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103734

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Has anyone else noticed games like monkey ball, and that water game eat up your battery fast!

Not sure if its a 3G iPhone thing or if its the same for all iPhones
 

carve

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hmm, I kind of expected it would, since you are using the accleramator pretty much all the time
 

The General

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Has anyone else noticed games like monkey ball, and that water game eat up your battery fast!

Not sure if its a 3G iPhone thing or if its the same for all iPhones

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Niiro13

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Has anyone else noticed games like monkey ball, and that water game eat up your battery fast!

Not sure if its a 3G iPhone thing or if its the same for all iPhones

Super Monkey Ball and Enigmo are like two of the games that uses a ton of graphics and 3D rendering. Of course it'd drain the battery :p.
 

DiamondMac

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As does running of 3G and browsing the internet, it isn't surprising that games run down the battery

Did people expect otherwise?

iPhone is a great tool but it still suffers from average at best battery life
 

ref26

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That's why I'm glad I have a Touch instead of iPhone, even if it dies from games I'm not left phoneless!
 

Michael CM1

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You mean kinda like how HandBrake would drain my laptop battery faster than if I was just using Safari? Yah, I figured that. I've also noticed that my car's gas lasts longer if I don't drive it. :)

If there isn't one of those portable battery doo-hickeys like there are for a lot of phones, there should be soon.
 

103734

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im not talking about normal high usage im talking very excessive, like draining half my battery in 30 mins
 

mavis

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If there isn't one of those portable battery doo-hickeys like there are for a lot of phones, there should be soon.
OMG, will there soon be a "doo-hickey" available for the iPhone?! :eek:

:D Just teasin' ... heh

Actually, I hope you're right - I'd love to see more option as far as mobile charging goes. At the rate I use my phone, this battery won't even last me until lunch!
 

AJsAWiz

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Has anyone else noticed games like monkey ball, and that water game eat up your battery fast!

Not sure if its a 3G iPhone thing or if its the same for all iPhones

I don't believe that it's the games, themselves, that's sucking the life out of your battery but more so having the back light on (to play those games) for extended periods of time ;)
 
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