iPhone 4S owners report dramatic battery drain

Computerworld ^ | October 31, 2011 | Gregg Keizer

[martin_fierro]

Ok, so I can't talk to my phone - big deael. Somehow so far I managed to struggle through life sans conversations with my phone.

SIRI is wittier than some people I know.

[Vicki]

Thanks, that makes sense. The location thing kind of bothers me anyways, kinda like having a tracking device monitoring everything you're doing.

You don't really need it on unless you're using maps, compass, etc.

[antiRepublicrat]

I didn’t have to go in and shut programs off in my iPhone 3G

Because prior to iOS 4 you couldn't even suspend a program -- it was just quit. The iOS 4/5 method of multitasking is a compromise, more functionality than previously, but better battery life than free-for-all multitasking like in Android. But for battery life problems on the 4S, check out the deal with the time zone setting, turns out that is sucking battery life. A software update fix is expected soon.