Mobility Site » 3g iphone http://www.mobilitysite.com Mobile News, Reviews, and Views. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:44:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 3G Apple iPhone has the best Battery Life? http://www.mobilitysite.com/2008/07/3g-apple-iphone-has-the-best-battery-life/ http://www.mobilitysite.com/2008/07/3g-apple-iphone-has-the-best-battery-life/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:07:38 +0000 Chris Leckness http://mobilitysite.com/2008/07/3g-apple-iphone-has-the-best-battery-life/ PC World has done some battery testing and it looks like the 3g iPhone edged out the Samsung Instinct by a narrow margin. The test looks fairly complete, but Gizmodo points out that they forget to include Nokia devices, maybe it was intentional? We all know that Nokia has some magic dust in their batteries.

PC World says that the result is remarkable knowing that AT&T’s HSDPA/UMTS network is very power-hungry because voice calls use the more battery-demanding 3G band. By contrast, the Samsung Instinct—which runs on EVDO—switches to CDMA for voice, which they say it uses less power. In theory—as the results show.

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My 1st Gen iPhone had a less than stellar 1st day in the battery life department. I used the leaked Rom on Thursday and it could have contributed to this. James Fee, former moderator/admin here, pointed me to a MacRumors post stating that this leaked ROM could have been designed for the 3G iPhone Hardware. I went ahead and reflashed to the Official ROM. We’ll see how it goes.

Source: PC World via Gizmodo

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