Oct 04

iPhone 4s vs. iPhone 4 vs. iPhone 3GS – Power and Battery

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For fun I fashioned this table to chart the evolution of the power and battery capabilities (as estimated by Apple) of all of the iPhones available today through Apple. All units are in hours.

Model
Talk Time (3G)
Talk Time (2G)
Standby Time
Internet Use (3G)
Internet Use (WiFi)
Video Playback
Audio Playback
iPhone 3GS
5
12
300
5
9
10
30
iPhone 4
7
14
300
6
10
10
40
iPhone 4s
8
14
200
6
9
10
40

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Though the iPhone 4s gives up a little with regard to WiFi use and standby, it bests the iPhone 4 on talk time by an hour. Overall, the new iPhone 4s looks to be roughly on par with the iPhone 4 with regard to power and battery capabilities alone. This evaluation of being “on par”, of course, doesn’t account for the fact that the 4s ought to be considerably more powerful than the 4.

-James

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