Review Charge battery life shorter than Thunderbolt

[dyslexicbunny]

So I'm going to go ahead and assume that ubergizmo isn't all that solid. I asked what the capacities of the two phones batteries were and was told they both started at 100% by the reviewer (well that's a useful answer ). I asked a followup but I haven't seen a response so I'm going to assume it was the default Charge vs the extended Thunderbolt. Or they tweaked some settings but did so unfairly. But in my opinion, a competent reviewer would have known what I was asking and answered it straight up.

 

[czm2000]

I've hand two TB and a Charge. The Charge had close to 3 times the battery life over the TB. Its not even a contest in my opinion.

Sent from my DROIDX

 

[Chris2183]

This pic right here renders his battery life argument completely void in my opinion.

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

This pic right here renders his battery life argument completely void in my opinion.

What is your point? My Thunderbolt has been unplugged for 2 hours with full screen brightness and I've been on here and done 2 speed tests and made a call and I'm down to 89 percent.

Sent from my Thunderbolt

 

[Raptor007]

My TB battery didn't last a day regardless of use. It was pure crud.

 

[brianct1972]

My TB battery didn't last a day regardless of use. It was pure crud.

I couldn't agree more.

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

My TB battery didn't last a day regardless of use. It was pure crud.

Maybe you just got a bad phone. I'm going on 4 hours on LTE with even more calls and browsing and I'm at 75 percent.

Sent from my Thunderbolt

 

[brianct1972]

Maybe you just got a bad phone. I'm going on 4 hours on LTE with even more calls and browsing and I'm at 75 percent.

Sent from my Thunderbolt

Lucky you, I can't wait to get rid of this brick. I was in a 3G area the last 3 days and by 4PM each day it was dead.

 

[DroidXcon]

Maybe you just got a bad phone. I'm going on 4 hours on LTE with even more calls and browsing and I'm at 75 percent.

Sent from my Thunderbolt

maybe you just got a good phone cause the rest of us didnt

 

[Halcyon]

My bolt is awesome. My best to date is 36 hours on one charge.

 

[Friend-O]

My bolt is awesome. My best to date is 36 hours on one charge.

Well, you go call Guinness while I call b.s.

 

[Halcyon]

I'll post a screen next time I get that high

 

[Jaymil]

I can make mine last 3 days also if I turn all the radios off and don't turn the screen on...

 

[DroidXcon]

I can make mine last 3 days also if I turn all the radios off and don't turn the screen on...

I made mine last a week, after a week i pressed the power button for a couple seconds and i was still in the 80% mark

 

[Friend-O]

I'll post a screen next time I get that high

Looking forward to seeing it!

 

[ellje]

Make sure to take a pic of the phone slightly angled, so we can clearly see the extended battery poking out the rear end of this phone!

 

[moondrius]

My Thunderbolt would sometimes last 6 hours and sometimes it would last over a day. I really liked the phone other then that and the poor quality control.

 

[Halcyon]

Make sure to take a pic of the phone slightly angled, so we can clearly see the extended battery poking out the rear end of this phone!

lol will do

 

[Raptor007]

I am in a 3G market (until later summer) and with moderate use, email, a little web surfing, it just sucked. I had to go extended battery to get a day out of it and got tired of the bulk and weight. I know the Charge is super light and for some the plastic materials make it cheap, well I still say it makes it light. Every phone I have purchased has been resold in mint condition so I see no reason why the Charge won't look that way in the end even if it is plastic and super light.

 

[Chris2183]

What is your point? My Thunderbolt has been unplugged for 2 hours with full screen brightness and I've been on here and done 2 speed tests and made a call and I'm down to 89 percent.

Sent from my Thunderbolt

They are using Advanced Task Killer on the phone. Task killers tend to stop apps that the phone keeps relaunching, which then causes a power struggle between the phone and the task killer. Ultimately it hurts battery life more than anything else