Battery Life - Talk3G Forums

Ben · #1 3rd July 2005, 06:15 PM

It'd be a good idea if we can collate some real-world battery life figures for the Nokia 6680.

Please vote for the most appropriate item in the poll, and then post your 'average' daily usage.

Thanks!
Ben

I've voted for a recharge every 48 hours. I never turn my phone off and have Bluetooth on all the time. I mostly use my phone for data, SMS and MMS with a few minutes of voice calls. I sometimes watch OTV and listen to music.

gorilla · #2 4th July 2005, 11:56 AM

I too have voted for every 48 hours. I use my phone for voice calls, sms, and listening to music and reading ebooks. I pretty much use my phone for a good few hours every day and I'm happy enough with the battery life.

Jon3G · #3 4th July 2005, 12:23 PM

I recharge my on average 72 hours

I use mine for SMS, data and the odd voice call

timothythetim · #4 4th July 2005, 01:59 PM

I charge mine every day, but the battery is never anywhere near empty when I charge it. I just put mine onto charge before I go to bed. The only time I have ever come close to running out of battery was when I was playing gameboy games on it for a few hours.

MORPH · #5 29th July 2005, 09:54 AM

Every 48 for me....been the same with all my colour screen nokias. My old monochrome ones lasted about 4 or 5 days!

dgilbert2 · #6 29th July 2005, 05:24 PM

I suggest this poll also takes into consideration whether the phone is being used on 2G or 3G networks. The impact on battery life due to this is significant.

Ben · #7 29th July 2005, 05:40 PM

Good point. I'm borderline 3G/2G, mostly on 3G but switches are frequent.

MORPH · #8 30th July 2005, 10:13 AM

3G 90% of the time, with screen on full brightness and bluetooth on all the time, and I never turn the handest off.

Schockwave · #9 2nd August 2005, 01:04 AM

As I have only had it for just over a week, I am not sure how long my battery lasts, but my mobile is always on with bluetooth always on and 3G, screen is not quite on full brightness though, might change that.

I have actually bought a bluetooth keyboard to use with it and it works well, folds up nicely and has a padded soft case. It is the freedom keyboard, as it is cheaper than the Nokia one and got it from www.fonejunkie.co.uk.

At the moment I have only got one tune on my mobile.

MORPH · #10 2nd August 2005, 10:27 AM

Quite a good site for accessories there, I usually use http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/index.htm it might be a good idea if someone started a thread where people could share links to accessories sites?

#11 2nd August 2005, 04:11 PM

I get about a day or so out of mine, depending on how much data I download and whether I forget to turn bluetooth off.

I'm sat in good 3G coverage.

Cheers,
Jez

#12 2nd August 2005, 04:49 PM

Im on 3G all of the time, and use emulators, listen to some music etc. but it usually lasts at least 2.5 / 3 days...

Schockwave · #13 2nd August 2005, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MORPH

Quite a good site for accessories there, I usually use http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/index.htm it might be a good idea if someone started a thread where people could share links to accessories sites?

That is also a good website, and I now have the music stand, which I bought off ebay. The speakers are very good and have a lot of power output. Can also plug an mp3 player or cd player into it and listen to music.

#14 15th August 2005, 06:31 AM

I guess depends on the usage of the phone if you have screen savers running that would be less than normal.

View Poll Results: My 6680 gets recharged:
In under 24 hours (more than once a day)	0	0%
About every 24 hours (daily)	6	42.86%
About every 48 hours (every other day)	5	35.71%
About every 72 hours (every third day)	3	21.43%
In more than 72 hours (less than every 3 days)	0	0%
Voters: 14. You may not vote on this poll

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