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Alexey Prohorenko  //  I create and build new tech products. There's nothing I can't do.

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Jun 12 / 9:08pm

So, what's the real battery improvement for iPhone 4? #iphone

I am using http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3gs/specs.html and http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html to compare tech specs. Here is what we are going to have (not including standby time, audio and video playback time, as they do not matter for me):

Talk time:

3GS: Up to 5 hours on 3G, Up to 12 hours on 2G
4:      Up to 7 hours on 3G, Up to 14 hours on 2G

Okay, so we are getting 2 extra hours here. I don't talk that much, so I don't care particularly of this item.

Internet use:
3GS: Up to 5 hours on 3G, Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi
4:      Up to 6 hours on 3G, Up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi

Now, so here is the most important for me. I have couple mailboxes, I have IM, I do browse, Twitter and other stuff. What improvement are we getting here? 1 hour? That's not cool.

When you say it's 40% of improved battery life that sounds amazing. But 3GS barely gets me through the day. iPhone 4 will get me through the day probably easier, but not more. So that means nightly charges still.