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I have to say that I think that I have a lot of the settings set to minimize the battery and I actually don't use it as a phone too much unless I'm driving.

Mine syncs over the air to Exchange server and I have it set to only deliver mail when there is a new item so it isn't always polling.  Also set to do this only during prime time.  I manually sync just when I need it outside of prime time.

Backlight is set to the second from the bottom with timeouts at 30 seconds.  Kbd backlight is set for 5 second timeout.

I get at least two days unless I am using the GPS in which case a full battery will be dead in 2 hours if it isn't plugged in to the car charger.  (TomTom software keeps the backlight lit at max and the GPS receiver uses juice too)

I check it all the time, I usually only let Active Sync and Messages run. Maybe I just got a battery that doesn't like to charge all the way. Or I should just tell people to stop emailing me so much. Oh well, I guess I'll just deal with it for now.

Post edited 6:50 pm – January 30, 2009 by deniska

The battery life on my Epix is very good compared to my Tilt (1800 mAh stock battery in Epix, 1600 mAh Seidio battery in Tilt).  My Tilt would last me from 7am through 3-4pm or worse (with 3G off).  On weekends it would lest me through 6-7pm.  Some days it would barely make it to noon.  The Epix (with 3G on) gets me through midnight and still has 20-30% left.  Usage patterns are similar — a ton of incoming email (1 exchange and 2 IMAP accounts), a dozen outgoing emails, a few calls (1-2h total), browsing on and off.  I've also added 20 min of GPS to the Epix routine as a test (would never do that on Tilt if not plugged in). 

That said, as far as “lasting for days on one charge w/ Epix”… Not even close for me.  Even on the weekends with light usage I doubt I'd make it two full days.  There are probably a few things I can do to squeeze a bit more time, but the only way I'd get two days is by leaving the phone untouched for two days.

Had a chance to run the phone without charging from 7 am to 2am the next morning, with a two-hour break — the phone was off (long trip home… ).  Light phone usage (~1 hour total), heavy email and moderate web (heavy for about an hour).  The phone was around 20% by the end.  Would probably be dead by 9am next morning if I didn't plug it in.