Iphone 4s battery life,
#1
Iphone 4s battery life,
Her indoors wants a new phone and the above has made her short list. How long realistically does the battery last? Having searched round the net it seems that some people are having to charge every day. Is that the norm or is that the result of heavy use
#4
Really. What makes them suck so much power? From what i can tell, they seem to use lots of power what they're not being used. Are there a number of things running in the background?
#5
Some folk make a great deal about their phones lasting days without needing charging - don't these people ever sleep?
(awaits replies about how charging every night is bad for the battery - it's a phone ffs)
Last edited by Skoobie Dhu; 08 April 2012 at 10:15 AM.
#6
I hear ya but she's just worried about being caught short with no electric in her phone with no obvious means of charging. If a phone lasts 2 or 3 days then the chances of being caught short are slim.
BTW - she sleeps for England
BTW - she sleeps for England
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Realistically 2 days max between charges. Thats with WiFi syncing (icloud etc) enabled, bluetooth active (always conected when in the car), location services mostly disabled (except for sat nav and stuff that "needs" to know where I am...ie NOT facebook ) with minimal web or app use and little or no 3G usage. Plus about 30 to 60mins worth of voice calls. If you are heavy on voice calls, or web/app/game/music use that can easily shrink down to less than one day. I've killed the battery in the space of 6 hours messing with games and apps etc.
Could squeeze it to 3days if you turn off some features, but you really are pushing it and have to basically only use it it for the odd voice call and text in a good reception area. So I have an old Nokia 8310 to use for camping trips as its tiny and gets far better reception and has 5 day battery.
iOS5.1 update has helped, although that could be just a tweek on the battery meter to make it "look" like it has better battery life
Other bug bears:
Good luck!
Could squeeze it to 3days if you turn off some features, but you really are pushing it and have to basically only use it it for the odd voice call and text in a good reception area. So I have an old Nokia 8310 to use for camping trips as its tiny and gets far better reception and has 5 day battery.
iOS5.1 update has helped, although that could be just a tweek on the battery meter to make it "look" like it has better battery life
Other bug bears:
- No signal/reception in areas where there is good signal - confirmed with other phones (inlcuding iPhones). Powering down and turning back on cures it
- Dropping calls even though I have signal (as does the other party, when I phoned them back with another phone).
- Ghost calls, I've had peopel with a 4S leave me with 5minute voicemails.....and mine done it to others too. I caught it in the act yetuday when I jumped into the car and the bluetooth on the radio immediatly activated. I check the phone and it was not doing anything (in standby-keypad locked), take off keypad lock to find it making another call
- Web stuff not working when it should (live leak videos, which I've just found out about, youtube is fine. I assumed it was do to no flash support but something else is amiss
Good luck!
Last edited by ALi-B; 08 April 2012 at 10:51 AM.
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- No signal/reception in areas where there is good signal - confirmed with other phones (inlcuding iPhones). Powering down and turning back on cures it
- Dropping calls even though I have signal.
- Ghost calls, I've had peopel with a 4S leave me with 5minute voicemails.....and mine done it to others too. I caught it in the act yetuday when I jumped into the car and the bluetooth on the radio immediatly activated. I check the phone and it was not doing anything (in standby-keypad locked), take off keypad lock to find it making another call
- Web stuff not working when it should (live leak videos, which I've just found out about, youtube is fine. I assumed it was do to no flash support but something else is amiss
Good luck!
#12
My daughter has the 4s and I took on her 3gs. Both have to be charged every day, but it's no hassle really. The phones are great and sorry to those who don't like them, but I would highly recommend them
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Done a restore re: ghost calls, no difference.
Mates iP 4S does it too (had 6 minute voice mails off him FFS...no audio on the message, just a faint background buzz, and he doesn't use bluetooth at all, so its not that. )
Last edited by ALi-B; 08 April 2012 at 10:56 AM.
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I think my iPhone would probably do 2 days without charge if I needed it to. It as most others do I charge it over night.
Every smartphone I've had pretty much needs charging over night and my list is
Blackberry curve
Htc desire hd
Samsung galaxy s2
Now iPhone 4
They are all pretty similar, the iPhone probably edges it for battery life.
Every smartphone I've had pretty much needs charging over night and my list is
Blackberry curve
Htc desire hd
Samsung galaxy s2
Now iPhone 4
They are all pretty similar, the iPhone probably edges it for battery life.
#16
You could always get one of those battery cases which doubles (some of them) the life of your iphone battery, was actually thinking about one of these as well when I upgrade.
#17
My iPhone will just about last through the day although not always. I am constantly receiving emails (for work) and replying. The screen takes quite a lot of the power as does the wifi/3G signal. If you are stuck somewhere and start playing games then the battery drains considerably.
You can improve the life by switching off 3G, turning the screen brightness down, switching off location services. I do not as to be honest if I have to do all of that I'm losing half of the fun of the phone.
As mentioned above, this isn't specifically an iPhone thing, most smartphones have limited battery life in comparision to 'old' phones that just, well, make calls, have a little LCD screen etc...
You can improve the life by switching off 3G, turning the screen brightness down, switching off location services. I do not as to be honest if I have to do all of that I'm losing half of the fun of the phone.
As mentioned above, this isn't specifically an iPhone thing, most smartphones have limited battery life in comparision to 'old' phones that just, well, make calls, have a little LCD screen etc...
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My HTC Desire S last around 36 hours with normal usage. Although I killed it in just 8 hours yesterday after I downloaded a new game!
The screen size is what kills the batteries on these phones, not Wifi or 3G.
#29
Charge mine every night although would last 2 days if needed
Always have a charger in the car as a back up
The iPad charger does a quicker job if need be
Fantastic phone such an advance on my 3GS ,which the misses has now
Camera is great and web sites are so quick
Always have a charger in the car as a back up
The iPad charger does a quicker job if need be
Fantastic phone such an advance on my 3GS ,which the misses has now
Camera is great and web sites are so quick