[crazaytalent]

Hmm ive always though I had really decent battery w/ this device...from day one (i got it on launch day)... never factory reset or anything... but maybe they did that when i was at best buy, not sure but i dont think so...

For the 1st few days, It'd start dying getting low (40-30 percent) in about 6hr w/ extreme heavy use; im talking massive screen usage, web surfing, video games, pandora streaming, chatting on palringo, gps testing using, google maps, 4 square etc multiple texts and phone calls... to me 6 hours was pretty good because coming from touch pro i often barely got 8 hr w/ little to no usage... so Im so condition to either carrying my charger or usb cable, i was doing the same for epic and honestly after 6 hrs and seeing my phone get to about 40-30 percent i just plugged it in. So i never saw it go any lower really.

Day before yester i had multiple dr appts some other appts where i had to wait back to back and didnt have the conveince of pluggin it in, but similar heavy usage as describe above, more intensive however becuase i did multiple hours of streaming music(4) and playing games(2), masive texts and calls while i waited... about 5-6 hr later I for the first time got that low battery warning and was about 20 percent, made it home an hour later and plugged it back on charger...

so after browsing the boards and seeing everyones different veiws on the battery life i wanted to test and see how much life i could actually get on my device... leads me to yesterday where I had a long work day and I accidently forgot my charger decided to see how long i could go w/ minimal use.... Sense i learned the trick to keep my screen brightness on low and to adjust direct from home screen w/ going into setting was a big help, also turning off background data and all gps settings. i did about a hr music streaming to work, mild text at the job (10-15), a few short phone calls, very brief browsing and gps usage when i was out and about after work w/ a few more texts maybe 5 or so... and playing games for an hour on subway ride home... very light usage for me but comparable to my touch pro usage which would die in 8hrs w/ less usage than that... anyway pit it back on the charge 13 and a hlf hrs later and still had 50% battery (no exaggeration) and all I could say was wow... I could used the phone a lot more as I was itching too...lo

All in all Im very impressed, for me personally im having excellent battery life... and think once you really get the hang of adjusting the setting as u need them could be a big help... but regardless... weather heavy usage of light, i cant complain at all...