Marthos Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 The HTC Wildfire is my first smartphone, I've always been a phone is a phone talk n text type guy but had had my Sony Ericson K800i for about 4 - 5 years, so thought I'd give a smartphone a try. To be honest, while I get along ok with the Wildfire, I wish I'd stuck with the old K800i and bought a netbook and an internet dongle, which I am infact going to do in a couple of weeks time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTerminator2004 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I have an HTC Desire, and while I'll admit the battery life isn't great, it's not too bad either, depending on what I'm doing. When I'm doing something *really* intensive, like playing games with TigerGBA, the battery only lasts 2-3 hours. Under normal usage though (texts, solitaire, a bit of web browsing, the occasional phone call), it lasts around 3 days, which is acceptable. By all accounts it's better than the battery life of most Blackberries. My old Nokia N95 (one of the first smartphones) lasted about a week though, which is something I miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeWolf Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 HAHAHA I'm glad to see that I'm not the ONLY one who plays solitaire on my phone! :laugh: Yeah, playing games and such will drain a lot of phones really fast. Due to the amount of power that the newer screens can suck down. Having the GPS or WiFi radio turned on will also do it too. Wifi on my Omnia wasn't "horrible" but its not something that I wanted to leave on full time if I didn't have my charger around.The only thing that REALLY sucks my batt down on it is being at school, where we dont get a signal very well. It constantly looking for the network really drains me BAD. From what I've read, yeah... I gotta agree that most of the " 'Droid " models don't hold a charge very well. Very large screens and not a big enough batt. I was really considering the Droid 2 for a while, despite that it was still by Motorola. But the slideout keyboard keys, I really didnt like trying to type on. That and the battery life on it was reported as being Really Bad.I havent done any research on the Pro yet tho. So I'm afraid I dont have any REAL input on it :( My oldschool flip dumbphone on the other hand can last nearly a week with minimal usage. THAT is getting me spoiled pretty bad, even tho its pretty much just a "talk" phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) Meeeh I really have no use for a cell phone of any sort, to me its just a waste of money. But for browsing gps and 3g, i am for sure getting the NGP coming out this year http://www.thenexusforums.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/thumbsup.gif http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nnDcCPUS1CE/TUFz3lp2noI/AAAAAAAAApQ/4cs2otbOafg/s640/ngp-views.jpg Edited February 18, 2011 by Thor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalmasterpiece Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thanks Jim Anyone know of a Flash enabled smart phone with a decent browser that ISN'T touchscreen keyboard? You would think after 2 years I would be used to it but honestly it is just more frustrating than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonkr Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 I have Samsung intercept and I get about 1 day battery life with left over. Good enough for me to plug in before I go to sleep. And I usually use it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Thanks Jim Anyone know of a Flash enabled smart phone with a decent browser that ISN'T touchscreen keyboard? You would think after 2 years I would be used to it but honestly it is just more frustrating than anything. Well the Bold 9780 I bought has a reasonable flash enabled browser, it's not as good as the Desire/iPhone but it's functional and a huge improvement on the thing that came with Blackberry OS 5. I do miss opening links with just a touch but the touchpad works well enough, I would go back to Android but I really have to have a smartphone that I know can go all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderCrazy Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 iPhone doesn't have a flash enabled browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalmasterpiece Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Thinking the Droid 2 looks pretty cool, depends on if Verizon will give me a deal on one though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Not one person has suggested buying an iPhone, my faith is humanity is restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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