The iPhone 5 delivers solid talk time so far
To get a better handle on the iPhone 5's battery life we decided to subject the company's first 4G LTE smartphone to talk time tests. After all the dust settled, our tests produced respectable and surprising call time numbers
Since it's the first device in the iPhone franchise to boast an 4G LTE connection I was really curious to see how this device stacks up against other phones in terms of staying power. That has been many a mobile gadget's undoing. All you have to do is think back to HTC's groundbreaking 4G LTE handset, the Thunderbolt or even the vaunted Evo 4G on Sprint WiMax to catch my drift. Both these products had great specs for their time but burned through their batteries lickety split when connected to fast data networks.
Going by the iPhone 5's Web site and associated spec sheet, Apple lists just about every way you can think of to assess smartphone longevity including Talk Time over 3G, Standby Time, plus video and audio playback (10 hours and 40 hours receptively). Apple slices battery performance in terms of Internet Usage as well, citing up to 8 hours on 3G, 8 hours on 4G LTE, and 10 hours over Wi-Fi.
