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Originally Posted by MrGrim View Post
Well, as someone's signature said (sorry, i forget whose): "in theory practice and theory are the same. In practice they are not"
In theory, you have a point. However the 30-fold increase in battery life is hard to believe. If it turned out to be true, someone on nokia is going to at least get a pay cut (maybe a 100% one, if you get what i mean) for missing this
What is needed here is practical testing: don't use wi-fi at all and see how much the battery lasts. I'm betting no more than 3-4 days, since that's what my dumb sony ericsson gets (admittedly on a smaller battery, but not much)
This 30-fold increase is about IDLE time. Ie. no usage at all whatsoever. That is just the base bottomline battery usage on which everything you do will pile up. So, yes on moderate usage it won't last more than few days.

This is about a clear bug that is triggered by using Wi-Fi. I have heard of some people who do use Wi-Fi with battery time of 2 days on low usage. So, the bug is not affecting everyone. But for those that it is affecting, it is a very critical extra drainage for the battery.