Q: iPhone 4s Battery Life?

Jameson! wrote:

 

That's what we said about iOS 5.01 and iOS 5.1.......    IMO there is only one answer here.   iPhone 5 will be larger, with a bigger screen.   The larger phone will allow for a larger battery, which is the ONLY hope for better battery life.   Until then, users of iPhone 4 & 4s models need to be ready to recharge often, if they are going to utilize most of what makes the iPhone great.   It's still the best smartphone on the market, so learn to deal with its shortcomings and enjoy it.

 

I have a charger in my office and in my car, so I'm almost never without the ability to keep the battery topped off.   Not ideal, but no big deal in my view..........   Certainly not the end of the world, as many portray it to be.

Archererlink3 wrote:

 

iOs 6 should fix the problem. 

bottom line:  Some people just LOVE to gripe.  Smartphones use a lot of power, and most phones don't have batteries that will stand up to heavy use of the best features.  Some are much worse than the 4S.  MAYBE the iPhone 5 will be larger, with better battery chemistry, and larger size.  Only time will tell.

Actually what it comes down to is defective parts. I've had every iPhone except the first and the 4s battery was awful in comparison to the others. I tried everything, disabling location services, keeping wifi off, screen brightness low, restoring with out using a back up file, updates, yaddy yaddy ya well..I swapped out my battery and boom issue fixed. My 4s battery life is now slightly better then my 4 was like apple advertises. I can now get through a whole day. I'm telling you before, I couldn't make it until 2oclock in the afternoon with out re-charging. Interestingly enough I decided to do this after reading an article that stated perhaps only 20% of apples 4s battery's actually meet their standards. I think apple purchased some defective battery's and LCDs (yellowish LCD displays) from their suppliers. I think it also would look better on apples part to own up to something as big as that. It looks like their products are not up to par when its actually defective parts from who apple thought were quality trusted suppliers. Btw, I had my 4s swapped out by apple in November for a yellow tinted LCD issue. That battery was awful as well. The new LCD looked 100x better! I will say I wish I had known about this battery fix months prior and not had to deal with ether issue.

I think what makes it so complicated, is that there seems to be user issues, and hardware issues, and software issues.  For me I was able to identify it as software issues, due to seeing that my usage and standby time were running neck and neck even when I was not using the phone.  When this was resolved, now I am back to getting well over 12 hours of battery time and plenty of power left by midnight.  I wrote about my experience and how it seems I fixed it here https://discussions.apple.com/message/18755308#18755308http://

But there are many issues that can be contributing to the same end result of unacceptably short battery life.  There is no one-size-fits-all answer.

What complicates it, is user EXPECTATIONS.   You seem to have a realistic view of how long your battery should last with normal usage and features turned on.   Others are unhappy if they can't acheive 4 - 5 days of battery life.

If everyone was satisfied with moderate usage and the ability to get through the day, this thread would be 1/10th its length.........  

Nobody has expectations anywhere near that high.  Have you not read any of the other comments on here?  All we want is for our battery to last through the day under light use.  We would love to only have to charge once a day instead of two or three.

Totally agree with you. That's all.

I'm recently noticing something weird about my iPhone battery: when it reaches the last 25% it makes sudden drops! It was 24% then I made a one minute call and as I hund up, it suddenly dropped to 17%. It did the same thing last week and dropped from 22% to 11% just as I unlocked the phone! 

I'm using iPhone 4 running iOS 5.1.1 not jail broken. I always shut the apps after using them andont have anything running in the background. I had the phone since November 2010 and hate to think that the battery is faulty in less than 2 years. Anyone has any explaination???

Actually, I've been following this thread for months and have read a significant number of posts......   There is a wide range of expectations in this thread.   Maybe YOU should go back and re-read through some of it.   I stand by my point.

By the way.......   Interesting info:

http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-6454_7-10002704.html?tag=FD.epic

Archererlink3 wrote:

 

Nobody has expectations anywhere near that high.  Have you not read any of the other comments on here?  All we want is for our battery to last through the day under light use.  We would love to only have to charge once a day instead of two or three.

^^That's interesting because I have two cousins that have that phone and they both complain constantly about how bad the battery life it.  They are stunned when I show them how well the battery lasts on my 4S.

It certainly seems to be a lot about individual users, expectations, and even individual units. 

Ok. I understand about expectations but...

I just started having battery issues in the last three weeks. No new apps, no settings changes. Within 6 hours the battery goes from100% to 6%.

I restored to factory. I installed apps and turned off everything except the phone part. Same story.

When I first got my iPhone 4, the battery would give me around 3 hours of usage and a day of standby before it was closing in on 0%. This was with 3G and location services off, with no heavy app usage.

I restored the phone as a new phone, downloaded the 5.1.1 update on iTunes instead of directly on my iPhone, and hey presto, I now get 10 hours of usage and a few days of standby time before the phone needs a charge. I can very easily charge the phone most nights and not struggle the next day if I forget to. In my opinion, that's fantastic for a smartphone.

iPhone 4s 32Gb Black - UK Orange.

My first ever apple product and I love the customer service they offer!

Well 2 iPhones later after intermittent calls, dropping of service, poor/erratic battery life, heat issues, re-building my iPhone 6 times and a DFU reset, I called apple as frankly enough was enough.  I now have a replacement phone and guess what.....it works great! I can't achieve 14 hours on 2g mind, but here are the stats:

Well done apple.... if you ask them and have taken reasonable steps to rectify your issues (trying all suggested way on forums and on their site) they don't argue they replace. I would like more call time but I am now a happy bunny!

Italia411 wrote:

 

Actually what it comes down to is defective parts. I've had every iPhone except the first and the 4s battery was awful in comparison to the others. I tried everything, disabling location services, keeping wifi off, screen brightness low, restoring with out using a back up file, updates, yaddy yaddy ya well..I swapped out my battery and boom issue fixed. My 4s battery life is now slightly better then my 4 was like apple advertises. I can now get through a whole day. I'm telling you before, I couldn't make it until 2oclock in the afternoon with out re-charging. Interestingly enough I decided to do this after reading an article that stated perhaps only 20% of apples 4s battery's actually meet their standards. I think apple purchased some defective battery's and LCDs (yellowish LCD displays) from their suppliers. I think it also would look better on apples part to own up to something as big as that. It looks like their products are not up to par when its actually defective parts from who apple thought were quality trusted suppliers. Btw, I had my 4s swapped out by apple in November for a yellow tinted LCD issue. That battery was awful as well. The new LCD looked 100x better! I will say I wish I had known about this battery fix months prior and not had to deal with ether issue.

Because of demand for the 4S, Apple went to alternative suppliers for some parts, and, although they don't admit it, I suspect some of those parts weren't up to their specs.  But when you build 50 million of ANYTHING some of them are going to get the combination of marginal (or below) parts in the same unit, and it won't work properly.  Mine has been flawless.  Just lucky, I guess.  I think, judging by the greatly reduced traffic in this topic, that Apple has corrected the problem in most cases. 

Unfortunately, there are some users who have unreasonable expectations for what the current battery technology can provide.  I am sure we would all welcome a phone that never needed recharging, and drew its power from some broadcast source, or the motion of us walking, or changes in air pressure, or some kind of gravity based generator.  Maybe someday...

If you read the posts here and benefit from them, it is surprising what the battery will do if you take responsibility for its use. If you run the 4s full bore all the time, then the battery doesn't do that well. Whatever the case, complaining about the battery has not been proven to extend its life.

I'm a noob user :-)   How do you get your phone stats as a .PNG like here above ?