Wednesday, 1 December 2004
new phone!
So, after my phone was stolen, I found myself in a need of a new one. I went to the Cingular store, where I discovered that they no longer sell the v400 that I’d been using. However, the phone that they offered in its place, the v551, turns out to be so much better for me than the v400, so it all worked out for the best.
The two major advantages of the v551 over the v400 are Bluetooth and AIM—both of which I really wished for on the v400. It also seems to take better quality photos, as evidenced by the sunset shot I got out my office window today. And it even has video! Haven’t tried it yet, but it might be fun to use occasionally.
The downsides? Not too many. The v400 came with Bejeweled and Prince of Persia, but the v551 has only the demo version of Bejeweled. My kids really liked Prince of Persia, so that’s disappointing.
More importantly, I seem to be having some trouble with battery life—it drains much more quickly than the v400, with comparable usage. (Yes, I have Bluetooth turned off most of the time. No, I don’t spend a lot of time talking on it. No, I haven’t spent hours on IM.) With usage almost identical to what I had with the v400, I’m getting only a fraction of the battery life. It only takes about 24 hours before it’s dangerously low, and that’s with maybe 20 minutes at most of talking, one or two photos taken and sent via MMS, and a few minutes of AIM. I went by the store today and they put in a new battery…although now that I’ve done a little more reading, it may just be that I need to condition the battery I’ve got through a few power cycles before it will work to its full capacity.
Anybody had similar battery problems?
