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Do you guys get your email via Fetch? If so, how often does it fetch? I've always had mine set for every 15 minutes... but I wonder if that might be killing my battery life...
 
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Via Push and come's through straight away :)

Sorry after going through my phone and actually learning the difference, I've edited my post :p

I see my iCloud email address (Which I never use >_>'), is set for push. But my Gmail account is on fetch, every 15 minutes (Push isn't an option for GMail - Is that right?).
 
Erm, push is pretty much straight away. Sometimes it's reached my iPhone before the work PC sat on my desk running Outlook.

Yeah sorry, I got a bit confused but realised what the difference between Push and Fetch was and edited my post :p

iOS doesn't seem to support Push with GMail accounts, so I have it on Fetch every 15 minutes... But that means it checks my mail every 15 minutes, regardless of whether or not there is a new email, so I wonder if that could be ruining my battery life.
 
Fetch should save on battery as it only connects when required. Push will leave the data connection permanently up.

Push support is available on Exchange ActiveSync, GMail, Yahoo! and Hotmail IIRC.

Ah right! Hmm I might turn off Push then and see how it goes...
 
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Attempts to bring superfast 4G mobile broadband services to Britain could still be held up by litigation as crunch talks between the telecoms industry and officials enter the final week.
Those close to the confidential negotiations have said that discussions are still “in the balance”, and have warned that the brinkmanship between the warring telecoms groups has meant that the UK could face the prospect of slipping behind much of the world in its mobile communications.

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The talks include key issues such as accelerating the long-awaited auction of the 4G spectrum, as well as streamlining the planning system for faster rollout of mobile masts. One person said that progress had been made, and that participants were more hopeful, but no resolution had yet been reached.
The telecoms operators all want to launch 4G services as quickly as possible but the move by regulators to authorise Everything Everywhere (EE) to launch a network based on existing spectrum rather than wait for the auction process to conclude has angered rivals. They fear that this first-mover advantage could be critical to winning customers.
Talks to end the threat of legal action from its rivals are being held between the telecoms operators and Ofcom. The groups are making proposals to create a more lasting legal truce, but there has been no resolution yet with just a week to go before the end of a government-brokered month-long standstill agreement that prevents legal action as well as any 4G launch.
There remains the threat of “years of litigation”, according to one person close to the talks, if other operators seek to block any rollout of the mobile broadband services being planned by EE. In turn, there could be legal action to interrupt the already long-delayed auction of spectrum that could be used by the other groups for 4G, which had been expected later this year.
4G has been pushed to the highest priority for Ofcom, and the last act by outgoing culture secretary Jeremy Hunt was to try to broker a resolution. Any decision to litigate against the 4G auction process would be a blow to the government’s ambitions for the digital economy, having identified superfast mobile broadband as a key means of driving economic growth.
The result could have a huge impact on government finances next year given the £4bn that could be raised by the auction of 4G spectrum, according to analysts, as well as an estimated boost of national GDP by 0.5 per cent, or £75bn over a decade.
The government has put aside more than £800m in funding to ensure the UK has the best mobile and fixed broadband in Europe, but has been helpless to prevent a legal escalation that has held up 4G services for four years already.
The constant threat of legal action has forced a number of consultations and proposals made about how the government would auction off the necessary spectrum.
In the meantime, many other countries from the US and Germany to Uzbekistan and Lithuania have adopted 4G networks, which can rapidly transmit mobile data such as videos and social media opening up greater possibilities for phones and tablets on the move. The 4G network can also replace fixed line broadband in places that are difficult to reach.
EE, the UK’s largest mobile network with the Orange and T-Mobile brands, said this month that it wanted to launch 4G in the UK this year, but did not give an exact time owing to the standstill agreement that prohibited the launch of the network ahead of the talks.
Even so, EE said that it planned to reach 16 UK cities by Christmas and 98 per cent of population by 2014. However, the other three operators – O2 , Vodafone and Three – will need to wait to buy spectrum at the 800MHz frequency at the auction.
Those people with knowledge of the talks say that four separate working groups have been formed to help accelerate the auction date, and the time taken to prepare the airwaves for 4G use.
The talks also include the early formation of a company called MitCo that will be tasked with preventing any interference with services such as TV. The cost of preparing the spectrum for 4G use could be about £100m, according to people with knowledge of the situation. A group is also looking at changes required to streamline planning consents for mobile sites.

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To enable push with gmail on iOS you need to setup the accounts as exchange - use m.google.com as the exchange server.

Worth noting that this does mean you'll lose the ability to search the online account - only local mail searches.

There are two alternatives, Sparrow (which will likely see zero support very soon, has no push, and costs money) or the official Gmail app, which to be honest isn't too bad, will only get better now that the Sparrow guys are involved, and has push.
 
Just a quick update back on my battery issue - I found the problem.

When restoring onto the new phone my SMTP settings somehow got corrupted. The phone was trying (unsuccessfully) to send a 2mb e-mail all day. I picked up on it first thing this morning when I tried to send a new e-mail and it failed. Fixed the SMTP settings - job done.

Pretty much the same day as yesterday - radio streaming, Facebook, Twitter, texting etc, and I'm now on 42%. Yesterday I was on 6%.

Still not quite what I'm looking for, but at least now it is lasting a full day and I've sufficient confidence that it will improve a bit as it settles down.

This is why I always recommend a fresh "restore", over an "update".
 
Got my 5 today from the Orange store. There's just one thing I don't understand. Under cellular usage it's showing call time, life time 2 days 20 hours

Sounds like it has already been returned by someone. Not sure what I'd think if it was me. On the hand it's bad but on ther other hand, if there's nothing wrong with the phone, once you've been using it for a couple of weeks, is it that important? Certainly in 2-3 months, it will mean nothing.
 
Sounds like it has already been returned by someone. Not sure what I'd think if it was me. On the hand it's bad but on ther other hand, if there's nothing wrong with the phone, once you've been using it for a couple of weeks, is it that important? Certainly in 2-3 months, it will mean nothing.

That's what I couldn't work out. There was no fingerprints on it, all shrink wrapped etc. Everything is immaculate.
 
This is my battery stat for today, seems rubbish compared to others...

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Mine a black and I feel the same as you it the best phone I've had. The 4s I change 5 times. This first time I never had to return an iPhone

4s is still a very good phone and feels to me better made (maybe just because of the weight)

I didn't think the speed of the 5 would be an increase on a 4s but using them side by side it is noticeable especially in safari

I tried an ip4 that a guy at work has and it was painful how slow facebook scrolled down and even settings took to change - you have to actually wait for things to change on a 4, whereas on the 5 everything is instant. e.g. scrolling through 819 contacts with no slow downs, cant do that on many phones

My phones doesn't have any mark at all. I immediately had a Zagg screen protector fitted and got an ultra thin case for the back and sides. Its also insured for damage, loss and theft so not too bothered about any of that.

Battery life - At the moment it seems comparable to my 4S, but its only had a few charges so far.

Cant wait for those nice juicy A6 enhanced apps with full screen support

Screen is warmer than the 4s (yellow as I have been saying) but this is apparently normal and is present on all the demo phones I have seen.

My only gripe is with the Zagg protector, it sort of leaves rainbow like lines under the screen (I think where the liquid used to put them on isnt coming out) Had it replaced today already but its free so not bothered (25 year guarantee)
 
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Just a thought about my 2 day 20 hour call usage. Since I restored from a backup of my old phone, could the usage record have been copied over too? (although I don't think it should have). Considering the phone was only released on Friday, I don't see how someone could have made nearly 3 days worth of calls, pack it up as new, return it and then for me to receive it Wednesday.

EDIT: Seems I was right.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1450413
 
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