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Is this worth a Mac Genius appointment?

Hecklerdanny

Hecklerdanny

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I bought my iPhone brand new this January. I haven't Jailbroken or done anything else to do it. I don't think the battery life on it is very good. I'm getting about 3-5 hours of usage, with about 2 days of standby time. This is FAR shorter than the iPhone specs on Apple's website, which boast about 7 days of standby time.

My general usage is checking email on it a few times a day, talking on it for about one hour a day, texting on it a "fair" amount, and using the internet a little bit. For about as long as it takes me to check out MSNBC or Facebook a few times a day. I never really watch movies or listen to music on it. And I never use WiFi (I do not keep WiFi turned on)

What are your thoughts? Worth trying to get it replaced for a better one? My nearest Apple Store is about an hour and a half away, so I don't really want to waste a trip down there for nothing.

Thanks in advance.
 
DizzyRose said:
If you live close enough to an Apple Store, it won't harm anyone to make an appointment with an iPhone Genius.

It's free to ask.
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My closest store is about an hour and a half away. 2 hours with traffic. Not close enough to just chance it.
 
when apple quotes a standby time of seven days, it's seven days of nothing but standby. when you throw in your 3-5 hours of use, you drastically decrease your standby time and shouldn't realistically expect 7 days without charging. what you describe seems just about right for an iphone.
 
I get two days out of my battery with 2-3 hours of heavy EDGE/GPRS use. Maybe an hour of wifi (with wifi and BT off otherwise). Screen set to auto dimming but set low as the default.

I'd like longer though. Sometimes I get less than a full two days.
 
If you live close to one, they are very helpful. They may swap the unit out for you if they feel it is defective.
 
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I get five hours max of usage. I'd say your phones fine but its worth a try if you can be bothered
 
If your phone lasts 2 days on a charge with mild-average usage, there's not a problem.
You should probably just charge it every night and not have to worry about it though.:confused:

As long as a phone can last 15 hours with my usage, that's fine for me.
 
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