iPhone 4s Battery Life?

My iPhone 4s battery seems terrible! Almost equivalent to my 3GS and it's terrible battery life. When I got my iPhone yesterday and restored from backup I noticed nothing really changed with minimal usage and standby! Is this normal or should I consider setting it up as a new phone because maybe something is running in the background that's causing it to drop a percentage every few minutes under light usage? Input would be great!

Posted on Oct 15, 2011 7:14 AM

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Jan 4, 2012 6:21 AM in response to b4xsy

Apple to rollout iPhone 4S to 21 more countries, in other words Apple isn't concern about the battery problem, or actually there is no such problem. Probably I have to accept the facts that one full charge for 4+ hours usage is normal for iPhone 4S, and if I want longer battery life then I have to follow the tips given in this forum, ie turn off cellular data, turn off location service, turn off iCloud, turn off push notification. Or to have best battery consumption, change to Airplane mode.

Jan 4, 2012 6:30 AM in response to Scarface.

hey guys i have been getting great usage from my 4s. I disabled siri when i dont use it. And honestly I rarely ever used it. Yes im sure some people may think its dumb to disable one of the new features that you got with the 4s but i think id rather have great battery till a fix comes out. I heard it was something with siri always running, which drains your battery. It's worked. over a day of stand by and 8 hours of usage at 42 %

Jan 4, 2012 7:06 AM in response to tdawgsmitty

tdawgsmitty wrote:


hey guys i have been getting great usage from my 4s. I disabled siri when i dont use it. And honestly I rarely ever used it. Yes im sure some people may think its dumb to disable one of the new features that you got with the 4s but i think id rather have great battery till a fix comes out. I heard it was something with siri always running, which drains your battery. It's worked. over a day of stand by and 8 hours of usage at 42 %


What does your usage consist of?

Jan 4, 2012 8:14 AM in response to Scarface.

I decided to do a test this morning to see how long my battery would last. Made sure nothing was running and took my 4S (came with 5.0.1 (9A405) installed) off the charger at 100%, put it into airplane mode, again cleared everything from the task bar then locked the phone. I decided I wouldn't touch the phone for 4 hrs figuring battery should be around 98% by then, (.5% drain per hr in standby * 4hrs = 2%). I looked at my phone after the 4 hours and to my shock it was at 92%. Usage statistics indicated 4 hours standy / 4 hours usage. Anyone have any thoghts on why this would be? Yesterday when the phone was not in airplane mode the phone dropped only 4% over the same time period.

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