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Five Companies That Dropped The Ball This Week

By Rob Wright, CRN
11:22 AM EST Fri. Nov. 04, 2011
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Battery Woes Strike Apple iPhone 4S

Even though the iPhone 4S was released to the kind of glowing reviews and big sales we've come to expect for Apple products these days, the newest version of the popular smartphone has one fairly sizable blemish -- it drains battery life incredibly fast (read the CRN Test Center review of the iPhone 4S for more on the battery woes).

After a significant number of iPhone 4S customers complained of short battery life, Apple acknowledged there was a problem. According to a statement sent to news media outlets, Apple found "a few bugs that are affecting battery life" for iOS 5 devices and said a software update will be released "in a few weeks" to address the problem.

We're not sure what's more troubling -- that there's more than one bug affecting the iPhone 4S operating system or that early adopters and loyal fans may have to wait until after Thanksgiving for a fix.

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