Prospective Buyer (With More Questions)

[cceller]

Thanks for your fast replies about bloatware.

I am SERIOUSLY considering moving to this phone and was curious about:

- battery life (I hear lots of horror stories about this phone)

- extended batteries suggestions (would alleviate some of the above BUT)

- cases with the extended batteries (always been an Otterbox fan).

Thanks for helping me with all of the dumb dumb questions.

 

[dmmarck]

(1) Battery life isn't great, but I get by b/c I always have a microUSB handy.

(2) No idea, don't have one.

(3) I've heard the Commuter fits, with a bit of a gap. I would check the Accessories forum for more info.

 

[TabGuy]

Thanks for your fast replies about bloatware.

I am SERIOUSLY considering moving to this phone and was curious about:

- battery life (I hear lots of horror stories about this phone)

- extended batteries suggestions (would alleviate some of the above BUT)

- cases with the extended batteries (always been an Otterbox fan).

Thanks for helping me with all of the dumb dumb questions.

I use extended battery. At 10 hours without a charging during the day I'm currently at 67%.

Extended battery cost me $25 at Verizon. AFAIK it's the only one that has NFC antenna built in.

 

[cceller]

Is that the 3800 or the 2100?

 

[Downwind]

My battery life sucked so I got the 2100 extended. It pretty much lasts all day unless I do some serious hot spot activity. That eats up a lot of juice.

The phone is too sexy to cover it up with a case.

 

[zedorda]

The stock firmware and battery rarely get over 3.5hrs of on-screen time. Rooted and ROMed with stock battery I was able to get nearly 5hrs of on-screen time. I never tried the stock extended 2100mAh battery but the 250mAh increase can't add more than 30-40mins to on-screen time so it never impressed me. I bought a set of two 3800mAh batteries with custom covers and a cradle charger for $29.99. They give about 6-7hrs of on-screen time with custom ROM. Since I always have a ready charged battery sitting in the cradle charger I have no down time tethered to an outlet. If you research lithium-ion batteries you will find alot of information about how these new batteries can benefit greatly recharging the battery at 30-50% nearly quadrupling their recharge cycle count.

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The Seidio extended battery cover fits the above set:
Seidio SURFACE Extended (3800mAh) Innocell Battery CASE for Verizon Galaxy Nexus | eBay