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Alleged iPhone 5S Batteries Photographed on Production Line
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I dunno about the 5S. I'm seriously considering entering into a 2 year contract with a 5 soon. I'm sick of feeling so behind with my iPhone 4 and it's really showing its age. I can't see what the 5S will have that will make me wish I had it. I doubt we'll see the rumoured finger print sensor in an S generation but I'm guessing there will be a 5S only iOS 7 feature, anyone want to take a guess at what that might be?
I really hope they do something like they did with the MacBook Air and announce a battery time that is roughly 50% greater! 
Na, It's probably gonna be like the 4S to the 5. Relatively the same. It might be slightly better, but I doubt they're making the screen more efficient, and the processor won't help..
what do you mean? the 5 battery is quite better then the 4S battery, same exact sized battery but the 5 manages to last longer on all frontiers then the 4S, all with a bigger screen, faster processor.
The apple a6 is more energy efficient then the apple a5 and thats why were able to get great lte browsing life performance on a i5
Apple manages every year to add about 1-2 hours on talk time, web browsing time, etc
Apple a7 will be more energy efficient then the apple a6
And who says they aren't iPhone 5 batteries that haven't been screen printed yet?
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I could be mistaken, but I feel like iOS 7 is going to be more of a battery drainer than 6, just due to the nature of the overhauled UI after having the beta on my 4S for a couple of weeks. Also with the amount of white coloring in 7, I feel like this will also cause a decrease in battery life since all rgb pixels have to be lit to create the color, though maybe this wouldn't be significant enough to affect the battery.
With the MBA, even with some of the issues plauging it that's bound to happen with a new machine with new processing architecture, not only saw a great increase of battery life so far, but is bound to be increased even further with the final build (and most likely 10.9.2) of Mavericks. Apple's increasing battery life by both hardware and software. Additionally, due to the iPhone's small size, the battery size considerations are greater than a MacBook, even the Air. More optimizations have to be made in addition to a battery increase. I'm thinking the A7 quad-core might have some sort of low-power optimizations not seen in previous A-series chips, and I'm hoping a retina display that's more efficient (IZGO please?) to boot. Add in 2GB RAM that I believe is necessary if the new multitasking features can be used well, and this device could very well actually last through an entire work day.
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Ok, the condom joke has been allowed to live in the beginning of the thread, but enough already.
Carry on...with the news discussion.
Ok, the condom joke has been allowed to live in the beginning of the thread, but enough already.
Carry on...with the news discussion.
im getting kinda tired of the typical apple shtick.... post the damn phone already or stop leaking parts
I agree, love my 3Gs, it's served me well but it's time for an upgrade. September is only a few months away!
Hopefully we get lucky.....That's at the very least, 64 more days of leaks, speculation and educated guesses, sigh
You have mistaken the RGB pixels light up system with AMOLED tech. Screen brightness not color is what affects the LCD tech's battery life.
I may be mistaken, but I don't think the backlight gets brighter because there is more white on the screen.
That makes no sense. If anything you would set the screen to be less bright because less light would be being blocked and more would be getting to your eyes.
How does the word 'timeframe' help? Isn't September already a timeframe?
And I think you are misusing the term 'launch window'. Maybe you are just using it that way for 'style'.
Just sayin'
Actually, I wanted to ask a serious question.
I seems that everyone is using the name 5S like it is a done deal.
Has anyone offered some sturdy info to help us have confidence in this?
oh yeah, besides, "3G, 3GS, 4, 4S, 5, ...."
That isn't really enough, in my opinion anyway.
That's at the very least, 64 more days of leaks, speculation and educated guesses, sigh
Followed by leaks of the IP6, iOS 7.1, iPad 6 etc. etc.