Q: iPhone 4s Battery Life?

Trying to fool us with that screenshot? You succeeded for some, but not all. I'd say you did an okay job.

Jameson! wrote:

 

Ummmm....   You have 4 days of standby, but the screenshot also notes that you have plugged the phone in since the last full charge.   What are you trying to tell us with that screenshot?   By plugging in the phone during that time, but not fully charging it, all of your info is meaningless...........

tutin12 wrote:

 

@rphunte42

 

Hey man, you seem to be consistently agressive in your answers. I don't really need this virtual arguments, I got enough troubles to solve on daily basis already. I am providing obvious info, backed with screenshots and yet you explain to me how-things-work.

 

"Just because the phon is sitting around with the screen off, doesn't mean it isn't doing anything.  It's a small computer, and is always doing something.  When it checks for email, or communicates with the cell network, or gets a signal that a text message is coming, or is checking each minute to see if any alarm is set for that minute, or it is checking to see if you have moved since the last check, that is considered 'usage'."

 

I don't argue it does nothing when sitting around, clearly it does (though you did not read again, I have no mail sync, no locaiton services etc), but I somewhat speak english - the word USAGE means when you USE the phone, not CPU TIME consumed by background processes. I am a senior IT architect and country manager in a multinational IT company, do you really want to argue over the meaning of the word "USAGE"? Nothing to do with mobiles though, but user interface and thereof wording is aimed to the USER's perspective, not technical terms. At least in that Apple are for sure quite good.

 

"Not ALL internal functions increment usage, but many do."

 

Okay could be, and probably is, but you do realize we're talking of a difference in hundreds of percent? If I have 2 hours of usage and it says I used the phone for 6 hours, there is clearly something not okay in the background. Or you don't agree?

 

"However, there SHOULD be a significant difference between usage and standby times, so if your are essentially the same, you probably have a rogue process that didn't terminate, "

 

You must have at least looked at that big screenshot there, I have 4 days of standby with 6 hours of usage with cellular data off and thereof as result anything that data access caries with it (weather checks, time zones, whatever the phone may be doing in the background that I am not alerted of).

 

Man, you need to relax, I love my apple devices, likely I have more of them than the average Apple customer (many iphones of ALL generations, 27" mac, 2 ipads etc etc) and I hate the fact there are problems with my phone's battery life. But there ARE and it is a FACT. My Ipad 2 is also on iOS 5.01, with 3g and all bells&whistles enabled lasts forever, I've never even looked at the usage stats, it lasts literally for weeks. Even with Skype over 3G always enabled it still lasts like 4-5 days, I don't know. That is NOT to say I compare the battery of an iPhone and an iPad, cause I feel this is your next argument coming up with highway speed It is just to note that iPad2 does not seem to suffer from the same issues, whilst running the same operating system level.

 

"BTW, you paid way too much for your iPhone."

 

This is how much it costs in Europe, there's no too much or not enough. 650 to 850 euro or so for the different capacity.

Yeah I know. I was proved wrong. I won't get fooled by Apple next time though.

Jameson! wrote:

 

For $1,100, I would regret buying the iPhone 4s if battery life was 30 days!!!!!!!!!    Yikes!

AliAR wrote:

 

I paid even more than he did, a little bit over $1,100. For what? For a phone that won't run over a day with all settings on but we have to turn off all the settings to make it last for 2 days. This is the first time for me to say this: I regret buying the iPhone. I thought it was going to be as it is specified but looks like I was wrong. I wish I can get a refund for this piece of sh**.

this thread is becoming hilarious..too many off point arguements and bickering, my biceps are bigger than yours etc.

PS. LOL at the guy("IT architect") with the 4Days standby...that's poor battery life considering you have been slyly recharging

Jameson! wrote:

 

Ummmm....   You have 4 days of standby, but the screenshot also notes that you have plugged the phone in since the last full charge.   What are you trying to tell us with that screenshot?   By plugging in the phone during that time, but not fully charging it, all of your info is meaningless...........

Ohhh come on, do you really want me to do the entire cycle again just to show you? I surely did not charge it, I probably plugged it to get a photo out or the screenshot or something.

This is where it got me with 1 charge and all stuff off, which for me means Bluetooth off, Location Services used on demand, WIFI on demand (very low usage as I wanted to keep the phone as unused as posible), cell data off, 1.5h of music.

Hi there Pavan,

thank you for your comments! Well, I used only Wifi for browsing web, sometimes I SMSed or called. I used location services a little. To be honest, I am not sure, if the usage time of 9 hours is real and correct. It seems to me that the actual usage was shorter than listed on the screenshot. Anyway, if I get these results after every charging, I would be happy! So, you are welcome to visit me and use my computer!! :-) Just let me know when :-)

Hope you will have better results pretty soon!! :-)

Jack

snif123 wrote:

 

this thread is becoming hilarious..too many off point arguements and bickering, my biceps are bigger than yours etc.

PS. LOL at the guy("IT architect") with the 4Days standby...that's poor battery life considering you have been slyly recharging

I see, and your comment isn't my di** is bigger than yours?

I am giving facts of a test I did, the phone was not recharged in the meantime and I kept my usage as minimal as posible, except 1.5h music in a ******* traffic jam. I may have plugged it for a minute to get a picture out, but if you people insist - I will redo the **** test again.

What do you think I get for "fooling you", a feel of better battery life? Given I just stated my **** phone lasts not even 8 hours with cellular data ON, and I need it in normal usage?

tutin12,

You post a screenshot that shows SIGNIFICANTLY better battery life than almost anyone else has acheived.   That screenshot shows you have plugged the phone in since the last full charge.   You can claim anything you want about your results, but the fact that you plugged it in calls into question everything you claim.

YES, do the test for real and report back this weekend, if your phone makes if another 4 days......    Personally, I doubt we'll hear back from you with any similar results.  

tutin12 wrote:

 

Jameson! wrote:

 

Ummmm....   You have 4 days of standby, but the screenshot also notes that you have plugged the phone in since the last full charge.   What are you trying to tell us with that screenshot?   By plugging in the phone during that time, but not fully charging it, all of your info is meaningless...........

 

Ohhh come on, do you really want me to do the entire cycle again just to show you? I surely did not charge it, I probably plugged it to get a photo out or the screenshot or something.

 

This is where it got me with 1 charge and all stuff off, which for me means Bluetooth off, Location Services used on demand, WIFI on demand (very low usage as I wanted to keep the phone as unused as posible), cell data off, 1.5h of music.

One thing you all should look at again is the Siri IR Sensor!

Battery Life...Just my Opinion... (but it works much better now!) Over these past 621 pages I have added a few posts concerning my experiences with the poor battery life problems. On one post I said the ""IR" sensor for Siri was always on even when Siri was off. I think that was a huge contributer to my battery drain. You can check yours with a basic digital camera held in front of the sensor. This lead me to take the phone back to Apple, got it replaced with another 4s which had IOS 5.0 installed. Probably an early iPhone release I suppose. Anyway, I'm not upgrading, no matter what, to IOS 5.0.1 or anything else until I start reading more positive results about battery concerns. I have done all the things mentioned as far as turning off functions etc. but nothing worked on my previous iPhone. This one appears to be working just fine. I think you all are wasting your time with all that you are trying with this phone and its current IOS. Getting aggravated with the phone and each other on here as well. It's just not worth it, is it?

So even with this new phone, today I happen to just take another look at the "ir" sensor and I noticed the freakin sensor was blinking away! Did a hard reset and it was stable and not blinking. I really think you all should try looking at that sensor again. Not sure if Apple is quite aware of that.

You're the one complaining that other smartphones get multiple days of "usage". Using a phone's web browser for 5 hours does not equal using it the entire day. Go cash in your Nokia stocks if you think that.

enx23 wrote:

 

I am not a Nokia employee, I have never been one, and I will never be one. I have never gotten any payments, or financial benefits from Nokia and I will never get either!

 

Nokia has not been in USA market for years. I do not see how Nokia can exit from a USA market when it has not been there for years! I know that Nokia is trying to get to USA market but let's see what will happen!

 

@ricky_tang

 

ricky_tang wrote:

 

Since you broght up Nokia, how about the N9?

I do not know about N9. I know about E51 and E52.

 

 

Do you honestly expect a phone to make it an entire day with only 5 hours of HSDPA browsing time?

I didn't write in my posts about doing HSDPA browsing the entire day on Nokia smartphones.

 

This is a forum about complains regarding the iPhone 4S and its battery life issues! Let the complains begin!

@ricky_tang

ricky_tang wrote:

 

You're the one complaining that other smartphones get multiple days of "usage".

Yes, other smartphones have much better battery life than iPhone 4S!!!! This is true because the battery life of iPhone 4s is miserable! I am complaining here about iPhone 4s because this is what this forum is about!

This forum is about complaining about the issues of iPhone 4s!!!

It looks now that the vast majority of iPhone 4s are affected by the battery life issue and the static noise issue!!! If one does not like this sentence then probably his or her place is not here on this forum!

iPhone 4s is by far the worst phone I have ever had in my life! I cannot believe that a smart phone like iPhone 4s for which I paid 740 euros can have such a bad quality voice call and bad battery life! Did anyone at Apple check the voice quality on iPhone 4s? Did anyone at Apple put their ear to the iPhone 4s? If they would then would have had heard the horrible static noise!

Go cash in your Nokia stocks if you think that.

 

I do not have Nokia stocks. I have never had Nokia stocks. I will never have Nokia stocks!

I do not have Apple stocks. I have never had Apple stocks. I will never have Apple stocks!

@tutin12

please ignore the trolls (e.g. rphunte42, sbailey42, ricky_tang, etc.) here on the forum which love to tell everyone here that they imagine the issues with iPhone 4s and that they believe (believe like in religion) that iPhone 4s is the best phone ever!

The issues which people report regarding iPhone 4s are real and out there are already reports of boxes filled with returned iPhones 4s in different stores.

Peace!

Yeah is Apple would have defaulted items to off and made folks turn on items they actually needed I suspect it would have been a different story here. (Other then the real issues here with actual faulty hardware) I too had low battery life when I got mine and by 5pm or 6pm was looking for a charger. After 5.0.1 update (which helped a lot) and turning off the junk I don't need or want (I don't like FB knowing I am not home, or that there is a Groupon for the day immediately in notification since i already get the email), I now go to bed at 11:00pm with anywhere from 50% to 65% depending on the day. I am pretty sure my "faulty device" didnt magically change and fix itself.

rphunte42 wrote:

 

My wife, who uses the 3GS, is a heavy user, and complained about short battery life when I updated her phone to IOS5.  I went through and turned off all the stuff that she wouldn't be using, and was defaulted to ON.  Now her battery use if pretty much similar to mine, although she uses her phone more.  On the other hand, she doesn't have a dual core processor, and she doesn't have Siri, or a number of other hardware things that, presumably, must be powered to be useful.  You just can't get something for nothing.  IOS5 added a number of additional features, some that may be very useful for some users, and not for others, but leaving those on does incur some additional battery use.  It probably wasn't a good idea for Apple to default everything to ON, in retrospect.

@enx23 - for sure seems so. I got no motivation to trick my screenshot and phone was not recharged, but may have been plugged for a minute to get a photo or the screenie. In fact that is precisely it - I posted a screenshot earlier in this post which is the same test with my phone at whatever %, may be 90% I think with nearly a day passed. That is why it says it has been charged. If connecting for 45 seconds is a recharge, then okay - iPhone 4S has no battery problems and cellular data processor works perfect.

@jameson! - ok deal, I will redo it, though I'm not looking forward to another 4 days forcing myself to ignore my phone, music, photos, etc. This is not an easy test from that perspective, it's my only phone/number I carry for both family and work.

Where did I say users are imagining issues? Adjust your glasses or get back on your meds because you're hallucinating. You're the troll claiming that the vast majority of users are having issues.

enx23 wrote:

 

@tutin12

 

please ignore the trolls (e.g. rphunte42, sbailey42, ricky_tang, etc.) here on the forum which love to tell everyone here that they imagine the issues with iPhone 4s and that they believe (believe like in religion) that iPhone 4s is the best phone ever!

 

The issues which people report regarding iPhone 4s are real and out there are already reports of boxes filled with returned iPhones 4s in different stores.

 

Peace!

when is APPLE going to fix this? or atleast release the new IOS to the public? this is rediculous