V600 - Any Good?

"geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > > > I have my V600 on Orange and have often had more than 80 sms
messages
> > stored
> > > > before off loading them onto my PC or PDA.
> > > > I did nothing other than take it out of the box and start using it.
> > > >
>
> Battery life is abysmal. It's not much better than the first phone I
> had 10 years ago - you have to charge it up pretty much every night.

Mine is on Orange also and charge it once a week , pull down emails around 4
times an hour between 0800-1700 and text about 20/day 10mins of calls per
day.

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"geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > > > I have my V600 on Orange and have often had more than 80 sms
messages
> > stored
> > > > before off loading them onto my PC or PDA.
> > > > I did nothing other than take it out of the box and start using it.
> > > >
>
> Battery life is abysmal. It's not much better than the first phone I
> had 10 years ago - you have to charge it up pretty much every night.

Mine is on Orange also and charge it once a week , pull down emails around 4
times an hour between 0800-1700 and text about 20/day 10mins of calls per
day.

"geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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<<snip>>
>
> Battery life is abysmal. It's not much better than the first phone I
> had 10 years ago - you have to charge it up pretty much every night.
> Mine's on Orange, other networks might get better battery life?

Do you have the Battery Save feature turned off? If not, you must be using
the phone a lot, or there is a fault.
My battery lasts over a week on standby and light use.

> Mine is on Orange also and charge it once a week , pull down emails around
4
> times an hour between 0800-1700 and text about 20/day 10mins of calls per
> day.
>

Mine's on O2

10-20 mins of calls a day, 6 or so texts, I dont use e-mails, but I do keep
Bluetooth on all the time, and use the camera a few times a day.

Mine only needs charging every 4-5 days.

If a V600 needs charging every evening under normal usage, then there must
be something wrong with the battery or the charger.

"Avanti" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> > > > > I have my V600 on Orange and have often had more than 80 sms
> messages
> > > stored
> > > > > before off loading them onto my PC or PDA.
> > > > > I did nothing other than take it out of the box and start using
it.
> > > > >
> >
> > Battery life is abysmal. It's not much better than the first phone I
> > had 10 years ago - you have to charge it up pretty much every night.
>
> Mine is on Orange also and charge it once a week , pull down emails around
4
> times an hour between 0800-1700 and text about 20/day 10mins of calls per
> day.
>

I'm with Avanti on this one.

Easily get between 3-5 days standby on my V600 - possible faulty handset if
needing a daily charge on average usage.

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"Jim" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> "geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> <<snip>>
> >
> > Battery life is abysmal. It's not much better than the first phone I
> > had 10 years ago - you have to charge it up pretty much every night.
> > Mine's on Orange, other networks might get better battery life?
>
> Do you have the Battery Save feature turned off? If not, you must be
using
> the phone a lot, or there is a fault.
> My battery lasts over a week on standby and light use.

V300, Flashed/Flexed to V600 with batt save on used quite a bit, cam used
often, have it hooked to pc daily to download pix and upload any games/mp3s
I may want to try during the day. I have never had this battery die on me,
but then again, i just plop it on the charger before I hit the sack and
don't have to worry about it ;-)

"Avanti" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > > > > I have my V600 on Orange and have often had more than 80 sms
> messages
> stored
> > > > > before off loading them onto my PC or PDA.
> > > > > I did nothing other than take it out of the box and start using it.
> > > > >
> >
> > Battery life is abysmal. It's not much better than the first phone I
> > had 10 years ago - you have to charge it up pretty much every night.
>
> Mine is on Orange also and charge it once a week , pull down emails around 4
> times an hour between 0800-1700 and text about 20/day 10mins of calls per
> day.

Hmm. Perhaps there's something wrong with my phone then - my usage is
much tha same as yours but I'm lucky if it gets to two days use
without the low battery message flashing.
I've got the battery save feature turned on so it's not that.
The only other thing I can think of is that I might be in a low signal
area so the radio side of the phone is pumped up to full power all the
time - unlikely though.

"Avanti" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > > > > I have my V600 on Orange and have often had more than 80 sms
> messages
> stored
> > > > > before off loading them onto my PC or PDA.
> > > > > I did nothing other than take it out of the box and start using it.
> > > > >
> >
> > Battery life is abysmal. It's not much better than the first phone I
> > had 10 years ago - you have to charge it up pretty much every night.
>
> Mine is on Orange also and charge it once a week , pull down emails around 4
> times an hour between 0800-1700 and text about 20/day 10mins of calls per
> day.

Hmm. Perhaps there's something wrong with my phone then - my usage is
much tha same as yours but I'm lucky if it gets to two days use
without the low battery message flashing.
I've got the battery save feature turned on so it's not that.
The only other thing I can think of is that I might be in a low signal
area so the radio side of the phone is pumped up to full power all the
time - unlikely though.

"geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Avanti" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > "geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> > > > > > I have my V600 on Orange and have often had more than 80 sms
> > messages
> > stored
> > > > > > before off loading them onto my PC or PDA.
> > > > > > I did nothing other than take it out of the box and start using
it.

[snip]

> Hmm. Perhaps there's something wrong with my phone then - my usage is
> much tha same as yours but I'm lucky if it gets to two days use
> without the low battery message flashing.
> I've got the battery save feature turned on so it's not that.
> The only other thing I can think of is that I might be in a low signal
> area so the radio side of the phone is pumped up to full power all the
> time - unlikely though.

last weekend I went over to Dublin the phone was charged on thursday evening
and has been on (even during the flight) , the handset is on the same charge
(now 2 bars) and today I have just returned from London via train.
My T39 would easily go over a week (and still does ) on a single charge.
I wonder if your sim card has something to do with your power drain
problems....

"geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Avanti" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > "geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> > > > > > I have my V600 on Orange and have often had more than 80 sms
> > messages
> > stored
> > > > > > before off loading them onto my PC or PDA.
> > > > > > I did nothing other than take it out of the box and start using
it.

[snip]

> Hmm. Perhaps there's something wrong with my phone then - my usage is
> much tha same as yours but I'm lucky if it gets to two days use
> without the low battery message flashing.
> I've got the battery save feature turned on so it's not that.
> The only other thing I can think of is that I might be in a low signal
> area so the radio side of the phone is pumped up to full power all the
> time - unlikely though.

last weekend I went over to Dublin the phone was charged on thursday evening
and has been on (even during the flight) , the handset is on the same charge
(now 2 bars) and today I have just returned from London via train.
My T39 would easily go over a week (and still does ) on a single charge.
I wonder if your sim card has something to do with your power drain
problems....

"Avanti" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hmm. Perhaps there's something wrong with my phone then - my usage is
> > much tha same as yours but I'm lucky if it gets to two days use
> > without the low battery message flashing.
> > I've got the battery save feature turned on so it's not that.
> > The only other thing I can think of is that I might be in a low signal
> > area so the radio side of the phone is pumped up to full power all the
> > time - unlikely though.
>
> last weekend I went over to Dublin the phone was charged on thursday
evening
> and has been on (even during the flight) , the handset is on the same
charge
> (now 2 bars) and today I have just returned from London via train.
> My T39 would easily go over a week (and still does ) on a single charge.
> I wonder if your sim card has something to do with your power drain
> problems....
>

You'll notice that the small print in quoted battery life shows that your
signal strength, as well as network/SIM configuration all have an effect.

Low signal will definately drain the battery quicker due to increased power
consumption.

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"Avanti" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hmm. Perhaps there's something wrong with my phone then - my usage is
> > much tha same as yours but I'm lucky if it gets to two days use
> > without the low battery message flashing.
> > I've got the battery save feature turned on so it's not that.
> > The only other thing I can think of is that I might be in a low signal
> > area so the radio side of the phone is pumped up to full power all the
> > time - unlikely though.
>
> last weekend I went over to Dublin the phone was charged on thursday
evening
> and has been on (even during the flight) , the handset is on the same
charge
> (now 2 bars) and today I have just returned from London via train.
> My T39 would easily go over a week (and still does ) on a single charge.
> I wonder if your sim card has something to do with your power drain
> problems....
>

You'll notice that the small print in quoted battery life shows that your
signal strength, as well as network/SIM configuration all have an effect.

Low signal will definately drain the battery quicker due to increased power
consumption.

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Part of the UKtm family.


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">-@LuVbuG@-<" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "Avanti" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Hmm. Perhaps there's something wrong with my phone then - my usage is
> > > much tha same as yours but I'm lucky if it gets to two days use
> > > without the low battery message flashing.
> > > I've got the battery save feature turned on so it's not that.
> > > The only other thing I can think of is that I might be in a low signal
> > > area so the radio side of the phone is pumped up to full power all the
> > > time - unlikely though.
> >
> > last weekend I went over to Dublin the phone was charged on thursday
> evening
> > and has been on (even during the flight) , the handset is on the same
> charge
> > (now 2 bars) and today I have just returned from London via train.
> > My T39 would easily go over a week (and still does ) on a single charge.
> > I wonder if your sim card has something to do with your power drain
> > problems....
> >
>
> You'll notice that the small print in quoted battery life shows that your
> signal strength, as well as network/SIM configuration all have an effect.
>
> Low signal will definately drain the battery quicker due to increased power
> consumption.
>
>[snip]
I think it must be the signal that's causing me problems. I fully
charged to phone on Thursday night, then travelled to Wales. For most
of Friday evening/night I was in an area that had no coverage. I
didn't bother to turn the phone off. I noticed at midnight that the
low battery warning was on. I think in future when I'm in no/low
signal areas I'll just switch the phone off.

">-@LuVbuG@-<" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "Avanti" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Hmm. Perhaps there's something wrong with my phone then - my usage is
> > > much tha same as yours but I'm lucky if it gets to two days use
> > > without the low battery message flashing.
> > > I've got the battery save feature turned on so it's not that.
> > > The only other thing I can think of is that I might be in a low signal
> > > area so the radio side of the phone is pumped up to full power all the
> > > time - unlikely though.
> >
> > last weekend I went over to Dublin the phone was charged on thursday
> evening
> > and has been on (even during the flight) , the handset is on the same
> charge
> > (now 2 bars) and today I have just returned from London via train.
> > My T39 would easily go over a week (and still does ) on a single charge.
> > I wonder if your sim card has something to do with your power drain
> > problems....
> >
>
> You'll notice that the small print in quoted battery life shows that your
> signal strength, as well as network/SIM configuration all have an effect.
>
> Low signal will definately drain the battery quicker due to increased power
> consumption.
>
>[snip]
I think it must be the signal that's causing me problems. I fully
charged to phone on Thursday night, then travelled to Wales. For most
of Friday evening/night I was in an area that had no coverage. I
didn't bother to turn the phone off. I noticed at midnight that the
low battery warning was on. I think in future when I'm in no/low
signal areas I'll just switch the phone off.

"geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> ">-@LuVbuG@-<" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > "Avanti" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > >
> > > "geclinke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > Hmm. Perhaps there's something wrong with my phone then - my usage
is
> > > > much tha same as yours but I'm lucky if it gets to two days use
> > > > without the low battery message flashing.
> > > > I've got the battery save feature turned on so it's not that.
> > > > The only other thing I can think of is that I might be in a low
signal
> > > > area so the radio side of the phone is pumped up to full power all
the
> > > > time - unlikely though.
> > >
> > > last weekend I went over to Dublin the phone was charged on thursday
> > evening
> > > and has been on (even during the flight) , the handset is on the same
> > charge
> > > (now 2 bars) and today I have just returned from London via train.
> > > My T39 would easily go over a week (and still does ) on a single
charge.
> > > I wonder if your sim card has something to do with your power drain
> > > problems....
> > >
> >
> > You'll notice that the small print in quoted battery life shows that
your
> > signal strength, as well as network/SIM configuration all have an
effect.
> >
> > Low signal will definately drain the battery quicker due to increased
power
> > consumption.
> >
> >[snip]
> I think it must be the signal that's causing me problems. I fully
> charged to phone on Thursday night, then travelled to Wales. For most
> of Friday evening/night I was in an area that had no coverage. I
> didn't bother to turn the phone off. I noticed at midnight that the
> low battery warning was on. I think in future when I'm in no/low
> signal areas I'll just switch the phone off.

You were in Wales ? At midnight ?
No wonder the poor phone gave up.

<tee hee>