iPhone Battery Life

bfullwood · bfullwood #1 (**permalink**)

07-15-2008, 01:25 AM

I got my iPhone last February. Have had no problems, just curious.

From the people that have had their iPhones for the year now, or close to it, are you still getting good battery life? or had to have it replaced?

Also, I found one thread on here that talked about cycling the battery. What habits do you have. I am pretty anal about not charging mine until it gives the 10% warning but that has caused some problems for me with having a dead phone and no charger close by. How often should you cycle it?

thanks

Kash · Kash #2 (**permalink**)

07-15-2008, 04:05 AM

I've had mine for literally a year (bought it July 2, 2007) and the battery is still holding up great, if not a little better (Apple made some improvements in battery utilization with its firmware releases).

twrexx · twrexx #3 (**permalink**)

07-16-2008, 10:10 PM

no noticaable battery degradation for me, Im glad too---was anticipating problems based on the bad-battery hype

rcltrh · rcltrh #4 (**permalink**)

07-16-2008, 10:39 PM

Thursday before the update my phone would go 2-3 days without charging. Since the update to 2.0 goes 8-12 hours before its down to 25% and thats with wifi off, push/fetch off, location services off.

Erieg · Erieg #5 (**permalink**)

07-18-2008, 09:01 PM

My first gen iPhone still has great battery life most of the time after a year of heavy use but since 2.0 it has acted a little strange... I will have a fullish charge and set it down on my desk for a few hours (1 or 2) and pick it up and it will be dead. I plug it in and when the charge window comes up it shows half a battery worth of juice. I can unplug it then and it works fine for hours. I flushed the phone and restored it and it happened again. I am thinking there might be a bug in 2.0.

Anyone else have this happen?

The_Mongrel · The_Mongrel #6 (**permalink**)

07-19-2008, 07:51 AM

I just got mine 3 days ago... and with everything of except Push and I got 11 hours!! I made and received 4 phone calls. Not too flash I would say!

Imagine if I had Wifi, BT and GPS running!!

B&O · B&O #7 (**permalink**)

07-19-2008, 11:55 PM

Wow 11 hours. I managed 36 hours with no charge with Wifi on and a few calls and e-mails involved.

IAmBen · IAmBen #8 (**permalink**)

07-20-2008, 01:13 PM

My battery seems to be getting better now that it's got a couple charges in it. I'd say give it some more time.

russellmj · russellmj #9 (**permalink**)

07-20-2008, 02:54 PM

Apple has posted battery saving tips.

http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html

Kash #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 03, 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 9,385 Mac Specs: Black Macbook C2D 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HD iPhone 4 iPad 3G	07-15-2008, 04:05 AM I've had mine for literally a year (bought it July 2, 2007) and the battery is still holding up great, if not a little better (Apple made some improvements in battery utilization with its firmware releases). June 2007 July 2009
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bfullwood #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 14, 2008 Posts: 3	07-15-2008, 01:25 AM I got my iPhone last February. Have had no problems, just curious. From the people that have had their iPhones for the year now, or close to it, are you still getting good battery life? or had to have it replaced? Also, I found one thread on here that talked about cycling the battery. What habits do you have. I am pretty anal about not charging mine until it gives the 10% warning but that has caused some problems for me with having a dead phone and no charger close by. How often should you cycle it? thanks
	QUOTE Thanks

rcltrh #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 16, 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 360 Mac Specs: Macbook Air, 20" iMac 2.17 Ghz 1GB	07-16-2008, 10:39 PM Thursday before the update my phone would go 2-3 days without charging. Since the update to 2.0 goes 8-12 hours before its down to 25% and thats with wifi off, push/fetch off, location services off.
	QUOTE Thanks

Erieg #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Posts: 14	07-18-2008, 09:01 PM My first gen iPhone still has great battery life most of the time after a year of heavy use but since 2.0 it has acted a little strange... I will have a fullish charge and set it down on my desk for a few hours (1 or 2) and pick it up and it will be dead. I plug it in and when the charge window comes up it shows half a battery worth of juice. I can unplug it then and it works fine for hours. I flushed the phone and restored it and it happened again. I am thinking there might be a bug in 2.0. Anyone else have this happen?
	QUOTE Thanks

The_Mongrel #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 04, 2008 Posts: 37	07-19-2008, 07:51 AM I just got mine 3 days ago... and with everything of except Push and I got 11 hours!! I made and received 4 phone calls. Not too flash I would say! Imagine if I had Wifi, BT and GPS running!!
	QUOTE Thanks

B&O #7 (permalink)
Member Since: May 18, 2007 Location: Brit in Tokyo. Posts: 745 Mac Specs: MBP i7, Mac Mini & iPhone 3G.	07-19-2008, 11:55 PM Wow 11 hours. I managed 36 hours with no charge with Wifi on and a few calls and e-mails involved.
	QUOTE Thanks

IAmBen #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 07, 2007 Posts: 84	07-20-2008, 01:13 PM My battery seems to be getting better now that it's got a couple charges in it. I'd say give it some more time.
	QUOTE Thanks

russellmj #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 19, 2008 Posts: 6	07-20-2008, 02:54 PM Apple has posted battery saving tips. http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html
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