I get better battery life over 3G? Huh?

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I get better battery life over 3G? Huh?

I've been very disappointed with my iPhone 4S battery life to say the least. Sometimes I need to even charge it twice a day, which is a real bummer. I tried every solution to help improve it, disabling location services, siri's raise to speak feature, mail push notifications, etc. So then I decided to disable WiFi even in my home and I am now getting *much* better battery life. Like a difference of 2-3 hours difference. Which is much better to then the 5 hour battery life I was getting over WiFi. Has anyone noticed similar results? I found this quite odd considering I always thought you would get better usage times over WiFi like apple advertised.

iPhone 4s/iOS 5.1/Verizon

ETA - I'm still not completly satisified with my battery life, but 7 hours is what apple advertises over 3G so I'm not complaining.

Posted on Apr 2, 2012 4:23 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 2, 2012 4:26 PM in response to Community User

iPhone 4S/iOS 5.1/AT&T
Fine on Wi-Fi or cellular. Charge every couple days.

Have you considered replacing the phone?

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Answer 2

Apr 2, 2012 4:28 PM in response to stevejobsfan0123

I have considered bringing it to the apple store. Question - what is your usage time by the time it reaches 1%?

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Answer 3

Apr 2, 2012 4:31 PM in response to Community User

Haven't actually clocked that. I'll check under Usage Settings next time it reaches 1% and let you know.

Right now it's at 70% after 2 hours, 26 minutes of usage and 9 hours, 45 minutes of standby.

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Answer 4

Apr 2, 2012 4:34 PM in response to stevejobsfan0123

That's much better then me. ah 😟

I just got a screenshot of my current battery status. This is after light usage of my phone. Just text messages, safari, and apps like words with friends/draw something.

I guess I should probably bring it in.

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