I've been on a lot of forums in the past -- not this one, granted. I've done a little browsing but not much, so I'm not quite sure if I'm about to get yelled at for not using search function because I know this isn't news... I'll admit it though: I'm not (searching, that is). I've done enough google searches to make my head hurt, I just want to ask the question and get some willing details from people with two spare seconds.
I'm wordy and I type fast, a deadly combination on forums (wall of text), but never fear: TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't read) is at the end. Promise.
So...
I just ordered the Xperia X10a. Customer Retentions gave me a great deal on it (Great deal = entirely 100% free, I figure I really couldn't beat "free" ) and so I said "Yes, that sounds lovely" (not an exact transcript of my reaction). I now await its arrival in the mail.
So I've been pretty damn excited about it. But then I did the ONE thing I told myself not to do: go trolling on the internet for all the negatives. I knew there were going to be negatives, that's the nature of smartphones, there's always going to be something if not multiple somethings...
But I have to admit I was unprepared for the sheer amount of complaints over the battery life.
Now I'm depressed (not really, but you know what I mean). Did I just order myself a lemon? I mean don't get me wrong, you still can't beat a free phone I suppose, but is it a free mobile phone, or a free "I need to get to a wall outlet so I can charge this thing because it discharged after only an hour and a half" phone, which isn't exactly all that mobile (ok, well it's mobile, just not mobile + useful at the same time -- I admit I was sort of hoping for the latter. Pipe dreams, what can I say).
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TL;DR: Battery life. Looking for details. Give me your impressions. Tell me it isn't that bad... (or tell me that it is and make me cry, whatever works)
Thanks guys, sorry for the wall.
Cheers~
I'm wordy and I type fast, a deadly combination on forums (wall of text), but never fear: TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't read) is at the end. Promise.
So...
I just ordered the Xperia X10a. Customer Retentions gave me a great deal on it (Great deal = entirely 100% free, I figure I really couldn't beat "free" ) and so I said "Yes, that sounds lovely" (not an exact transcript of my reaction). I now await its arrival in the mail.
So I've been pretty damn excited about it. But then I did the ONE thing I told myself not to do: go trolling on the internet for all the negatives. I knew there were going to be negatives, that's the nature of smartphones, there's always going to be something if not multiple somethings...
But I have to admit I was unprepared for the sheer amount of complaints over the battery life.
Now I'm depressed (not really, but you know what I mean). Did I just order myself a lemon? I mean don't get me wrong, you still can't beat a free phone I suppose, but is it a free mobile phone, or a free "I need to get to a wall outlet so I can charge this thing because it discharged after only an hour and a half" phone, which isn't exactly all that mobile (ok, well it's mobile, just not mobile + useful at the same time -- I admit I was sort of hoping for the latter. Pipe dreams, what can I say).
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TL;DR: Battery life. Looking for details. Give me your impressions. Tell me it isn't that bad... (or tell me that it is and make me cry, whatever works)
Thanks guys, sorry for the wall.
Cheers~