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One of the most important tips made available from users and experts alike would be to regulate the temperature in which the iPhone operates. The lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery with the iPhone functions finest in temperatures ranging from 32 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0 to 35 degrees Celsius. At its extremities, the iPhone can certainly still function between -4 and 113 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 to 45 degrees Celsius) but temperatures beyond these ranges will probably be detrimental to your iPhone battery. Quite simply, leaving your iPhone inside a freezer or in a warm car is probably not advisable. Keep it out of direct sunlight as well. - iphone

This next tip culled from forums and so on is not so clear-cut. There are a few who claim that allowing the iPhone battery to totally discharge more than once per month is not advisable, although some believe that no harm may come of it. What appears to have a consensus would be that the iPhone battery has to be fully discharged from your full a discharge once a month in order to reset it meter.

It is also useful to have an idea of your actual usage along with your battery life in order that you can more completely understand your options. You can view your usage statistics within the Settings Menu underneath the General Tab then Usage. You will notice Usage, which is the time how the iPhone was in active mode and that means you were on a call, watching a relevant video, listening to music, browsing the Internet, and so on. It will also show your Standby time, which is total amount of time the iPhone has been running from its last full charge, whether in active mode or otherwise. Usage divided by Standby time provides you with a percentage of the time you had been actively using your iPhone. The larger this percentage, a lot more you will need to charge your iPhone, so plan accordingly.

Updating towards the latest official form of the software using iTunes could help you with taking care of the iPhone battery, but that's still up for grabs. Quite a few users complain that the update from 3 to 3.1 wreaked damage to some applications. However, updates and patches should help improve the performance, so maybe that last one was obviously a bit of a fluke. At any rate, before updating your software, browse the forums to see what the feedback is from anyone who has already updated their software.

Not to mention, the old standby of using on the applications you'll need, turning off push, 3G and reducing the brightness of the display and so on are still part and parcel of keeping your iPhone battery in top condition for a longer period. Just because you've heard it before doesn't mean it doesn't work.

Something new, though. Some users have seen that proximity to a cell tower (thus providing usage of a strong signal) extends battery life. This may be because network searching is taken to a minimum. So attempt to stay in areas with an above average signal. A last and final tip is by using your iPhone regularly, so that you massage the kinks from the system and become knowledgeable about the peculiarities of your particular unit. After all, your phone is really a highly personal gadget, and really should be treated as a result. - iphone