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I was a bit of a late adopter when it came to the iPhone. I bought an iPod Touch in the early days as a development device. I was happy with my bulletproof old Nokia 6233 which could take passable video and only needed charging every five days. Then the iPhone 3GS came out. It had video and a battery that lasted more than a day.

It only took one more train journey to Dublin, squinting at the Gmail java app on my Nokia to set off the nagging in the back of my head. Eventually I gave in and bought an iPhone 3GS.

I’m pleasantly surprised when it comes to the battery life on the iPhone. Here are some stats from my phone at the moment.

• Time since last charge: 4 days 2 hours
• Usage since last charge: 4 hours
• Charge remaining: 13%

I’m not a very heavy user of the phone, but the iPhone has been used more than the Nokia especially for browsing/twitter.

I turn off the radios at night. It seems to lose only 3% charge overnight. I have 3G off, Wifi on and push notifications off.