I just bought this phone. I use it to do some browsing and texting. I am not on that long but I have to charge it every night.
Is it just the way it is? A friend suggested downloading free software that will remove "unwanted software that is running"??
I was most displeased when I first bought my phone. I didn't do enough research ahead of time. Well, actually, I thought I had but I should have known better than trust the manufacturers website.
STANDBY TIME3
up to 315 hrs.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
With all of the bloatware Verizon put on my phone I'd be like to get 2 days without using, let alone 13.125 days.
Honestly, I just think its ABSURD that they can get away with saying that. When my battery died after 8 hours the first day I had my phone I was VERY VERY UNHAPPY.
I'd like a tech website to test the D2 to see if there is ANY possible way to make it come close to 13 days of standyby. I just don't think its possible. At least not in a status where it could actually take a call if someone called it... you know, like a phone should be able to do.
Smart phones are mini computers. I don't understand why people expect the battery to last all day. Your laptop battery doesn't last all day.
Smart phones run apps in background, there are settings to update email, social networking, weather, etc.
You either micro manage what you're doing with your phone to make the battery last longer or you charge it more often.
I choose to charge it more often and not worry about the screen brightness, animations, live wallpaper, sync frequency, etc.
I charge my phone overnight and throughout the day.
< I don't understand why people expect the battery to last all day >
Because the manufacturer LIES and says it does.
13 days vs. 2 days isn't a small embellishment... it is an outright LIE!
belome wrote:< I don't understand why people expect the battery to last all day >
Because the manufacturer LIES and says it does.
13 days vs. 2 days isn't a small embellishment... it is an outright LIE!
So why are you complaining here and not on the manufacturer's (Motorola) web site?
Because this is a Droid Community...
belome wrote:< I don't understand why people expect the battery to last all day >
Because the manufacturer LIES and says it does.
13 days vs. 2 days isn't a small embellishment... it is an outright LIE!
The manufacturer based that on what? For all you know it was based on not having background data on, not making any phone calls, no texting with the screen brightness turned all the way down.
They cannot account for how each and every customer will use their device, so they give the basics based on some oddball testing. I have yet to have a laptop battery last 6 hours though the manufacturer says it should.
I realize this... and if they were 'off' by 20% or so I'd understand that... but its more like they are off by 85% or so.
Go ahead, give it a try... turn off everything you can and see if you can get your phone to sit idle (while still be able to take a call) and see if you can go past two days. Yeah, I didn't think so either.
... or more to the point. If you bought a laptop with a '6 hour battery' would you be upset if it died in .9 hours? I know I would be.
belome wrote:... or more to the point. If you bought a laptop with a '6 hour battery' would you be upset if it died in .9 hours? I know I would be.
Again, if you don't know what specifics they used in their testing, you don't know how far they are off if at all.
I have never had a laptop battery last anywhere near as long as the manufacturer says it will. That too is based on their own testing which to me is never revealed.
I have no need to test to see how long my battery can last, I charge mine many times throughout the day just because I have access to do so.
Fine... since I guess your being stubborn... how about this.
How about 'real world' testing. All phones should be tested by the provider, using the same exact settings they are shipped with. Turn them on, charge them... sit it on a counter for x number of days until it runs dead.
This would also help alleviate the ten tons of bloatware that gets shoved onto these things.
PS - my Asus netbook had no problems going the rated battery length when it was new.
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