RIM - WTH were you thinking... Sorry another battery rant
Let me preface this by saying I started with a Blackberry 950 and have had pretty much every GSM Blackberry with exception of the Storms/Torches so I do have a bit of perspective on what I am about to say.
The 9900 is a great phone in so many ways however.... What the was RIM thinking in releasing this processor with this battery specification? I am running the beta 205, the exact same apps as I was in my 9700. I moved my Facebook to poll at 3 hours vs every 1 hour (on the 9700). The flippin battery sucks @ss compared to most prior models.
Juiced my little stainless lined beauty, fresh off the charger this morning.
Today was mostly meetings, listened to a little (and I mean a little) audible (audible book player - highly recommend to listen or read Unbroken btw), did a few emails and texts. Boarded a US Air flight late this afternoon *poof* 9900 dead. Now sitting here with my phone charging off my laptop so I can use my gps when I touch down. Just waiting to finish this before playing some Modern Combat on my Playbook. I look like an electronic hot mess going on in this seat.
I really don't care who you are as a user of this phone, you can not be happy or have a realistic expectation of using this phone for work. I can't get through a half day to three quarters of a day with the same workload I had on the 9700. I travel for work so in the past week have been in 4 different states in major metropolitan areas. I have had to insure I have chargers in tow whether car or office. It's not oh, it's your apps (and this is without wifi or bluetooth), or it's your coverage. Yes, these are factors for a plus or minus on typical usage but it's not a root cause for having to look at your battery all morning dreading the big drops going on with no usage. This is just a poor design.
I am so torn on returning this and praying somehow i can get a 9790 to use on T-Mobile. My 9700 has been a work horse but now due to the abuse I have put it through the last couple years it is ready to give up the ghost. RIM, why oh why did you do this? I can live without the autofocus, the lack of real UMA kind of stinks, but again, livable, can live wondering why half my headphones with exception of the supplied ones work, or the questionable transmission ghost issue (it's a beta issue). The battery though is a fundamental issue. Will it get to a useable level with the firmware advances? Probably not.
You used to be an innovator, now we have to crawl to the forums for the latest beta or see if a certain fault is common because the original shipped version was half baked. Thank goodness for resources such as Crackberry and others however it seems like we have to spend in inordinate amount of time combing these sites for fixes to get a what we expected in the first place. Heck, now that I think about it OS6 never was great on my 9700 till the berrylicious hybrids came out. Yes, it shipped with OS5 but OS6 was an official upgrade.
I guess with the changes going on at the executive level of RIM I fervently hope the RIM of old comes back. Innovation and solid product launches. Look at your history, give us the bullet proof RIM devices, it just worked out of the box products of old. Yes, we are so far removed from a 950 these days with the hardware inside and the firmware interactions combined with the crap we load on the phone ourselves to hose it up. Get the core values of what the RIM products stood for back and forefront in your offering. This is just a small request from a loyal follower who is very disappointed in your flagship offering.
Now T-Mobile, how about a 9790 launch???
What the heck is a 985 and obviously
You have never owned or used an Android. BlackBerry compared is way ahead of that OS battery life. Geezzzz