Charging the new Apple iPhone 6 only costs about $0.47 per year and charging its big brother, the iPhone 6 Plus, doesn't cost much more, according to oPower.
Using a Watts Up Pro Electricity Consumption Meter, oPower discovered that it takes about 10.5 watt-hours of electricity to fully charge an iPhone 6. If you do that 365 times a year, that's 3.8 kilowatt-hours in total. At an average US retail price of 12.29 cents per kilowatt-hour, it will cost iPhone 6 users just $0.47 per year to charge their device.
The iPhone 6 Plus has a larger battery and thus draws more electricity per fill-up (16.8 watt-hours). However, oPower estimates that it only needs a fill-up once every 1.46 days. Thus, it will cost iPhone 6 Plus owners about $0.52 per year to charge their device.
These numbers are slightly higher than the $0.41 it cost to charge the iPhone 5 annually; however, the new generation devices have significantly larger screens and thus demand more energy.
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StewartG - September 29, 2014 at 2:53pm
I held both at the Apple Store. I always wanted a larger one but I'm happy with the 6 and found the 6 plus a little too large, even though the people I know chose the 6 plus. I hope they continue making both sides because I prefer the 6. To me the only advantage between the two is the battery life on the 6 plus. Other features like the landscape mode and extra pixels are less bothersome. Though I would like more battery life on the 6 as well. My big hands can hold the 6 fully and reach the entire screen. Very nice on the space grey because it seems the screen reaches the sides and I thought that was beautiful.
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gamerscul9870 - September 29, 2014 at 12:05am
Solution to devices you take with you- buy a Genneo. Solution to everything else- install solar panels. Overall cost- 1/4 of the entire bill.
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Joseph Tarantino - September 28, 2014 at 5:51pm
The iPhone 6 Plus may bend in your pocket, but it won’t bend your energy bill higher. This should have been the title to this story.
A household device using just 4 kilowatt-hours per year is negligible in the context of a home’s yearly electricity consumption. In the US, charging an iPhone 6 represents 0.04% of the average home’s electric bill.
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