iOS 7.1...How's your battery life?

[Haalcyon]

My battery life on my 5S is awful. Before it was hard to make it a full day, but now it's downright impossible without needing charged at least once during the day. Not sure what happened to make the battery life so much worse, but it makes me wish I wouldn't have updated. Apple needs to start putting much larger batteries in their phones and maybe that will help somewhat, but geese I guess I got lucky in the past and never had battery issues with previous iPhones and updates until the 5S.

Location services or Bluetooth enabled? Low network signal? My 5s' are just over 2 months old but the battery life is fine.


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[serglb]

The people that are getting 9+ hours are you power users?


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[rbeisaw3]

Battery life not good at all. It's always been great for me on any previous version. After unplugging in the morning it drops to 97-95 within 5-10 mins without even using it!!


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[pr1nce]

My battery life is good. About the same or a little better than before I updated.

 

[mumfoau]

From whichever iOS was on my i4 when I initially made the switch to iOS to now 7.1 on my i5 my battery life has been the same. Maybe not statistically but practically. It gets me from off the charger prior to work all the way through my work day and into the evening (unless i'm pounding on it) each and every day. And on weekends, I can typically only charge to full once and I'm golden. That's all that i can ask for! I think a major factor in that is the fact that for all intents and purposes, iOS devices are tools available when you need them. The best standby time in the business!

 

[ctt1wbw]

Not too bad.

 

[phlamethrowre]

I unplugged my 5s around noon on Saturday. Last night when I plugged it in, almost 36 hours later, it was at 54%.


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[Haalcyon]

I unplugged my 5s around noon on Saturday. Last night when I plugged it in, almost 36 hours later, it was at 54%.


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Would you say that you used it heavily or lightly while it was unplugged?


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[phlamethrowre]

Would you say that you used it heavily or lightly while it was unplugged?


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Moderately. It was used but not heavily.


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[GusHerb]

My battery life has been awful since I had to restore my 5 after the initial 7.1 update. Waiting for usage to settle down but after a couple days it hasn't.
Heavy usage has been killing it in just 3 hours usage total. I normally see 5 hours usage by the time I'm at 30%.

 

[Chrysalis1156]

Mine has been a little worse so far. Before updating I could take my iPhone 5 off the charger, put it on Do Not Disturb, & go to bed & when I woke up it would still be on 100%. Now when I do the same thing, having changed nothing but the OS, I wake up to 98%. Big deal? No. But it lets me know that things have definitely changed. I still make it thru the day without having to plug it in (which I could never do on my BlackBerry ) so no complaints - just an observation.


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[AmandaKess22]

I feel like my battery life got worse...but after looking at my usage data, it looks like it definitely improved. Interesting!

 

[vincie76]

Battery seems getting better after force reboot.

 

[Megan Blok]

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[Haalcyon]

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What would you say your usage was like during this time? Light? Moderate? Heavy?


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[Megan Blok]

What would you say your usage was like during this time? Light? Moderate? Heavy?


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During the 3/4 hours I was surfing the web playing games here and there such as cut the rope, listening to music and taking a few pics.


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[nason54]

The battery definitely have improved. Before I go half a day on 7.0 with medium use but now I last a full day and I think that's worth a praise. Still, I do have some problems with it like no more full caller id picture during phone calls.


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[pearlyrob]

My battery life sucks with the new update. I have every possible battery saving feature or trick on.

 

[nason54]

My battery life sucks with the new update. I have every possible battery saving feature or trick on.

Do you use your iPhone heavily?


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[Bazza1]

I do not turn off features or lower power demands in an effort to save battery. About the only power-dragging item I do not have on is Bluetooth, if only because I don't use it enough. To my mind, if you have to disable / lower expectations of the functionality of the smartphone, why bother having the device in the first place?

For my part on a daily basis, I use my device for checking and replying to email, opening various news apps, check Facebook, a couple of short calls (and that's a combo of wi-fi and data) - and with that, if I unplug with a full charge at 8am, it's pretty much done by 5pm.

Now granted, we're talking about a three year old iPhone 4 here, running the most recent iOS - so the battery is probably suffering from old age and certainly isn't holding the charge it once did - but I've never noted an appreciable uptick in battery life from one iOS upgrade to another.