Posted on 10/31/2011 12:21:25 PM PDT by markomalley
Apple's new iPhone 4S is running through its battery at a prodigious rate, according to reports on the company's own support forum.
A long thread dedicated to the problem now has more than 2,300 messages, runs 160 pages and has been accessed more than 160,000 times, all huge numbers for an Apple support discussion.
"I've had the 4S since the launch day, and I've been pretty pleased with battery life," said someone identified as "andyfromsomerville" on the thread early Monday. "Until this weekend. My phone just went from a full charge to empty within <14h standby time and about 95 minutes of light usage."
Others, however, said that the fast-battery-drain issue had been there from the start.
"Seems to lose 1% every 3-4 minutes, even when locked/asleep," noted John Goldman on Oct. 15, the day the thread debuted.
The iPhone 4S went on sale in the U.S., the U.K. and five other countries on Oct. 14. Three days later, Apple boasted that it had sold four million of the devices, more than double the number of iPhone 4 smartphones sold in the same span last year.
Although the bulk of the battery complaints pertain to the iPhone 4S, some users have also reported faster exhaustion for older devices -- including the iPhone 4 and iPad -- after updating to iOS 5, the operating system upgrade Apple issued Oct. 12.
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And so it begins.
Last time, push notification was the culprit.
My old 3g is still cruising along. :) I think I’ll stay.
Ditto! I have a 3GS and am quite happy. Ok, so I can't talk to my phone - big deael. Somehow so far I managed to struggle through life sans conversations with my phone.
Surprised not to see a story about the iPhone erase your contacts/ sync debacle. My girlfriends iPhone and several of her friends went contacts vaporized after downloading new os and syncing.
ping.
My daughter got a 4s the day they were released. I haven’t heard any complaints from her, but I know she still supplements her iPhone with her iPod Touch. Uses the touch whenever she can (like facetime with friends from home and such).
Although the bulk of the battery complaints pertain to the iPhone 4S, some users have also reported faster exhaustion for older devices — including the iPhone 4 and iPad — after updating to iOS 5, the operating system upgrade Apple issued Oct. 12.
Looks like a clue to me.
I talk to my computer and my telephone. But they don't talk back. Or listen.
Which is OK with me.
And they used to be satisfied with a new pair of shoes.
I’m thinking it’s the new antennae switching...
My daughter in law has a 4GS. The pictures she sends me via email are upside down. When I try to save after rotation my windows seven freaks and tells me I can not save because of some properties error.
One of the reasons I had not purchased a smart phone was because my old dumb phone kept its charge forever. I could go a week or two without charging it.
I got this iPhone 4S and it has been great. I use it more frequently than my old phone because it also takes the place of my iPod. I went three days without charging it and it still had 75% charge left on it. I charge it about every two or three days. For all it does, I have no complaints.
Yep... it might do more things better, but takes power to do it.
The new theory is that it’s a bug in the location services/system services. The automatic time zone finder apparently runs more or less constantly, pulling 3g signals and draining the battery. I turned off that function.
Another factor can be that Verizon and Sprint are 3G speed and AT&T is effectively 4G in those markets where AT&T offers 4G connection. http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2011/10/23/att-iphone-4s-is-4g-capable-more-like-3-5g/
Battery life complaints with other (Android) 4G phones is a common issue.
Is the Steve Jobs magic gone?
There’s something in the software that’s running processes way too much. I remember this battery drain was a problem with a previous iphone and they changed some software and greatly improved the battery life.
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