As I mentioned in my Sunday Finds, I just recently purchased an iPhone. I must say, I knew that I was going to be addicted, I just didn’t realize how much. I’m a Windows guy, and I was hoping Windows Mobile 7 would be released much sooner then later. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. So, I decided to make the plunge, drop my sorry Verizon phone and switch to AT&T and get the 3G iPhone. Two days later, I’m still hopelessly addicted, with no sign of slowing down. Dozens and dozens of apps, e-mail at your finger tips, IM like SMSing, visual voicemail, full internet browser, Wi-Fi, on and on and on. The problem with this addiction, is the battery life.
I am quickly finding out that I am having to plug the phone in on a nightly basis, and it’s already getting somewhat annoying. So, I did some digging and I found a great video with several iPhone battery saving tips. I’ve listed some of the big ones, and you can see the rest in the below video.
- Turn off Wi-Fi when it’s not being used or needed.
- Turn off 3G when it’s not being used or needed.
- Turn down the screen brightness. I have mine extremely low, and I can still see everything great.
- Press the sleep button on top, as soon as you are done using it.
- If you are continuously forgetting to put it to sleep, make sure auto-locking is set fairly low. 1 or 2 minutes?
- Turn off Fetch or Push e-mail, if you aren’t using either one of them.
- Turn off phone vibration while ringing. Only have vibration on while it’s on silent.
- Avoid downloading apps while wireless.
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Wed, Nov 26, 2008
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