Q: iPhone 5 battery life is way worse than iPhone 4

We haven't talked about me lately.

I'm in Chicago, and it's 5:30.  Left home with 100% charge this morning.

Now at 37%. 

Phone says 3 hours 31 minutes usage

10 hours 18 minutes of standby

I have made a handful of phone calls, and checked email.  I have not used Safari or texted at all.

I'm on Verizon.  This thing will be dead before I get home.

I've been on LTE. It's been good for me.

At least you have a 30 day window.  My 14 day window with purchasing it from Sprint expired a day before my second logging was reported (this past Sunday).  I'm stuck with it.  Not like it would make any difference going back to the 4S.  It still uses iOS 6 now.

Nnarum:

I'm not impressed with those numbers.  At all.

That would depend on how he used it.

I have 4 phones on Verizon CDMA. None of them are using unusual amounts of standby battery life at this point. As I said before one had a bad SIM card that caused high battery drain in standby. Replacing the SIM card corrected this.

If you try a replacement phone and it doesn't work, you may want to consider if the SIM card could be bad.

Maybe I was the only one in the world who had a bad SIM card, but I doubt it.

As far as I know, Sprint doesn't require the SIM card to function.  It didn't on the 4S.  I'll try removing it and seeing what happens.

Iphone5rocks:

Post some screens of your usage time....

Tried the sim replacement....no effect.

I'm on GSM and I have the same problem as you guys.

I think the LTE is a great point, but also to make sure they're no apps running in the background to save battery life until there is a fix. I'm sure there will be a fix soon because IOS 5 had a fix soon after when it was released.

Here is the answer. All tests are done under wifi. No more to add

http://www.apple.com/cm/iphone/iphone-5/battery.html

Handsfull,

I am at 73%

Usage 2 hrs 10 min

Standby 1 Day 4 hrs

Not sure if this is good or bad, but most of the time my phone is at home were my signal strength is 1 or 2 bars. My phone is always switching between o,3g and LTE. So I don't think this is a fair test.

@implodingapple

Your assuming the 'only' problem is iOS 6.  We don't know that.

Add me to the list of GSM phone's with issue

@bellatone

I'm looking for someone selling a 4s with ios still on it.....anyone?????

it took 4 replacement iphones but i've finally got a battery that lasts..

over 4 hours!

LOL.

shies to nearest corner and sobs quitely..

Omg can everyone please open the link that Sandro provided!!!!! Everything tested with wifi on?!?? Is this a joke?!