Review: Sidekick 3
Battery Life, is anyone else noticing this?
I got my sk3 on June 29. What's up with the battery life? it can't keep up!! I haven't change my usual usage and the sk3 is dying on me a few hours before the time that I usualy charge it. With my old sk2 I was able to do everthing and I would still have at least 2 battery bars before charging everynight. Is anyone else noticing this???
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i woulden't know. i can't get it til the 10th! 😕 if the battery is THAT bad maybe i shouldent get it? are you constantly on it? (phone or IM)
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We've had our demo model since the 27th and have had no issues with battery life. There may a few things that are affecting your battery with your SK3 that was never an issue with your old SK2. 1)It is now a removable battery. Any battery that can be removed from a device will have less capacity than a battery that is fixed into the device. It is rated at 1500 mAh (milliamps) which is by far the most powerful battery available for any mobile device. 2)The SK3 uses EDGE technology (5x faster) instead of GPRS technology for web access. This increase in data transfer speed may consume more battery power. 3)BLUETOOTH! If you have the bluetooth radio on, battery life is greatly affected. And even more battery power is used when you have ...
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Is the web browser really that fast? I had the SK2, and it was real slow. The camera on the SK3 I heard is horrible.
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