# Calling iPhone 4 users.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 9, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618 "2011-12-09T14:08:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618/1 "2011-12-09T14:08:28Z")
How long does you battery go before a recharge?
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### Author:  [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618/2 "2011-12-09T14:12:36Z")
About a day, unless I’m using a battery-heavy app like GPS. Longer than a day if I don’t use the phone at all, though this is rare.
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### Author:  [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618/3 "2011-12-09T14:17:15Z")
Is there a difference in battery charge after the apple patch for iOS 5?
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### Author:  [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618/4 "2011-12-09T14:23:22Z")
> [@indian](#):
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> Is there a difference in battery charge after the apple patch for iOS 5?
Not so’s I’ve noticed. I didn’t notice any difference in battery life after iOS 5 came out in the first place, though, so I may be the wrong person to ask.
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### Author:  [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618/5 "2011-12-09T15:16:18Z")
It will will last anywhere from a day to 3 days (maybe longer but I like to recharge if I go below 40%).
Sometimes shorter if I use GPS or compass apps, or heavy web surfing or gaming. One App (All Trails), which can log your route, usually through the woods) can quickly drain the battery.
I have not noticed any drop in battery life since going to iOS 5, but I have noticed perhaps some sluggishness in performance.
Another factor is how far your iPhone or any cell phone is from the tower. If it’s a long way your phone has to transmit longer, and in turn uses more power to do so. At home I am close enough that the battery doesn’t get taxes checking in to the towers, though at my parents house it does deplete faster.
There is a known battery drain issue for the iPhone 4s.
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### Author:  [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618/6 "2011-12-09T15:23:58Z")
I charge it every two days. I use it daily for calls, texts, occasional web stuff, some iBook reading.
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### Author:  [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618/7 "2011-12-09T15:24:11Z")
Haven’t noticed a change in battery charge since iOS 5. Normally a charge lasts a day, if I use GPS the battery is dead in ~4 hours. If I switch it to no Wifi, no GPS, no 3g I can stretch it to maybe 2 days.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618/8 "2011-12-09T15:37:08Z")
I leave mine to charge each night, so it rarely gets below 80%.
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### Author:  [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618/9 "2011-12-09T16:03:25Z")
> [@indian](#):
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> Is there a difference in battery charge after the apple patch for iOS 5?
For me, yes, dramatically. I used to get pretty good battery life - easily a day without a recharge, and since I put it in my bedside charger every night regardless, possibly longer, I can’t say. Ever since the 5.0 upgrade, it’s turned to shit. It won’t even make it half a day with casual use. The 5.0.1 upgrade didn’t do anything to help.
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### Author:  [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618/10 "2011-12-09T16:32:23Z")
About a day; GPS hits it harder though. Definitely noticeably worse since iOS5, but that’s being fixed imminently I hear.
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### Author:  [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618/11 "2011-12-09T16:38:24Z")
[moderating]
Moved thread to IMHO.
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### Author:  [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-iphone-4-users/605618/12 "2011-12-09T16:39:37Z")
Battery life depends quite a bit on what I’m doing. If I’m just using it as a phone, the battery last two or three days. If I’m using it as a WiFi hub, a couple of hours.