I’ve been surfing the Web this weekend with a new 3G iPhone that AT&T provided me so I could take it for a test ride.
After playing with it for two days, I have to tell you that if I were a new 3G iPhone owner I would be concerned. The battery was almost drained by 8 p.m. tonight after a day in which it was asked to connect to the Internet periodically and check e-mail without a single voice call made. Same thing on Saturday, except with a couple of text messages thrown in . And most of the surfing was accomplished on a Wi-Fi network, which I have read drains the battery more slowly than AT&T’s 3G network.
Conclusion: The iPhone is sort of the Swiss Army Knife of wireless devices, but it IS a battery hog. I’m afraid if I used it on a daily basis, making and receiving calls in addition to checking e-mail and surfing the Web, the battery wouldn’t make it until I could get home and charge it.
What about it 3G iPhone owners, are you running into the same issue?
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