Apple iPhone 4S / iOS 5 battery-life bugs admission
Good news and bad news for iPhone 4S battery life sufferers: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has finally acknowledged that there are a "a few" charge-sucking problems in iOS 5, but it's going to take "a few weeks" to fix. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder why it took Apple three weeks to admit it.
Apple iPhone 4S 'drains battery' too quickly complaints
The battery life of Apple's new iPhone 4S is under scrutiny after thousands of users reported problems.
In some cases, people claimed that their phone battery was draining by up to 15% every hour, even when the device was not being used.
Users who have installed Apple's new operating system - iOS 5 - on older models have also reported problems.
Apple told the BBC it had no comment on the issue.
The problems have generated a huge amount of discussion on Apple's forums.
Scarface from New Jersey summed up the view of many: My iPhone 4s battery seems terrible!"
CripinUK went into more detail: "I have an iPhone 4 and since putting iOS 5 on it the battery life has been really bad it drops at a ridiculous rate even when I'm not using it where as it would barely drop any charge when it was in standby."
"I've tried turning lots of thing off but it makes no difference. I've been looking around and a lot of people seem to be reporting this," he said.
The iPhone 4S has a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery. It is supposed to provide up to eight hours of 3G talk time (14 hours of 2G) with standby time of up to 200 hours.
Time zones
Some blamed Apple's iCloud service while others claim that deactivating Notifications - one of the key features of the 4S - helped restore battery life.
Blogger Oliver Haslam wrote that he solved the problem by turning off the time zone setting function.
He said that, in some cases, the operating system was constantly tracking location in order to adjust the time zone.
"Switching it off may mean that your iPhone will no longer set its own time zone when you travel, but that's a small price to pay for having your iPhone last more than 12 hours on a full charge," he said.
When the iPhone 4S was launched in October, Apple's chief executive Tim Cook promised significantly improved battery life.
Apple iPhone 4S- All you need to Know
Design: The iPhone 4S looks exactly the same as iPhone 4.
Storage/Colours: The iPhone 4S comes with 16, 32 and 64GB of storage in black and white color versions.
Processor/Speed- The Apple iPhone 4S comes with an A5 chipset which combines a dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU and PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU. Apple claims this hardware combination makes the iPhone 4S seven times as fast as the iPhone 4 on games, and two times as fast on normal tasks.
Display: LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 640 x 960 pixels, 3.5 inches
Connectivity- The iPhone 4S comes with 2 antenna and supports both GSM/3G and CDMA networks, HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps. There’s also Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth(v4.0 with A2DP).
GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
The iPhone 4S can switch intelligently between two antennas to improve call quality.
Camera: The 5 megapixel shooter of its predecessor has been replaced by a faster 8 megapixel unit(3264×2448 pixels) and the video recording has been upgraded from 720p to 1080p with real-time image stabilization and temporal noise reduction. The CMOS backside illuminated sensor gets you 73% more light than the iPhone 4 sensor. Apple has also modified the lens system, with five lens elements.
Siri: Apple is including Siri in the iPhone 4S, which will only run in this model. The reason is the need for a faster A5 processor.
Siri, a voice-activated virtual assistant. Siri responds to spoken queries by serving up information from the iPhone’s built-in apps, and it can read incoming messages in a computerized female voice. Users can also dictate text messages and email messages to Siri.
Battery Life: Apple claims the new processor doesn’t impact the life of the battery.
Stand-by time: Up to 200 hours (2G) / Up to 200 hours (3G)
Talk time: Up to 14 hours (2G) / Up to 8 hours (3G)
Music play: Up to 40 hours
Browsing: Up to 6 hours (3G) / Up to 9 hours (WiFi)
Video Playback: Up to 10 hours
Pricing: iPhone 4S will be available in the US for a suggested retail price of $199 16GB model, $299 for the 32GB model and $399 (US) for the new 64GB model.
Availability: Pre-order of the iPhone 4GS starts October 7 and will be available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK on October 14, 2011.
The iPhone 4S will also be available at 22 more countries by the end of October 2011 including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Malaysia is expected to get the iPhone 4GS as well, expected within 4-8 weeks.
[Source]- Apple
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Camera: The 5 megapixel shooter of its predecessor has been replaced by a faster 8 megapixel unit(3264×2448 pixels) and the video recording has been upgraded from 720p to 1080p with real-time image stabilization and temporal noise reduction. The CMOS backside illuminated sensor gets you 73% more light than the iPhone 4 sensor. Apple has also modified the lens system, with five lens elements.
Siri: Apple is including Siri in the iPhone 4S, which will only run in this model. The reason is the need for a faster A5 processor.
Siri, a voice-activated virtual assistant. Siri responds to spoken queries by serving up information from the iPhone’s built-in apps, and it can read incoming messages in a computerized female voice. Users can also dictate text messages and email messages to Siri.
Battery Life: Apple claims the new processor doesn’t impact the life of the battery.
Stand-by time: Up to 200 hours (2G) / Up to 200 hours (3G)
Talk time: Up to 14 hours (2G) / Up to 8 hours (3G)
Music play: Up to 40 hours
Browsing: Up to 6 hours (3G) / Up to 9 hours (WiFi)
Video Playback: Up to 10 hours
Pricing: iPhone 4S will be available in the US for a suggested retail price of $199 16GB model, $299 for the 32GB model and $399 (US) for the new 64GB model.
Availability: Pre-order of the iPhone 4GS starts October 7 and will be available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK on October 14, 2011.
The iPhone 4S will also be available at 22 more countries by the end of October 2011 including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Malaysia is expected to get the iPhone 4GS as well, expected within 4-8 weeks.
Good news and bad news for iPhone 4S battery life sufferers: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has finally acknowledged that there are a "a few" charge-sucking problems in iOS 5, but it's going to take "a few weeks" to fix. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder why it took Apple three weeks to admit it.
Apple iPhone 4S 'drains battery' too quickly complaints
The battery life of Apple's new iPhone 4S is under scrutiny after thousands of users reported problems.
In some cases, people claimed that their phone battery was draining by up to 15% every hour, even when the device was not being used.
Users who have installed Apple's new operating system - iOS 5 - on older models have also reported problems.
Apple told the BBC it had no comment on the issue.
The problems have generated a huge amount of discussion on Apple's forums.
Scarface from New Jersey summed up the view of many: My iPhone 4s battery seems terrible!"
CripinUK went into more detail: "I have an iPhone 4 and since putting iOS 5 on it the battery life has been really bad it drops at a ridiculous rate even when I'm not using it where as it would barely drop any charge when it was in standby."
"I've tried turning lots of thing off but it makes no difference. I've been looking around and a lot of people seem to be reporting this," he said.
The iPhone 4S has a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery. It is supposed to provide up to eight hours of 3G talk time (14 hours of 2G) with standby time of up to 200 hours.
Time zones
Some blamed Apple's iCloud service while others claim that deactivating Notifications - one of the key features of the 4S - helped restore battery life.
Blogger Oliver Haslam wrote that he solved the problem by turning off the time zone setting function.
He said that, in some cases, the operating system was constantly tracking location in order to adjust the time zone.
"Switching it off may mean that your iPhone will no longer set its own time zone when you travel, but that's a small price to pay for having your iPhone last more than 12 hours on a full charge," he said.
When the iPhone 4S was launched in October, Apple's chief executive Tim Cook promised significantly improved battery life.
Apple iPhone 4S- All you need to Know
Design: The iPhone 4S looks exactly the same as iPhone 4.
Storage/Colours: The iPhone 4S comes with 16, 32 and 64GB of storage in black and white color versions.
Processor/Speed- The Apple iPhone 4S comes with an A5 chipset which combines a dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU and PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU. Apple claims this hardware combination makes the iPhone 4S seven times as fast as the iPhone 4 on games, and two times as fast on normal tasks.
Display: LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 640 x 960 pixels, 3.5 inches
Connectivity- The iPhone 4S comes with 2 antenna and supports both GSM/3G and CDMA networks, HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps. There’s also Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth(v4.0 with A2DP).
GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
The iPhone 4S can switch intelligently between two antennas to improve call quality.
Camera: The 5 megapixel shooter of its predecessor has been replaced by a faster 8 megapixel unit(3264×2448 pixels) and the video recording has been upgraded from 720p to 1080p with real-time image stabilization and temporal noise reduction. The CMOS backside illuminated sensor gets you 73% more light than the iPhone 4 sensor. Apple has also modified the lens system, with five lens elements.
Siri: Apple is including Siri in the iPhone 4S, which will only run in this model. The reason is the need for a faster A5 processor.
Siri, a voice-activated virtual assistant. Siri responds to spoken queries by serving up information from the iPhone’s built-in apps, and it can read incoming messages in a computerized female voice. Users can also dictate text messages and email messages to Siri.
Battery Life: Apple claims the new processor doesn’t impact the life of the battery.
Stand-by time: Up to 200 hours (2G) / Up to 200 hours (3G)
Talk time: Up to 14 hours (2G) / Up to 8 hours (3G)
Music play: Up to 40 hours
Browsing: Up to 6 hours (3G) / Up to 9 hours (WiFi)
Video Playback: Up to 10 hours
Pricing: iPhone 4S will be available in the US for a suggested retail price of $199 16GB model, $299 for the 32GB model and $399 (US) for the new 64GB model.
Availability: Pre-order of the iPhone 4GS starts October 7 and will be available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK on October 14, 2011.
The iPhone 4S will also be available at 22 more countries by the end of October 2011 including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Malaysia is expected to get the iPhone 4GS as well, expected within 4-8 weeks.
[Source]- Apple
Related Topics on MalaysianWireless.com:
Apple Store Malaysia offers iPhone 4 8GB @ RM1799
[Video] Apple iPhone 4S
iPhone 4S available for Pre-Order at Apple Online Store in Singapore
[Apps] Alternatives to Siri: Give Your Older iPhone a Voice
[Comment] iPhone 5 – why it is crucial to Apple?
White iPhone 4 Delay- Apple Explains
[Video] Demo of Siri on the iPhone 4GS
[Insider] Malaysia Apple iPhone 4S in Nov
Camera: The 5 megapixel shooter of its predecessor has been replaced by a faster 8 megapixel unit(3264×2448 pixels) and the video recording has been upgraded from 720p to 1080p with real-time image stabilization and temporal noise reduction. The CMOS backside illuminated sensor gets you 73% more light than the iPhone 4 sensor. Apple has also modified the lens system, with five lens elements.
Siri: Apple is including Siri in the iPhone 4S, which will only run in this model. The reason is the need for a faster A5 processor.
Siri, a voice-activated virtual assistant. Siri responds to spoken queries by serving up information from the iPhone’s built-in apps, and it can read incoming messages in a computerized female voice. Users can also dictate text messages and email messages to Siri.
Battery Life: Apple claims the new processor doesn’t impact the life of the battery.
Stand-by time: Up to 200 hours (2G) / Up to 200 hours (3G)
Talk time: Up to 14 hours (2G) / Up to 8 hours (3G)
Music play: Up to 40 hours
Browsing: Up to 6 hours (3G) / Up to 9 hours (WiFi)
Video Playback: Up to 10 hours
Pricing: iPhone 4S will be available in the US for a suggested retail price of $199 16GB model, $299 for the 32GB model and $399 (US) for the new 64GB model.
Availability: Pre-order of the iPhone 4GS starts October 7 and will be available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK on October 14, 2011.
The iPhone 4S will also be available at 22 more countries by the end of October 2011 including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Malaysia is expected to get the iPhone 4GS as well, expected within 4-8 weeks.
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