When will iPhone have ACTIVITY MONITOR

Until Apple announces something, no one here will know what Apple plans.

There are several utility apps in the AppStore that seem to provide

the information you are after. I don't use any so I cannot recommend one.

Search the AppStore, read the descriptions and reviews (reviews are

important) and make a decision if any meet your needs.

While i agree that a stock activity monitor would be nice, it's not true that all phones are having a problem...there are 2 iPhone 5 and 1 iPhone 4 in my home and all have great battery life.

Submit feedback to Apple requesting such a feature here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

No problems with my iPhone 5 or 4S.

Don't hold your breath about it making any difference in battery life. Unless you have some sort of badly written app, almost no non-Apple apps actually run in the background.

Best of luck.

Agreed. The best thing you can really do is make sure you Force quit ALL open apps running in the background anytime you're not using them.

iOSGuy2012 wrote:

Agreed. The best thing you can really do is make sure you Force quit ALL open apps running in the background anytime you're not using them.

There is absolutely no point to that because, as I stated above, almost no apps are actually running in the background. You can do it if you want but the effect is largely placebo.

LDoza45 wrote:

It seems all 4 and 5 phones have severe bettery drainage now ...

It's aliens, I've been trying to convince the proper authorities of this with no luck. When they get here, and the come often, they need power. They've found they can tap into our cell phones, suck battery & no one is the wiser.

That's why I keep my phone off at all times...about once a month I bring it out of its lead case & charge it in a lead container. So far, none of my battery power has been stolen...none. 😎

FYI: running in the background means Apps that aren't closed using the multi-tasking menu. Some Apps require push notifications as well. (technically would still be considered as 'running in the background')

There is no such thing as a "multi-tasking menu" in iOS, only recently used apps. Perhaps this article will help:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4211

"iOS: Understanding multitasking"

Yes, that's the title of the article. To summarize it for you: it gives a nice list of what types of apps actually are capable of multitasking and the fact that not everything in the recently used apps list is running.