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By: Ritche Baria

Ritche Baria — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:31:00 +0000

I get at least 12 hours of battery life with a lot of apps running (Social Scope, Live Profile, YM) an average of at least 30-40 emails, heavy BBMs, and lots of Tweets if I use EDGE and connect to wifi. If I use 3G, the battery lasts about 6 hours.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Sun, 29 May 2011 18:40:00 +0000

Hi, my battery life seems to be fine till about 50%. After that it jumps straight to battery drained and the phone switches off. After charging it for 10 minutes it jumps back to 50%. Do you think the battery should just be replaced or is it a software problem?

By: Sam Hilliard

Sam Hilliard — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:51:00 +0000

WOW, I do about 10,000 text messages a month, average 50 emails a day through thee accounts on my 9700 and my battery is good for two and a half days. I charge it every two days and use it almosy constantly. Never had a battery issue. As a matter of fact this is the longest battery life I’ve had on a phone.

By: Notaco

Notaco — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:37:00 +0000

you save ALOT of power by not being atouch screen.. which is where the other phones fall short.. plus ths phone is a phone pretending to be a computer or data phone.. it isnt a really computer.. it cant multi task, etc.

all these things add up.

i realize it sounds like im hating but im just giving context to this comparison.. I own a 9700 and bottom line i need aphone more than i need a portable computer.

also i agree with Jimmy below.. my battery sux.. granted i have had my phone for a year.. but i meanit really sucks.. and the bars doent property display how lowmy battery it. it cuts out at 50% making me miss a meeting i had my alarm on.. talk about embarassing.. almost cost me 2500 dollars..

By: davv

davv — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:30:00 +0000

i regret buying this trash!

By: Bshelly392003

Bshelly392003 — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:43:00 +0000

ha tom
when you say you did a complete wipe “how”? and this enterprise activation? where do i find this, as i think iam up to this stage, i don’t use my blackberry now as i only get 5 hours out of phone is iam lucky, the battery draining toooooo fast, pissing me off….anyway would like to know how and where to find this info. looking forward to hearing from you
shelly

By: Canuck

Canuck — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:23:00 +0000

There are a few applications which apparently have the reputation of draining the battery. I’m not technical enough to know why, but I remember when I first got the 9700, I installed a bunch of free apps on it, and right away began noticing my battery life disappear. I started reading up on it, and there were apps that had a reputation for killing the battery. I removed them, and the problem went away.

Maybe the iPhone has the same problem. I know even though I keep closing off everything running in multitasking, I found that I picked up the phone on a Wednesday, didn’t really use it, and didn’t really even start working with it until the following Monday. It still had 95% battery left at that point. Once I started installing apps, I found that the battery life was dramatically shortened. I’m new to Apple though, and am not sure which apps are causing the problem.

By: Canuck

Canuck — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:18:00 +0000

Sounds like maybe there’s an app running in the background. I have a BB 9700 and an iPhone 4, and the BB 9700 lasts a long, long time. Occasionally, if it gets down to 30% in an evening, when I come back to it in the morning it has completely decharged, and needs to be recharged, but that’s usually after I’ve had it running for days and days without rebooting it. If I turn wireless and cel signals off, this thing lasts forever. i’ve brought it to the cottage before, and to avoid being disturbed, I turned off the cel coverage and wifi, and on one charge it lasted 5 days and used up maybe 10% of the battery. Basically, it went from a Saturday morning to Wednesday without charges. I wasn’t using it however….it was just sitting in the car….but the battery barely seemed affected.

With regular use, including several calls, some web surfing, some listening to music, and lots of text messaging and e-mail for work, I usually get about 2 days out of it.

My iPhone doesn’t last even close, unfortunately. I’m very impressed with the functionality in the latest version…but the battery is abysmal….and all the advice I can find seems to be to make the battery last longer by shutting pretty much everything off. As it stands, I can go from 100% to 85% just surfing the web for 20 minutes.

By: Mdavidson013

Mdavidson013 — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:02:00 +0000

I think maybe you are hand-lubing too much fella. I have a BB 9700 and typically get 36 hours with many apps running in the background, plus at least an hour’s worth of calls and 20+ texts. Longest lasting battery I’ve ever known,. only goes to orange on the third day.

By: James

James — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:52:00 +0000

Its been 3 days I have had blackberry bold 9700, and I am very dissapointed and the battery lasts for not more than 5 hours without me actually using it at all. I need help.

By: radwan

radwan — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:23:00 +0000

i have blackberry bold 9700, and battery lasts and lasts, sometimes i forget when i charged it last time… and i use it frequently, send emails, text, call, go on internet… none of the cell phones that i had got a battery as good as this

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By: Jimmy Johnsonberger

Jimmy Johnsonberger — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:13:08 +0000

This guy, Kyle, must be Mr. Bold's well-lubed right hand if he really believes he got 29hrs. of battery life out of his 9700 after that list of usage. You'd be lucky to get a solid 12hrs. out of the 9700 for an average day of calling 1-900 numbers and the occasional few dozen sext messages. The battery on these things basically sucks, but since the device is so dope, you just gotta deal with the crappy battery. Or you could always just keep telling people it lasts for 2 days until you've convinced yourself that's the actual truth.

By: Robert Bobsonbender

Robert Bobsonbender — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:59:25 +0000

I've been using my 9700 at work off and on throughout the day for the past 2 weeks and I'm lucky if I make until 5pm before the battery completely dies. I've lowered the back light to '10,' close out of all apps when not in use, put it on standby, turn off GPS, etc., etc., etc. I've heard from several other buddies with the 9700 that it's completely normal for it to run out of battery after 10 hrs. or so. It cracks me up when people on these forums say they get 3 or 4 days of battery life. Even 2 full days is comical. Blackberry doesn't even claim to boast 2 full days for the 9700. Anyway, I figured I'd be one of the few to complain about how terrible the battery life on the 9700 really is.