I hope it's in line or better than my 7780. I was expecting a negative when I had purchased it being bigger with a brighter backlit and all. No issues at all, I can go close to 4 days without a charge. If the 7290 is in line with that I'll be happy...
If you use the two stage backlight a lot, it drains fast. I know that probably seems obvious, but my battery went dead for the first time ever last night. Oddly enough, it takes a while to charge up before the radio will even turn back on.
I would image that more important to the device type is how much and what you use it for. I find that the newer devices actually are more efficient with battery life; however, because they have more features you end up sucking up more mAh using the extra features.
Kind of like widening the highway then adding more on/off ramps, you just end up with more traffic.
I have had the bluetooth turned on all the time and use the backlight quite often, and I seem to always get a full days use out of it. All day and into the night. I usually end up plugging it into USB on the PC at night anyway so it charges. The battery life is more than adequate to me.
Battery life of a 7290? -
10-26-2004, 02:48 AM
