IPhone 3GS owners bemoan its battery life

[woodyear99]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-iphone3-2009jul03,0,2546606.story?track=rss



The new, high-octane iPhone 3GS is loaded with features that could light up your life -- but its battery isn't one of them.

Buyers are finding that the device, introduced two weeks ago, has trouble making it through a workday without a rest stop at the electrical outlet. It's proving to be something of an Achilles' heel on Apple Inc.'s flagship device, more than 1 million of which were sold in the first weekend.

[Spazosaurus]

I think you'll run into a similar problem with almost any modern smartphone. Their advanced features are an immense drain on battery resources. The problem with the iphone is that you can't change the battery. Whereas a man with a Omnia hd could have a spare fully charged battery to pop in when needed, you cant do that with the iphone.

But all the fanboys like it so. They go spend $hitloads of money and spend hours in line to get a device that can't even last them a day...

Remember with all the advnced features, the damn thing is a PHONE. Tough luck if a man radiator buss driving through the bush in Fishing Pond. Iphone go hadda struggle to find a cell tower woops what's this? battery dead? Foot it to the nearest human inhabitant < 5 miles away...OR plug the hole with the phone.