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iPhone 3G Battery Life - Apple’s Ideas
by Allen Stern on July 12th, 2008
This afternoon, Mr. Steve Rubel posted a link to the iPhone battery maximization page. If you bought a new iPhone 3G yesterday or today, this page is for you! You may want to sit down before you load the page and take a deep breath and make sure you are not holding your new iPhone 3G in your hands.
Here’s the bottom line:
To get the most out of your new iPhone 3G battery, turn it off.
I’ve copied the important pieces of the document below:
- Turn off 3G
- Minimize use of location services
- Fetch new data less frequently
- Turn off push mail
- Auto-check fewer email accounts
- Minimize use of third-party applications
- Turn off Wi-Fi
- Turn off Bluetooth
- Use Airplane Mode in low- or no-coverage areas
- Adjust brightness
- Turn off EQ
Seriously, that’s what Apple recommends that you do to get the maximum battery life. Welcome to the iPhone 3G!
there goes $199!
In other words, shut it off?
yep - read what it says Cyndy - looks like there won’t be too many elmo movies for you!
This is a crap attempt to degrading the phone. Notice after each bullet point on the Apple site that it says, if you don’t use it, or if you’re not using it at the time… This site is giving a partial truth and presenting it as if it is the full truth. What a load of garbage.
Anonymous, do you even have an iPhone 3G? While Allen’s post was tongue-in-cheek, he’s pretty much on the money. I could run my RAZR for days without a recharge. My 3G? Already ran out of juice, and I haven’t done all that much with it other than install apps and let my kid watch Elmo videos.
yep - so basically you have to turn on and off features all day - that sounds like fun!
Hilarious… your RAZR runs for days. Yeah, because it doesn’t DO anything!
The killer app will be someone who figures out a power management app–that based on your needs and past usage history–can save some battery life automagically without having to tweak these settings manually.
The overhyped iPhone is for dumbass Mactards and gullible fashion lemmings.
Ahahaha… I had to laugh at that one, simply because its true. It doesn’t do much of anything in the background or run processes that would kill any other devices.
it flips open!
What’s the big deal. Blackberry users have known this stuff for ages.
And the iPhone STILL has a longer life than BB’s.
Hi,
I have the new 3G Iphone since friday.
I also have the previous first old iphone since last year
Comparing. 3G version is slower, batery on old one was ok. Allow me to manage data com and my usual 50 to 60 calls per day.
The 3g is simple. I have to fully charge it 2 times per day for my needs.
Just tested with 3G off, push off , localization off and big improvement.
Even so old iphone is better.
Remember, iPhone battery has limited life span. I think it is about 500 charge cycles. If you charge it twice a day, it will only last about a year.
Seems you Apple bashers damn Apple if they do and damn Apple if they don’t.
You guys are probably the same ones who complained that the the original iPhone didn’t have 3G. Jobs explained that it would compromise battery life. Then he gives you the 3G and you complain about compromised battery life.
Believe me, of all companies that could provide this kind of technology, Apple is the best at managing power consumption. The limitations that you complain about are state of the art problems with the individual components that exist today.
Very likely it will be Apple who will most rapidly push improvements in these areas in the future. This perhaps is one of the biggest reasons Apple acquired that chip design firm (can’t remember the name.)
thats perfect because in another year there will be another iphone
In other words: - don’t use your iphone.
Yes … right,
many people was complaining about the missing 3G on the 1st version of iPhone.
Let’s see … i know many people with 3G phones .. from all brands …
99% turns 3G off. same problem of battery life in all brands.
For me in paricular is simple … my 1st verison iphone didn’t operate well .. because it was jailbreak one …
In Portugal the release of iPhone was 3 days ago, only with the 3G version … so we have to use them if we want good data com in EDGE or 3G …
For business as i use it, to allow me to push my mails from our company Exchange Server .. only 2.0 version SW works … and in this new 3G iPhone.
Just upgraded my 1st version iPhone to 2.0 SW .. and don’t work well with the phone operator.
Well … even so .. the best phone ever …
Solution again. turn 3G off and other stuff off …
use it simple .. and have a car charger … that’s it …
RE: “Apple Explains How To Extend Battery Life on the iPhone 3G”
=====================
At the launch of the FIRST iPhone, Steve Jobs said that 3G is a battery hog, and that he wanted to introduce 3G when battery life could be improve.
He was castigated for his honesty by all analysts, journalists, and geeks around the world.
Now that he did bring 3G to the iPhone he should NOT be criticized for making YOU aware of your UNJUSTIFIED criticism.
“Hilarious… your RAZR runs for days. Yeah, because it doesn’t DO anything!”
That’s funny, but actually, it surfaces an important issue- our nomenclature is lagging the technology. We call the Razr a “cell phone,” and we call the iPhone a “cell phone,” too. But they’re very different devices.
I’m not sure that “Smart phone” covers it, either. In the end maybe we’ll call the new devices “communicators,” or something like that. In the meantime, it’s as if we didn’t have the term “pick-up truck” or “SUV,” and just called everything a “car.” Then someone complains that their “car” can’t tow a three-ton load.
More context is needed…
I bought iPhone 3G on Friday morning. I set up Microsoft Exchange (push on by default). Saturday I took it off of charger and it was dead by Noon with NO PHONE CALLS MADE. In fact I did NOTHING but turn it on to see of I got any email about 4 times in that 4 hour period. I charged it again at home and it was headed to the same early death 2-3 hours out from the charge. This time I even had done *almost* all of the battery saving tips that are mentioned on the Apple site. All but one …PUSH email. I then turned that off and lo and behold my battery now lasts all day and then some with phone calls and everything. I have since turned back on: WiFi, 3G, Auto-Brightness and Location and I don’t even notice the battery drain.
So, here is the summary: PUSH email will drain battery in 4 hours. You must change to FETCH unless you don’t mind staying plugged to a charger all day.
I’m wondering why there is such a big difference. I wasn’t that enthused about the iPhone simply because it really DOESN’T do that much more than my RAZR did. What? The WiFi and GPS? That’s about it. Neither “phone” works with Flash, but I had no trouble browsing the Web, managing contacts, accessing AT&T’s 3G network, taking pictures, or… wait for it… taking short videos, something my iPhone CAN’T do. Oh, and I could tether it to my MacBook Pro using Bluetooth, another something the iPhone can’t do. The definition of a smartphone is just a QWERTY keyboard? I could store and play music on it, too… It just didn’t have a slew of people developing cutesy little apps for it because it’s no longer cool. I don’t see that they are really that different. Except I think my RAZR might have been more functional. It just isn’t as cool or pretty.
This is my experience too. I signed up for the mobile me account yesterday and forwarded all my mail accounts there. Turned on push and today my battery is gone and I’m not even using it near as much as over the weekend. Push is a battery killer! I’m beginning to rethink the iPhone decision, my BB did the push thing perfectly and didn’t wear the battery down. However, the web sucked on it. Quite a delimma!
Thank you SOOO much. I switched it to Fetch today and the battery is still at over 3/4 almost 12 hours later. Awesome!
I am definitely going to try just turning off the PUSH… will my MobileME still work??? and… what exactly is PUSH doing that fetch doesn’t do? I am still able to update my e-mail when i open the e-mail app right? even without the PUSH, so i’m guessing PUSH just constantly updates my e-mail as apposed to me opening e-mail and then the new email pops up??? Please let me know, what i really will be losing by turning off PUSH and putting my Fetch to hourly (possibly also why shouldn’t I just put it to manual for fetch?)
Thanks…
Sure the battery on iPhone 3G is not that great, but what can we do? We want small size phones, powerful features and lengthy battery life.
Just get a backup battery. I got mine from iPhoneck brands. Their new 3G backup battery is probably one of the better looking products in the market. Their website is http://www.iphoneck.com
Sure the battery on iPhone 3G is not that great, but what can we do? We want small size phones, powerful features and lengthy battery life.
Just get a backup battery. I got mine from iPhoneck brands. Their new 3G backup battery is probably one of the better looking products in the market. Their website is http://www.iphoneck.com
“So, here is the summary: PUSH email will drain battery in 4 hours. You must change to FETCH unless you don’t mind staying plugged to a charger all day.”
That’s not my experience at all. I have push on, and my battery has lasted all day- easily. I wonder if it’s because you guys are pushing accounts with a high volume of email. The only account I push to my iPhone has fairly light volume.
“the iPhone simply [...] DOESN’T do that much more than my RAZR did.”
Huh?
The Razr was was my last pre-iPhone cell phone as well. The two are night & day. Maybe you missed this item about how different Google found net usage levels are for iPhones:
“iPhone users search Google 5,000% more than the nearest competitor”
http://blogs.computerworld.com/iphone_users_search_google_5000
And you’re making an equivalence between storing and playing music on a Razr vs. an iPhone? The only difference is “cutesy little apps”? You had “no trouble browsing the Web”? On a Razr?
Cyndy, I think you’ve completely missed the story here.
I would have to disagree there…I just moved to the iPhone from the the 7100i BB and the battery life alone far out weights that’s of the iPhone. Don’t get me wrong I know it does tons more but its very inconveniencing…on the average day a typical person WILL have to charge the iPhone 2 to 3 times atleast to get though the day if they plan on lets say doing the minimal of checking and responding to email. I think its ridiculous, if I were to do that alone on my old 7100i BB, just check emails, I could do that seriously for a few days no exaggeration.
I’m seriously thinking that the iPhone was a bad move. Whats the point of a cool phone that barely has enough juice to perform or have you tied to a socket?
“…on the average day a typical person WILL have to charge the iPhone 2 to 3 times atleast to get though the day if they plan on lets say doing the minimal of checking and responding to email.”
This is just false.
I needed to do some research today, and turned it into an experiment. I surfed on wifi, much of it while listening to MP3s. Push was turned on for one account, and another was fetching hourly. Since I wasn’t using cell-based data, I turned off 3G.
After 5 1/2 hours of non-stop surfing, I had to leave - I gave up on exhausting the battery. The iPhone was on reserve power, but still going.
In a PC World comparison, the iPhone actually came in first in 3G battery life:
http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=148348&page=1&zoomIdx=1
3G is challenging for all phones- not just the iPhone. I spend most of my time around wifi, so I will manage my power settings accordingly, just as you’d have to do with any 3G phone.
I switch to the iPhone 3G from the BB 8830 last week and I love love love my new iPhone!! The BB 8830 cannot compare in overall functionality when it comes to listening to music and watching video, surfing the web and managing my life as a long time Mac and .mac account user. My BB was not that Mac user friendly. My iPhone’s battery life cannot not compare to the BB 8830 but then again I also cannot compare the two devices in functionality so I expected this. I use my iPhone much more often and for many more uses than I ever used my BB 8830. The web on my BB 8330 was useless so therefore I never used it. It didn’t sync well with my music/video manager so I didn’t keep music/video on it either. I carried an iPod Video instead to watch movies and listen to music in my daily commute or on a plane and I drained it’s battery in a few hours easily. For my iPhone, I purchased the RichardsonSolo back up battery for travel and keep a charger in my office as well as at home. For me, it is a very small compromise for what I have gained. If the iPhone’s bundled uses/functions are not for you…then stick with a BB or Smart Phone. As the saying goes…if everyone was the same this would be one boring planet!
I must agree after having the first phone and the new 3g phone.
My battery power is half the time… before 3g I could not charge my phone for at least two days.
Now I am sitting here at my office - after 3 hours of not having it charged and more than half the battery life remains (so it says)
I do find that turning bluetooth off and wireless helps.
But that’s sort of silly… no?
Let’s turn off all the cool functions the iPhone has … just so I can use it past 7pm… give me a break
Quote: “Let’s turn off all the cool functions the iPhone has … just so I can use it past 7pm… give me a break”
To quote T-Dub’s post, “[Steve] Jobs explained that [3G] would compromise battery life. Then he gives you the 3G and you complain about compromised battery life … The limitations that you complain about are state of the art problems with the individual components that exist today.”
Actually iPhone 3G battery life is at least comparable with other 3G phones. Personally, I leave 3G off unless I specifically need it, which is fairly rare — and my battery life is just as good as it was with the first iPhone. I leave “push” turned on.
The secret for good battery life on the iPhone 3G: use 3G only when you actually need it. For those of us with plentiful wifi, that’s not a huge sacrifice. In time we’ll develop the technology for long-lasting broadband with tiny devices, but that day is not here yet…
I still cannot comprehend the “solution” to battery life is to turn basically all the features off. I did pick up an iPhone 3G, and regrettably am stuck with it. Had the phone on a complete full charge, called up and talked to a friend (local call) for about an hour and 10 mins, and I went from 100% charge to 5% charge. The solution of “turn off options” is mute, being that with other 3G devices, I can have all options on and easily talk for over the 5 hour mark, and easily not have to run to a charger for a few days. The other option of having a charger in your car, in your house, in your boat with a goat, etc, is insane. What happens if I’m a commuter on a train, or air, where there is no option to charge. Say I just got into my car, drove to the train station to commute to the airport; in that scenario, I’d barely have power a few mins after stepping onto the train. Add the low battery performance, with an impossible keyboard (double dare any of the “oh it’s easy to type on” folks try holding onto the rail in a subway and type a few sentences in anywhere close to the type on any physical QWERTY keboard), a GPS that has no GPS app yet (though one rumoured b TomTom which will probably cost more than just getting a TomTom physical device), no way to add your own ring tone except to buy from iTunes, no way to truly customize the sounds the device has (other than a few options for the ringer and for inbound mail), and a host of other faults, it’s a toy, plain and simple. If you need a device that you can use over the course of a day without the device going through detox after an hour and needing a charge, get anything, I mean ANYTHING, but don’t get an iPhone. Hey, if ya don’t agree with me, and looking for an iPhone, I’ll gladly ship you mine free long as you pay the stupid cancelling charge for removing the device from my bill. Maybe I’ll even have to post up a YouTube video of me smashing the device with the head of a passing Mac user. So, in closing, yes, the phone is *that* bad, and calling it a phone is even an insult to the old days big box phone on a rope from Alpine and such.
YES!
I agree with the above statement.
Other 3g phones do have better battery life.
My iPhone can’t even last the whole day without me charging it… or having all the features turned off i.e. - bluetooth, wireless, 3g - give me a break- why should i have to turn any of these off?
THE LAST IPHONE WAS OK… 3G is not
“Other 3g phones do have better battery life.”
False. As I said previously, check out PC World’s real-world tests showing the iPhone matching or outlasting its 3G competitors, except for a bulkier EVDO Blackberry 8330- 6 hours vs. iPhone’s 5.5.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/148348/3g_iphones_mediocre_battery_life_still_beats_rivals.html
“MrLoon” - You got so much wrong that I’m wondering if you even have an iPhone.
“the ’solution’ to battery life is to turn basically all the features off.”
False- the only feature I turn off is 3G, and my battery life is fine. And I do also use 3G at times.
“with other 3G devices, I can have all options on and easily talk for over the 5 hour mark”
If you got only an hour talk time, either your iPhone is defective, needs a couple of charge cycles to calibrate, or you have a software glitch. Check out PC World’s real-world tests showing the iPhone matching or outlasting its 3G competitors, except for a bulkier EVDO Blackberry 8330- 6 hours vs. iPhone’s 5.5.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/148348/3g_iphones_mediocre_battery_life_still_beats_rivals.html
“a GPS that has no GPS app yet”
The iPhone calculates routes, but has no turn-by-turn prompts (yet). But its GPS app has been highly useful for me.
“no way to add your own ring tone except to buy from iTunes”
False. Non-purchased ringtones are simple to add. Drag any .m4r ringtone file on iTunes and it syncs to your phone. Easy to make from your own audio sources.
“impossible keyboard”
I guess the virtual keyboard thing really came out of left field- who saw that one coming? Anyway, it works great for me.
“it’s a toy, plain and simple.”
That would obviously explain iPhone customer satisfaction levels far above other cells, and Google usage levels 50 times higher than its nearest competitor:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/iphone_users_search_google_5000
“I’ll even have to post up a YouTube video of me smashing the device with the head of a passing Mac user.”
Maybe I finally understand where your negativity is coming from.
and running this app will also drain battery.
its loose loose.
i should of stuck with my 1st gen iphone
Quote: “i should of stuck with my 1st gen iphone”
Hint: Umm, turn off 3G, and you’ll still have your 1st gen iPhone, with comparable battery life. Plus, you now have the benefit of using 3G when it makes sense — also, GPS…
Here is was REALLY helped my iPhone 3G battery… A LOT! AND I even KEEP 3G ENABLED!
1) Turn push mail off. Set mail to fetch at 1 hour intervals.
2) Turn WiFi off when not needed.
3) Turn Bluetooth off when not needed.
4) AND… This one is VITALLY IMPORTANT: when you find yourself using GPS, you MUST go into settings and turn Location Services OFF AGAIN! This is a major bug and hopefully Apple fixes it soon. This 4th step is the one that saved me. It meant the different between having my battery drained before lunch - to having it at at about 90% capacity at bedtime!
I leave all those things on, except bluetooth, which I have no use for - and I still get battery life comparable to the 1st-gen iPhone. I.e. good…
What I *do* turn off is 3G — unless I actually need it in locations where there’s no wifi. 3G is a known battery hog - not just in the iPhone.
Sorry guys….my question is if you turn off 3G, then does that mean you will not get data until you are in the wifi zone? When I turned off 3G, they sign “E” turned on…and it seems that I am able to receive data (i.e. stock and weather)….but slower….does that mean sense?
Yes, you still get data with 3G turned off - it works on the EDGE network just like the first iPhone.
And a fast EDGE connection can be as good or better than a slow 3G connection. It’s not unusual for me to get 200 kbps on EDGE. That’s quite ususable, and it doesn’t chew through a battery like 3G.
“loose loose” sounds like my dirty tramp ex wife…
I just ordered an iPhone 3G from my local AT&T store, should be here in 8-10 days. I have to say, you guys complain a LOT. lol. I don’t even have 3G coverage where I live, but here’s something most of you have not mentioned, the price is HALF. Now I’d say that is worth a little extra struggle to keep your power managed properly…but maybe that’s just me. *shrugs* I’ve got a car charger for my iPod so even if my new iPhone does lose battery way too quickly it will always be fully charged in the morning after sitting on my Bose speaker dock, and then it will stay charged in the car on the way to wherever in the morning, and afternoons it will be recharging…so just get a car charger lol. :)
This is the Boomr :
Dear Boomr… I think you are a typical retarded consumer of America. Who is probably stupid and makes below 40 thousand a year. You maybe either a below average white person .. an african american or a hispanic dude… Anyhow .. The Iphone is not cheaper… They just improved upon there marketing skills.. The price monthly went up by 15 $ .. so 15 x 24 = 360 + 200 is 560 for your iphone if its 8 gig and 660 if its 16 gig … So anyhow my fellow below average white person .. an african american or a hispanic dude.. I think you are a fucking moron.
-Thanks
I’m new to iPhone 3G/AT&T and consider this phone buggy at best. But with trade off’s.
Beyond the much discussed battery life issue, I’ve experienced simple difficulties in syncing with iTunes on both Mac and PC, maintaining any level of signal strength (1-2 bars the norm) while using in major metropolitan cities; as well as a few other persnickety issues which persist both pre and post iPhone 2.0 software updates. With experienced dropped calls and battery fulfillment being a primary concern, I’ve followed basic power saving protocols to test the iPhones’ mettle for which recent personal results have been intriguing.
Previously running iPhone 3G with all “perks” functional; I’ve virtually shut off every imaginable feature (no need to list at risk of appearing redundant) for which my iPhone 3G now runs solely on Edge with… get this… 5 bars of signal strength an estimated 90% of the time no matter my location (excluding elevators and the like of course). Surfing Safari is respectively quick and manual email capture instant with just a few swipes of the finger. Apps run smoother and retrieve data without noticeable speed difference in comparison to 3G or even WiFi. Almost humorous if you think about it but my iPhone 3G is now performing at a respectable rate with zero dropped calls since the aforesaid setting changes (two+ weeks call usage) with battery life improving ten-fold in now only being required to charge once per day with mid to heavy (combination of data/phone/iPod) usage .
Is iPhone 3G worthy of personal change from BlackBerry 8800 series? Doubtful at this point as comparison between units varies greatly with BlackBerry being a reliable business communication machine and iPhone remaining a superior entertainment device with phone capabilities. I will however continue to utilize both phones within my lifestyle despite slowly becoming increasingly pleased with iPhone 3G after ironing out a few kinks to make it work satisfactorily for me. Worst case scenario is shelving iPhone 3G as a phone all together which in turn is not such a bad thing given price points between iPod Touch and iPhone 3G. $300 buys me 8GB on iPod Touch but affords me 16GB on iPhone with the same functions so I can still rock on with twice the storage space.
Anonymous pointed commentary and churlish banter aside; brand loyalty is distinctly earned through function based on cost no matter which company flag you choose to fly. Power however… will always remain in the hand (and pockets) of the educated consumer.
every one who talks about the iphone 3g’s battery life only mentions wifi and talking usage. But what about if you listen to a lot of music and want to watch some videos during the day as well? i need at least 4-5 hours of music (and maybe some video usage) ON TOP of some moderate calling and internet usage. from looking at all the reviews, i dont think the battery will last even half a day with me. so whats the point in combining all these utilities into one device if trying to use all of them in one day leaves you stranded? i dont want to forgo listening to music just so that ill be able to make and recieve calls later in the day. does anyone have some insight?
anonymous, I have been using my iPhone 3g for maybe 2 hours of music every day, with lots of edge internet usage and occasional wifi wherever it’s available and fast. And the number of calls varies quite a bit dependng on the day. On the subject of my Internet usage on edge I am switching between many apps like facebook, myspace, mail, a chat program, Very data-intensive pages in safari, etc. You get the idea. And mostly, I’ve been arriving home around 8 with about half battery. Maybe I’m just unknowingly overstating how much I use it, but I don’t think so. Plus if you buy a compatible car charger (which I don’t have yet) you’ll be helped a lot with keeping your battery alive, that’s what I found with my iPod touch originally. Car charger is somewhat key, if you are in a car for any time daily. :) so, happy researching and deciding. Oh, and FYI my days have ranged from getting up at 8 in morning to noon, and not charging it again till after 8pm.
thanks for replying Boomr,
about your usage-
is that while constantly monitoring and turning off features like 3g, wifi, and GPS, or just leaving them on all the time
i dont have a car (i live in the Netherlands; bicycles and public transportation FTW!) so charging it on the go is not really a possibilty.
what im really wondering is wether the battery can really take a full day of heavy usage or am i constantly going to be forgoing applications and features due to battery life.
im in the market right now for both a new phone and a new mp3 player, but if the iphone doesnt have enough juice to function as both, should i even bother?
i dont want to regret buying this thing in a couple of months
Anonymous–sorry for such a long wait I thought I posted here but I guess it didn’t get through on my connection… :/ anyway.
These are the settings I have turned on and off, and it usually doesn’t change: 3g is off, because I don’t get it in my rural area; wifi is always on; bluetooth is always on; location services are usually on, but not in use very much; and push email is turned off, just auto updates every hour. and my screen brightness is set almost all the way down, with auto adjust on. and now that school’s started it’s really been put to the test, I get up at 6:30 and unplug it, then it lasts through the school day with texting and occasional edge web browsing until 3 or so then after that I use it on a wifi network a lot sometimes constantly until like 7 or 8, and it’s battery is getting low by that time, which is when I charge it up. And I use it to play music for every car trip anywhere, plus during breaks at school or when I have nothing else to do after school. and when I have work after school it is left on in my pocket in an extremely low signal building, which means the battery is draining more power trying to find the signal, and it still lasts till 9 or whenever.
Hope that helps. :) but don’t rely only on me, I’d go to some other forums and sites that have had specific real-time testing of the battery life, and compare everything up. :)
Some funny comments here…. especially from the
“I will defend Apple products to the end ” crowd LOL…
For me the Iphone is without doubt an incredible and truly amazing “smart phone” or whatever name you want to give it…. it really blows my mind the technology used, but i’m sorry for me and many users like me that i know who may not read into all the tech savvie magazines and websites… the simple fact is that battery life really is pretty poor… i do have to charge it at least twice a day and thats with all the battery saving suggestions taken, this does mean i have a 2nd charger in the office and another in my car and even carry a USB cable around with so i can charge it from buddy’s with laptops. I guess you do have to take into consideration that it is state of the art so battery life and other gliches will be improved but i would imagine like me many many people are somewhat surprised how quickly the battery does drain……… i will keep using it because nothing can get close to it with regards to ease of use and the truly untouchable cool factor !!!! just hope next generation sorts this problem out.
Humble Opinion >>>>> :-)
To all the CLUSTER FUCKS who ask “what’s the point of having features like 3G, Bluetooth…etc if you have them turned off anyways”. I suppose you always have ALL your lights on at home, ALL your fawcets & showers running & ALL the plasma TV’s, aircon, vibrators…etc in the house turned on 24/7? After all, why turn them off when they can be left on all the time, right? Here’s a tip, TURN THEM ON when you need them then TURN THEM OFF when you dont! FUCKWITS!
I think it’s funny how some of you have such high expectations on the battery on a phone like this. I can get a full day out of my iPhone. I use text, AIM, The Internet, and my songs all day.
Now the first few days my phone would last like 3 hours, and I was getting frustrated. Now it’s completely fine and I’m loving it.
It’s been a week having it today.
I’m willing to bet some of you don’t even own the phone and are making faulty accusations.
OK so while it is true that the iPhone’s battery life isn’t the greatest, I noticed that some people are comparing the iphone battery life to that of a RAZR. Well for one, I bet you weren’t constantly surfing the web via 3G, listening to music and movies, or anything that makes the iPhone great on your RAZR or any other phone. That said, if you don’t charge your iPhone every night, your pretty much screwed for the following day. The only bullets that make sense to me in that list are:
1. EQ
2. Push email
3. Brightness
4. Location services
my iphone was fully charged when i left the house at 9am. i checked the weather, surfed the net for a few minutes then turned off 3G (if anyone is wondering why i turned it off then that is because I dont need it on whilst it’s in my pocket!) through out the day i used the camera 2x, sent a couple of sms, made & received phone calls approx 10 mins, turned it on & off a few times as you do just to admire it’s beauty & just because i can. t is now 9:55pm & the batt meter is still indicating that it is fully charged so i dont really know what the big deal is…believe it or not, i dont pretty much care. sure, if i was hell bent on using up a fully charged iphone in 2 hrs, i’m sure i can manage..heck, i’m sure i can do it in 1hr it but i’m not about all that. i want to enjoy my iphone so if you want to experience the same batt performance then peoples, you just gotta use your head.
Do *not* listen to this guy. He’s replied in every battery-life forum regarding this product is obviously a whore for this company.
iPhone 3g battery life is certainly not great, but it’s not that bad, either. If you use it as an iPod and play a lot of games, you’ll kill it fast, however if you shut off 3g when not browsing, leave location services off when you don’t need it and turn down the LCD, the batter life isn’t that bad.
I’m by no means an Apple Fan Boy. This is my first Apple product, in fact. The reason I like this phone so much is the web browsing is second to none for a mobile product. In addition, I like the AppStore. It makes it so I can add whatever type of functionality I want to my phone. Chances are if you can think it, it’s available.
Wow. Clearly, Cindy three-names doesn’t even own an iphone.
Great phone phone but battery life sucks. It blows my old sidekick 3 away with the Internet and music program. My friend also has the new iPhone and he also complains about battery life.
I had a similar issue with my 2G iPhone. By reducing the autocheck mail function on my Gmail account to 30 minutes rather than 15 minutes made a big difference in battery life. I suspect it would be the same for 3G versions. And if you want to check more frequently, just push the checkmail button.
yeah its true that iphone 3G only have half the battery but if you can smart enough to maintain ur battery it will stay at least 1 day without charging and also get ur self an extended external battery pack.
- set the brightness low, no wifi/bluetooth, and only use those thing when you want its kind of smart i think not to turn on wifi all day long without having use that once so yeah.. turn it off
- maintain battery since you start using it… charging the iphone 3G battery at least when its turn low battrey for 20% till full 100% and dont leave it half charge.. make sure its full
- if you know that you do wrong with the battery just use it till the phone is dead then charging till full and next time charge while 20%