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Battery Life?

Cosmicrush

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If I am at work I stream Pandora radio for about 6 to 8 hours a day along with facebook, twitter, some web browsing, and a couple of apps that I use for reading on lunch. So from 10am until about 4am when I go to charge the phone for the next day I'll have 60% to 50% battery left. And on the weekends I can easily get 3 days of use out of my phone.

Also their is some phone call usage. Maybe about 1 or 2 hours?

EDIT: I should also state that when I am using my phone I have 3 to 5 bars.

Wow I can't get anywhere near that. My battery dies fast :,(
 

Taco50

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I think some of these people really exaggerate their usage. I don't see how it's possible to get 3 days with even moderate usage
 

Cosmicrush

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Hey guess what?! I went to apple and got replacement. Now I can totally get at least two days before charges. The weird thing is I've done 4 charges so far and for two of them I barely made a day but for the other two I made it to end of day with around 50-60% and it's like good charge then bad charge then good. When I leave overnight on charger I get good next day. Even though it shouldn't have an effect like that. But then I get bad day if I let fully charge and take off charger right when it's 100%. So now I will over night charge.
 

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The batt life on my iPhone4 is horrific. I could easily get a full day out of my BlackBerry but my IP4 is dead by 3pm with moderate usage. I love the features of my IP4, but the battery life is really a big let down.
 

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The batt life on my iPhone4 is horrific. I could easily get a full day out of my BlackBerry but my IP4 is dead by 3pm with moderate usage. I love the features of my IP4, but the battery life is really a big let down.

Sounds like a defective battery. I have 4 iPhone 4s and 2 have been replaced with refurbs and all make it easily through a day...if not squeaking by a second day.
 

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Sounds like a defective battery. I have 4 iPhone 4s and 2 have been replaced with refurbs and all make it easily through a day...if not squeaking by a second day.

If I do nothing with it, it will last all day with no problem. If I make some calls, text, use email, etc...down to 30% by 3pm. Guess I'll check in with the Genius Bar the next time I'm near an Apple Store
 

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I've been playing NBA Jam for an hour now, a few really short calls, plenty of emails and text messages and maybe 45 minutes of web browsing. It has been off the charger for 13 hours and I'm at 46% remaining. The biggest drain has been NBA Jam.

My wife has had what I would consider minimal usge and hers has been off the charger for 14 hours and she is at 83%.
 

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I take my phone off the charger in the morning....listen to a podcast for my 30 minute drive to work and then check FB and text message a but throughout the day. Another 30 minute podcast for the drive home. 8 hours later I am usually at 95-98%.
 

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I've had my replacement for about a week now, and the battery is starting to get a little better. I usually see a quick drop in from 100-95 than it settles in for the day.

I have turned off the precentage. I notice, I get the same results on my battery (at least a day of usage). I hate micromanging my battery per percenage. I look at my usage. I can get usually 6 hours of usage (not standby time) out of my phone. I'm happy with that.
 

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