Round Robin: Help Jennifer with the G1!

[Dr. Tyrell]

Originally Posted by AndroidT

Okay, so for the G1 owners here how long can you use it before you have to do a recharge on the battery? If I were to get one I think I would probably be using it pretty heavily so it would be nice to get an idea how long the battery lasts. Also, AndroidCentral posted something about T-mobile maybe sending out a new battery to G1 users, has anyone received a replacement battery and if so how long does it last?

Mixed reports on the T-Mobile forums about any battery replacement program. T-Mobile customer care reportedly denies it. Some owners who complained to T-Mobile about a defective battery were given a new one. I bought a spare off of eBay. There is an after-market 2200 mAh battery (twice the capacity of stock) with back for the G1 but it adds 2 mm to the thickness.

As for battery life there are too many variables to say. Many discussions on various forums. The range seems to be anywhere from 3 to 12 hours. The low end is probably using wifi, Bluetooth, GPS, push email and the phone continuously. I get roughly 6 hours of "heavy" use before the phone warns me to charge it but I don't use Bluetooth much. You learn to pay attention to your own battery-draining habits and there are some handy apps that help.

[AndroidT]

The functions I'm most interested in would be wifi for email and web and then the phone of course. I've never really liked the Bluetooth headsets so I would not be using one of those but the GPS might be interesting too.

[AndroidT]

AndroidGuys.com have some info up about replacement batteries going to G1 users, guess we'll have to see if there are any reports that roll in over the next few days/weeks.

[chuazy]

that "news" has actually been floating around since november and was supposed to happen in Dec.... i do hope it will happen though.

[vbsoulpole]

Is there some site or a post here on AC forums that provides some review of the battery life for all android phones? I cant imagine there is a specific metric for it, but it'd be nice to know which manufacturers typically provide phones that can last the work day.