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How long is your screen on during that time?  I think the phone will only last about 4 hours with the screen on, regardless of what you're doing.

There could be a rogue app that's eating battery as well.  The biggest problem makers are games like Draw Something, Words with Friends, and network games in general.

Facebook is also notorious for that.

I'd check to see if apps you use often are set to SYNC automatically (especially the FB app).

Do you have a work e-mail syncing to your phone as well?  If so, make sure it's set up correctly and only sync the last week or two of e-mail, not all.  If you select all, it will try to download all the e-mails on your network from your mailbox.

4/27 9:56 AM | IP: Logged

I Don't have to feck with any of that to get good battery life out my iPhone :p

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5/1 9:53 PM | IP: Logged

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Originally posted by TennNole17:
I Don't have to feck with any of that to get good battery life out my iPhone :p

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Well, it is made to be used by children. 

5/2 12:25 AM | IP: Logged

I got my razr maxx and it's awesome.  Great battery life and a good looking/functioning device.  Very happy with it overall.

With that said, my girlfriend is going to get the iphone 4s and I wanted to get some input on Sprint vs Verizon vs AT&T in Tallahassee.  

I'm on Verizon with my work phone and I have no complaints but for personal plans, their monthly plans are the most expensive and they cap the data at 2 GB for the cheapest data plan.

Sprint has unlimited data and is between AT&T and Verizon in price, AT&T is the cheapest if you stay under the 3 GB cap, Verizon is the most expensive with a 2 GB cap.

I've read a few reviews that say Sprint's Tallahassee coverage sucks and that's where her phone will be used the most.  AT&T is supposed to be the fastest network on the iphone 4s.  I get good coverage pretty much everywhere I go with Verizon.

On paper, sprint seems to be the best but I don't want her getting zero or one signal bars in town or have a lot of dropped calls.

Thoughts?

This post was edited on 5/3 10:08 AM by Flie

5/3 9:55 AM | IP: Logged

Nevermind on AT&T being the cheapest.  I missed that their plan doen't include texting which is another $20/month.  It would be nice if they just gave you everything in one package with one price.  As if people buy smartphones for voice only....

Verizon and AT&T are the same price per month with data caps, sprint is $10 less per month but unlimited data.

5/3 10:02 AM | IP: Logged

If you're getting an iPhone and you want the most out of your device, AT&T is really the only choice.  You get faster Data and Voice + Data simultaneously.  Verizon and Sprint are CDMA and do not support data+voice simultaneously via 3G (That's where LTE is going to help level the field).

I would avoid Sprint in Tallahassee.  It's not worth saving the $10.  Service isn't terrible all the time, but there are definitely dead zones.  Call coverage is decent, but their 3G data speeds are pitiful.  The savings difference used to be a lot bigger and was worth it.  I switched over to AT&T to join up with my sister's family plan.  Saves us $60 a month, our coverage is better, and our data is about 10-15 times faster than Sprint.  The family plans is really where you can save some money.

Verizon's data speed on 3G isn't too bad, but still is 5-10 times slower than AT&T's enhanced 3G service.

5/3 10:15 AM | IP: Logged

Not sure if she'd ever talk and surf at the same time.  She's a pretty basic user, hence her being drawn to the iphone.    

Plus she just got an ipad for graduation so she wanted to keep with the familiar interface.

With AT&T and Verizon being the same price and AT&T having a 1 GB higher data cap I'm thinking AT&T is the best option for her.  I have no clue how much data I use every month since my work plan is pretty much unlimited everything so hopefully it's not terribly easy to hit a 3 GB limit per month.

5/3 10:25 AM | IP: Logged

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Originally posted by Flie:
Not sure if she'd ever talk and surf at the same time. She's a pretty basic user, hence her being drawn to the iphone. Plus she just got an ipad for graduation so she wanted to keep with the familiar interface. With AT&T and Verizon being the same price and AT&T having a 1 GB higher data cap I'm thinking AT&T is the best option for her. I have no clue how much data I use every month since my work plan is pretty much unlimited everything so hopefully it's not terribly easy to hit a 3 GB limit per month.

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I rarely talk on the phone so simultaneous data+voice isn't a big deal for me.  As for my wife, she uses it for work (Accessing e-mail while on conference calls) and quite a bit when she's talking to friends and family.  It's a handy feature to have and you don't realize how handy it is until you need it.

You should be fine with a 3GB limit.  Use wifi as much as possible and limit streaming media (movies, music), as that is one of the easiest ways to rack up your data usage.

5/3 10:29 AM | IP: Logged

I briefly thought that could have been it, but you've convinced me.  I did sync my work email recently.  I just changed it from all to two weeks, so I'll see if it makes a difference.  Thanks!

4/27 12:59 PM | IP: Logged

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Originally posted by TexasGooner:
I briefly thought that could have been it, but you've convinced me. I did sync my work email recently. I just changed it from all to two weeks, so I'll see if it makes a difference. Thanks!

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I hope that's it.  I was switching back and forth between ROM's a month or two ago and had that happen.  I missed the box where it asks how far back to sync e-mail.  By default it's set to ALL with Ice Cream Sandwich.  I think it used to be defaulted to 1 week or 2 weeks before.  Anyways, my battery life went down the toilet and turns out my phone wasn't sleeping because it was trying to update all my e-mail.

I made that fix, and sure enough battery life went back to normal.

Funny how little things like that can affect your device.

My boss had that happen with his iPhone.  His battery life had been terrible and he isn't a techie guy.  His wife looked at his iPhone and turned out he had a 10MB e-mail stuck in his outbox and it had been trying to send it for days.  Deleted that one e-mail and battery life was back to normal.

4/27 1:23 PM | IP: Logged

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Originally posted by dmm5157:
Originally posted by TexasGooner:I briefly thought that could have been it, but you've convinced me. I did sync my work email recently. I just changed it from all to two weeks, so I'll see if it makes a difference. Thanks!

dmm said:
I hope that's it.  I was switching back and forth between ROM's a month or two ago and had that happen.  I missed the box where it asks how far back to sync e-mail.  By default it's set to ALL with Ice Cream Sandwich.  I think it used to be defaulted to 1 week or 2 weeks before.  Anyways, my battery life went down the toilet and turns out my phone wasn't sleeping because it was trying to update all my e-mail.I made that fix, and sure enough battery life went back to normal.Funny how little things like that can affect your device.My boss had that happen with his iPhone.  His battery life had been terrible and he isn't a techie guy.  His wife looked at his iPhone and turned out he had a 10MB e-mail stuck in his outbox and it had been trying to send it for days.  Deleted that one e-mail and battery life was back to normal.

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YIKES can't believe it defaults to ALL.  That's crazy.

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My wife got the HTC One X after dropping her iphone 4 in a toilet.  Ouch.  She loves it.  I have played with it a little bit.  The screen is very nice.  I like that you can pick your own messenger apps.  The one she has is pretty cool.  The OS looks nice.  I am due for an upgrade.  I have an iphone 4 currently.  I am waiting to see what the iphone 5 looks like, but given that I have a macbook pro and an ipad along with a mac pro at work, I am strongly considering a different OS for my phone.  Maybe Windows if they are looking cool in a bit.  Or perhaps, whatever the new cool thing is on droid.  I don't like google as a company.  I am hoping the microsoft phones look good.  This post was edited on 6/19 1:30 PM by Banditking 6/19 1:28 PM | IP: Logged

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