Battery % indicator on iPhone 3G

The new user guide states that this can be done in the 3G S only.

I used ALL the beta's in the dev program and it wasn't on ANY. There are a lot of bogus pictures and reports out there.

I am not sure if the pictures were bogus or not. Infact, i am equally confused;

I have my iPhone 16 GB, white model and no % indicator
I have my friend who sits next to me in office, 16GB Black model and he has the % indicator.

How can this be explained ??

I have a Iphone 3G With the 3.0 OS and i have the Battery Life indicator ##% and the Battery icon. A Co-worker JUST updated his with the same thing as the results. My Befst fridns phone which he had replaced yesterday due to the dead battery, did the update and has no ##%. We called apple and they said its a 3GS only feature but for some reason some phones have it enabled. They tried to tell me i had a 3rd party app installed or it was jailbroken... funny how its brand new and the OS was JUST updated... Rearded apple! Cant figure out why our stuff doesnt work right so lets blame the users!!! Starting to sound like M$ This is a screen shot of mine i just took.

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Message was edited by: RobertMehrer

I've been wondering about this too after I installed 3.0. I was expecting to see the % indicator but no where I could find the option to turn this on or not. Or do we have to fully charge the iphone to see this?

Needless to say, I'm pretty much disappointed in Apple about the 3.0. I don't mind the video recording/editing feature cuz iphone 3G (second Gen) does not have that capability so I can understand that. But as for the % indicator, it should be on 3G as well I mean when they announced about the 3.0, they said many new features will come out, which that should include for 3G as well. But seeing that % indicator is only for 3G S is very disappointing. I actually don't mind about it because I do have the app called Free Memory and it does tell me how much % i have left in battery. But that can be a pain to keep going to that app to check my %.

Also I don't really mind because I always charge my phone when I sleep but would be nice if Apple did add that onto 3G so that I can just look at the % right off. But overall i'm still disappointed in them for not keeping up their promises.

so I just bought an iPhone 3G S today and guess what? No battery indicator. What the ****, Apple?

It helps to READ the User Guide:

Settings > General > Usage > Battery Percentage On/Off

I was expecting to see the % indicator

Why? Apple never announced anything about it.

. But seeing that % indicator is only for 3G S is very disappointing. I actually don't mind about it because I do have the app called Free Memory and it does tell me how much % i have left in battery.
Also I don't really mind because I always charge my phone when I sleep but would be nice if Apple did add that onto 3G so that I can just look at the % right off. But overall i'm still disappointed in them for not keeping up their promises.

What promises? They never even announced there would be a battery percentage for the 3G S. Let me see, you're getting copy/paste, landscape keyboard, MMS, push notifications, (and many other new features), and you're "disappointed" about not having battery percentage - something you yourself stated you "don't really mind."

Message was edited by: modular747

the lack of a % indicator on the 3G is pretty silly, but you have to consider the possibility (and the likelyhood) that the CPU in the 3G and original iphone may not provide users with smooth performance while recording video, editing video, and may not have the processing power to quickly process voice commands.

Sure there are apps that do just voice dialing, but the 3GS quickly pulls up whatever you're telling it to do from the entire ipod library and contacts.

I have a freshly formatted/restored or whatever you want to call it 16gb 3G, and compared to my friends 3Gs, i can see a very noticable difference in things as simple as scrolling the home page icons, the contacts, and a pretty big difference in other areas. The framerates are all higher. I never really noticed it before until i saw it nexted to the 3GS. The 3GS also NEVER stutters, but even having just been restored my 3G has that occasional hiccup.

They still could have added it but it might not of worked well. Theres also the concept of business. Apple's (and any other successful business') Number One will always be making a profit.

I don't think it was left out of the 3G for hardware reasons. In fact, it mysteriously appeared on some 3G phones, if you believe the posts. Personally, I think it has minimal value and is definitely at the bottom of my list of useful 3G S additions.

Message was edited by: modular747

Well not that I care about the % indicator but it is one of the 100 new features that Apple have mentioned or should be in the 100 new features. but still after the update, battery life decreased. Which I'm not happy about.