Sekelani Zwambila
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Yes I have noticed and I am getting maximum of 6 hours only.
I get that some days. Are you a heavy user ? Is everything switched on?
Yes I have noticed and I am getting maximum of 6 hours only.
No magic electricity. Your playing heavy games probably is what limits your battery life.
Mine absolutely sucks. I got 4 hours of use and 5 hours of standby yesterday. Then again, I never shut down my WiFi, constantly surf the web and play only heavy games.
P.S. What kind of magic electricity do you guys feed your iPhones? Mine never gives me more than 5 hours of usage. Standby isn't that good, either.
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A7 consume more power than A6. Heavy gaming is definitely drain more battery with 5S
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Those factors kill your battery fast " heavy games, wi fi on". Don't play games for a day and turn off your wi if and you'll see an improvement. The 8 hours apple said is based on normal usage.
If I don't play any games and keep my WiFi off, then what do I do with this thing?
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Your reasons are the same as mine. I always play games on my 5S. You can't expect to play graphically intense games the whole day and expect your device to last long. It's practically impossible.4hour usage is perfectly fine. Either accept what you have or get a new phone.
Well, considering the fact that you told me that the best way to get a great battery life is to turn off WiFi and stop playing games, there's not much to do on this phone.
I'm not expecting it to last a whole day on heavy usage. However, it shouldn't be as bad as it is. It's significantly worse than my old phone. But I agree, I really should ease up on the heavy games.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'new phone'.
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If your game usage is worse than your older device I'd get it swapped for another 5s.
I happened to have a faulty battery and got mine replaced.
I'm guessing she meant turn off wifi when. Not using it. For instance if a game doesn't use it turn it off and then back on when you need to surf the web.
The stated battery life specs from Apple are
10 hours talk time on 3G
8 hours 3G Internet use, 10 on LTE or wifi
10 hours video playback
Doing you are doing considerably more than just Safari surfing you shouldn't expect the get those numbers. 4 hours of using a graphically intense game will keep the CPU and GPU drawing as much power as it can. 4 hours seems about right under those circumstances.
iOS 7 has features which are especially hungry. I disabled motion (for wallpaper) straight away. Sending of statistics to Apple is a no-no, as well as custom ads - make sure to disable those two as well. Disable automatic app updates, disable background app refresh. AirDrop (and Bluetooth) off, and the battery life should noticeably increase.
I am still getting 10 to 12 hours on a charge with my 5S. This was yesterday's usage. I think I was on my phone most of the day, lol.
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What's your secret in making your phone last that long?