Comments on: Battery Life: The dilemma of a 3G iPhone owner

By: Julian

Julian — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:31:28 +0000

This is why I’m so happy staring at turning 50 this year - the fine (oh, alright, crusty) patina of cynicism that comes with age makes it easy to take claims of “Jesus phone” and all the other overheated babble that’s characterised the coming of the iPhone in all forms of media with a boulder of salt.

Which is not to say that I wasn’t caught up in the hysteria - guess where I was on Friday morning last! By the same token, I didn’t burst into tears when I wasn’t first in the queue to get my hands on an iPhone. Yep, watched that happen twice, and one of the tantrum-tossers was a bloke in his 30’s - seriously uncool. If I was really crusty, I’d wander away about now muttering dire imprecations about the younger generations and saying stuff like “Wernt loike dat in moi day”…

Well, it wernt! (mutter, mutter)

By: Tim Gaden

Tim Gaden — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:06:42 +0000

@Julian—I agree with you. I’m a little gob-smacked by the iPhone too.

The internet is a fickle place. Initial hysteria worthy of the Second Coming is now widely replaced with a slough of despond. I find myself growing into it more and more, despite the atmosphere of skepticism.

By: Julian

Julian — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:07:30 +0000

Oh, but it gets worse - even with all the “goodies” shut down, the battery life is less than staggering. You might get a full day and a bit (if the gods are smiling)…

In addition to some savvy battery wunderkind coming up with a battery that packs double the punch of the standard iPhone fitment (and, no, I don’t care if such a replacement voids my warranty, Mr Jobs!), it would be really cool if some equally savvy iPhone Apps coder could come up with a suite of single-purpose doo-hickies that switched the various “goodies” on and off from the home screen(s). The increasing drudgery of going back and forth to Preferences to switch this or that bit off or back on is starting to wear a bit thin!

And, yet… And, yet, I’m still gob-smacked by the iPhone. It really does do the business. Now even more so that MobileMe is working through its teething troubles (and like a global “cloud” network was going to happen smoothly… ever). This is the gadget (and the associated software) that shift the paradigm. Its nice to be at the start of something groundbreaking. Bring it on!

Oh, and fix the battery!

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By: Constable Odo

Constable Odo — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:06:20 +0000

I’d have to agree that the iPhone’s battery is it’s greatest weakness. For such a versatile device, it really deserves a robust battery that can last for a steady seven hours for playing games, watching videos, listening to music, running GPS and of course, talking. Some aftermarket company should create a longer-lasting iPhone replacement battery even if it costs more money. An iPhone user could really get messed up by not being able to replace the battery on the road.

There was a rumor a few months back that said Apple would put out an iPhone model called the iPhone Pro that was thicker than the standard iPhone 3G in order to accomodate a larger battery. I’d definitely buy that model if I had a choice.

By: cynic

cynic — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:03:18 +0000

the funny thing is that apple’s power management tips mean pretty much turning off the new features.

By: wjv

wjv — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:38:03 +0000

Li-ion batteries need to be drained periodically mostly to recalibrate their charge-measuring electronics. Here’s a site that has almost become canonical when it comes to batteries, with lots of tips and information on the life span of Li-ion cells:

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm