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To: Road Walker who wrote (11261)	10/20/2011 8:12:56 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) of 32692

[OFFICIAL] iPhone 4S Battery Standby Time Crashes By Whopping 100 Hours [OFFICIAL] iPhone 4S Battery Standby Time Crashes By Whopping 100 Hours Wednesday, 12 October 2011 10:00 Christopher Hudson Apple announced the iPhone 4S just last week at a special media event at its Cupertino headquarters. As expected, the keynote boasted all the revolutionary new features the iPhone 4S was bringing to the table. However what Apple has left out was the toll the new features took on battery life, as is evident now on Apple's website. iPhone 4S battery standby time drops 100 hours below iPhone 4 & 3GS According to the Apple website, the iPhone 4S battery standby time is now down to 200 hours, a full 100 hours below the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. Given that the iPhone 4S boast an improved battery what could be the issue? Geek.com points out that it likely has to do with Siri: "Only Apple insiders likely know the factors that added up to this compromise, but I would guess that it is because of Siri. What else would be causing this? It isn’t likely that the A5 chip is to blame, as the iPad 2 didn’t see a hit in standby time. All of the other new software features in iOS 5 – including iCloud – would be affecting Apple’s current iPhone 4 standby times as well (it ships with iOS 5 preinstalled now too)." We have mixed feelings about Siri right until today. While it is an awesome addition to the iPhone 4S, we get a feeling that its novelty effect will wear off quite quickly (imagine talking to your iPhone aloud in public). Nevertheless, with just a couple more days to go before the iPhone 4S is officially available, we will soon find out. [via]

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