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Originally Posted by dantonic View Post
***EDIT*** my battery life is still acceptable. I'm still trying to pinpoint the cause of a drain bug that seldom gets triggered, and drains my battery within 10 hours or so. But most of the time I get decent usage. about 15-18 hours always connected, listening to 5-6 hours of music, 30-45 minutes of phone calls, some internet/messaging(maybe 1-2 hours) and all of this usually while connected to wifi internet, and sometimes to 2G..
2G phone is almost always on except when I'm in areas with very poor reception, I just switch the cellular radio off and only use wifi.
FYI, for a relative comparison, take the Nokia E71 as an example. (I'm running a N900 vs E71 battery test)

I have it running on 2G, NO wifi whatsoever.
- always connected to 2G internet running skype+gtalk (via Fring 32 hours)
- Nokia email checking 3 mins 8am to midnight
- its been 32 hours and I still have 60% battery left

I'm going to run a very similiar test on 2G with the n900 with Nokia email + 2 accounts in conversations (skype+gtalk). BUT i will NOT turn on the screen unless I get a call or check battery percentage.

I suspect the n900 won't even come close and the large screen will not be the reason. Either the battery is not good enough or the n900 is not optimized at all for battery...

Last edited by bugelrex; 2009-12-29 at 22:30.