I used to have an 8300 when I was with ATT about 2 weeks ago. The battery life was so impressive. I could go days without charging it! I just switched over to Verizon and I'm currently using the Storm. I find myself charging the storm about 2 times a day. I am considering swapping the storm out for the 8330 but I read something that kind of alarms me. I read that the 8300 rates about 8.5 hours talk time, the Storm rates 7 hours, and the 8330 rates 5 hours.
My question is this; If I swap out the Storm for the 8330, am I going to be dealing with the same battery issues? Could the 8330 battery be even worse than the Storms?
CDMA phones are naturally harder on batteries than GSM phones, so it's to be expected that in practice the 8300 would have a longer battery life than the 8330.
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I had the Storm and switched to the Curve on Verizon. I would HAVE to charge the Storm every day, sometimes before the day was over. The Curve battery is sooooo much better. I can literally go days without charging and with heavy use. I am much happier with the Curve.
on some sites the 8330 is to have about four hours of talk time, but a couple of sites tested it as 7 hours of talk time. I have yet to test minz but i usually charge my 8330 every two days, thats with some talking texting and videos. plus theres a 2600mAhr battery for it that increases it by 140%
I charge my 8330 every other day with decent talking and texting. If I use my phone a lot hough (I.e. Web browsing and lots of calls) I will have to sharge it nightly
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I too had the Storm and switched to the Curve. With the Storm I was charging it each night and the Curve I only have to charge it twice a week. I'm much happier with the Curve.
After a day of use of my 8330, the battery is about 65% so I recharge every other day in the evening. I do have the seidio extra capacity battery but the one that fits the device without needing the extended back.
