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K700i - Battery EATER! |
Olmen
Joined: May 27, 2004
Posts: 33
From: Finland
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Howdy,
I've had the k700 for about a week now and it's otherwise a good phone but one thing seems strange. Namely the k700's battery life. When not using the phone at all it battery life seems to be about 3-4 days. However, when using the mediaplayer, radio, wap and gaming the battery doesn't even last for whole day. Maybe 10-15 hours! Is this normal. I know that these functions are battery drainers, but e.g. my girlfriends nokia can play radio for days!
Is this normal k700 behaviour or should the k700 have longer battery life than i've experienced?
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dreamfish
Joined: Jun 30, 2004
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a lot of people are having this problem, including myself. hopefully a firmware update will fix the problem soon! |
buckle247
Joined: Jan 02, 2003
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From: UK: OXON
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my battery isn't great. I have been using it a bit today, couple of short calls and take 30+ pics and 4vids, and have 4 pixels of battery life left. If i used wap today i am guessing the phone would be dead by now.
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lam7r
Joined: Jun 26, 2004
Posts: 41
From: Manchester UK
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Again as stated lots of people are having this problem like me. there are lots of threads in the general section covering this and rumour has it that it will be fixed in a soon to be released firmware release...search in general for more info |
etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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All i hear is moaning about the K700's battery life.. 
But other phones like the T610 also die in under a day if you use them too much.
You say you got 10-15 hours of use out of your phone performing all those tasks ? thats great !
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davidnsharpet630
Joined: Jun 20, 2004
Posts: 13
From: standing outside your house
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when you go to the product homepage of the k700 there is a note at the bottom for all k700i's to be recalled because of something to do with the battery. i forgot to post it, because i had to come off the web and it came on a couple of days ago.
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etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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Thats funny, i dont see it. 
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-utopist-
Joined: Jan 24, 2003
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maybe it was a wrong choice of SE to put in a 650 Mah Li-Ion battery. (imo it is) The T610 has a more powerfull battery! Awefull!
But, dispite this problem, still in love with SE 
I just hope i can buy a 900 Mah Li-Polimer battery soon enough.
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br.
Joined: Jan 15, 2002
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Yes, T610(630) has better battery. Or donīt use so much battery (?).
And the plug ... 
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BobaFett
Joined: Jan 06, 2004
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From: Kamino (wish it would be Lund)
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/// Made once thoughts of batteries and presented 3 different solutions for everyones taste. Why to change a good working method?
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mers
Joined: May 05, 2002
Posts: 116
From: Malta
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The recall isn't for the K700i, it's for the charger.
http://www.sonyericsson.com/s[....]1_1&zone=pp&lm=pp4_1&pid=10016
That doesn't help me, I use the rapid travel charger from my old SE T39m and battery life still blows.
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BobaFett
Joined: Jan 06, 2004
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From: Kamino (wish it would be Lund)
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Wise words and its true. I use the charger of my r520 for all my fones. Not just cos of the /// logo on it...
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loonee
Joined: Feb 16, 2002
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yes indeed...battery life is really bad, i have to charge the phone by the end of the day. other than that, it is really a good phone
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etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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On 2004-07-12 22:47:48, -utopist- wrote:
maybe it was a wrong choice of SE to put in a 650 Mah Li-Ion battery. (imo it is) The T610 has a more powerfull battery! Awefull!
But, dispite this problem, still in love with SE
I just hope i can buy a 900 Mah Li-Polimer battery soon enough.
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The T610 has a Li-Polymer 770 mAh battery
The K700 has a Li-ion 700 mAh battery, not 650 mAh.
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-utopist-
Joined: Jan 24, 2003
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i'm sorry, you're right, (i was just guessing, dident have my phones near my PC to confirm, and i also was waaay to lazy to check it on an internet site.)
but still, they should've turn those battery capacaties around :|
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Posted: 2004-07-02 16:14
