--- description: Purchasing an iPhone 6 will set you back more than $200, but once you've settled that bill you still have to charge it. title: Apple iPhone 6: Here's How Much It Costs To Charge image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a5642e487b6fb4d/6986a597adae44efa75452c4/iphone-charger.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's How Much It Costs To Charge An iPhone 6  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Sep 26, 2014 4:13 PM CUT  A customer shows the new products of Apple, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, at an Apple Store in Madrid, Spain, on September 26, 2014. A customer shows the new products of Apple, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, at an Apple Store in Madrid, Spain, on September 26, 2014.Anadolu Agency—Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Sep 26, 2014 4:13 PM CUT Purchasing an iPhone 6 will set you back anywhere from $200 to $650, depending on which model you buy and whether you’re due for an upgrade. But after you’ve settled that bill, you will only pay $0.47 a year to charge it, according to a new [study](http://blog.opower.com/2014/09/iphone-6-charging-47-cents/ "undefined") from Outlier. The study measured how much energy it takes to charge the Apple device, about 10.5 watt hours of electricity, and estimated that the average phone-owner would charge up once each day. While the Plus takes more energy to charge, it has a longer battery life and needs to be charged less frequently. A laptop requires about 14 times the electricity used by and iPhone 6, according to the study. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3432884/charge-cost-iphone-6/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3432884/charge-cost-iphone-6/"},"headline":"Here's How Much It Costs To Charge An iPhone 6","datePublished":"2014-09-26T16:13:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:03:15.652Z","description":"Charging the phone is 14 times less expensive than charging a laptop","url":"https://time.com/3432884/charge-cost-iphone-6/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Technology","iPhone","iPhone 6 topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a5642e487b6fb4d/6986a597adae44efa75452c4/iphone-charger.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a5642e487b6fb4d/6986a597adae44efa75452c4/iphone-charger.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus retail sales begin in Spain","caption":"iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus retail sales begin in Spain","creditText":"Anadolu Agency—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3432884/charge-cost-iphone-6/","name":"Here's How Much It Costs To Charge An iPhone 6"}}]}] ```