IPhone 4s ios6 battery life problem

I upgraded my iPhone 4s to ios6 at 8am this morning. By 11am I had 10% battery life left! I have no GPS apps running. Anyone else have this issue?

After looking around for a poissible solution in the settings, I noticed that the option for the Personal Hotspot was not under the General settings anymore. I went to it by selecting "General", then "Cellular" and the "Personal Hotspot" field there was hanging with the wheel turning around.
Checked it for more than 1/2 hour and still no change (wheel still turning around). Deceided then to make a reset of the iPhone and when turned it on again after some seconds the option "Personal Hotspot" was back under the General settings menu. Under the selection "Cellular" the wheel was not turning anymore and it was on "off".
I made this morning (West European time) and after that the bettery consumption went back to normal (if not even less than before). It has been about 10 hours ago and I have made couple of calls, sent couple of SMSs, kept Wifi always on and made regular checking of emails while on the road. The battery has reduced only 12% since then.
I hope this has solved the problem.

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I turned on airplane mode. Still drained.
Recharged.
I turned off application background updates. Still drained.
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Hi katie2277,
The link below will review steps for optimizing the battery life on your iPhone.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html
If trying these steps does not resolve your issue, a telephone Technical Advisor or Genius at a Retail store can run some diagnostics for you.
Contact Apple Support
Save time by starting your support request online and we’ll connect you to an expert.
U.S. iPhone technical support:
(800) MY-IPHONE (800-694-7466)
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