Comments on: Special Report: My iPhone 3G battery life is strikingly better

By: RoyFromTexas

RoyFromTexas — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:31:50 +0000

We bought two iPhones on 10-10-08. My phone out-of-the-box will run two days in stand-by. My wife’s phone will not run 4 hours in stand-by. We have 2.1.

Her phone typically is pegged with bars. Mine can’t work off a tower 1.5 miles from our house, and it nearly always shows either “No Service” or no bars.

My old Cingular 8125 worked great and I have to remove the SIM card from the iPhone and re-install into the 8125 if I need cell service here at home. (We live on a farm and the tower is a clear shot with no obstructions between us and the house… no powerlines, no buidlings no tall cows for tha matter.)

Watch my video on YouTube for a side-by-side comparison of her phone next to mine… I can’t figure this out, but they BOTH will be returned to Apple this week for warranty.

My videos can be seen by typing in my moniker, “royfromtexas.”

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:45:12 +0000

This makes me hopeful that they can shore up the allegedly crappy battery life for the G1.

By: Benjaminx

Benjaminx — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:59:48 +0000

Mine is also noticeably better after the update, not to the extent yours seems to be…but I’m pretty happy.

By: b00st3d

b00st3d — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:28:58 +0000

I must have one of those faulty batteries…i use mine a lot for mail/sms/and many phone calls. i take it off the charger at 8am and by 6pm im down to 20%.

By: Dave Peterson

Dave Peterson — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:17:33 +0000

Yes, I’ve absolutely seen stunningly better battery life since the update. Before, I was going without location services and 3G most of the time so that I’d have enough battery power to get through the day. Now I can actually enjoy the few features that set the 3G apart from the original iPhone, without having the device die in the early afternoon.

By: Jameson

Jameson — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:00:57 +0000

I noticed better battery life after I took my first one back because of shitty battery life and a stuck pixel. Steve and Co. could care less about my dying battery, but a stuck pixel? Grounds for a replacement.

Not complaining.

By: IronMadDog

IronMadDog — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:34:27 +0000

Actually I noticed mine getting a lot better yesterday. I upgraded to 2.1 the day it came out so this has nothing to do with that.

By: Tony C. Hall

Tony C. Hall — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:03:17 +0000

That is why I waited until after the release of 2.1 to even buy my first iPhone. I knew it was a really cool device, but it is hard to be cool when it’s dead. I am pretty happy now.

By: Bob P

Bob P — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:04:38 +0000

I had very much the same positive change in battery life after the 2.1 update. Made me go from regretting my purchase to loving the phone.