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Originally Posted by CozBoogie
Nice write-up gTen. I'd probably agree with most of your review points, except for battery life. I've been having some great results with battery life. I went 25 hours off-charger with moderate use (a handful of phone calls, heavy texting) and still had about 20% left. This was mostly on 3G (no 4G in my neck of the woods) and some Wi-Fi.
late,
Coz
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Wow, could you share your configuration?
Like others, I turn everything (BT, WIFI, 4G, GPS) off. I turn off automatic sync and auto data, I even turn off automatic time sync. I have the brightness set to zero. I have a strong signal (well, on my evo and tp2 it is 5 to 6 bars, but on the Epic in the same spot it is 3 to 4 bars, but still strong). The only automatic widget I use is Beautiful colck & weather and I have it set to update every two hours. I can squeeze out between 10 and 14 (MAX) hours based on how little I use it. That's with a few 10 minute calls, a half dozen texts and a half dozen email sync's, average of about 1.5 hours of total screen on time.
The exact same usage (only with brighter screen settings and GPS & BT on) and the tp2 has 60% to 70% remaining and the Evo has about 50%, the Epic is dead. I love the phone (much faster than tp2 and I need a KB), but man the battery is killing me. Basically, the end of the day is when I'm most likely to be in a situation to need the phone and that is when it is dead. I spend the entire day worrying about the battery, so much so that I'll look at the screen before turning it on and think about whether this is a worthy time to use the power to turn on the phone or should I wait. When I look at my usage, it's 60% display, and the rest is mostly split between Voice calls, Cell standby & Phone idle. I do the trick to cycle airplane mode to reduce time without signal (known problem, even in strong signal areas) and that works, my time without signal is 0 to 2%.
Rant off, sorry, just when I see statements like yours (especially from a well respected member) I get frustrated. I am happy that you get such good batter life, I just wish I could figure out how.
Thank you