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100 less hours standby on 4S ?!?!

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quantumphysics

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Sep 28, 2011
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I understand that it's a faster processor but that's quite a dip in standby life! no?

4S
Talk time:
Up to 8 hours on 3G
Up to 14 hours on 2G (GSM)

Standby time:
Up to 200 hours

4
Talk time:
Up to 7 hours on 3G
Up to 14 hours on 2G (GSM)

Standby time:
Up to 300 hours
 
This is why I believe they didn't go with a 4in screen with 4G. Sealed battery and apple has always been proud of the batt. It's a hurdle I don't think they've figured out yet.
 
BoxerGT2.5 said:
This is why I believe they didn't go with a 4in screen with 4G. Sealed battery and apple has always been proud of the batt. It's a hurdle I don't think they've figured out yet.
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A 4in inch screen would give them more room to fit an even bigger battery and give us more battery time.
 
I never judge a phone by its standby time, since your phone is almost never in standby. I'd rather have the measure of higher talk time and actual activity rather than seeing the standby time.
 
OMG, between that and the 4S is heavier, I'm going Android. :rolleyes:
 
DeusInvictus7 said:
Does it receive emails or any other notifications while it's sitting there? If the answer is yes, then it's not in standby.
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Wow, really? You're really going to argue this? So you're phone is in "anticipation" mode then, they should add that line item :rolleyes:

Unbelievable.
 
j4bles said:
the F is this? Mine is sitting on my desk right now....standing by. And does so for most of my 8 hour shift at work.
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an 8 hour shift isn't anywhere near 200 or 300 hours. I really don't think the drop in standby time is something most people would notice.
 
Krandor said:
an 8 hour shift isn't anywhere near 200 or 300 hours. I really don't think the drop in standby time is something most people would notice.
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I realize that. DeusInvictus7 is stating that our phones never go into a standby mode.
 
Im kind of worried about this because battery life is very important to me. Coming from a blackberry with an incredible battery life im concerned the iphone 4s will really lack in this department. I realize blackberry and iphone are 2 different things but right now i have to charge my blackberry once a week if that. As you said before a 1/3 dip in standby is pretty big and i would want standby to increase/stay the same over going down any day.
 
I charge my iPhone 4 every day and sometimes a couple times too because I use it a lot. I'm guessing the drop in standby time isn't going to matter to me. Or will it?
 
I don't understand this stat... what exactly is the 4s doing on standby that the 4 isn't? Especially if they are both running ios 5? What is the difference?

Perhaps the 4s battery is actually smaller than the 4, but the increased efficiency of the A5 processor allows it to get away with the smaller battery during active use?
 
200 hours or 300, that is still a very long time. If you take, say, 8 hours of standby in a workday (as quoted above), thats 2.6% of 300 hours, or 4% of 200 hours. So the difference between the iPhone 4 and the 4S is 1.4% battery life. Don't worry about it.
 
SooneratND said:
I don't understand this stat... what exactly is the 4s doing on standby that the 4 isn't? Especially if they are both running ios 5? What is the difference?

Perhaps the 4s battery is actually smaller than the 4, but the increased efficiency of the A5 processor allows it to get away with the smaller battery during active use?
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The difference is probably iCloud. The 300h standby time was mesured with iOS 4 without iCloud. iCloud uses alot of background processing even when iPhone is not being used.
 
I don't get how talk-time can go up and standby can go down... Something tells me this will mean that during "normal usage" (i.e. games, web browsing, etc), this thing won't last as long...
 
It's pretty funny that people are defending a decrease in battery life period, let alone for the same exact phone. Just another reason why this is an awful upgrade.
 
The decrease could also have something to do with Siri and the fact that it will need to run in the background constantly.
 
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Seriously, how is reduced standby time an upgrade? After delaying the release of the new iPhone, the 4S is disappointing.

I'd have gladly ponied up the money for that tapered design larger screen iPhone 5 that was rumored.

Now that Jobs is gone I can see Apple turning into just another company. Today's iPhone was just the beginning.
 
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