iPhone battery still drains despite issued battery fix
Apple iPhone users who have the new iOS 5 operating system are still experiencing the battery life problems despite the release of the iOS 5.0.1, the fix to the bug affecting some battery life of iPhones.
Apple website’s message boards were once again full of complaints from frustrated users who saw no changes brought by the supposed fix for the battery problems. The reviews and complaints by iPhone users started appearing after the release of the iOS 5 and the new iPhone 4S.
A spokesperson for Cupertino, California’s Apple talked about the issue in a statement released on Thursday saying, “The recent iOS software update addressed many of the battery issues that some customers experienced on their iOS 5 devices. We continue to investigate a few remaining issues.”
A previous controversy in Apple’s products was the “Antennagate” issue where the iPhones would lose signal or get cut off in calls when the hand or fingers touches the iPhone in certain areas. Apple gave away freebies to please their customers and came up with a software to fix the issue. The iOS software is what runs on Apple’s products like the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
Apple acknowledged the problems to the iPhones battery life saying, “A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS5 device. We have found a few bugs that are affecting battery life and we will release a software update to address those in a few weeks.” Apple however still failed to talk about the causes of the problem.
One iPhone user has complained about the battery life getting worse after the update which contained the supposed fix was installed. Others claimed a 10% loss on battery life every hour.
Apple’s iOS devices are responsible for two-thirds of Apple’s sales. At the U.S. trading, Apple’s shares went down 0.2% ($384.62) and have been going down in the three trading days that passed.