G1 great phone, with some issues... (battery)

Posted Jan 10, 2009 14:59 UTC (Sat) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: G1 great phone, with some issues... by ktanzer
Parent article: The Android Dev Phone 1

FWIW, my (now) more extended experience is that I can get about three days out of the battery. That's with moderate phone use, moderate GPS use, and with wifi and bluetooth turned on. The thing that really seems to kill the battery is anything involving fast video. Messing around on Youtube or playing arcade games draws down the battery quickly.

G1 great phone, with some issues... (battery)

Posted Jan 10, 2009 20:15 UTC (Sat) by ktanzer (guest, #6073) [Link]

I guess I use mine too much, because I was lucky to make it through the day without running out of charge (before getting the external power pack). I've read that using 3G rally chews through the battery.

According to this article, Tmobile is going to send out new batteries (for free!), that will either add 20% to capacity, or double capacity. The latter would be most welcome!

http://www.googleandblog.com/g1-battery-replacement-from-...