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[/FONT] I am very pleased with my Xperia X8 in all respects except battery life. I find it only lasts 24 hours, instead of the two weeks they claimed:
I upgraded from an LG KP500 mainly because I was unhappy with its battery life of typically 2 - 3 days. SonyEriccson specified the standby time for the X8 as 'up to 446 hours' or over two weeks. However, I find the life to be just over 24 hours. I could accept a life of perhaps half that specified, but I think 6% is unacceptable.
I rang the SonyEriccson helpdesk and they said the phone may be faulty, so I returned it to them. They sent it back saying no fault found, but they had upgraded the firmware. This made no difference so I rang them again and was told that I should expect a life of 1 - 2 days. I was told that the specified life is under ideal conditions, with no apps installed, perfect reception and no usage. I said that I hadn't installed any apps, and I live in an area of good reception. I can leave it for 24 hours with no display usage, no wireless networks enabled and no incoming or outgoing calls, then find only 20% left inthe battery. The 'Battery Use' indicator shows about 50% Cell Standby and 50% Phone Idle.
I have tried installing apps like JuiceDefender and JuicePlotter, but they make no difference.
I then reported the fault to VirginMobile (who supplied the phone) and they first suggested I had a faulty battery so sent a replacement. This made no difference so they sent a replacement phone, which again made no difference. I eventually concluded that the real life is only 24 hours.
I felt SonyEriccson is mis-selling the phone by giving misleading and unrealistic specifications, so I reported the matter to the Advertising Standards Authority. SonyEriccson gave them the same story they gave me, which they accepted. However, I see that SonyEriccson have now modified the specification on their website Sony Ericsson - Corporate - Products - Phoneportfolio - Specification - Xperia? X8 to delete all reference to battery life. It is, however, still given on the VirginMobile website Sony Ericsson X8 Handset Contract Handset - Pay monthly contract phones - Virgin Mobile, and other websites such as Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 - Full phone specifications, Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 specs - Phone Arena, Specifications - Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 - Sony Ericsson - Mobile phone reviews | Mobile phone contracts - Which? Mobile and Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 (E15i) - Complete Specifications - The Phone Database.
Does everyone have the same short battery life as me? Can anyone suggest a means of increasing it?
[/FONT] I am very pleased with my Xperia X8 in all respects except battery life. I find it only lasts 24 hours, instead of the two weeks they claimed:
I upgraded from an LG KP500 mainly because I was unhappy with its battery life of typically 2 - 3 days. SonyEriccson specified the standby time for the X8 as 'up to 446 hours' or over two weeks. However, I find the life to be just over 24 hours. I could accept a life of perhaps half that specified, but I think 6% is unacceptable.
I rang the SonyEriccson helpdesk and they said the phone may be faulty, so I returned it to them. They sent it back saying no fault found, but they had upgraded the firmware. This made no difference so I rang them again and was told that I should expect a life of 1 - 2 days. I was told that the specified life is under ideal conditions, with no apps installed, perfect reception and no usage. I said that I hadn't installed any apps, and I live in an area of good reception. I can leave it for 24 hours with no display usage, no wireless networks enabled and no incoming or outgoing calls, then find only 20% left inthe battery. The 'Battery Use' indicator shows about 50% Cell Standby and 50% Phone Idle.
I have tried installing apps like JuiceDefender and JuicePlotter, but they make no difference.
I then reported the fault to VirginMobile (who supplied the phone) and they first suggested I had a faulty battery so sent a replacement. This made no difference so they sent a replacement phone, which again made no difference. I eventually concluded that the real life is only 24 hours.
I felt SonyEriccson is mis-selling the phone by giving misleading and unrealistic specifications, so I reported the matter to the Advertising Standards Authority. SonyEriccson gave them the same story they gave me, which they accepted. However, I see that SonyEriccson have now modified the specification on their website Sony Ericsson - Corporate - Products - Phoneportfolio - Specification - Xperia? X8 to delete all reference to battery life. It is, however, still given on the VirginMobile website Sony Ericsson X8 Handset Contract Handset - Pay monthly contract phones - Virgin Mobile, and other websites such as Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 - Full phone specifications, Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 specs - Phone Arena, Specifications - Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 - Sony Ericsson - Mobile phone reviews | Mobile phone contracts - Which? Mobile and Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 (E15i) - Complete Specifications - The Phone Database.
Does everyone have the same short battery life as me? Can anyone suggest a means of increasing it?