just bought it but I told him to wait lol. Get f*cked. 

Seems to be just the 15" as of now.

[SCHISCHKA]

all they had to do was change the MacBook air to a quad core i7, put in a higher res screen, a bigger battery, and then call that the new MacBook pro. Tim Cook needs to resign and let someone younger and more talented in

[pyrojoe34]

Expected Apple response:

 

"The device is working just as intended, the users are just holding it wrong."

[ThinkWithPortals]

LOL.

 

How has this fucking device not been recalled yet?

[Master Disaster]

Just now, ThinkWithPortals said:

LOL.

 

How has this fucking device not need recalled yet?

Because its Apple, in the eyes of their fans they can literally do no wrong.

 

I'm surprised we've made it to 15 replies without a fan claiming its a design feature to make sure you take regular breaks during work or some shit like that.

[Dabombinable]

7 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Because its Apple, in the eyes of their fans they can literally do no wrong.

 

I'm surprised we've made it to 15 replies without a fan claiming its a design feature to make sure you take regular breaks during work or some shit like that.

TBH, every single iPhone 6 should have been recalled due to the lack of underfill for the touch IC, and the ease of which the phone could bend (which was one of things that made the lack of underfill apparent). It was reported on by unauthorised repair shops for a while before Apple finally stopped deleting posts about it when it was finally picked up by the media.

[mrchow19910319]

Happened to a friend of mine. He really fed up. 

Also he blamed the touch bar and said at least, 50% of the time the touch bar is too hot for him to even "touch". 

He is a power user, with a lot of google chrome tabs open, an IDE and photoshops and some other program running in the background, his 15 inch macbook pro 2016 can only get 2.5 hours of battery life. However if Chrome is not being used, the machine can last A LOT longer than that. 

 

I love my macbook pro... not everyone who uses apple's products is an isheep.

[suicidalfranco]

Clearly all haters, trying to throw shit at apple, Also why would anyone use a computer for more than 3 hours is beyond me. Bet they don't even have real macbooks, probably Chinese hackintosh cause help never lies about battery life. Must be the same kind of people who think that more ram doesn't drain the battery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[mrchow19910319]

1 hour ago, Dackzy said:

 

 

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, mrchow19910319 said:

 

I have made a topic about all the problems that he showed in that video.

 

[mrchow19910319]

1 minute ago, Dackzy said:

I have made a topic about all the problems that he showed in that video.

LOL I don't hate apple. But their latest products are not up to their standard. 

 

[Dackzy]

36 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

LOL I don't hate apple. But their latest products are not up to their standard. 

 

never said you did. Yep their latest products have been bad

[mrchow19910319]

27 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

never said you did. Yep their latest products have been bad

yeah.... just want to clarify.... feels like people just hate apple for the sake of hating it. 

[jagdtigger]

2 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

You couldn't make this up, Apple fucked up so badly with this device and yet the Isheep still defend it and Apple. Now your portable "pro" device has to be tethered if you want to use it for more than 3 hours? Just wow.

I dont know what they expected, a dGPU can eat a lot. My inspiron 7720 has similar results in terms of battery life with its GT650M...

[IhazHedont]

You don't get it, don't you, PC users ?

 

It's a smart move from Apple to make people more effective, that's all. 

[captain_to_fire]

2 hours ago, Nicholatian said:

Everything surrounding this stinks. And it’s a shame too; I was looking hard at Apple’s lineup until all of this shit hit the fan with the MBP.

 

As someone who was genuinely interested in buying their product, I can say this is a massive turn-off… on top of everything else already.

I was also looking forward for the new MacBook Pros until the lackluster reviews and complaints came up. The new MacBook Pros is having first gen problems. So I'll just wait for the 2017 refresh and they better do. 

 

 

[Dackzy]

39 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

yeah.... just want to clarify.... feels like people just hate apple for the sake of hating it. 

some are, some have reasons behind the hate.