I can get even longer, 3-4 days, when I have my phone on airplane mode at night, so I can use it as an alarm clock, without incoming calls in the middle of the night. FYI, I'm not a heavy data user.
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I need to be honest about 5S battery life
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I love the occasional trolling, but this time I am saddened to say that I was being completely serious.
How on earth do you guys get less than a day of battery on your iPhone 5S?
Are you guys watching cheeky videos all day? Do you have like 20 apps that are all using Background App Refresh?
I personally think that two days of battery in today's world is pretty poor.
How on earth do you guys get less than a day of battery on your iPhone 5S?
Are you guys watching cheeky videos all day? Do you have like 20 apps that are all using Background App Refresh?
I personally think that two days of battery in today's world is pretty poor.
Your use sounds pretty similar to mine. I usually get 2-3 days between charges, but I consider myself a light user. I'm wondering, have you owned other smartphones? Read some reviews. Considering that today's phones are pretty much mini-computers, any phone that gets you through more than a day with moderate use is considered pretty good. Most people recharge their phones every night.
If you can go more than a day between charges, and especially over two, then you have no need for a high-end smartphone. Seriously.
Well I use it as my work phone so I use a lot of voice minutes and reply to many emails. I also stream Sirius XM and play some words with friends. I am a heavy user but still...
Lucky fellow!
Hey, wanne sell that 5S? For a reasonable price I'll take that awful thing of your hands.
I don't know... If this is indeed his first smart phone, I can see how he might be sincere. I remember in my pre-smart phone days only having to charge my phone like once a week.
I'll trade ya. I'm lucky with 3-5h usage. Tethered to a Mophie battery case to roll a full day. Granted it's an iPhone 5, but still. 2 days' life is amazing.
Are you trolling? 2 days is great battery life. My high end android phone barely lasts 1 day with even light usage.
I deleted social media apps. Using it yesterday from 7:30 AM to 20 PM I still had 80% battery left. Throughout the day I listened to music for 30 minutes, pushed mail every hour, read those incoming (maybe 10), read 5 text messages which I answered, had one phone call for 5 minutes. Only 20% used. That is because I use my iPad for social media and my iPhone 5S as a phone. I am just tired of doing tablet or pc like tasks on the 5s tiny screen, so now I have more time for other stuff and use the iPad to check social media and news in the evening.
But I would say the battery life is very good. I just charge at night. I have never run dry.
But I would say the battery life is very good. I just charge at night. I have never run dry.
People only come in and drop these drive by troll posts because they KNOW it will get a rise out of people in this community. Of course they don't come back and reply, they sit back and watch everyone freak out. 
Except the OP actually did reply (and even to address that particular point of it). So, yeah...People only come in and drop these drive by troll posts because they KNOW it will get a rise out of people in this community. Of course they don't come back and reply, they sit back and watch everyone freak out.
It's called usage. And obviously we use our phones different to you. I text a lot and use the hangouts app a lot I use G+ I use YouTube alot I use other apps like the verge etc.
Go away, I know this is a troll attempt.
3 DAYS?! I call bullsh**! And if your were to get 3 days and then dropped down to 2 when on 4g would you really say that sucks? And does it matter if you sleep? If you sleep within the 2 days you have time to charge it.
I must say that making this thread has brought me some luck. I recently turned 4G on again and somehow managed to get a full three days of charge with average work use, which I consider acceptable. I must have the miracle 5S.
That's nothing. I turned 4G on again and I get 7 full days of charge with average work use. There must be something wrong with yours.
It all depends on what one calls average use. My typical usage of emails, music, some texts, a few short calls, a little bit of YouTube, Facebook, twitter, and maybe maps typically gets me over 2 days between charges. Usage time across those two days is usually about 8-9 hours.
I need to be honest about 5S battery life
This is my battery life on my iPhone 5 with some gaming for about 1.5 hours. People are saying the battery life is awhile with iOS 7 but I can't complain to be honest!
And it's on airplane mode to see how long it would last for like 5 minutes
This is my battery life on my iPhone 5 with some gaming for about 1.5 hours. People are saying the battery life is awhile with iOS 7 but I can't complain to be honest!
And it's on airplane mode to see how long it would last for like 5 minutes