It's not my imagination. iOS 6 is depleting battery life at a much faster rate

I own a black 32GB iPhone 4S. Being a fairly new apple customer ( my first smart phone 4s in feb 2012) I can't say enough about how great I feel apples products are. Top quality all the way and worthy of a higher price than any so called competitors devices. My only complaint is the addiction level that comes with these great devices. My phone is in mint condition having never left its case except for cleaning. However after updating to iOS6 my battery life is depleting much faster. Auto brightness is off with setting at half. Location services are off. Everything and all settings are set the same as always to minimize unessesary activity. Yesterday after unplugging my phone at 7am by 4:00pm it was at 1%. The last 20% was intentional to give it another complete charge which I do once a month for battery maintenance. Usage was just like any average day and I usually plug my phone in at night with anywhere between 20-56% left. This morning I unplugged it at 6am and by 8am it lost 3% with no usage. Not sure why but I'm OCD on all my electronic devices ( studio equipment included) so I am hyper aware of there operating condition. So this happening why?  I have noticed a significant improvement in web page load times as well. Is this increased speed drain faster?  Just a long winded observation. Hope an update can fix this.   

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