Say what you want about the iPhone – its battery is not as bad as most people complain. At least, my iPhone battery is not that bad.
I can easily go from 2,5 to 3 days and more without charging the device, just by using some common sense.
If you want, apply those rules and check if your battery condition gets better:
- Disable 3G, Bluetooth and WiFi when not needed. A no-brainer. When you keep WiFi on, it always tries to find a location for you to connect to when you’re fiddling with the phone – why? Just keep them all off and switch them on as needed.
- Don’t expect your battery to last long if you’re always checking out apps and games on your phone. That’s quite normal too, tipping and tapping and pretty graphics drain up battery.
- Music and video are not that bad about your battery as you think – I always listen to music when at work and I check out my anime episodes when in bed and it’s not that much of a drag.
- If you find that your battery is reducing too radically to be normal, it’s usually a stuck process that’s doing it – I’ve had it once. Just restart the phone and it’d be fine.
- Follow normal circles of charging. Don’t let it dry too much, don’t let it over-charge. And remember: just because it informs you of 20% and 10% battery it doesn’t mean it needs charging right now! It can easily go some hours after that, with proper use.
To be frank, I would really like a faster way of switching on the wi-fi than the current one – or even better, I’d like that handy “Select WiFi location” window to pop up every time I try to access Internet without being connected.
That would be neat and it would alleviate the grind of passing through screens and flipping pretty switches.
Following some common sense, I’ve had over 2,5 and (max) 3,5 days on a single charge. However, I don’t talk or text that much and my usage patterns are most probably different than yours. This is not a “disable them all features to save battery” post, I never restricted myself from doing stuff just because they’ll drain the battery.
Feel free to experiment and share your experience and tips in the comments.
