If you charge your iPhone every day, you give the device hundreds of hours of power per year. Of course, that electricity is not free. So, how many dollars do you spend per year to charge your iPhone? We figured it out – and the answer may surprise you.
Charging iPhone: how much do you spend annually on electricity?
An iPhone, a data bundle and some accessories: it’s all expensive enough. What we don’t always realize is that we also pay for the power to charge the iPhone. How much do you actually spend per year charging your phone?
To calculate it, let’s take the iPhone 13 Pro as an example. We assume that the battery is charged for one hour every day – 365 times a year. This is done with a fast charger (27W), with which you bring the battery from zero to eighty percent within an hour. For most people, with the iPhone 13 Pro – with a capacity of 3095 mAh – that is enough to get through the day.
Electricity costs iPhone
This is approximately how much energy the iPhone 13 Pro uses every day:
- 1 hour x 27 Watts = 27 Wh (watt hours)
If we multiply this number by the charging cycles per year (i.e. 365), we get the annual energy consumption.
- 27 Wh x 365 = 9855 Wh, or 9.855 kilowatt hours (kWh)
Finally, we need to know what the kWh price is. It is currently very high; according to the Consumers Association in March 2022 this was an average of 67 cents per kWh. In January 2021, it was still an average of 24 cents per kWh. By multiplying the kWh price by the number of kilowatt hours, we know what it costs annually in electricity to charge the iPhone:
- 9.855 x 24 cents = 660.29 cents or €6.60 per year
So they are not costs that you feel in your wallet, although they are not completely negligible. In addition, the costs are somewhat higher in practice, since an iPhone is usually not immediately disconnected after charging. Even then, power is still being consumed – albeit little.
Are the electricity costs for charging better or worse for you? Let us know below in the comments!