iPhone Battery Life
I posted “my iPhone battery life still kinda stinks” at Plurk the other day
and I got a response from MarinesEtwas. [Here is the original post.] There’s a lot of really cool software for the iPhone and a substantial feature set—I’ve been using the device since just after its first release and it’s worlds-apart from what it once was.
Users new to the phone might be bombarded and overwhelmed if they’re not used to widgets and web apps… and saving battery-life isn’t always straight-forward and simple!
I’m going to try out some “battery saving tricks” this weekend and I’ll let y’all know how it goes. If you’re having serious issues with your phone, please let me know. We can hit up the microblogging community and get answers really fast.
These are my quick-tips:
- Turn off WiFi if you don’t need it.
- From “Settings,” go to “Fetch New Data” and “fetch” (instead of “push”) everything you don’t really need right away.
- Turn off Bluetooth when you don’t need it.
- Reduce “Brightness” as much as possible.
Some or all of those tips might seem like “no brainers,” but I hope it helps anyway. Let me know what you do to save battery life!
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Seems like you got it all there… switch off WiFi, bluetooth, reduce brightness… I’d say those are the biggies. On some phones, making sure your infrared port is off (my phone has one) also saves battery.
I’m thinking about putting together a little list of phone and tech picks… mostly for people sorta like me (can’t think of anyone really close! =P), always on-the-go, traveling and concerned about battery life.
I’m thinking, Top Five Phones and UMPC, and then a secondary longest battery-life devices… I’d trade features and stuff for a 10+ hour talk-time.
I think other business people may want to consider having a cheaper, back-up phone just like that. If some company can create something small and stylish enough, with a focus on insanely long talk and standby… I’d buy two of ‘em.