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the fuck????? wow
Beer Monkey
Member
Yeah, I just returned a 5 due to the shitty 3G network. I never knew how bad it was because my Android supported HSPA. My speeds literally dropped over 95%.
My contract is up in December, we'll see what things look like then. Probably getting a Nexus and a $30 a month plan, though.
I do love my iPad. Good luck to you guys.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
I've had close to that. I think my best so far is over 8 hours of usage, 2 days 11 hours of standby, and the battery was still over 25%.
Beer Monkey
Member
It's gonna depend a lot on your network too. Bad network = high battery consumption.
I'm not sure if I should ask this question here since it's slightly off-topic but I was wondering if it was possible to stream live tv to the iphone 5, I've always wanted to stream what I see on my cable to a phone or tablet and I'm not sure if it's possible (i think it was years ago but that could've changed) ? I know you needed to buy a separate thing to allow it to stream, right?
Slingbox is probably what you want. It will do all of that and more. It's a great product IMO.
yep, from the anandtech review:
the second iphone5 is using 3g. this probably goes a long way in explaining the variances people are experiencing
Dreams-Visions
Member
mine seems normal. haven't used it yet today (charged to 100% 12 hours ago then removed from charger) and it's still at 99%.
everything on (and push mail every 15 minutes) except bluetooth.
yep, from the anandtech review:
the second iphone5 is using 3g. this probably goes a long way in explaining the variances people are experiencing
am I reading that correctly? It gets twice the battery life on LTE than it will get on 3G?
how the...? Bizarro land.
Thank you very much! will look into it
2nd Gen LTE chip which uses a lot less power. (it's smaller)
But when using slower networks, like 3G, it will use more power since data transfer is slower, thus it is active more often.
At least, if I've read correctly.
sure, if you ignore the lack of iphone 5 screen support in the ($15! -- on sale) app
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Waaaaaa after a whole day you dropped 1%? That doesnt even seem possible, especially if you push every 15 minutes.
I do the same thing and itll last a day and a half MAX. And that's if i do nothing with it.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Grabbed a clear plastic snap on case at radio shack today. Thin and lightweight, an only $7.
Dreams-Visions
Member
I took it off of the charger at 4am. It's now 7:30pm where I am and I'm at 97%. Wifi+4G+Pushing email every 15 minutes+ 3 or 4 apps pushing alerts.
I have not otherwise used the phone except to look at some random ESPN alerts and a few missed calls.
Seems pretty good any way it's sliced, but that's what I expected, tbh.
Tinkered with brightness settings any or do you leave it on auto?
Damn son...dat battery life.
Dreams-Visions
Member
auto, half way up when I'm using it.
but again, I haven't really used the phone today.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
If i do the same thing theres no way in hell it would be at 97%!!
Do you charge only when its dead or whever u get home?
Same here. Today I was on the road and used the phone a lot (phone calls, email, net, Bluetooth and podcasts in the car) and I had 9+ hours of usage when I charged it at 2% battery.
That is better than I usually get though. I think a lot depends on strength of network.
My first speed test.
I nearly fell to the ground.
Dang, I'm in Dallas, What's your carrier?
matt360
Member
I think in my case it is definitely the network causing the battery problems. I have a great wifi signal at home and at work where I spend the vast majority of my time and so for the last couple of days I have kept "Cellular Data" off and my battery has lasted forever. I was still at 89-90% last night after three hours of constant use.
The only weird thing is, is that I never had these network problems with my iPhone 4. I do have a strong 3G and LTE signal in my area, but for whatever reason if I turn those things on it just destroys my battery.
I have no idea how these cellular networks work, but is it possible that my coverage area is downgrading their 3G coverage strength in order to make room for 4G. Or does it not work that way?
The only weird thing is, is that I never had these network problems with my iPhone 4. I do have a strong 3G and LTE signal in my area, but for whatever reason if I turn those things on it just destroys my battery.
I have no idea how these cellular networks work, but is it possible that my coverage area is downgrading their 3G coverage strength in order to make room for 4G. Or does it not work that way?
Dreams-Visions
Member
I just got it a few days ago and had been charging it constantly. I just let it fall down to 0, then plugged it in until it charged to 100% to see what would happen.
Now at 96%. now 8:30pm here.
I think I can live with losing 1%/hour. lol
AT&T.
I did this test in Addison at my job. Pretty sure there's a tower like right next to us.
SerArthurDayne
Member
Haha. I'm in Dallas. Sprint has spotty LTE that is nowhere near that fast, but quite acceptable, and abysmal 3G coverage. Hopefully their LTE rollout solves some problems.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Fok i wish
Im using it right now for this and in 2 hours i went from 55 to 39% on a wireless connection.
schnykeees
Neo Member
iphone or gs3?
Dreams-Visions
Member
now 11:15, 95%.
Sidekick 3
you probably live super close to a cell tower
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Ya theres definitely sonething, did u turn everything off? You must have changed something cause by default, no iphone ive ever had lasted even remotely close to that long.
LyleLanley
Banned
Billing cycle from last month is finally done.
No more of this:
And more of this:
No more of this:
And more of this:
Damn. Throttling sucks!
Noby Noby Boy iPhone 5 wallpapers courtesy of its creator, Keita Takahashi
http://www.uvula.jp/noby-noby-wallpaper-for-iphone5
Enjoy. There's also a 4S version.
http://www.uvula.jp/noby-noby-wallpaper-for-iphone5
Enjoy. There's also a 4S version.
This is still the most overblown thing ever. Mine has picked up a few nicks, they are noticeable at first but after a day or two the bare aluminum loses its shine and you can't really see them unless you are super, super anal.
Souless_PJ
Banned
Just like antennagate, mapgate, wifigate, connectorgate, batterygate etc.
Par for the course for Apple products. Haters gonna hate
sleeping_dragon
Banned
Finally. This is extremely impressive - the Swift stuff is fascinating.
There's plenty of cheap knockoffs on eBay.
I've read they work, so I don't know.
Where have you read this? I'd like to see a thread that follows this news
Annecdotal comment; a friend of mine bought one of these cheap knockoffs and it burned out his new phone. Literally fried the connector, he had to get a new phone.