about time for 4s sucks bad
How can it only be "a small number of customers" when all the 4S' run identical software?
Serious question.
We did get the silent treatment. As far as I can tell, this followed the Apple MO. Say nothing about the issuedo not acknowledge the issueuntil you can come forward and speak definitively about the issue. Since this is a pretty big deal (battery life is important and word associated with such a thing impacts sales) we probably heard about it sooner. I'm not sure I'd attribute this to differences between Tim and Steve.I can't help but wonder if we would have just gotten the silent treatment from Steve in the same situation...
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE fix the echoing problem! can a developer check please!
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Apple issued a statement to The Loop's Jim Dalrymple about customer complaints of poor battery life with the new iPhone 4S and iOS 5:
There have been a litany of complaints about iPhone 4S and iOS 5 battery life ever since their release last month. A number of solutions have been proposed by the community for this problem, including turning off Time Zone detection, Bluetooth and others.
Apple has already seeded developers with a 5.0.1 beta that is said to address the issue.
Article Link: Apple Confirms Battery Life Issues With iOS 5, Software Update Coming
How can it only be "a small number of customers" when all the 4S' run identical software?
Serious question.
Must be PR trying to soften the OMG LIGHTENING ROD IPHONE BREAKING NEWS aspect of it.
<sarcasm>I wish HTC would fix the bug on my Diamond that makes my battery die fast all the time.
...I think the bug was called "windows mobile 6.5" or something... hmm..</sarcasm>
As much as I'm looking forward to the improved battery life I'm also insanely pleased with the multitasking gestures coming back to iPad1 - I miss them.
i am glad my iPhone 4 battery only lasts a day and i think i have a bug with the wifi because if i watch youtube videos on my iPad it stops half way thew the video all the time but works fine on the iPhone
Seriously... coming from an OG Droid I've been thinking "battery issues? What battery issues?"
Color me impressed at the open admittance by Apple of the problem at hand and the specific steps being taken to fix it. Google --> Motorola --> Verizon would have dinked around for months and eventually released an OS update 6 months after the phone was released (and 5.5 months after the phone was outdated by the next newest Droid).
I tried a few of the tips on battery life and got more than two days of regular use (few calls, email checking, texting, a little gaming, etc). If they can improve on that I'd say 5.0.1 is a winner.
I can't help but wonder if we would have just gotten the silent treatment from Steve in the same situation...
Unusual for Apple to acknowledge a problem (remember the initial iPhone 4 "death grip" denials?) but it sounds like they may already have the solution on the way as part of the iOS5 update.