Is there a phone with decent battery life..?

Steep said:
Steve, I have a spare Desire battery I can send you, I have the desire and bought a spare battery for it. Don't use the phone now but never had a signal problem when I did.
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A quick Thank You to Steep - my battery has arrived and so far is the only Christmas present I have got..
Many thanks - very much appreciated Sir,

Have a Merry Christmas !
 
You leave my spiced rum alone Stuart!!!


You're welcome Steve :)
 
stupar said:
I can get a full day out of my Samsung galaxy S2 and thats texts, emails, calls, game playing and net surfing and thats with the SG2 clocked at 1400mhz on demand
If I take the last 3 scenarios out the equation I can get 2 days out of the battery.
I used to be able to get something similar on my Desire when I had it.

My secret is I use Juice defender to switch of the data connection when the screen is off, auto brightness when the screen is on and a CPU controller to set the lowest CPU speed at 200mhz when not tasking and deep sleep for long periods of inactivity. works a treat.
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Thanks for posting this.
 
stevewestern said:
I have an HTC desire which is about 2.5 years old.
Its battery, even when new wasn't up to much, and now, with a cheap replacement it still isn't.

I wouldn't mind a new phone but would really like one that will last a bit longer than the 5-6 hours mine does.
My needs are so basic - it needs to be good at getting a signal - we live right on the edge of any signal and O2 is the only provider we can get. My daughter has a £50 LG that gets a signal anywhere in out house - I can only get one in one room, and even then I need to stand right by the window.

My main use is internet and texts - I have no friends so use about 20 of my 300 minutes a month (could be in part down to not getting a signal..?) I am old and my eyes are going, so a blackberry or something with tiny buttons is out I guess.
Are new phones much faster to load web pages etc - even when using my home network it seems slow, or am I expecting too much ?

I currently have a sim contract but could go with a phone deal, but it has to be O2.

Any thoughts ?

I also have a daughter who wants a new phone - a Blackberry Curve 9320 to be precise. Currently on pay as you go I am wondering about putting her on a very basic contract - does wanting 2 phones make it likely that some sort of deal might be offered and if so do I really have to go into a phone shop and queue up for 3 hours waiting to be seen..?
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Steve I don't want to state the obvious (not sure if anyone else said) but get yourself a spare battery! Thats what I used with the Desire and had a cradle that charged one in the phone and the spare.

Now I have the Samsung S3 and do the same although the battery life is better than on the HTC.
 
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