Jesus Phone does not perform miracles
By Davey Winder in Editorial
Posted in Blog, Mobile Phones, Apple on
Although the iPhone 3G battery, according to many bloggers, lasts for around 5 hours absolute max before shrugging its shoulders and departing this world. So the question is, how long can you talk to your Jesus Phone before it dies on you?
The old iPhone wasn’t too bad when it came to battery life, I mean most of us can get by on 8 hours or so. The situation is starting to look very different for the iPhone 3G, with its greater demands on power it looks like 5 hours is the most you can get. Now I don’t know about you, but I rather like to make it through a working day without having to recharge a mobile device.
Otherwise it becomes rather less than mobile in my book.
The problem, of course, comes down to what you expect of your iPhone. The trouble being that if you have been romanced by those Apple adverts that promise all the Internet you can eat, and all of it right this second, then you’ll be expecting too much.
The 3G data access, the GPS location stuff, the full colour games play, it is all too much.
Whereas a typical smartphone gets plenty of use out of its additional functionality when compared to a typical dumb-mobile for want of a better description, the iPhone 3G ups the stakes once more it would seem. People are treating it like a mobile games console, a portable satnav and a mini-laptop, all the time, all at once.
And then wondering why the battery gets buggered so quickly?
Jeez, it might be known as the Jesus Phone but it cannot perform miracles.
It has been suggested that multi-core processors are the way forward for Apple, providing the power when needed and being able to save it when not doing much other than making phone calls (remember them?). However, I think the solution is much simpler: educate iPhone 3G users so that they start to appreciate that if you want everything all of the time then there has to be a cost. As far as the iPhone 3G is concerned, that cost is battery life, so get over it already.
Just out of interest though, what is the longest you have got out of your Jesus Phone under heavy usage? Can anyone beat the 5 hours max, or maybe set a new record for the shortest battery life?
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Loading ...Comment by Joe Reed - August 29, 2008 on 5:16 am
Hmmmm…no reply after more than 12 hours. Surely you are speaking either the truth or no one believes you or it’s more in vogue to stab Apple.
Refreshing article after all the “hate” and “stink” articles.
Keep’em coming.
Joe
Comment by TaoistTotty - August 29, 2008 on 12:14 pm
I do wonder how many of those getting the all new iPhone will like the battery loss?
I will be interested to see a comparison done with the original iPhone doing the same things at the same speed.
Where I live (out in the wilds of Cornwall) 3G connection is not reliable.
I use a Blackberry and am not happy if I have to recharge it more than once a week.
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