Joining the HTC Inspire 4G team

[ajonesma]

I kinda bricked my captivate that i got two weeks ago (not the phone i wanted anyways) so I have ordered a inspire off of amazon and it should be here sometime next week, so for now I am stuck with my 2 year old 3GS

I originally wanted the HTC Inspire mostly because of sense, I love sense.

Just one question, does the 4G or HSPA+ or whatever its called now eat up a lot of your data? I am on the 2GB plan so I do use wifi a lot of the time. And I am sure it uses a lot of battery too, compared to 3G.

Also how good is the battery life on moderate use?

 

[frmorrison]

The difference between 3G and 4G is 4G is faster, so you may eat up more data since things load faster. I use the 2GB plan and use about 500meg a month, since I have wifi most of the time.
4G uses more battery, but it is worth it.
Moderate use is it can last a day, but heavy use is half a day or less. The battery is small.

 

[ajonesma]

all I see for extra batteries are the stock batteries, so it looks like its hard to get an extended battery.

 

[melemail410]

I have to leave my data off. I turn it on when I need it, and then turn it back off. I put a short cut/widget on my homepage to make this easier. I still get close to my limit. I have the 15$ plan with ATT.

 

[frmorrison]

Staying under 200 meg is too much of an issue ($15 plan). It is too bad isn't 400 meg, I could maybe stay under that number.
At least with 2gb, I can be worry-free about not going over for an extra 10 bucks a month.

 

[Htcinspiration]

I have to leave my data off. I turn it on when I need it, and then turn it back off. I put a short cut/widget on my homepage to make this easier. I still get close to my limit. I have the 15$ plan with ATT.

There's a really good app called on the market called PowerMax that'll turn off ur data for u when the screen turns off & flip it back on when it wakes up. There's other apps like Juice Defender & others like it that'll do it too but PowerMax is easier & quicker. Just flip the switch & forget about it. It does the rest.