A number of extremely wild claims about the battery life of the iPhone 4 were made earlier today by a few tech journalists. Zee from The Next Web compiled a list of such statements, where Engadget reported they sucked about 38 hours out of an iPhone 4:
Engadget reports that – on heavy use – the battery lasted 38 hours. Mossberg claims that his battery didn’t even reach the red zone in his single day of tests (which means he must have been using it a fair amount.) Finally, Xeni Jardin at BoingBoing reports that with “3G data and WiFi turned on the whole time, she got a full 4 days of battery life!??
If true, this could be the killer iPhone 4 feature. While a speedy processor, more RAM, sick 720p full-motion video and other features are all quite nice, increased battery life is really what most iPhone owners will tell you they really need.
To not have to recharge the iPhone every single day – sometimes multiple times in a single day – would be a godsend!
