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All Smart Phone batteries are poor.
There is a way to re-calibrate it and make it last a little bit longer but the key is to turn off stuff you don't use all of the time (WiFi for example).
I am due an upgrade in November (already have the HTC Desire) so i will probably go for the HD version unless they bring any different models out between now and then
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| Quote ="RooRoo"I've had mine nearly a week and not done much with it really. The battery is RUBBISH! So much so i've took a lead into work.'"
I've been giving mine some hammer and getting about 15 hours, i don't think it's going to be any worse than my n97 under normal usage.
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| Quote ="GraftonRed"Right, i've finally strayed away from nokia ( only once before, Samsung U900 soul, sack of $..t, then back to nokia) and got the HTC Desire HD, any must have apps i should know about?
PS, seems quite a good phone..
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A tad on the large side?
Your carrying a cinema screen around with you!
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| Quote ="Ande"A tad on the large side?
Your carrying a cinema screen around with you!
Very happy with my iPhone by the way. Just glad to have a working phone again now!'"
It could be worse
You could be carrying one of [url=http://reviews.dell.com/2341-en_gb/30be27ab-9279-48e8-8a71-d38bd1eca844/profile.htmthese[/url round with you, now they are like a cinema screen |
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Are there any decent phones (Good full browsing experience, texting, music, calls) that aren't Blackberry's or Full glass screen smartphones? I hate the iphone, hate the HTC Desire type phones and the millions of samey clone phones. Are there now no normal looking phones?
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| Quote ="Saddened!"Are there any decent phones (Good full browsing experience, texting, music, calls) that aren't Blackberry's or Full glass screen smartphones? I hate the iphone, hate the HTC Desire type phones and the millions of samey clone phones. Are there now no normal looking phones?'"
How about the ........ =#FFFFFFIphone |
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| Quote ="GraftonRed"You should be..
Make sure you have your old Nokia at the ready, blue tooth enabled, all contacts and texts are moved over effortlessly. E-mail set up is scarey at the ease of it. Still finding my way around it myself, i'm sure there'll be lots of hidden wonders and probs to overcome untill we get used to it, but first impressions are it is a very good phone, Nokia could be in for a rough ride with this phone and i-phone battling it out.
Speaking of i-phone, that's what Mrs Graftonred has but even she is impressed.'"
Just got home, it's here but I've had a few too many after work beers so I'll let it charge overnight and turn it on for the first time in the morning - I'll probably need a clearer head and a day to get to grips with it! |
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Quote ="Saddened!"Are there any decent phones (Good full browsing experience, texting, music, calls) that aren't Blackberry's or Full glass screen smartphones? I hate the iphone, hate the HTC Desire type phones and the millions of samey clone phones. Are there now no normal looking phones?'"
Do you want a physical qwerty keyboard or will a number pad do.
I think you might just have to adapt, all the good software is on the phones you describe.
I mean Nokia's stuff will still get the job done, like the X3, E5 or E72.
www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/al ... h-and-type
But after today be hoping aboard a dead end platform.
The Motorola Flipout is certainly different looking. Think it is only on Orange though.
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Do you want a physical qwerty keyboard or will a number pad do.
I think you might just have to adapt, all the good software is on the phones you describe.
I mean Nokia's stuff will still get the job done, like the X3, E5 or E72.
www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/al ... h-and-type
But after today be hoping aboard a dead end platform.
The Motorola Flipout is certainly different looking. Think it is only on Orange though.
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| Engadget got a nice scoop. Prototype Nokia Windows Phones.
Might not come to market exactly like that, but if they did — any takers here? |
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Anyone got this mobile phone ifso is it any good?
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Looks like a cheap Blackberry.
Had my Desire HD for a week and bit now. Bloody fantastically superb phone!
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Quote ="Classy Cas 86"
got this mobile phone'"
No.
Quote ="Classy Cas 86"is it any good?'"
Relative to the rest of the market, No.
It might be good enough though, it depends what your needs are…? If you think you are getting a top class smartphone for less than the price of a top class smartphone then, at the risk of sounding blunt, you are not.
If you want to make calls then it will probably do. But you might as well spend less on something which isn't pretending to be something it's not:
shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/nokia-1616
At least you know you only spent £12.50 on it.
Or spend more on a smartphone:
shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/motorola-flipout
shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/ ... curve-8520
I just think that phone would be unsatisfying in all the ways you don't think about until you've got it home and out the box. The feature list is fairly impressive (for £30), but in terms of real world usability it would come up short because of all the compromises made.
It's got a camera that won't take good pictures.
It's got email, wap, Orange Downloads and video download and yet it is limited to GPRS (far slower than 3G).
It's Java™ capable, which is meaningless, because almost all J2ME applications and games are rubbish.
It's got a touch screen, which probably isn't capacitive and unlikely to be very accurate or pleasant to use — not if the whole phone costs £30.
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got this mobile phone'"
No.
Quote ="Classy Cas 86"is it any good?'"
Relative to the rest of the market, No.
It might be good enough though, it depends what your needs are…? If you think you are getting a top class smartphone for less than the price of a top class smartphone then, at the risk of sounding blunt, you are not.
If you want to make calls then it will probably do. But you might as well spend less on something which isn't pretending to be something it's not:
shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/nokia-1616
At least you know you only spent £12.50 on it.
Or spend more on a smartphone:
shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/motorola-flipout
shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/ ... curve-8520
I just think that phone would be unsatisfying in all the ways you don't think about until you've got it home and out the box. The feature list is fairly impressive (for £30), but in terms of real world usability it would come up short because of all the compromises made.
It's got a camera that won't take good pictures.
It's got email, wap, Orange Downloads and video download and yet it is limited to GPRS (far slower than 3G).
It's Java™ capable, which is meaningless, because almost all J2ME applications and games are rubbish.
It's got a touch screen, which probably isn't capacitive and unlikely to be very accurate or pleasant to use — not if the whole phone costs £30.
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| Quote ="Classy Cas 86"
Anyone got this mobile phone ifso is it any good?
Orange Rio'"
Go for the Orange San Francisco, a decent phone at a decent price. |
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| Quote ="El Pac Carnegie"Looks like a cheap Blackberry.
Had my Desire HD for a week and bit now. Bloody fantastically superb phone!'"
It is, isn't it.
If only they'd sorted out the battery life - mine barely makes it to 7pm and I don't consider myself a heavy user. |
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| Quote ="Cragganmore Kid"It is, isn't it.
If only they'd sorted out the battery life - mine barely makes it to 7pm and I don't consider myself a heavy user.'"
I'm a pretty heavy user I think but I'm managing to get a good 12 hours out of the battery. |
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Mine manages around 12 hours and i barely touch it during the day!
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Mine is down to 70%, took it off charge at 7:30 this morning.
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| Mine's fooked since it dropped out of my top pocket into a bucket of water yesterday.
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| Quote ="Stand-Offish"Mine's fooked since it dropped out of my top pocket into a bucket of water yesterday.
It coincided with me wanting a newer one ... so no harm done
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Or do you want it repairing? Did same with mine (except it was a clean toilet) and cost me £56 for a repair.
I thought it was just my battery that was poor since its little swim, but obviously not. |
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| Quote ="Saint Viper"Mine is down to 70%, took it off charge at 7:30 this morning.'"
The difference being you know what and how to turn off stuff that you are not using. |
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What apps do you guys run on the Desire HD then? Not put much on it yet TBH. Haven't seen the need for a power management app due to the decent performance I've been getting out of the box.
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I don't think i have anything running on mine???
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Quote ="El Pac Carnegie"What apps do you guys run on the Desire HD then? Not put much on it yet TBH. Haven't seen the need for a power management app due to the decent performance I've been getting out of the box.'"
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Been getting decent battery life from my HD since getting it last Friday though, to be fair, I haven't used it that much however I've had an issue this afternoon - after an overnight charge the battery was still at about 90% until about 2pm this afternoon, then started draining at a ridiculous rate - it was down to less than 10% by 6.
Having looked at the battery usage it appears the Android OS has used 80% of the battery - it has been nothing like that before today. Any ideas? I'll have to do my research in the morning.
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Isn't that common for smart phones? You should just have a charger in the car at work and at home.
Charging it at work so it doesn't cost you in electricity is probably the best bet. Leave it on charge almost all day and it SHOULD last until you get back to work the following day.
Another thing is to turn off feeds, bluetooth, Wi-fi, GPS and even data if you are not using them. There are apps to make switching them off a one button press.
But your issue sounds out of the ordinary. I've looked on the Mrs' phone and my work Android phone and both are around 7% in terms of battery use by the Android OS.
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, although a tad on the large side.'"
