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Originally Posted by stustaff
waht poor battery life?
Its far better than both my nokia business phone and my old sony!
This is according to manafacturers websites
Talktime
Iphone - 8 hours
nokia n95 - 4 hours
samsung blackjack - 5.5 hours
blackberry cyrve 8300 4 hours
palm treo 750 4 hours
or look here for the 3g which puts it in the top 4 smartphones
http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=148348&page=1&zoomIdx=1
basically it seems your 'impression' 'guess'? may be wrong Im guessing you havent done any type of test yourself that shows otherwise? |
Quoting out of context is always risky.
The full article is
here, and paints less rosy picture:
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PC World's Test Center ran the iPhone 3G through our standard talk-time battery life test, and found that on average it ran 5 hours, 38 minutes, a running time that we consider earns a Fair rating.
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At a guess, the way to use an iPhone 3G for best battery life is to turn
off 3G (if possible) until you need to use it. 3G gulps power, and reduced battery life is the price you pay for higher surfing speeds.
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Dennis