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Normal Battery Life 3gs

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spaceleper

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Now that we've all been using our Iphone 3GS for a good few weeks now what do you consider "Normal Battery Life".

I'd say with Locational Services off, bluetooth off, using mostly wifi or 3g I can get around 5-6 hours of useage.

Has anybody found any tips for saving battery life?

Can anybody post up their experiences ? Apple say you should get around 5-6 hours of usage so I am guessing this is ok.

:)
 
spaceleper said:
Now that we've all been using our Iphone 3GS for a good few weeks now what do you consider "Normal Battery Life".

I'd say with Locational Services off, bluetooth off, using mostly wifi or 3g I can get around 5-6 hours of useage.

Has anybody found any tips for saving battery life?

Can anybody post up their experiences ? Apple say you should get around 5-6 hours of usage so I am guessing this is ok.

:)
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try search - people have posted tips up the wazoo in every thread about battery life
 
iphone.aggie said:
Harsh samcraig. He is new!
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Now don't go starting to always think the worst in me, Aggie. I wasn't being harsh. You're reading tone where there is none. I simply said try search and then said that there were lots of info on how to save battery life.. Just because I didn't include some fancy-shmancy link doesn't mean I was being mean!
 
samcraig said:
Now don't go starting to always think the worst in me, Aggie. I wasn't being harsh. You're reading tone where there is none. I simply said try search and then said that there were lots of info on how to save battery life.. Just because I didn't include some fancy-shmancy link doesn't mean I was being mean!
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Hey, I didn't think you were mean. How about short? ;)
 
Back to your subject "Normal Battery Life 3gs".

I have read a lot of these threads I don't believe there is a "Normal Battery Life". The only thing that would be considered "Normal" would be what Apple says you should get based on what you do. I would check that out.

Bottom line, I use to try and save battery life by turning various features off. Instead I have decided to use it to the max and just charge it frequently. And I use my iPhone all the time. Could not imagine going back to a regular phone.
 
d21mike said:
Back to your subject "Normal Battery Life 3gs".

I have read a lot of these threads I don't believe there is a "Normal Battery Life". The only thing that would be considered "Normal" would be what Apple says you should get based on what you do. I would check that out.

Bottom line, I use to try and save battery life by turning various features off. Instead I have decided to use it to the max and just charge it frequently. And I use my iPhone all the time. Could not imagine going back to a regular phone.
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i agree, too many variables to determine what is normal use.....apps, mail, 3g wifi, too much to worry about it. i too tried saving battery life, but instead....I bought an extra usb to charge at work and found a real cheap car charger on ebay....when it gets low i charge it up
 
Just a quick Q,

what uses less battery? Push e-mail or Fetch every hour?

I have two e-mails but I don't really use them at all to be honest but I don't want to put it on manual. So whats best for battery? Fetching every hour or pushing? cheers x
 
spaceleper said:
Just a quick Q,

what uses less battery? Push e-mail or Fetch every hour?

I have two e-mails but I don't really use them at all to be honest but I don't want to put it on manual. So whats best for battery? Fetching every hour or pushing? cheers x
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as far as i know,..... fetch every hour would will use less battery than push.
 
I have a question. As leaving 3g turned off to conserve battery life, leaves you with edge and not able to do voice and data simultaneously. I would like to keep edge on only when I am in a WiFi spot. Will i be able to get data and voice at the same time if I am using edge and WiFi?
 
Normal usage is determined by what you do every day. If you don't like the performance, then I guess it's not "normal".
 
wifi takes first priority over 3g and edge - so if you're on wifi, you'll get voice calls because all data will be coming via wifi
 
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