4 hour conversation uses 93% battery life.

[AldousSnow]

Used the phone continually for a conference call...

Used bluetooth the whole time.

 

[Gekko]

so did you guys solve world peace?

 

[CEaton]

I hope it was a chick.

 

[CEaton]

Unless you're a chick...then sorry.

 

[tracerit]

this is normal isn't it?

 

[acme64]

Microsoft live meeting solved this issues years ago i thought?

 

[Darth Mo]

Sounds about right.

The Evo is only rated at 6.0 hours talk time, which we know is probably a little inflated.

Add Bluetooth to that and I'd say it's right on the money.

 

[AldousSnow]

I agree Darth. What sucks is when you travel a lot. Basically I had to sit by the bathrooms in Laguardia airport to sucks some juice.. lol.

 

[IIJBII]

I agree with darth as well. I think it seems about right with bt

 

[RayStinkle]

I bet without the Bluetooth on you would have gotten another 1.5 hours just barely.

 

[Kedar]

Jeez... 4 hour conversation?
But yeah, why did you have bluetooth on?
And click on battery use and show that screenshot.

 

[superm1]

Only thing I could say that might improve is to make sure the screen is off for those long conf calls. Continuously twiddling with it to see what time it is and what not will certainly burn through more battery as it turns on and off.

If you travel with a laptop (or netbook), you can keep yourself plugged into that to trickle charge the phone while you're conferencing too rather than having to hunt for a power jack in the airport.

 

[AldousSnow]

Jeez... 4 hour conversation?
But yeah, why did you have bluetooth on?
And click on battery use and show that screenshot.

You would have a 4 hour conversation with the phone to your ear??? Or on speakerphone?

Bluetooth makes the most sense

 

[VKitty]

Smartphones are beginning to not be feasible for business person or if you need to be on the phone for any length of time.


They should be the great for business persons with the need to be kept up to date, but the batteries are not keep up )=

 

[Dukins]

Smartphones are beginning to not be feasible for business person or if you need to be on the phone for any length of time.


They should be the great for business persons with the need to be kept up to date, but the batteries are not keep up )=

I would have to agree to a certain extent. Depending on what type of business you are in. I am a business owner and for 8-10 hours a day I am tied to a computer, so its pretty easy to charge up. So for me I have alot of options as far as the latest gadgets. But for others I know this is simply not an option to be around a computer as much. If battery companies would take their heads out of their you know what, and make a bettery battery, then smartphones wouldnt be hampered as much.

 

[Mofus]

Unless your are on your phone in the wilderness just plug the phone in while you're talking. What's the big deal. If you had an iPhone you'd have dropped the call 20 times and given up

 

[AldousSnow]

In my line of work, i meet several clients a day and a lot of times I am in their homes. I then will receive an email stating where I am to go to next and meet with cilents.. possibly at their workplace.

Some of the suggestions.. carry this around... plug into your laptop... don't actually work in professional worlds. I'm not at my friends house asking him if his mother will mind if i plug into her electrical outlets.

Lets say you're a real estate agent. You're showing houses all day long. You take photos to post to websites or email... You use GPS to get from location to location and quite possibly you may need to use your phone as a hotspot. You will destroy this battery.

I replaced my netbook with the evo.

So when I read some of the suggestions... I just keep in mind that we may be dealing with students, kids, or people who just use their phone socially. I've been self employed for almost 10 years and I love being able to be on the go and use technology.

It reminds me of bluetooth devices that stream music well... but die in 2 hours of use (Jabra Stone). Sure they're cool... but not practical.

I don't carry a backpack where i can toss in extra batteries, solar chargers and chargers.

I also realize everyone has a different version of moderate usage. 30 text messages and 10 phone calls is not moderate usage by any stretch. I send over 30 emails before breakfast (which is no different than what i've been doing since my Sprint blackberry 6510 in 2002).

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Everything involves tradeoffs. And you're right, few if any Smartphones have exceptionally long talk times. If you know you're going to be a long call, it would make sense to shut down services you know will chew up battery, like GPS, background apps, etc. Or perhaps break out your laptop and plug your phone in while you talk.

People want thin phones with lots of features, and that translates to short battery life. And no one wants a phone with a visible antenna, which means more power needed to maintain a connection in low signal areas. No way around physics, I'm afraid.

If battery companies would take their heads out of their you know what, and make a bettery battery, then smartphones wouldnt be hampered as much.

Yes, that's right. The battery companies are deliberately selling poor batteries when they know how to make better ones. And their incentive to do that is what, exactly?

The first company that comes out with a battery that will fit in something like an Evo, and power it for 48 hours, will make millions. Battery companies are spending several fortunes on R&D to make better batteries that are still inexpensive enough to be practical. If they could do it today, they would.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

In my line of work, i meet several clients a day and a lot of times I am in their homes. I then will receive an email stating where I am to go to next and meet with cilents.. possibly at their workplace.

Some of the suggestions.. carry this around... plug into your laptop... don't actually work in professional worlds. I'm not at my friends house asking him if his mother will mind if i plug into her electrical outlets.

Lets say you're a real estate agent. You're showing houses all day long. You take photos to post to websites or email... You use GPS to get from location to location and quite possibly you may need to use your phone as a hotspot. You will destroy this battery.

I replaced my netbook with the evo.

So when I read some of the suggestions... I just keep in mind that we may be dealing with students, kids, or people who just use their phone socially. I've been self employed for almost 10 years and I love being able to be on the go and use technology.

It reminds me of bluetooth devices that stream music well... but die in 2 hours of use (Jabra Stone). Sure they're cool... but not practical.

I don't carry a backpack where i can toss in extra batteries, solar chargers and chargers.

I also realize everyone has a different version of moderate usage. 30 text messages and 10 phone calls is not moderate usage by any stretch. I send over 30 emails before breakfast (which is no different than what i've been doing since my Sprint blackberry 6510 in 2002).

You're making up barriers and excuses. If you're a real estate agent, you're in your car all day. Get a car charger for $10 and plug in your phone in between appointments, or while you're driving a client around. That's not difficult. If you're using GPS or the hot spot feature and NOT plugging in you're just expecting miracles. Be realistic: if you're using the hotspot, you have a laptop. I think you can make room in your laptop case for a 2 foot long micro USB cable. And unless you're using your GPS for a walking tour, you can plug in while using it.

Or buy 2 spare batteries for $10. That won't help in the middle of a 4 hour call, but you should be able to find 60 seconds once or twice a day to change a battery.

You say you don't carry a backpack, but be realistic. A spare battery will easily fit in a pocket, or the console of your car. And I don't believe any real estate salesman doesn't carry a briefcase or backpack of some sort. If you're tethering, you undoubtedly have a laptop bag of some sort, which will easily hold a couple of batteries.

If you replaced a netbook, then the Evo, two batteries, a micro USB cable and a car charger take up less space than that did, so get over it. If you really expected something with a battery 1/10th (or less) the size of the one in your netbook to last as long as the netbook did it's you who has the problem, not the phone.

edit, one more thought: Not only does the Evo have a much smaller battery, but I doubt your netbook served duty as a GPS and a phone, too.

 

[RayStinkle]

you can buy a spare battery and keep the extra battery in your wallet! i've thought about doing this a few times...