5S GSM ios 8.1.2 Battery Life rapidly draining

Hi All,
This one is a true case of a phone with zero potentail (electrically)
OK, I've done the rounds on this one, whereby I'm just adding to the list of complaints so that (hopefully) the powers that be, or not, in my phones case, might listen.
Since updating my just over 12 month old 5s to 8.1.2, it has turned into a bag of spanners in respect of its battery life. Its literally gone from 24 or so hours between charges to less than 8 !!
I have tried shutting all the apps down and even had it sitting in full airplane mode, where i've left it alone with the screen off, yet its dropping around 1% every 3 to 4 minutes, blinding!! Checked battery usage in settings after 30 minutes, guess what standby 29 minutes usage 1 minute
Also tried the full restore, but to no avail, still a bag of spanners!
Does anyone on here remeber the good old days of a fixed land line, where the phone actually had to be plugged into the wall before you could actually use it?
Nothing like a bit of retro ay, but some how I cant see this one catching on Mr Apple. Thanks

There is no Apple here to read this.
If you want Apple set up an appointment with the genius bar and take your phone and have it looked at.

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