Is it normal for the iphone 4s battery to drain at a rate of 1% every five minutes?

I bought this iphone a month ago and the battery was fine for the first few weeks. Now it seems to be draining faster. I've turned off all the settings that save battery life, i've restored and set up as new, i've reset all settings, i've tried calibrating the battery i've tried EVERYTHING! Is there something wrong with my phone?? Is anyone else still having problems with iphone 4s on IOS 5.1?

Its hard to say as you said power saving can effect the battery but more than likely the problem isnt the software but the hardware. I suggest taking your iphone into the apple store. My brother has a problem with his phone and it was his fault. Apple gave him a new iPhone free even thought he didnt have a coverage plan or anything! Hope this helps you.

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Hey
I bought the iPhone since around 3 months and since that time so far the battery lives only for around 12 hours without 3G and around 6 hours with 3G and I can bearly listen to music for 2-3 hours max if I turn everything off
while on the website is written:
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Standby time: Up to 225 hours
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Is this normal for the iphone 4s ?

Hello guys
I have got my iphone 4s only 2 days ago and it is my first iphone , its battery drops like 1% per hour on stanby with all apps , blutooth and wifi closed .. is that good ?
also it gets a bit " warm " on browsing even for 5 mins (not hot though) is this normal ?
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Hi.
All smartphones tend to get hot from use. Both because of you holding it and from all the hardware working when in use.
Battery will go faster on smartphones due to the touchscreen, hardware, animations, etc. You should expect to charge every 1-2 day.
Best regards.

Is this normal for an iPhone 5s battery?

Brand new phone, but battery *****. But Apple geniuses said its fine. Everything is turned off : notifications for most apps, app refresh, Bluetooth, LTE, Siri, spotlight search, location tracking, etc. Safari seems to be the culprit. I don't watch videos, no music. Standard browsing on 3G makes the battery drop a percent every 3 mins. There's no way it would last Apple's 8 hour standard. Tried resetting the phone too. What's wrong with safari??

My battery lasts fine, usually for about 3 days if I don't live on it. Have u tried changing these Settings? :
Turn Background Refresh off (big drainer)
Turn off Location Services if do t need, or Disable Apps u don't need
Turn off Reduce Motion if u don't need it
Turn off Automatic Updating as constantly runs in background, I do it manually twice a week when I go into App Store
Turn off AirDrop or even Bluetooth if you not using them AT THAT TIME
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Disable certain Apps in Spotlight (search function) as this App is constantly indexing in the background.
CLose any running Apps by Double clicking HOME button and flicking each page UP (closes it) if u don't need it
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Is this a normal battery life for the iphone 4s

i took my phone off the charger at 100% around 4:30pm. i messed around with it some.. id say around 7 or 8 o clock i was at 88% then. me and my friend facetimed for about an hour, after that i was about 9 o clock and i was down to 65 percent. at about ten o clock it was at 58. from ten o clock to about 1:20am i was texting my friend non-stop. by the time i fell asleep my phone was at around 15%. when i woke up this morning it was at 12%.
i have the brightness down pretty low, i have all notifications turned off and all that. im basically just using as regular phone. is this normal for an iphone? ive never had a smartphone before.

If you are on iOS 5 Or 5.0.1 there is a common problem in the battery life wait for 5.0.2 or whatever its gonna be called that will fix this issue/bug before upgrading to 5.0.1 it says fixes bugs affecting battery life but it doesn't actually make a difference

Is there any problem for my iphone's battery to keep my charger connecting for few hours after the battery is full?

s there any problem for my iphone's battery to keep my charger connecting for few hours after the battery is full?
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This is considered normal use. I think everybody does this, including myself. It's not something to worry about in the least bit.
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http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html

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Huh?
It seems as if you though that you were addressing Apple here.
I was letting you know that you are not addressing Apple here at all.
Respect my post.
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I own a Nokia 5800, and purchased it back in 2009. Basically, I have started to notice that the charge only lasts about a day or so, nothing more, which means i have to charge it fully every day. I would expect it to last longer, like it did before (sorry, i can't remeber how long it used to last before, never bothered really, to tell the truth).
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Is Apple making a new software update to fix this bug.

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adkennon wrote:
And maybe you don't talk to too many people but I've been on many forums on different websites where people have had similar problems and a lot of people in the store were having battery problems where they were draining too fast. What I learned is that all the people who did not download the updates are good. There phone is working the same. The people who have, they're having battery problems
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