How are we gonna enjoy apps ?

[nickbunyun]

I was just thinking right now.

I tell all my friends about Android, awesome product! All the good stuff, and some bad stuff, but those "are going to be resolved with an update." (some).
However, I can't help but complain about the battery.

Well I was just thinking, if we use the phone as a regular phone, tlk + text, the battery will last us.
But if we do 3g or wifi it drains the battery like theres no tomorrow.

When all these apps are gonna come out, how are we gonna enjoy them? play with them by the side of a wall while charging ?

I'm rly excited about Quake.. but i know its gonna drink the battery.

Not only my phone bill went up thanks to data plan.. but i think my electric bill's going up aswell.

What do you guys think of that?
I mean it just crossed my mind a few min ago.

[Re@lly Dope!]

Well, I'm curious also about what's going to take place with this battery situation. Hopefully something will be done very soon. I mean exactly how long do they test these devices out, to see that the OS is killing the battery.

[Bratag]

Ok Ive kept quiet about this battery issue for a while. Yesterday I unplugged my phone at 7am. I then did the following

Browsed web for 60 mins
Played Pacman for 30 mins
Played Bonsai blast for 30 mins
Watched FrankenThumb (35 mins)
Had email updating all day
Phone call 15 mins
Copied over some movies resulting in maybe 15 mins charge.
Listened to streaming music on imeem for 30 mins

At 11pm I have 48% battery left. To me that seems fine. I keep my 3g off until I need it. I lowered the screen brightness to 1/3 (plenty bright enough). Maybe I am not a heavy user but the battery seems ok. The main thing I have noticed is the same thing I notice with all LION batteries - they take charge quickly going up % fast when on charger, however this charge doesnt seem stable until they have been trickle filled for some time AFTER the charge reaches 100%. If you quickly charge the G1 expect to see the battery drop like a stone.

[nickbunyun]

Bratag... you might be one of the lucky ones to have a good battery.

Read my 1st post in this topic.

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f...-reports-4136/

I have my phone plugged in from 11PM - 7AM.

Right now its 11:14PM, battery is at 86% - wifi off, 3g off, bluetooth off, screen res at minimum, all i did today was unplug it, and at around 10 i had about 5 incoming txts, and i sent out 5. so a total of 10 msgs, nothing else.

[ultra spikey]

The phone does charge the battery pretty fast. If you stop charging the battery once it hits 100%, it will die very quickly. I'd recommend charging it for another 2-3 or maybe even 4 hours AFTER it hits 100%. You all probably already know this anyways...

[Sidonuke]

battery condition monitoring isnt working properly which is why we see that the Capacity % isnt real.

you can have your battery show 2% and run for hours
you can have your battery at 100% and change to 2% in 3 seconds but it will still run just fine.

The thing you need to test is the amount of time till the battery cuts out on you and not the monitoring numbers you get.

[nickbunyun]

battery condition monitoring isnt working properly which is why we see that the Capacity % isnt real.

you can have your battery show 2% and run for hours
you can have your battery at 100% and change to 2% in 3 seconds but it will still run just fine.

The thing you need to test is the amount of time till the battery cuts out on you and not the monitoring numbers you get.

I've actually thought of this aswell..
charge fully for 8 hours.. and use it without looking at the battery stats.
for some reason i think the readings are wrong.

[the_infamous]

Glad to see the initial excitement has worn off & some people are actually starting to tell the truth about the g-1! It has numerous engineering flaws... Why do we have to wait for updates to fix things? Did they not test these things before releasing them to the public? I can deal with the bulky & ugliness of the phone, but all these flaws is making me send mine back & wait till a later date to tie myself to T-Mo for another 2 years. They are gonna release a 2nd gen & everyone is gonna be pissed...

[Re@lly Dope!]

Glad to see the initial excitement has worn off & some people are actually starting to tell the truth about the g-1! It has numerous engineering flaws... Why do we have to wait for updates to fix things? Did they not test these things before releasing them to the public? I can deal with the bulky & ugliness of the phone, but all these flaws is making me send mine back & wait till a later date to tie myself to T-Mo for another 2 years. They are gonna release a 2nd gen & everyone is gonna be pissed...

Here you go ranting again.. not surprised...

[Bratag]

Glad to see the initial excitement has worn off & some people are actually starting to tell the truth about the g-1! It has numerous engineering flaws... Why do we have to wait for updates to fix things? Did they not test these things before releasing them to the public? I can deal with the bulky & ugliness of the phone, but all these flaws is making me send mine back & wait till a later date to tie myself to T-Mo for another 2 years. They are gonna release a 2nd gen & everyone is gonna be pissed...

Good luck with that - Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out. Since you are sending yours back I expect there will be no reason for you to continue to post.