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lomax-g

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Oct 24, 2011
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I got my new iPhone 4s the other day, and have charged/discharged it a couple of times and still the battery is VERY poor imo.

Went to bed at 100%, and put it in airplane mode with an alarm.

6 hours later and it's dropped to 98%.

Then upon switching off airplane mode, I checked email, facebook and whatsapp messages.
Battery dropped to 83%.

After a 13 minute call, it has dropped 77%.

Current stats:
76%
Usage: 1 hour 41 mins
Standby: 10 hours 20 mins (6 hours on airplane mode)

Should I make an appointment at the genius bar?
or are these stats satisfactory enough that I should wait for an update?
 
asleep said:
MacRumors IS the genius bar .... search is your friend. ;)
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:confused:

I know there's a batterygate thread, but doubt my question would have been answered in that thread, which is why I started my own.


Back to the topic, the more I think, 7% for a 13 minute call doesn't seem right!
Based on this, I'll probably get around 3 hours talktime.
This is less than half of Apple's quoted 8 hours!
 
At that rate when your battery runs out you will have well over 6 hours usage and 40 hours standby. That sounds a lot better than what some people have reported. Though I am not sure how accurately that usage reflects how long you were actually using the phone.
 
dave420 said:
At that rate when your battery runs out you will have well over 6 hours usage and 40 hours standby. That sounds a lot better than what some people have reported. Though I am not sure how accurately that usage reflects how long you were actually using the phone.
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Definetly not getting over 6 hours usage.

Yesterday when I checked at 16%, my usage was only 3 hours 50 mins!
 
dave420 said:
At that rate when your battery runs out you will have well over 6 hours usage and 40 hours standby. That sounds a lot better than what some people have reported. Though I am not sure how accurately that usage reflects how long you were actually using the phone.
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Exactly. People start posting about partial usage.

They need to run the battery down the entire day. Try two or three episodes and should get back to us.

For the OP, your usage is typical. I am at 77% now on 1 hour 21 minutes usage and 3 hours 12 minutes of standby. I know the phone will make it till about 9-10PM each night. I usually end up with 6 hours 30 minutes-7 hours 15 minutes of actual use, and about 15 hours of standby (standby time is included with the usage time). So my phone will last me from 5AM till about 9PM on m most days.

Not great but better than many other phones.

I am sure if I start disabling many things it will be better.
 
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