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Cellular Phone Forum / Manufacturers / Ericsson / January 2006K700i battery life..
Can someone please tell me what the battery life is like on one of these phones? I've heard varying reports and read varying reviews and would like to know what the battery life is when the K700i is used just as a phone in real life suituations. Thanks very much.  Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Did you hear about the dyslexic devil worshipper who sold his soul to Santa ..." > Can someone please tell me what the battery life is like on one of these > phones? I've heard varying reports and read varying reviews and would > like to know what the battery life is when the K700i is used just as a > phone in real life suituations. > > Thanks very much. Mine is currently +-14months old and when only using it to talk I'll charge it once a week. I don't really talk that much over the phone. Using it as a GPRS modem for my laptop (= gprs + bluetooth) very quickly drains the battery. If starting out in the morning with a fully charged phone, being online for an hour or so continuously with the laptop, plus the usual couple of phone calls and synchronizations with the PC, it will need to be re-charged at the end of the day. When I bought the phone it was equipped with a BST-35 battery, which has a capacity of 700mAh. I have since then tried to buy a replacement battery in order to regain the battery performance the phone had when I bought it, but to no avail. The BST-35 appears not to be offered for sale, at least in the Netherlands. The currently available batteries are only having a capacity of some 600 odd mAh. That's bad Hope this helps Jan Signature** Do not use the reply-to address. It'll end up in the trash can ** Mail me at: janATschledermann.or"REMOVE_THIS"g > > Can someone please tell me what the battery life is like on one of these > > phones? I've heard varying reports and read varying reviews and would [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Jan Yeah, just as a phone it should last almost as long as advertised. But if you text a lot or hit the internet expect to be recharging every second day or maybe more often. Using Bluetooth when in calling mode also seems to drain it a lot faster than you'd expect. I've never had battery problems. I dock mine in the charger as soon as I get home and use my Jabra headset to talk. I keep Bluetooth on all the time. When I use it out during the day, it rarely gets below half power. >> > Can someone please tell me what the battery life is like on one of >> these [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > second day or maybe more often. Using Bluetooth when in calling mode > also seems to drain it a lot faster than you'd expect. But if the battery indicator goes down to 50% after a half day's usage, that's poor battery capacity imho. The standby time is supposed to be 300 hours (almost two weeks) according to the data sheet. I have a K700i myself, and put it in the charger every night, and compared to other phones I have owned, which I charged about once a week, the batteery capacity is not very impressing on the K700. I have heard rumours though, that the battery indicator displays different levels depending on which firmware version that is installed, so it might be that the battery really is not half-empty, it's just the firmware controlling the indicator that says so. On the K700, the phone is still functioning when the battry indicator shows just one tiny 1-pixel wide red stripe, other phones I have owned turned themselves off when the battery indicator went below half the scale. That might have been during the old NiCd-battery days though. Signature/Danne __________________________________________ d a n (dot) a l t e m y r (at) t e l i a (dot) c o m | I've never had battery problems. I dock mine in the charger as soon as I | get home and use my Jabra headset to talk. I keep Bluetooth on all the [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] | > second day or maybe more often. Using Bluetooth when in calling mode | > also seems to drain it a lot faster than you'd expect. Well, try playing the mp3 player all day, surfing the net and gabbing on the phone. Plus I keep the light on. Granted, it rarely goes to 50%, but it can happen. I guess my point was, if you keep it charged overnight, you're never likely to have any problems. > But if the battery indicator goes down to 50% after a half day's usage, > that's poor battery capacity imho. The standby time is supposed to be 300 [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > been > during the old NiCd-battery days though. Yes, I agree that the way the phone is used nowadays is different from how it was before, now it's used not only for talking with people at other locations, but listening to the radio and mp3 player, using the calendar and other useful tools, surfing the internet and playing java games, etc. but even though my K700 has never died due to battery drain, I still think that it's battery capacity is somewhat too small compared with other models with similar functionality. Considering all the new ways the phone is supposed to be used, I think that the designers could have given it a battery with a somewhat longer lifetime. I've seen ads for non-original batteries with the capacity of 1000 mAh instead of the original 700, so it is possible, technically. Otherwise, the K700 is a great phone, the best I ever had. Signature/Danne __________________________________________ d a n (dot) a l t e m y r (at) t e l i a (dot) c o m | Well, try playing the mp3 player all day, surfing the net and gabbing on | the phone. Plus I keep the light on. Granted, it rarely goes to 50%, but [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] | > been | > during the old NiCd-battery days though. There are a few on ebay butcouldn't get a response to an earlier post about anyone who purchased one. My meter fluctuates alot when i am doing certain acticities > Yes, I agree that the way the phone is used nowadays is different from how > it was before, now it's used not only for talking with people at other [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > | > been > | > during the old NiCd-battery days though. But the phone is almost like a mini-PDA .... designed to be docked regularly. That's what I do to keep my calendar, contacts sync'd. So docking=charge = no issues here. I've had no problem with it for weekends on our boat with BT on and normal call use. But it needs a drink (charge) upon returning Sunday evening for sure before the upcoming business use week. I don't think it's marketed to be a charge once every two week type device. If that's what your needs are then you will be disappointed. Bob H : But if the battery indicator goes down to 50% after a half day's usage, : that's poor battery capacity imho. The standby time is supposed to be 300 [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] : | > second day or maybe more often. Using Bluetooth when in calling mode : | > also seems to drain it a lot faster than you'd expect. i use this phone the same way, this phone should have a 1000mah battery, One should be made available.. But the phone is almost like a mini-PDA .... designed to be docked regularly. That's what I do to keep my calendar, contacts sync'd. So docking=charge = no issues here. I've had no problem with it for weekends on our boat with BT on and normal call use. But it needs a drink (charge) upon returning Sunday evening for sure before the upcoming business use week. I don't think it's marketed to be a charge once every two week type device. If that's what your needs are then you will be disappointed. Bob H : But if the battery indicator goes down to 50% after a half day's usage, : that's poor battery capacity imho. The standby time is supposed to be 300 [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] : | > second day or maybe more often. Using Bluetooth when in calling mode : | > also seems to drain it a lot faster than you'd expect. Hi, >But the phone is almost like a mini-PDA .... designed to be docked regularly. That's what I do to keep my calendar, contacts sync'd. So docking=charge = no issues here. I've had no problem with it for weekends on our boat with BT on and normal call use. But it needs a drink (charge) upon returning Sunday evening for sure before the upcoming business use week. > >I don't think it's marketed to be a charge once every two week type device. If that's what your needs are then you will be disappointed. the K700 does not introduce a lot of new features compared to older SE phones like the T68i or the T610. And these easily lived a week or so without recharge. But battery reliability was not the only disappointment of the K700i. Mine was 3 times in service within the first 3 months so O2 was so kind to offer me an exchange. I live with an K750i since then without any of the problems (well, the battery still doesn't live a week, but to be honest, the older phones were not used as a walkman this often ... and it still lasts 2 or 3 times longer than the K700) Just my two pence. Sascha SignatureAlle Informationen wurden besten Wissens und Gewissens von mir selbst verfasst, es sei denn, sie sind als Zitat gekennzeichnet. Drastische Formulierungen spiegeln in der Regel einen dringenden Handlungsbedarf wider. > Can someone please tell me what the battery life is like on one of these > phones? I've heard varying reports and read varying reviews and would > like to know what the battery life is when the K700i is used just as a > phone in real life suituations. > > Thanks very much. It's always had a bad reputation; it's an older phone though, go with the k750i for the extra cash, also has some nice extra features... |
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