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09/20/09
The battery drained to 80% just sitting there completely idle in standby mode overnight. I left the phone in standby mode during the day, then took a 20-minute phone call. The battery drained to 60%.
Before 3.1, I could use 3G, SMS, and iTunes for about an hour before I noticed any decrease in the battery indicator. Before, it would usually just creep down to about 90% after about an hour of heavy use. Now, the phone sucks up energy just sitting idle! There is a serious problem with the newest update. It doesn't seem to be Push-related, since I don't use Push. Is it a radio baseband thing? I hope they fix it soon, because it seems like my phone is starving for juice all the time now. It wasn't this bad before.
I wouldn't be complaining about this if the phone had a track record for lousy performance. I'm whining only because this seems to be a DRASTIC departure from the quality and performance I've come to expect from the iPhone. Its functionality and reliability were much, much better before this update.
09/20/09
First my phone lost its wifi, so I sent it back to Apple and got a replacement, then the replacement wouldn't make calls, so I sent it back to Apple and got a second replacement, and now the second replacement is shutting off randomly and won't reboot unless I reset it.. oh.. and it has awful battery life.
This is all after my charging cable frayed in the first 2 weeks of owning the phone. Apple owes me a 3GS for free, seriously. I'm switching to Sprint and getting the HTC Hero when it comes out on the 11th.
09/21/09
The one that came with the phone didn't make it more than a couple of months without the rubber coating separating at both ends then the wires themselves fraying.
I got another cable later and even making sure to take GREAT care of it, the rubber on one end was separating again within a few months.
My Zune cable from YEARS ago is in perfect condition and it has been through hell and back between my house and daily use in the car for the better part of 2 or 3 years including one or two extended periods of heavy use during and lengthy hurricane evacuations.
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09/21/09
I have never had a good experience with Apple, and I vow to never purchase another product from them.
09/20/09
My 2g touch loses around 30% battery life for a 20 minute youtube video on wifi.
09/20/09
Could anyone find out how to download it? I couldnt find it anywhere.
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In other words. It hasn't surprised me that I have to charge it more often because I'm using it for something pretty much all day long.
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Wifi On, Bluetooth Off, Push On (Fetching every 15), Notifications On, received about 5 text messages yesterday and 2 calls before noticing big drop in battery life. This is the first time I have experienced it.
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06/25/09
"Stand alone versions of Windows 7, that can run on more than one PC, will also be available."
and
"In the UK the upgrade version of the Home Premium edition of Windows 7, available to those with an existing Windows license, will be £79.99.
By contrast buying this in a shop, and which can be installed on more than one machine, will cost £149.99."
note the More Than One Machine point. hang on a minute??
you mean I could buy 1 full copy and Legally put it on say 2 machines???
06/25/09
06/25/09
But im sure paying 50 bucks for an OS is going to make many people happy. Games cost that much.
06/25/09
My power computing is done on laptops.
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06/25/09
Given that Microsoft is a thirty year-old software company with over $200 billion in market capitalization which makes an operating system capable of running an extraordinarily wide array of hardware, I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they know how to run their business.
06/25/09