lifetime usage 25 days and I've had the phone less than 48 hours??

Hi Stedman, I have the same issue as overcomer103's initial posted issue, but just different quantities. My brand new iPhone showed 10.5 hours Cellular Call Time, just 2 hours after unboxing and activating it with a brand new sim card.

Your explanation doesn't apply to my situation, as the older existing iPhone from which I restored my brand new iPhone, had and showed 48 DAYS of Cellular Call Time. So, the preexisting iPhone's usage did NOT copy to my new iPhone.

Considering that, do you have any other explanation for this occurrence? Used iPhone sold as new is what sounds most logical.

2 people at Apple Care/Tech Support and 5 people at Apple Store couldn't think of any other explanation than that, so they offered to just replace my iPhone with another brand new one. I'd RATHER NOT go have to go through another iPhone to iPhone migration/restore/reactivation and the many hours of setup that comes with it. I'd much rather hear an explanation for the seemingly inaccurate Call Time reporting.

Hi KiltedTim, I have the same issue as overcomer103's initial posted issue, but just different times/quantities. My brand new iPhone showed 10.5 hours Cellular Call Time, just 2 hours after unboxing and activating it with a brand new sim card.

Your explanation doesn't apply to my situation, as the older existing iPhone from which I restored my brand new iPhone, had and showed 48 DAYS of Cellular Call Time. So, my new Iphone did not just inherit the preexisting iPhone's call timers.

Considering that, do you have any other explanation for this occurrence? Used iPhone sold as new is what sounds most logical.

2 people at Apple Care/Tech Support and 5 people at Apple Store couldn't think of any other explanation than that, so they offered to just replace my iPhone with another brand new one. I'd RATHER NOT go have to go through another iPhone to iPhone migration/restore/reactivation and the many hours of setup that comes with it. I'd much rather hear an explanation for the seemingly inaccurate Call Time reporting.

So, Stedman, were you saying (back on Apr. 11, 2012) that your iPhone's cellular usage of 3 days over 1.5 years seems accurate? That comes out to about 4 hours per week, or 34 minutes per day. Does that sound about right for you?

You restored from an existing iPhone. That particular iPhone had 25 days of cellular usage over the course of its lifetime. That usage figure has now copied to your new phone.

Stedman

Yes. If you restore from the backup of a previous iPhone, it inherits the call timers along with everything else that was on the old one.

While it is impossible for me to determine with 100% certainty that your phone is new, I can say that the cellular usage does show the lifetime amount. My iPhone shows cellular usage of 3 days, after owning for approximately 1.5 years. From other posts on the forum, it appears this usage amount does transfer to a new unit. I haven't set up a second iPhone, so I don't have first hand experience.

Stedman

No, not a lot of talk time for me. But if you are chatting for ~ 2 hrs per day, it would definitely add up to a substantial amount after 9 months. Approximately 60 hrs/month for 9 months = approximately 540hrs = 22.5days. So with a little more than 2 hrs/day it could definitely add up to 25 days.

Stedman

You're quite welcome.

Stedman

I wouldn't be so sure Stedman's explanation is accurate and thus assume that your iPhone is not a used one (see my reply to his post).