Mark, Glad I'm not the only one who has noticed the power drain issue, I have found my iPhone5 drains definitely much quicker than my 4S did. To check whether it was the phone or iOS6, I used my 4S running iOS6 for a day, definitely iOS6 I came to the conclusion. On 22 Sep 2012, at 20:39, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Everyone, > > Yesterday, at 4:30am I was in a line at my local A T & T Wireless store. I > was 32nd in line. It was dark as the sun was not out but pleasant. I > Learned that the first person in line had gotten their at 8:00pm the > previous night. > > The store opened at 8:00am sharp and, surprisingly, I was in the store by > 8:20am. > > I was all set to purchase a black 64GB iPhone 5. > > While the sales person was reviewing my account, etc, I took a look at the > display model of the device. I held it next to my 4 S and, after turning > VoiceOver on, began comparing various tests such as startup time, shutdown > time, display scrolling, sound quality, etc. I was truly disappointed in > what I discovered. > > I told the sales person to hold my iPhone 5 and help another customer while > I spent some time with iPHone 5. I spent a total of 2 hours exploring the > device. > > In the end, I decided not to buy the phone at this time, given that I am not > eligible for the full upgrade discount and the facts that I could see no > discernible different in phone speed between the 5 and the 4 S. Both the > sales person and I were surprised at my decision. > > As I left the store, I expected to feel a pang of regret at not buying > iPhone 5. To date, no such regret has been experienced (smile). > > One thing I've noticed since upgrading to iOS 6.0 on my 4 S, however, is the > massive drain on battery power in comparison to iOS 5.x. Now this could be > a game changer but not quite yet. > > I think I will wait to see if they fix this battery drain issue in the > next/first update to iOS 6.0. If they do, great; if not, then I will > definitely purchase iPhone 5. > > Congratulations to all you who have iPHone 5, it is truly the best device > made by Apple, so far. I may join your number but, at present, I am content > to remain a lowly iPhone 4 S man (Smile). > > Making a Joyful Noise, > > Mark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
