8.1.1 battery very unreliable

[martinocando]

Aside from 8.1.1 still being in beta, the issues with trying to judge battery life are that not all functions use the same amount of power.

I also have a 5s, and my typical battery life (usage) has been 5-6 hours. Updating from iOS 7 didn't change this pattern.

However, if I'm in Airplane Mode and just listening to music or going through reading list items, then I'll still have more than half of my battery life left even after 5 hours of use. Conversely, when playing a power hungry game, I'll be lucky to get 3 hours on a full charge.

EVERY iOS update has come with people complaining about the battery life. But, I suspect that a lot of this has to do with people simply using their devices more initially after updating. Unless people are doing identical things on their devices and timing everything, there's really no way to verify whether these observations about battery life are due to the actual increased power drain, or simply differences in how the device is being used from one charge to another.

Agree. Also remember that my complain is not with short battery life, but unreliable. That means, that under the same conditions, one day lasts 6 hours, and the next day 12 hours. How can that be? Was she doing something in the background during the first day, and finished, then the next day is less busy, thus consuming less battery? What can that be?

 

[sbailey4]

I don't know anyone who is aware of this site either, but sometimes when I mention something that is talked about such as a rotation bug, or some UI glitch many of them say "oh you now, I'm having that problem too". So no, this site might not be a good barometer of actual users, but that doesn't mean others aren't having problems. Most are not just inclined to take the time to look up how to fix them in any way.
They might get on with their lives but that doesn't mean that new glitch doesn't annoy them, they just think they have to live with it.

Yeah I'm not saying no one is having any issues. You didn't quote my entire post. My response was to the following statement:

You have no facts to back up "These forums do not represent the majority of the population."

Again common since would dictate that Macrumors does not represent the majority of Apple product user population. That was my point.

 

[Armen]

You have no facts to back up "These forums do not represent the majority of the population."

I've also seen threads/posts of people saying how great their battery life is.

Let's keep it factual & help the OP.

I'm sorry are you under the impression that every iPhone user on the planet is on Macrumors?

The answer is NO so therefore Macrumors does NOT represent the majority of iPhone users. I don't know how much more factual I can get.

 

[flyinmac]

These forums do not represent the majority of the population. After all, who joins a forum to post a "my battery life is great!" thread?

You also have to take into consideration some users on these forums have OCD. They do nothing but obsess over their phones instead of just using them

"it dropped 1% while I was watching!".

Mine dropped 0.0000000000000000000000001 percent just reading this thread.

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You seriously don't think that the majority of Apple users are here posting in MacRumors do you? Facts maybe not, but common sense, definitely. I suppose you could find out how many registered macrumors users there are and see if that is anywhere near the total # of Apple product users if you really need "facts". No one I know who use Apple products are even aware of this site. They simply use their devices and get on with their life and interests.

Ok, now I know we're getting into science fiction.... You seem to be implying that there's Apple users who have a life?????? That's impossible

Oh, by the way, I agree with you 100%