I'm not. But I don't have internet at work and during downtime I use my iPhone for strictly 3G usage. Even if it's not completely accurate the fact is that I'm getting better usage now than I was getting 2 weeks ago with similar usage.
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iPhone 4 battery life, not so good?
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I'm not. But I don't have internet at work and during downtime I use my iPhone for strictly 3G usage. Even if it's not completely accurate the fact is that I'm getting better usage now than I was getting 2 weeks ago with similar usage.
What I wished people would do who post is post usage stats for ONLY internet use for either 3G or wifi, which is what anjinha posted. IMO it’s what establishes how good your battery is and is what I do every time I check out an iPhone.
Lol alright.
I think it's time for you to wake up from your dream
I think it’s time for you to get what Apple rates the iPhone 4 or take it back.
Not that a screen shot means anything. My rep on this site does though.
I would never get 7 hours just browsing with Wi-Fi. Not even 6 hours. I think my record has been 5 hours 30 minutes something...
I guess there´s lots of differences with the batteries. Some get a good battery, some not so good.
Anyway 5 hours is enough for me. It was enough with 3GS. Maybe with next iPhone I will have better luck with the battery...
I guess there´s lots of differences with the batteries. Some get a good battery, some not so good.
Anyway 5 hours is enough for me. It was enough with 3GS. Maybe with next iPhone I will have better luck with the battery...
I would never get 7 hours just browsing with Wi-Fi. Not even 6 hours. I think my record has been 5 hours 30 minutes something...
I guess there´s lots of differences with the batteries. Some get a good battery, some not so good.
Anyway 5 hours is enough for me. It was enough with 3GS. Maybe with next iPhone I will have better luck with the battery...
Why are you just dealing with it? Take it back and get a new phone.
BTW, signal issues can play a big part in battery life. If your phone is always searching for a signal, the battery life will be diminished.
I'm not questioning your claim specifically, just used your post as an example.
I know and I do understand your point.
How long have you had your iPhone for?
mine is the best i've ever had on a smartphone! it lasted like 3 days for with like 8 hours of usage
I know and I do understand your point.
How long have you had your iPhone for?
Couple of months.
Not jailbroken and I restored it from backup, so should be exactly the same settings I had with 3GS. I checked also manually all the settings, that they are right.
Now it says usage 3h 13min, standby 21h = 40% left. This has included Wi-Fi interenet browsing in forums, mail, appstore, 15min Youtube, taking few photos and playing about 20-30min (playing I had the brightness 80%, normally it is 20%).
Could this have to do something with multitasking?
Now it says usage 3h 13min, standby 21h = 40% left. This has included Wi-Fi interenet browsing in forums, mail, appstore, 15min Youtube, taking few photos and playing about 20-30min (playing I had the brightness 80%, normally it is 20%).
Could this have to do something with multitasking?
Yes sure, if 5 hours is the max usage.
But some people claim to have 7 hours or more with Wi-Fi browsing.
Calling it a claim makes it sound like 10 hours or more on wifi is unusual. It's not. Look at the other battery threads or even consult the Apple battery life page, which states the 4 is rated for 10 hours wifi and 6 hours 3G surfing.
I'd DFU MODE restore and setup as new and take it back if the battery life doesn't improve.
Actually I've been testing it for the last couple of hours. If I am in a good reception place, leave 3G on and left the phone on standby, it will consume about 1% in 30 min. Its not very little IMHO. If I am in a bad reception place and the phone keep losing and searching for signal, it takes about 10min to drain 1%. During browsing, it depends a lot on your brightness. I use 50% brightness and Auto off. I get about 3min/% surfing on wi-fi on good reception place. Another thing that drains up battery is SMS. typing a lot showed that can be very painful to my battery life. Now I got 5 hours of usage(30min of music, and the rest was browsing/ little play and texting) and 28 hours of sandby, and got 30% left. Not VERY happy as I was before...
Well, my 3G got pretty much the rated battery life, and I've seen plenty of posts on here where members get the rated battery life.
FYI, my 3G got 5-6 only surfing on 3G, and 10 on wifi.
@vslo: your battery looks bad IMO.
Actually I think its fine. It really depends on where you are and The dignam strenght on where you are. Search for dignam really hurt The battery life. I got The phone for 2 weeks now. Im used To get around 7 hours of usage and 48 hours of standby.