Bold battery
January 20 2009
Yesterday was easily the most punishing day I've put my Blackberry Bold through in the last three months. At the end of the day, I still had two blocks of battery life left. I was very surprised.
Now part of this may be that there's not much 3G coverage around here, and my data access wasn't chewing up the battery, but still. It was a very pleasant surprise to not have to run to the charger at some point during the day.
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Henry Ferlauto http://www.geniusinside.com | 1/20/2009 9:11:35 AM
Battery life of any cell phone is greatly affected by non-coverage areas. For example, when you are underground, or in the center of a large building, like the exhibit hall in the Dolphin. When the phone has no signal, it spends a lot of its time and more importantly energy trying to find a cell site. This can greatly reduce your battery life.
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Bill Geimer | 1/20/2009 2:26:23 PM
But not finding (and not using) 3G seems to have the opposite effect on my phone too.
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Bill Geimer | 1/20/2009 2:26:23 PM
But not finding (and not using) 3G seems to have the opposite effect on my phone too.
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Francis Carden http://blog.tmcnet.com/desktop-productivity/ | 1/20/2009 4:15:31 PM
I was in Vegas last week for CES - EVERYONE who had an Iphone was complaining that 3G was pathetic - i.e. non existent - all over Vegas. Even the AT&T wireless cards were running at 54kb - it was horrible. I found my iphone seemed to get good 3G in most areas in Dolphin and Swan at the BDD this weekend.
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Alexander Schekkerman | 1/21/2009 2:32:57 AM
Following the Lotusphere from the other side of the world this year..
Turning of 3G on the Bold is known issue...
This will keep your battery in a much better shape.
Even the phone voice quality will improve and you will have better coverage when turning of 3G..
I had good results with the iphone yesterday too, browsing planetlotus all day. Much better than I expected.