Who else's iPhone 5 battery is really, really bad?

[pogoyoyo]

So since I woke up this morning and unplugged my iPhone 5 it's been 40 minutes and I'm down to 75%...
I mean sure I turned on tunein radio but this is still pretty excessive.. It's usually dead by 3pm with just a text here and there and browsing Facebook from time to time.
I really hope the iPhone 6 battery lasts at least double.. Because this is getting silly

 

[jimi78]

I know what you mean. I just returned a 5 the other day due to sapphire glass imperfections and the battery was dogging on me. I would be down 30% in a few hours w/ hardly any use. I know the JB has something to do w/ it, but it kept getting worse and worse. Only 5 months to go mate. Stay strong.

 

[kieran9810]

Mine is also! Yesterday, even though i was using it heavily i still expect to get longer than 3 hours usage of my phone!

 

[Southern Dad]

One solution is a Mophie battery pack. I brutally abuse my iPhone's battery. I'm on the iPhone constantly… text, email, voice and even quick information lookup. I bought a Mophie for my iPhone shortly after getting it for a trip to Walt Disney World… I was planning to take a lot of photos and didn't want to run out of juice in the parks.

I really can't recommend them enough.

 

[magilla]

Do any of you people have battery apps installed? Quite a few people have reported REALLY lousy battery performance after having installed battery maintenance/display apps - even through the App Store. Deleted battery apps & phone & battery back to functioning normally.

 

[I7guy]

One solution is a Mophie battery pack. I brutally abuse my iPhone's battery. I'm on the iPhone constantly… text, email, voice and even quick information lookup. I bought a Mophie for my iPhone shortly after getting it for a trip to Walt Disney World… I was planning to take a lot of photos and didn't want to run out of juice in the parks.

I really can't recommend them enough.

I use a mophie juice pack air also. It helps when you are brutal with your phones battery life and nowhere to charge.

 

[johannnn]

Eligible for the replacement program? https://www.apple.com/support/iphone5-battery/

 

[PsykX]

Here. After the replacement program 2 months ago, I was glad it came back to normal. But it didn't even take a month until things started to go bad again. I have to charge it almost twice a day, and more often than not, it's on Airplane mode.

The lack of a co-processor is really killing me when using localization features and whatnot.

 

[Playgear]

Here. After the replacement program 2 months ago, I was glad it came back to normal. But it didn't even take a month until things started to go bad again. I have to charge it almost twice a day, and more often than not, it's on Airplane mode.

The lack of a co-processor is really killing me when using localization features and whatnot.

The M7/M8 motion coprocessors do not assist in any way with location-wary features and apps. They are useful where you may have a fitness app that tracks your steps where on a device without it, the main chip would have to be on to track the movement data. But if you are trying for something like geo-tracking a run, the coprocessor will make no difference. The main chip still has to be working to process the GPS data.

 

[PsykX]

The M7/M8 motion coprocessors do not assist in any way with location-wary features and apps. They are useful where you may have a fitness app that tracks your steps where on a device without it, the main chip would have to be on to track the movement data. But if you are trying for something like geo-tracking a run, the coprocessor will make no difference. The main chip still has to be working to process the GPS data.

You seem to be right on this one. I do not completely get however how the co-processor helps in motion detection with walking, running, running a bike, etc. but does not work in any way with the GPS.

 

[SuperKerem]

Apply for the Apple Replacement Program. You'll get a new battery.

 

[jwball]

Apply for the Apple Replacement Program. You'll get a new battery.

Only if it falls within a serial number range.

 

[willlovesoreos]

Same!

My iPod 5 battery sucks. I use it for just a little, maybe an hour, and its dead. I don't know why, but its really annoying!

 

[nightlong]

Seems to get worse with every OS update. I don't use background app refresh, location only for a few essential things, and I check email manually, but still it is using far more battery when idle than ever.

The phone was replaced by apple when I'd had it a year, so presumably the replacement had a new battery, and that is only a year old and isn't in the free replacement zone.

so, I'm sure it is an OS issue rather than the battery. I wish Apple would focus on fixing fundamentals like this in updates.