I use to have a BlackBerry pearl, i got one the day they came out and found that approximately after a year, the battery performance started to drop..
I just wondered for people that have had the 8830, have you noticed any battery performance decrease yet?
I know the 8830's are rather new, but how long do think the battery will last before the batteries have performance decreases??
I use my BB All day 7 days a week, i just turn it off to charge from midnight - 7am while i am sleeping..
i just turn it off to charge from midnight - 7am while i am sleeping..
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Oh I'm sorry, was that out loud.
Battery life if fine after a year on mine. Charge the phone when battery life is at 10% at least a couple of times a month and it'll be fine. But remember that even LiOn batteries have a certain life expectancy. After about 2-3 years (really depends on mAh ratings) these batteries can loose some of their uptime. It's normal. If you kill your battery in less then 6 months, then it's you or the battery is just bad.
Also, remember that battery life is also dependant on the OS on the phone. Recently Bell released a new update for the 8830 and myself and a few others have noticed slightly better battery life. That's just from better power mangement, so if you buy a phone and never update the software on it, it'll suck as bad as it did when you first got it, depending on it's OS shortcomings.
