The iPhone 4S battery runs down very quickly. Does anyone else have this problem?

Alright after some testing I seem to be doing pretty good.

100 percent when I woke up at 8:30am.

Moderate use texting and Phone calls and all standby since then.

An hour subway ride listening to music and playing

I am at 65%. That doesn't seem too bad as it is already 1145.

SOLUTION: I turned off automatic diagnostic.

This saved me a drastic burn of battery... Slowed the beast but as I type this out and use Internet and some voice jus down to 62. Seems excessive for 5 minutes but not crazy.

Would you please provide a reference for that statement?

I posted earlier in this forum, I had my battery die after sitting in a movie I am not sure what you mean reference? I was doign research on a similar macrumors forum Batterygate and it was listed as one thing as a possible fix.

It seems to have stemmed some of the battery flow for me. I also looked at the sheer amount of data being sent to apple and it may be that the new phone sends more reports.

Everyone should email to this link as it seems to be to do with 3G having to be on all the time

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Hopefully Apple will react if they get enough complaints

Another update after speaking with apple. The tech service guy told me a drop of 1-2 percent while not doing anything is a battery hardware problem. He sent me in to get a new phone and I have that now. So apple replaced it because it would drain for no reason. I went to the store and they said my battery w working properly which is wasn't.

The turning off of the auto diagnostic helped me before my replacement and I am going to see what my new phone is like.

I will keep everyone posted. At least the issue has started making the rounds of the Internet.

I had a marked improvement after calibrating the battery.

i turn off wifi and location based stuff, i am trying to see if there is a way to end the internet conection, push and game center when i am not using it as well because that is what is sucking up battery life.

I was having the same issues. The battery was draining 3-5% every 5 minutes.

It looks like it has stabilized after I calibrated the battery. Fully drained and then fully charged. A few hard reboots after turning some of the services off. I have iCloud on with Cal and Contacts turned on. Regular texting, emailing and surfing seem to be fine over 3g. Some location services are on, like maps and SIRI.

Seems fine now, but i'll still carry a charger around. Especially, if i plan on playing a few games now and then.

I had this happen too! I drained the battery last night so phone just shut off. I went to bed and had it plugged in all night. I turned the phone on but left it plugged it. The first indicator said 97% and it started draining while plugged in!

How did you calibrate the battery?

I had the same battery drain issue - see today's update on my post:

Safari URL Entry Hangs After Typing 1st Char - But Siri Works to enter URL and Browse

Going to try turning off location services while indoors.

I had a similar problem. I would go to sleep with about 80% and then wake up to a dead phone. I tried the solution of deleting any exchange mail account, restart, and then configure the exchange account again and it worked. I only lose like 10% on 8 hrs of standby now. Went to bed at 50% last night and this morning it's 40%. Hope that helps.

How do you calibrate the battery? Fully drain then fully charge? I am having the same problem with battery life and I havve already had my phone replaced because when I got it on Friday the cameras didn't work. i really don't want to be forced to the Genius Bar again even though those guys are terriffic. I've disabled all of the services I can including sending info to Apple to see what happens but while I've been at the computer for 20 minutes my battery has gomne from 46 to 42%.

I've sent a complaint to Apple about this. I hope it doesn't continue becaue it's as bad as the 3Gs.

Yes, to condition the battery you are supposed to let it run down completely till it shuts itself off, then charge it. Good luck though, my new 4S has crappy battery life too.

You guys may have already tried this, but turn the screen brightness to about 50% and make sure wifi is off when not using it. It should make a noticeable difference.