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[ptwilliams]

What are people's experiences with battery life so far on the Touch Dual?

I have just upgraded from an E650, and have to say, im quite disappointed so far.

With one days usage, after a full night of charging, one or two text messages, no calls, and no data with the phone being on standby most of the day at work, by the time I get home at 8pm, the battery is at 47%.

Will this resolve itself after several charges or have I got a faulty unit?

[CommanderAJ]

ptwilliams, on Jan 5 2008, 11:19, said:

What are people's experiences with battery life so far on the Touch Dual?

I have just upgraded from an E650, and have to say, im quite disappointed so far.

With one days usage, after a full night of charging, one or two text messages, no calls, and no data with the phone being on standby most of the day at work, by the time I get home at 8pm, the battery is at 47%.

Will this resolve itself after several charges or have I got a faulty unit?

I think you must have a faulty battery/phone as mine easily lasts 3 days with light to moderate use

[vince06]

CommanderAJ, on Jan 6 2008, 00:11, said:

I think you must have a faulty battery/phone as mine easily lasts 3 days with light to moderate use

mine lasts up to a day or a day and a half, moderate usage. not 3 days though!

[Menneisyys]

ptwilliams, on Jan 5 2008, 12:19, said:

What are people's experiences with battery life so far on the Touch Dual?

I have just upgraded from an E650, and have to say, im quite disappointed so far.

With one days usage, after a full night of charging, one or two text messages, no calls, and no data with the phone being on standby most of the day at work, by the time I get home at 8pm, the battery is at 47%.

Will this resolve itself after several charges or have I got a faulty unit?

Force it to use 2G only (that is, NO 3G).

[deepje]

Menneisyys, on Jan 6 2008, 09:33, said:

Force it to use 2G only (that is, NO 3G).

See http://forum.xda-dev...ad.php?t=351359 for some battery saving tips.
Worked very good for me.

[petencl]

Thanks for the power saving tips!

Anyone know if a bigger capacity battery may be released for the dual?

[deepje]

petencl, on Jan 6 2008, 18:04, said:

Thanks for the power saving tips!

Anyone know if a bigger capacity battery may be released for the dual?

Check out mugenpower at http://www.mugenpowe...nl/pda_htc.html .
They have released a bigger battery for most other HTC devices, dual not there yet but I have great hopes.

[PaulOBrien]

A battery for the dual is in development by Mugen Power.

P

[xerxes]

Menneisyys, on Jan 6 2008, 08:33, said:

Force it to use 2G only (that is, NO 3G).

Can the Touch Dual last 24 hours with push email turned on (receiving 5 - 10 emails per hour)? I am thinking of getting one as a replacement for a Blackberry but it will need to be able to last at least that long.

[bydandie]

xerxes, on Jan 28 2008, 22:39, said:

Can the Touch Dual last 24 hours with push email turned on (receiving 5 - 10 emails per hour)? I am thinking of getting one as a replacement for a Blackberry but it will need to be able to last at least that long.

it certainly can with just push email you should easily last a day.

[keveh]

I've just got my HTC Touch Dual this week, and it the battery seems fine.

I haven't been using it as my primary device as yet, but I've been checking e-mail and making a few phone calls.

I'll see how it goes when I start getting full usage out of it, but up to now I've charged it once, which was 2 1/2 days ago and it's on 33%