My Ridiculously Great Battery

[taylor200588]

my battery wont seem to die!

it said there was 10% left and that was like an hour ago and its been playing a video all this time

 

[vanmacguy]

Yeah the battery is great but NOT that great! only one can dream of a battery like that for the iPhone...

my 2G iphone's battery was horrible ... Lasted one through one day.... ah whatever, i'm happy with my 3G battery now... it has really impressed me.

But that was the point of my original post. I either got a really good battery or 'conditioned' it at the right time. I remember being amazed at how much the draining and recharging a couple of times increased the battery life.

It has to be remembered that (as I'm in Canada) I didn't have a data plan on it and was using W-Fi 'a lot' in the evenings (as I was working during the day), but I am being totally honest with you when I say it went 5-6 days without charging.

I'm actually astounded when I read that some people's batteries only lasted a day. That's horrible performance and would have sent me running for a different phone. If I'd have had that kind of battery life I'd be seriously thinking twice before getting another iPhone.

I had the phone for four months and it lasted well up until the time I sold it. I have no idea what it's like now though, I sold it in December.

 

[GfPQqmcRKUvP]

the battery life for my 3G is very poor compared to my old crappy nokia flip phone which lasted 3 days before charging.

When you have a phone that has a bright color screen that takes up the entire front of the phone and cram in about 6 bands of wireless technology with a 600 mhz processor, it will tend to have less battery life than a Nokia flip phone

 

[wowotoe]

I found out my battery will drain faster if I'm using safari.

Yesterday I listen to Pandora for about a hr using 3G while stuck in traffic. By the time I got to the office, looks like it only uses 10% of battery from full charge.

Then i surfed the web for about 10 ~ 15 minutes. The battery bar dropped down to almost half!

 

[Surely]

I found out my battery will drain faster if I'm using safari.

Yesterday I listen to Pandora for about a hr using 3G while stuck in traffic. By the time I got to the office, looks like it only uses 10% of battery from full charge.

Then i surfed the web for about 10 ~ 15 minutes. The battery bar dropped down to almost half!

Keep in mind that the battery meter isn't very accurate. It's possible that Pandora used up more than just 10% of the battery, but it didn't register after you used Safari.

 

[GNice]

my battery wont seem to die!

it said there was 10% left and that was like an hour ago and its been playing a video all this time

I had that same experience. I was trying to drain the battery. I thought when I got the 20% warning it wouldn't be long, but a played video, surfed the web and it took quite a while to reach 10% warning. I did more of the same and was really surprised how long it took to go from 10% to dead.

It felt like it took longer to use the first 80% than last 20%. Is it possible the battery meter is wrong?

On a separate note, it is common for batteries in the same phone to react differently. I've had two Blackberry Pearl's...the first one would go forever (ok...more than a day) w/out a charge. My latest Pearl sucks the life out of a battery like crazy.

 

[sunfast]

That's very impressive! Really hope my iPhone is that good. When it finally turns up.

 

[Cynicalone]

I activated my 3G iPhone at home, and let it fully charge. I then spent a full day using the phone (Texting, surfing, and phone calls) and it finally died.

Then I recharged it and have been easily able to make it threw an entire day without charging it.

I remember hearing long ago the best way to charge a battery is to fully charge it then run it dead, recharge it fully then use it like you normally would. I'm no battery expert but this seems to work for me.

Also note that I'm not a heavy user, I do a moderate amount of texting and calling. And I spend the majority of my day on wi-fi not 3G.