IPhone 5 Battery is a Bust and the Fixes Won't Help
You can setup your new iPhone 5 as a new phone, and it's not going to solve the problem of battery drain. I tried both ways. First, I restored by 3Gs backup to the new iPhone 5, and then I wiped the new iPhone 5 and set it up as a new phone. There are alot of claims that this will make a substantial difference. It may have made a small difference, but in the larger context it makes none and here's why:
The iPhone 5 battery does not perform even close to the specs claimed by Apple. There is no way you will get 225 hours of standby time. There is no way you will get 10 hours of Wi-Fi time.
Specs: http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
I could put my new iPhone 5 into Airplane mode, then turn Wi-Fi on and have everything else turned off: Siri, Location, Nofitications, Push. At best, I might get 6 hours of surfing time. No video, just apps and web pages.
I doubt very much iPhone 5 can even last a single work day of telephone calls, email, and web surfing. And this would be even if LTE, and everything else is turned off: Siri, Location, Nofitications, Push.
Latest Usage Data, with no LTE, Siri, Location, Nofitications, Push. In fact, the stats below are with 1 short phone call, and in Airplane mode overnight. Usage must stand for any time the phone is simply not asleep, certainly not when an app is being used.
Battery: 9%
Usage: 6 hours, 27 minutes
Standby: 1 Day, 5 hours.
My conclusion: Apple's battery specs are not even close to performance. I really don't see how one could use the iPhone 5 as a business phone, as it could not even get you through a 12 hour day. And by 12 hour day, I mean ALOT of time when the phone is is in standby mode.
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