iPhone 5 Battery Life/Usage Screens [MERGED] - Page 6

Brad02 · Sep 23, 2012, 08:09 AM

Not terrible but not great either. Lost like 8% just while sleeping. No LTE on. Wifi and 3G browsing. About 30 minutes of Turn by turn and an hour of phone calls. Lots of texting and no game usage.

Bswartz95 · Sep 23, 2012, 08:18 AM

Nearly 5 hours of usage and at 28%. I'm happy with that. I'm only on my 1st full charge cycle - drained it out of the box and charged to 100%. Very similar to my i4.

I set it up as new, use mostly LTE at home. Verizon 16gb white.

A420Turbo · Sep 23, 2012, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theking79

This is my 3rd cycle. Think I might have to return my iPhone.

After posting this it dropped to 54%

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Not talking up the phone but with cellular reception like that its no wonder why your battery is taking a hit....

Not too happy with mine either 5.5 hrs usage, 12 hrs standby from 100%->1% but then again my reception is not the best but not as bad as your screen shot either

penajmz · 10:53 AM

Not bad for being heavy usage.

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zbarvian · Sep 23, 2012, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by penajmz

Not bad for being heavy usage. Attachment 361707

That's incredible, actually. It seems that low service areas really sap the battery life.

jfu222 · Sep 23, 2012, 09:33 AM

Same battery issues here.

It seems obvious there's an issue.

I thought it was because I was using spotify, but my iPhone 4 never lost power like this.

So it's either a bad batch or an iOS6 issue.

I'm sure it'll work itself out soon with and update or an exchange

Great phone otherwise

thet3chbr0th3r5 · Sep 23, 2012, 09:40 AM

I got this using the iPhone 4S

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jeremiah239 · Sep 23, 2012, 10:13 AM

It's interesting to see how many people didn't buy more iCloud storage.

wellok · Sep 23, 2012, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jeremiah239

It's interesting to see how many people didn't buy more iCloud storage.

I definitely would if I needed it because I love iCloud, but I haven't had to!

jeremiah239 · Sep 23, 2012, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wellok

I definitely would if I needed it because I love iCloud, but I haven't had to!

Yeah same here.

eggo · Sep 23, 2012, 12:32 PM

LTE always on. Normal usage with half an hour apple map Turn by Turn Navigation.

imazu · Sep 23, 2012, 12:38 PM

after i drain it last night and charged it full

kingdLo · Sep 23, 2012, 12:40 PM

LTE off, wifi on whole time, no Bluetooth or location.

2IS · Sep 23, 2012, 01:09 PM

I'm not happy with the battery life either. While texting a friend of mine, the batter indicator was literally dropping at a rate of about 1% ever minute or two. I DID restore my phone from iCloud and I just "reset all settings" I did this while it was a 98% when it booted back up it was showing 100%

Interesting. I hope this helps, or i'll have to make an appointment with the genius bar.

iLoveMyApple · Sep 23, 2012, 01:16 PM

I just pulled the trigger and decided to restore my iPhone to factory. I have nothing to lose (besides all my old text messages). I can't really judge battery until my phone dies completely. Since I restored it, the battery has gone down quite a bit, but I've been using it a lot (installing apps, changing settings, etc). We'll see what happens though.

kokhean · Sep 23, 2012, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imazu

after i drain it last night and charged it full

lol

RebelScum · Sep 23, 2012, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by james948
Try turning on wifi and test your battery then. I'm having issues with cellular. It gets hot and battery goes down. Doesn't happen when I'm on wifi.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zbarvian

I second this.

Third

elixxxer · Sep 23, 2012, 01:26 PM

Light to medium usage. Lots of texting and surfing, but no games or intensive applications and about 20 minutes of talk time. Mostly wi-fi, but LTE and bluetooth turned on. I'm pleased.

timeconsumer · Sep 23, 2012, 01:54 PM

Pretty impressed... Setup as new.

41 minutes on calls
Mostly on wifi
A lot of text messages/iMessages
Web browsing on safari
Streaming pandora for about an hour
A couple YouTube videos
Took 2 pictures to test out cameras
Siri = disabled
Auto-brightness
Ran about 10 speedtests at various places I frequent

This basically simulates my normal use for the phone, so pretty happy with battery life thus far.

chanerz · Sep 23, 2012, 01:56 PM

orangebluedevil · Sep 23, 2012, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stangs55

There's a disable LTE option in the cellular menu.

I also noticed my battery draining quickly yesterday...went from 90% out of the box at 2:30pm to shutting off at 9 pm. I charged it uninterrupted overnight, so we'll see how it does today.

Stangs are you in Houston? How's the LTE?

borgqueenx · Sep 23, 2012, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by timeconsumer

Pretty impressed... Setup as new.

41 minutes on calls
Mostly on wifi
A lot of text messages/iMessages
Web browsing on safari
Streaming pandora for about an hour
A couple YouTube videos
Took 2 pictures to test out cameras
Siri = disabled
Auto-brightness
Ran about 10 speedtests at various places I frequent

This basically simulates my normal use for the phone, so pretty happy with battery life thus far.

thats amazing...i wish it was possible to manually backup app data in iOS6. and texts call history ect. if that was possible i'd do a setup as new iphone.

alexander25 · Sep 23, 2012, 02:20 PM

My iPhone dropped from 94% to 76% while I was sleeping (7hours)..

It also said 1+ hour of usage. I did get a bunch of text when I woke up. Does that count as usage?

2IS · Sep 23, 2012, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexander25

My iPhone dropped from 94% to 76% while I was sleeping (7hours)..

It also said 1+ hour of usage. I did get a bunch of text when I woke up. Does that count as usage?

Yes

chanerz · Sep 23, 2012, 02:23 PM

that's a big drop

Sep 23, 2012, 08:09 AM	#126
Brad02 macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2011	Not terrible but not great either. Lost like 8% just while sleeping. No LTE on. Wifi and 3G browsing. About 30 minutes of Turn by turn and an hour of phone calls. Lots of texting and no game usage. Attached Thumbnails
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Sep 23, 2012, 08:18 AM	#127
Bswartz95 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Columbus, OH	Nearly 5 hours of usage and at 28%. I'm happy with that. I'm only on my 1st full charge cycle - drained it out of the box and charged to 100%. Very similar to my i4. I set it up as new, use mostly LTE at home. Verizon 16gb white. Attached Thumbnails
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Sep 23, 2012, 09:10 AM	#129
penajmz macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New York City	Not bad for being heavy usage. __________________ Retina Macbook Pro 64GB iPhone 5 AT&T iPad mini Last edited by penajmz; Sep 23, 2012 at 10:53 AM.
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Sep 23, 2012, 09:40 AM	#132
thet3chbr0th3r5 macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2012	I got this using the iPhone 4S __________________ MacBook Pro 13 inch Mid 2012 iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 1G,3G, and 4G iPad mini YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/thet3chbr0th3r5
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Sep 23, 2012, 10:13 AM	#133
jeremiah239 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: 239 Area, FL	It's interesting to see how many people didn't buy more iCloud storage. __________________
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Sep 23, 2012, 09:33 AM	#131
jfu222 macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2012	Same battery issues here. It seems obvious there's an issue. I thought it was because I was using spotify, but my iPhone 4 never lost power like this. So it's either a bad batch or an iOS6 issue. I'm sure it'll work itself out soon with and update or an exchange Great phone otherwise
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Sep 23, 2012, 12:32 PM	#136
eggo macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2012	LTE always on. Normal usage with half an hour apple map Turn by Turn Navigation. Attached Thumbnails
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Sep 23, 2012, 12:38 PM	#137
imazu macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Couch	after i drain it last night and charged it full Attached Thumbnails
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Sep 23, 2012, 12:40 PM	#138
kingdLo macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2009	LTE off, wifi on whole time, no Bluetooth or location. Attached Thumbnails
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Sep 23, 2012, 01:09 PM	#139
2IS macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jan 2011	I'm not happy with the battery life either. While texting a friend of mine, the batter indicator was literally dropping at a rate of about 1% ever minute or two. I DID restore my phone from iCloud and I just "reset all settings" I did this while it was a 98% when it booted back up it was showing 100% Interesting. I hope this helps, or i'll have to make an appointment with the genius bar.
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Sep 23, 2012, 01:16 PM	#140
iLoveMyApple macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southern California	I just pulled the trigger and decided to restore my iPhone to factory. I have nothing to lose (besides all my old text messages). I can't really judge battery until my phone dies completely. Since I restored it, the battery has gone down quite a bit, but I've been using it a lot (installing apps, changing settings, etc). We'll see what happens though.
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Sep 23, 2012, 01:26 PM	#143
elixxxer macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2012	Light to medium usage. Lots of texting and surfing, but no games or intensive applications and about 20 minutes of talk time. Mostly wi-fi, but LTE and bluetooth turned on. I'm pleased.
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Sep 23, 2012, 01:54 PM	#144
timeconsumer macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SoCal	Pretty impressed... Setup as new. 41 minutes on calls Mostly on wifi A lot of text messages/iMessages Web browsing on safari Streaming pandora for about an hour A couple YouTube videos Took 2 pictures to test out cameras Siri = disabled Auto-brightness Ran about 10 speedtests at various places I frequent This basically simulates my normal use for the phone, so pretty happy with battery life thus far. Attached Thumbnails
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Sep 23, 2012, 01:56 PM	#145
chanerz macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2010
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Sep 23, 2012, 02:20 PM	#148
alexander25 Banned Join Date: Jul 2012	My iPhone dropped from 94% to 76% while I was sleeping (7hours).. It also said 1+ hour of usage. I did get a bunch of text when I woke up. Does that count as usage?
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Sep 23, 2012, 02:23 PM	#150
chanerz macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2010	that's a big drop
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