Iphone 3g how long does the battery last

Note that our iPhone 3G has been faithfully working for the past six months, so its battery isn't as fresh as the iPhone 3GS we used. Update : Flora, who has a degree in physics, got the percentage improvements wrong in an earlier version of this article. She has fixed them and feels very ashamed of herself. To test voice calling over 3G, we rang each phone from a landline and pumped the dulcet tones of Radio 4 through the receivers to simulate a civilised chat. The older 3G stayed tuned to Woman's Hour for 2 hours and 35 minutes before giving up the ghost.

The fresh-faced 3GS lasted 3 hours and 48 minutes until it was completely discharged. So 3G calling definitely drains those batteries, but the iPhone 3GS lasted 73 minutes -- or 47 per cent -- longer. Apple says these are maximum values, and don't forget that we had screen brightness turned up to max and everything turned on that could be turned on -- and our iPhone 3G wasn't new out of the box.

So maybe it's no surprise that our findings of around 2. And our test over Wi-Fi got us 5 hours on the 3GS, not 9 hours, and 3 hours on the 3G rather than the 6 hours advertised. With over 45 per cent improvement over the iPhone 3G in both our tests, the iPhone 3GS lives up to its claims of battery superiority.

And it's interesting to note that the 3GS out-performs its older cousin even when Apple says that the talk-time over the 3G network is the same.

The upshot is that yes, battery life on the iPhone is diabolical Maybe you have a specific issue that if you explained would allow us to better provide some assistance.

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