Q: iPhone 4s Battery Life?

So I just bought a new iPhone . My old 3G model was with me too . Started both at 100% . 12 hours later the 3G is at 46 % and the new one is at 6 % ! And I'm using the old one to text this message cause I don't think the new one would survive . It's pathetic .

This was your professional answer - i'm glad that you are retired and don't work anymore.

FYI Battery capacity:

3G 1150 mAh

3GS 1219 mAh

4 1420mAh

4s 1432 mAh

You are an IT expert - explain here how to fix software with more functions to get a good/longer usage time with a more powerfull processor and a nearby same battery capacity?

Do you agree, this is a good technical design? Is this the most amazing iphone yet?

In Germany, there is a saying: the consumer has to accept that at apple work more designers than engineers.

@Tamarillo

Please, do not feed the troll (i.e. rphunte42)!

I have just read that Apple has cancelled the sales of iPhone 4S at most of its stores in China (and the things got really ugly there)!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/248130/beijings_iphone_4s_turmoil_a_lesson_to_app le_say_analysts.html

Maybe this might be the trigger for the recall of iPhone 4S (because of battery life issue, static issue, audio issue, SIMM issues, etc.)!

owh786, What Siri IR big are you referring to?

owh786 wrote:

 

Nope. And the Siri IR bug hasn't been fixed!!

And if I have 2G data on, when I reboot the phone, it automatically enables 3G data!!!

Battery is good on 2G though

Did you even read the article?   Things got ugly because they can't meet the wild demand for the 4s in China and people were lined up for hours.   How will that trigger a recall?

enx23 wrote:

 

@Tamarillo

 

Please, do not feed the troll (i.e. rphunte42)!

 

I have just read that Apple has cancelled the sales of iPhone 4S at most of its stores in China (and the things got really ugly there)!

 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/248130/beijings_iphone_4s_turmoil_a_lesson_to_app le_say_analysts.html

 

Maybe this might be the trigger for the recall of iPhone 4S (because of battery life issue, static issue, audio issue, SIMM issues, etc.)!

LOL  Clearly not.

Tamarillo wrote:

 

This was your professional answer - i'm glad that you are retired and don't work anymore.

FYI Battery capacity:

3G 1150 mAh

3GS 1219 mAh

4 1420mAh

4s 1432 mAh

 

You are an IT expert - explain here how to fix software with more functions to get a good/longer usage time with a more powerfull processor and a nearby same battery capacity?

Do you agree, this is a good technical design? Is this the most amazing iphone yet?

 

In Germany, there is a saying: the consumer has to accept that at apple work more designers than engineers.

I went to Apple's website, and asked for specs on the 3GS.  It doesn't supply the battery specs, only expected times (higly subjective).

It is possible to get better battery life with more powerful processor, and chips as newer chips usually are designed to reduce power drain.  However, in a phone with the features of the 4S, a lot depends on how the user makes use of those functions, and which ones he uses, and how.  And, in the case of 3G, where.

And yes, this IS the most amazing iPhone yet.

At the moment, I suspect that Apple has more lawyers than designers, and with the users on here, that's probably a good thing for Apple.

enx23 wrote:

 

@Tamarillo

 

Please, do not feed the troll (i.e. rphunte42)!

 

I have just read that Apple has cancelled the sales of iPhone 4S at most of its stores in China (and the things got really ugly there)!

 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/248130/beijings_iphone_4s_turmoil_a_lesson_to_app le_say_analysts.html

 

Maybe this might be the trigger for the recall of iPhone 4S (because of battery life issue, static issue, audio issue, SIMM issues, etc.)!

You know, if you are going to include a link, it might be a good idea to READ it first.  You won't have so much egg on your face.

Hey guys. Just chiming in to add some tips and tricks as well.

I've got the 4S and the iPad 2; both running the latest iOS-build and version. Typically, I need to charge my battery every day or if I don't use either, every 2 days. However, that's a far cry from the promised 200 hours of stand-by and when I use either they drain quite fast. Sometimes, more so on the 4S, the battery will drain inexpeciably in a matter of hours, although less so now then with 5.0 it seems. In other words, my average battery performance is decent (beats my 5 previous Android-phones at least) but not good, and once or twice a week the battery just drains like crazy, even in stand-by, for no good reason at all.

Some things I've done that seems to mitiage this:

- The general stuff: use lower screen brightness, disabled automatic fetching of e-mails, disable WiFi when not using it

Makes small improvements in general but won't quite help those crazy-drain periods. However, having studied the crash logs; CPU and memory usage and the real-life performance day to day, I've tried a few other things that has had a lot more effect - especially for stand by, which is where it's more of a problem then when actively using the 4S. As follows.

- iCloud is set to "Push" by default. Change this to a regular scheduled synch; in my case an hour. I thought this would effectively break my iCloud-service but I haven't noticed any changes what so ever, except a slight delay for calendar updates etc. Thing is, the apps you run synch as you run them, so if you run say Reminders on 4S it will synch to iCloud; when you run Reminders on iPad it will do the same. Thus, unless something is really pressing, changing iCloud from "Push" to a synch schedule has made a real difference. Presumably, changing iCloud to synch daily instead of hourly is even better, but I haven't tried that just yet.

- Disable GPS for crash logs; timezone; iAd. There's a lot of crash logs generated and I like to send diagnostics to Apple so they can troubleshoot, but removing the GPS tag for these seems to make a big difference. Otherwise, every time there's a crash (even in the background, which you won't ever know about) will activate your GPS even in the background. As for timezone, it checks at least once a day and use the GPS to do so, and if you're not moving between countries, why have it on?

These things, and presumably others, will mainly effect how your battery drains in "sleep" or "locked" mode, as far as I can see, but that's also what matters to me. If I use the phone, a 1% drain every 2-3 minutes isn't that bad when you do the numbers.

Just wanted to share these tidbits.

Yes same here. I always have cellular data and Wi-Fi off, except when I went to check Twitter. This way I can conserve my battery but on the down side, I can't see my activity (DM, mentions, etc.) and the feed at all times. I regularly check Twitter.

Right now I'm at:
Usage: 10 Hours, 2 Minutes

Standby: 1 Day, 1 Hour

29% battery remaining

I clearly didn't use it for more than 3 hours. Actually, lets say 4 hours. Why does it give so much more usage time when on standby? Looks like I'm gonna exchange my 4S with a serial number starting with C3 as some people reported it doesn't have any hardware defect.

This is my first Smart Phone.  And, I'm not a tech kinda guy.  And I appreciate all the suggestions for making the batter life last longer.  However, if I have to turn off or disable all the things that the phone does in order to be able to use it for a day, I don't see the point in having traded in my old Samsung Hue.  I'll be turning the 4s into a regular phone.

When I first got the phone, the battery life was GREAT.  The I left MO on a month-long trip.  By the time I got to Houston I was losing about 5% of the charge every 30-45 minutes while using it sparingly while I drove.  Yesterday I went to an Apple store in Houston and got the phone replaced.  The new one is no better than the one I had.  I hope Apple fixes this because otherwise they have sold me their last product.  I'm glad I got the phone from Verizon using 3 different promotions and didn't have to pay much for it.  I can only imagine how I'd feel if I'd shelled out $650 for the thing.

Is this a good battery life?

Jackol i would return it, until they have the problem solved. Some of us are stuck, and you don't want to be in the same situation.

Clearly some of you might have a few glitches, 3g or wifi drain. But i think my situation has you beat. No matter what I do to my phone it drains like crazy.

Scenario 1: with everything on, drains like crazy, 6-10% per hour

Scenario 2: with everything off, drains like crazy, 6-10% per hour

Scenario 3: Factory restored, Sim out, airplane mode, wifi off, nothing on the phone, no mails, no nothing DRAINS 6-10% per hour

All that is on Standby, If i were to use my phone, I can literally see the numbers drop before my eyes, This is the nth Iphone 4S i've gotten replaced, Seriel # C3..., running 5.0.1(9A406), Nothing but System Status app installed. I do have the loud static problem during 3g usage. My area gets about 2-4 bars of connection. Like I said my problem isn't just a 3g toggle fix... or a settings reset... or location services toggle.... Something is majorly wrong with the phone. For the mean time, my phone is tethered to a charging cable, which totally is not mobile anymore.

It's amazing really that this thread is still going after all this time.  Let's face it - the 4s was nothing more than a quick-and-dirty update to the iPhone 4, in response to Samsung (and other companies) releasing newer (not necessarily better) phones in the Fall of 2011.  Shareholders were getting anxious as they watched other companies continuing to put out high-end dual core phones while Apple still had its single-core iPhone 4 on the market.  Due to shareholder pressure Apple rapidly put out the 4s with a dual core processor and some other minor improvements, in order to hold onto its market share (to keep investors happy).  As such, iPhone 4s sales boomed and stocks rose, after falling slightly.  Shareholders are now happy as sales continue.  Apple has bought itself more time to refine the next generation iPhone (which was the primary project all along).  Cook was handed the iPhone 4s to test his ability to show corporate leadership.  Jobs was involved with the next-gen iPhone up until his death. 

Long story short...the hardware and/or software problems with the 4s will likely never be resolved or addressed in any significant way.  We will complain about the 4s until the next iPhone is released, at which point most conversation about the 4s will cease.  The 4s is a stop-gap phone, nothing more; meant to preserve and maintain market share.  I expect the next iPhone will redefine Apple (and define Job's legacy).