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iPhone 4S battery problem = hardware?
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Ive had 2 4S's, and know plenty of others with a 4S, and nobody really has any battery issues. They are al much better than most/any of the large screen android phones.
As battery life has undeniably had a lot of buzz around it with the 4s it would be pretty awesome if they made the battery in the new phone great. I don't know much about battery technology, however, so don't know how realistic it is. I'm sure if they could stick a battery in the phone that lasted twenty years before a charge they would.
It's not a hardware issue. I've gotten spectacular usage out of it, and battery issues are plaguing not just iPhone 4S users but also 4 and (to a lesser extent) 3GS users. I've turned off location specific iAds and something else in Location settings, and I've restored to a clean phone. I've also calibrated by running the phone off battery until it shuts down. Now, I get about 8 hours of normal usage and 9 hours of standby time. Granted, it shouldn't take so much user effort to make the phone run well, but it's proof that the problem is not hardware based.
Lol at the suggestion for getting an android phone over the iPhone. I switched from the iPhone 4S to the Nexus then to the rezound and let me tell you how crappy the battery life was. After 2 weeks I switched back to the iPhone .
The problem with the 4S is that it's a smartphone. Yes, you read that right. SGS2 has comparable battery life IME, though I have done some heavy tweaks to both devices at this point.
What I find funny about the battery drainage issue is some days I get great battery life, both usage and standby, and other days I get poor usage and standby.
Same apps same usage times. Not really sure whats going on.
James
Same apps same usage times. Not really sure whats going on.
James