Battery Life - How many hours are you getting on iPhone 4S?

[cbongiova]

I see a lot of threads on battery issues, but what I want to know is how many hours are they getting on average before the phone dies in a typical day (i.e. within an 24 hour period). I'm between 5-6 hours of usages.

To be clear, when I say usage I mean go to Settings -> General -> Usage and scroll to the bottom.

I can go a full day without a charge, but I'm only using it about 4-6 hours each day.

 

[Jamie017]

Mine has great battery life. I can easily go a day without a charge.

 

[jasko]

4-5 hours usage. It all depends. I could be using facebook or texting all that time, or playing a game all that time, which will kill the battery faster.

 

[superdudeo]

Why do people keep making polls with ambiguous questions? Are we talking usage or standby because I refuse to believe that people are getting 8+ hours if you're not just playing music.

 

[MayBee]

this poll is gonna be inaccurate...

i can let it sit there and play music for 10 hours+
while I can get 4 hours or less just being on the apps store

 

[superdudeo]

Bump

 

[ap3604]

Why do people keep making polls with ambiguous questions? Are we talking usage or standby because I refuse to believe that people are getting 8+ hours if you're not just playing music.

Bump

Why bump the thread if the poll question is flawed/written poorly/inaccurate?

 

[superdudeo]

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Why do people keep making polls with ambiguous questions? Are we talking usage or standby because I refuse to believe that people are getting 8+ hours if you're not just playing music.

Bump

Why bump the thread if the poll question is flawed/written poorly/inaccurate?

Touché. I am trusting that people are voting on usage and not standby and I am interested in this for comparison.

 

[firecodeny]

Battery issue 4s

My battery dosn't last more than 4hours, that's with NO phone use.. if I used the device as it should be used..maybe 2hours.

This is my first iPhone and I have to say "NOT A HAPPY MAC USER"

 

[pdqgp]

My battery dosn't last more than 4hours, that's with NO phone use.. if I used the device as it should be used..maybe 2hours.

This is my first iPhone and I have to say "NOT A HAPPY MAC USER"

Sounds like your location services/GPS are draining your battery. I say that because I can get about 3-4 hours of constant GPS use while streaming through BlueTooth.

IMO, you should turn off location services unless your app. needs it turned on. Another thing that comes to mind is using location based reminders. Those will use the GPS to keep track of your phone to determine when to alert you of the reminder.

 

[MacDevil7334]

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I'm getting 5 to 6 hours of use. However, that stat is pretty much useless. While the usage my phone is reporting is about on par with what I got on my iPhone 4, I am racking up that 5-6 hours in less than a day of normal use on my 4S. On my old iPhone 4, it would take me 2 days to drain the battery with the same usage. This tells me two things. First, the 4S is doing something in standby that is draining the hell out of the battery. Second, the iPhone's usage meter is essentially worthless as a measuring tool.

 

[apunkrockmonk]

I've been having good results, the same good results I was having on iOS 5 on my old iP4 before the 4s showed up in the mail.

 

[rt909]

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