Re: N900 battery life
 

I have some concerns about the battery life here too. My current phone is the i8910, which spec wise is very similar, but it has a 3.7 AMOLED screen (lower energy consumption) and a 1500mA battery. Even with a less power-consuming screen and better battery I have to curtail my use a little to get through a day.

A typical day is GPS tracking via sportstracker for around an hour as I cycle to and from work, about a 1-1.5hours streaming from lastfm, half hour browsing, an hour miscellaneous screen-on use (gaming/document viewing/GPS use/Fring etc/taking pictures or video/ watching video), continuous push email, and the usual telephony stuff.

As things stand I doubt the N900 will be up to my current usage, let alone improving things so that I don't need to cut back on browsing/gaming in order to get through a day...

Re: N900 battery life
 

Here this guy says when unboxing his N900 its a 1500MAH but it clearly shows BL-5J. :confused:

Re: N900 battery life
 

The guy just said it by mistake. Its been talked about in the video comments.
If you look closely, you can see 1350mAh on the battery when he shows it to the camera.

Re: N900 battery life
 

Chippy was a little confused. ;)

Re: N900 battery life
 

I think that all I could want is two extra batteries (or one) and a charging dock for the two and the phone. Then if I don't think it'll last me the day, I'll bring a battery a long.

That plus a car charger = power almost anywhere and a spare for the worst case scenario :D

Re: N900 battery life
 

I have a spare battery already ordered and an outlet charger for the battery. I will give the N900 a try. if I can't get through a FULL DAY of HARDCORE use with 2 batteries, then it's going back to Nokia. I can manage a day with normal usage, but I can't handle a day with very hardcore usage and 2 batteries. That's too much.

Saturday was the perfect example. I had lunch at my brothers house, leaving my phone off the plug at 8:30 AM (in GPRS mode, mind you), and after lunch I went to a friends house. After that I went to the movies with some other friends, and then I went out dancing... Arriving at home at 4:30 AM and 5% battery life on my blackberry. I'm a very hardcore user :) I don't expect to do that on the N900, because I know it won't. But I should be able to get at least 6-7 hours of hardcore use at a time.

Re: N900 battery life
 

its got a USB charger on it, I can't say I go more than a few hours a day away from a ready and waiting USB port :p

Re: N900 battery life
 

About battery life:

I've used N900 proto now over one month.
The best time I have achieved is 36 and half hours with light use (2G on and wlan on about 5 hours). In normal business use the battery holds about 12-15 hours. Sometimes the battery drains in 4 hours and in that case the device is very warm. The same happened with E90 and E75. I guess it has something to do with 3G handshaking loop?

Re: N900 battery life
 

it drains in 4 hours? Is that with 3G on or off? And during the 4 hours, what were you doing!? LOL!

In your honest & humble opinion, do you think the N900 has GOOD battery life :S? And what's in normal business use for you? :)

And congrats on the N900 prototype :) You're the envy of the majority of the people here.

Re: N900 battery life
 

It does not include a car charger out of the box, but:
- it includes an adapter to reuse existing nokia adapters.
- there are already various MicroUSB car adapters on the market