Why turn everything off to save the battery? What would be the point of having them if you cannot use them due to a poor battery?
Because people are saying this battery is worse than the ones on first gen iPhones.
Why turn everything off to save the battery? What would be the point of having them if you cannot use them due to a poor battery?
Thanks, but no thanks. The battery life isn't THAT bad. I made some common sense settings to the phone and I get great life out of it... infact, i'm TRYING to wear it down to nothing right now by playing movies at full screen brightness and I'm still waiting for it to die (last charge yesterday morning).
I like the phone looking the way it does, and it's a portion of the reason I bought the iPhone. Obviously the majority is what it is and how it works, etc, but I don't want a big clunky phone. Turn your brightness down to like 30%, which is sufficient most of the time, turn off things like WiFi/Bluetooth and calibrate the battery. I got great life on my old iPhone and while I notice this one goes a little faster than the original iPhone, we should have all been aware.
Everyone bitched at Apple last year for releasing a 2G phone because they NEEDED 3G. Apple said it was a battery life issue, and now that there's a 3G phone and you're not getting amazing battery life, you're all angry. How silly.
i have been having the same problems with the battery life. i let it charge overnight and around noon i removed it from the charger and it died around midnight. my usage time is about 3.5 hours. I thought you were supposed to get at least 5 hours, and thats in talk time or 3g surfing. i have everything turned on except bluetooth. here is a picture of my usage time along with my remaining battery. is this normal use for the 3g iPhone?
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Aggggrrr when will people see its not 3G using up the battery life! - Its the push aspect - christ decent European 3G phones last 3/4 days without push.
I've already said this in another thread but I'll post here too as it is relevant.
All this talk of poor battery life is seriously premature. Put your phone through 3 full charge/discharge cycles before even thinking about your battery life. Anyone quoting their battery life on a 2 day old device cannot have done this and so their data must be viewed with some scepticism.
I have learnt to do this with every mobile phone; camera and other portable device that I've owned. I consistently get better day to day and year on year battery life than my less techy friends.
That said, no manufacturing process or quality control procedure is 100% perfect. So, if one is still getting poor battery life after 3 full charge/discharge cycles, then it's fair to say there's a problem, but not before.
So, if I've been through 5 charge cycles in 2 days....is that bad?!?! I ONLY get 2 hours of usage and 5 hours of standby when I hit the 20% mark. That is WiFi and Bluetooth off. The usage comes from a few texts, a quick AIM check, a quick Loopt check, and a few webpages. I think this is unacceptable....but I am unsure
I find that if you turn off the phone during the day, the battery won't die during your commute back home. Remember, we all bought this phone to look cool, not to actually use it.
I find that if you turn off the phone during the day, the battery won't die during your commute back home. Remember, we all bought this phone to look cool, not to actually use it.
There might be an issue where you use location services, it will keep the GPS running. Pure speculation, but try turning off location services in settings and see what happens. (dont use loopt)
Push will always use up battery fast - doubt they can do much more to "fix" that with a software update as it basically means an "always on" data connection to the server
Unless I am mistaken. Turning location services will make no difference unless you are using applications which ask for it and it only switches on when you are using them. I don't use maps often and when I do, I don't want to go through settings to turn it on!
So, if I've been through 5 charge cycles in 2 days....is that bad?!?! I ONLY get 2 hours of usage and 5 hours of standby when I hit the 20% mark. That is WiFi and Bluetooth off. The usage comes from a few texts, a quick AIM check, a quick Loopt check, and a few webpages. I think this is unacceptable....but I am unsure
So, if I've been through 5 charge cycles in 2 days....is that bad?!?! I ONLY get 2 hours of usage and 5 hours of standby when I hit the 20% mark. That is WiFi and Bluetooth off. The usage comes from a few texts, a quick AIM check, a quick Loopt check, and a few webpages. I think this is unacceptable....but I am unsure
It's a trade off for the 3g. When the first iPhone was released everyone was complaining there was no 3g. Now there is 3g and everyone is complaining about the battery life. We are hitting up against technological bottlenecks. It isn't the fault of apple or the iPhone design.
This is because Apple used a weaker battery in the 3G according to a report from ifixit.
I charged my phone the whole morning, leaved it with display off beside me, just used it for 5 minutes and now 10 minutes showing friends google map and the battery status declined. I mean what kind of sh** is this? Apple is definitely guilty for this sh**. You can't bring a cell phone to market which isn't usable a whole day, or otherwise, bring 3G but reduce the battery efficency?! So much i like my new iPhone 3G, so much i hate the problem with the battery!