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Seriously, battery life

With my usage on the iPhone the battery is lasting about 20 hours. To be fair, this includes playing it as an iPod, fielding a few calls, surfing the web, checking for e-mail, and SMSing. But still, with decent phone use I was getting about 2-3 days out of my Moto SLVR L7. This is ridiculous for the iPhone.

I’ve turned the brightness down, try to keep it locked when I’m not using, and not doing extensive browsing. I’ve taken to getting a second charger so I can keep one at work. I’m now convinced that a swappable battery really would have been a good idea.

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2 Responses to “Seriously, battery life”

  1. Nikki says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 12:21 pm

    Argh.

    My SPVM5000, a.k.a the HTC Universal has a great standby but it too only lasts a day or so when I’m actually using the phone for email, calls, hands free bluetooth etc. So I guess if I do get an iPhone I’d be swapping one small battery for another.

    As to the swappable battery I guess you could always strap a USB 5v battery pack to it, but that’s kind of missing the point of this sexy phone.

    Come on Apple, get it together!

  2. Amster says:
    July 25th, 2007 at 10:18 pm

    If we can’t swap batteries, at least an instantaneous recharge would be nice.

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