iPhone Battery Competition

[Munson]

So we all know the iPhone battery life is s**t. Yes?

I did a test this week. Turned off 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS when I wasn't using those services. I charged it Monday afternoon. Took a few calls short calls per day, and sent a few texts. Come Friday it was on 50%. Pretty impressive I think.

In other words, if you turn off the services you are not currently using, the battery life is very very reasonable.

I reckon I could make it last 7 days with calls and texts. No point keeping s**t enabled just in case you need it.

RMx

 

[Needster]

iLike my s**t enabled. Accessibility, innit.

 

[Revels]

I've been hammering 'words with friends'* so I have no chance of mine lasting.

I leave it all on as it bugs me having to change things. I like my wifi to just come on. I have a dock on my desk and my bedside table. Doesn't matter to me when it goes down, but yeh, they aren't that bad if you turn all the non essentials off.

*download it, Roy. It's free and it's basically Scrabble. I'm SirRevels.

 

[Bluebeard]

My blackberry lasts about 3 days and I'm on it all day everyday!

 

[Munson]

iLike my s**t enabled. Accessibility, innit.

For sure. My point is that if you only turn that s**t on when you need it, the iPhone doesn't chew your battery as per popular opinion.

 

[Munson]

My blackberry lasts about 3 days and I'm on it all day everyday!

Yeah but this thread is about good phones.

 

[AK]

I've been hammering 'words with friends'* so I have no chance of mine lasting.

I'm so s**t at it lol! I've not won a match yet!

(Even Sarah is beating me )

I'm not bothered about it lasting more than a day tbh... i've got a USB lead @ work, a charger in the car and one in the house. It gets charged every night anyway.

Revels do you have a case? What docks work with a case?!

 

[Revels]

If Sarah beats you then you need to give up IIRC.

 

[AK]

Aye but the words you use are random as hell.

Pe? How the fcuk do you know the 17th letter of the hebrew alphabet?!

 

[Munson]

I've been hammering 'words with friends'* so I have no chance of mine lasting.

I leave it all on as it bugs me having to change things. I like my wifi to just come on. I have a dock on my desk and my bedside table. Doesn't matter to me when it goes down, but yeh, they aren't that bad if you turn all the non essentials off.

*download it, Roy. It's free and it's basically Scrabble. I'm SirRevels.

You need to remind me of this at a later date. I'm currently too hungover to listen. How are you finding Rome?

 

[Bluebeard]

Yeah but this thread is about good phones.

Oh.

 

[Revels]

You need to remind me of this at a later date. I'm currently too hungover to listen. How are you finding Rome?

I shall remind you.

Did you not see my update in the thread? Complete shite. Waste of bandwidth. Disappointed TBH.

 

[Munson]

No I didn't. Everyone I like loves Rome, including the idiots. That makes you someone I would hate.

 

[tyranical]

Just a little tip for people who hate turning s**t on and off if you've got a jailbroken iphone, it doesn't solve the issue completely but if you download sbssettings off cydia, your status bar at the top (with your battery icon etc) becomes a swipebar. Its appearance doesn't change but if you swipe your finger across it then a menu drops down and you can set whatever you want to appear on there for quick access, i have my brightness, wifi, 3g and bluetooth on it. Makes turning things on and off a quick 2 second job instead of having to go through all the settings. Theres also a respring button on it. Give it a go.

 

[Paul RN]

Jailbroken phones run the battery down quicker anyway depending what software you've got running.

 

[Fletcher]

I don't have any probs with the battery life of my 3GS.

I just charge mine up every night.

 

[DB.]

My 3Gs lasts two days with moderate use/game play.

Suppose there isnt much point using the 3G etc unless when needed but meh, too much effort! lol

 

[tyranical]

Paul RN, it depends what you do with it, if you have tonnes of s**t running in mobile substrate etc then yes it hammers the battery, I haven't personally noticed a loss of battery life since i jailbroke my phone.

 

[Christopher]

Mine lasts two days and I use it properly.

 

[Rasclart]

Aye but the words you use are random as hell.

Pe? How the fcuk do you know the 17th letter of the hebrew alphabet?!

He has a Safari page open with a Scrabble word generator

 

[Sarah]

If Sarah beats you then you need to give up IIRC.

am i that bad.....i beat tom...once....we onto round 3 now

your just too good revels coz you passed english GCSE

 

[AK]

He has a Safari page open with a Scrabble word generator

Wouldn't surprise me!!

am i that bad.....i beat tom...once....we onto round 3 now

your just too good revels coz you passed english GCSE

I'm winning the current game :approve:

 

[Revels]

Lol. I don't need to cheat.

Mr AK, I think you'll find you got owned. As per all the other games!

 

[AK]

Lol! Apart from one, I had you worried for a while lol!

Can you play chess ?

 

[Munson]

Six whole days and nights with calls and texts every day but nothing else and it's still on 18%.

IMO this proves that the iPhone does not have a s**t battery. More that it's so awesome that people drain their battery doing awesome things.

 

[ChrisPearson]

I want 3g, wifi, gps etc or i wouldnt have bought it though. If your just making calls and txts then why do you have an iPhone?

Mine lasts a full day and if im using it alot it will probably run out before im home, it goes on charge everynight though.

 

[DB.]

Six whole days and nights with calls and texts every day but nothing else and it's still on 18%.

IMO this proves that the iPhone does not have a s**t battery. More that it's so awesome that people drain their battery doing awesome things.

Lol, I say that to my gf when shes telling me how her blackberry is awesome because the battery lasts longer.

 

[KyleB]

is that with everything turned off Roy?

 

[Munson]

Yeah that's with s**t turned off unless I need it. I used wifi for the App store and BT for the car but that's about it. No doubt at all that full use will see a lower battery life. That's kind of the whole point. They don't just rinse batteries unless you're you're using all the features.

My car uses more petrol if I rinse it at every junction.