I travel a lot so I already have a 16000 mah usb battery charger that I carry

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Dec 18, 2014
10:46:36am

workindev

I travel a lot so I already have a 16000 mah usb battery charger that I carry

with me. It's come in very handy with this phone.

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workindev

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Time

Averaging about 6-7 hours of charge on my iPhone 5s, and a 45 minute voice call

workindev

12/18/14 10:23am

Yes.

byubyu

12/18/14 10:25am

I'd say no, it's not normal.

12/18/14 10:26am

RE: Averaging about 6-7 hours of charge on my iPhone 5s, and a 45 minute voice

godawgs

12/18/14 10:31am

I'm 5 months into a 2 year contract with this phone. I don't know how worse I

workindev

12/18/14 10:34am

I generally don't go cheap on electronics I use 100x a day.

garyfan

12/18/14 10:41am

That's the first time I've seen somebody call Apple cheap

workindev

12/18/14 10:44am

I'm talking about getting a 5s a couple months before the 6 comes out.

garyfan

12/18/14 10:49am

You said below you have portable chargers. That may be the best solution.

garyfan

12/18/14 10:53am

Oh, I see. I cracked the screen on my Samsung and tried to replace it on my own

workindev

12/18/14 10:53am

Bummer. Will work pay towards an upgrade? After all, the horrible battery is

garyfan

12/18/14 10:57am

My phone bill is reimbursed, but I have to buy the phone

workindev

12/18/14 11:00am

This might be the best time to switch if it solves this problem as well.

garyfan

12/18/14 11:03am

I moved from Sprint after about 15 years last year.

12/18/14 11:07am

Sell on ebay. Buy brand new oneplus and enjoy 7+ hrs screen time battery life.

yfootball

12/18/14 11:28am

just saw you are on Sprint... I'm sorry.

yfootball

12/18/14 11:30am

RE: I'm 5 months into a 2 year contract with this phone. I don't know how worse

godawgs

12/18/14 10:43am

I travel a lot so I already have a 16000 mah usb battery charger that I carry

workindev

12/18/14 10:46am

It shouldn't be that bad 5 months into it. Take it to apple and get a new one.

12/18/14 11:46am

Mine gets 4 or 5 hours max ... more like 3 really. Its terrible.

Ebolarama

12/18/14 10:33am

The iphone 5 battery wasn't great. My iphone 6 battery is tremendous.

Singcat

12/18/14 10:50am

Take it to Apple. If it's not under warranty, they install a new one for $80

Fishious

12/18/14 11:32am

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