E-TEN X800 Blog 3: Battery Life
Posted on 16 March 2008, at 9:57 pm, by Christopher Spera
In one of my recent blogs on the X800, I mentioned that I thought the unit E-TEN sent me was defective. It was. They sent me a replacement unit, and I have some interesting news regarding its battery life.
What a difference a new device makes!!
Wow!
Interesting thing was, I noticed the improvement right away. With the older unit, the device might last about 3.5 – 4.0 hours…if I was lucky. The new device can go (and has) nearly 48 hours without a charge. The interesting thing is that I live in a 3G coverage area. 3G is harder on the battery than just plain EDGE. Oh, and by the way, to answer the lurking question – No, I haven’t seen the device struggle to hold a 3G signal. It nearly always has 3G, and I have never seen it drop down to EDGE.
To be honest, though, I rarely use WiFi. With an all you can eat data plan, I rarely have the need. However, I suspect that with moderate radio use (WiFi, voice calls and data usage), you should be able to go most of the day before really needing a charge or battery change.
I am really impressed with the battery life in this device. Its not bad…not bad at all
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March 16th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Ohhhhhhh….. I want one of these sooooo much.
I wish they would make phones for CDMA. I’d even buy an iPhone if they would make one for CDMA. I’m so tired of 320×240. The screen on the iphone, with such great resolution, is wonderful, but I’d be willing to stick with Windows Mobile if I could get a CDMA VGA phone.
Why oh why oh why….It’s been years since I bought my first VGA PDA (toshie e800) and we still have no VGA CDMA phones in the US!!!!
Sorry for the rant. That’s great news about the battery life for those lucky enough to have the option of getting one of these.