Apple is still investigating the iPhone 4S' battery issues, despite the iOS 5.0.1 update that was designed to cure the popular smart phone's power woes.
"The recent iOS software update addressed many of the battery issues that some customers experienced on their iOS 5 devices," Apple said in a statement sent to AllThingsD.
But it looks as though the battle isn't over yet, because Apple says it is continuing to investigate "a few remaining issues".
There's no word at the moment on whether Apple plans on issuing a second update. Some iPhone 4S users are complaining that the battery life on the company's brand-new blower is beyond bad, while others don't seem to be affected at all.
Apple admitted there was a problem with the way the iPhone 4S managed power reserves several weeks ago, saying, "We have found a few bugs that are affecting battery life and we will release a software update to address those in a few weeks."
That update landed on Friday last week in the shape of iOS 5.0.1, but it would seem it's not doing the trick for some iPhone 4S owners.
With so many factors at play that would affect a mobile's ability to retain charge, it's hard to find common factors that could be affecting your own battery. No smart phone offers really impressive battery life, but our usual advice if you're struggling with power is to turn off location services, dial down the brightness and go easy on the downloads.
Other than that, we'll just have to wait and see if Apple cooks up another update.
Is your iPhone 4S experience tainted by battery woes? Let us know in the comments, or on our Facebook or Google+ pages.
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anonymous 20 November, 2011 13:41
Anyhow part of the solution is the essential batterylifeguard app
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/batterylifeguard/id453450106?mt=8
http://www.facebook.com/batterylifeguard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd0uYTGYcmw&feature=related
anonymous 23 November, 2011 10:35
Ok iPhones battery is best from all phones and I mean 4s,just sold galaxy s2 because of 6 horses battery life yes hi has superb screen and very fast but charger must to be in your pocket at all time.4s how to extend battery life it's very easy to do first off Siri because useless in UK any way,then off wi-Di search when you on the go,screen brithness could be on highest level not important.what is draining your battery it's multitasking you must delete all active apps regularly just double click on home button and hold your finger on app then app shaking delete all of them from that menu and youll see.Samsung s2 good phone but to complicated and android market is weak,apps crushing all the time what is really annoying,
anonymous 11 December, 2011 11:03
I've had the phone now. 5 weeks as replacement for other iPhone models and on this one the battery is completely zapped within 12 hours even when not in use up to 10% loss per hour, I've done the update waste of time
Disappointed