HTC G1 Battery Life...

... is exactly sixteen months.

At least this is true for two phones that we have - they've been bought a month apart (October and November 2008, respectively) - and the battery life has dropped sharply from being able to normally use the phone all day (from eight in the morning to midnight) to being dead at teatime, within a few days.

Prediction: we're about to see a rapid increase in battery life complaints, sharp rise in G1 battery demand, and, as a consequence, sharp rise in the price.

Go get yours before it's too late.

UPDATE: Don't be stupid and try to buy the battery from T-Mobile for $49.99 plus tax. FIYF, I'd say I'll be comfortable with anything above $5.

UPDATE: Got the replacement battery (identical to the original). When I opened the cover to install the replacement, I found the original battery swelled to about 120% of its initial thickness. Makes me wonder how far I was from a battery fire - I remember the phone getting unusually hot when recharging lately.

Blackberry Curve Overheating & Battery Drain: Gone For Good

I see that a lot of traffic to this site is driven by search for "blackberry overheating" and "blackberry battery drain". Just to make things clear, let's state that

• This problem seems to be gone for good, never seen since;
• Doubt that it had anything to do with it, but timing was close to OS upgrade from 4.2 to 4.5.0.81.
• The fact that all third party software on the device (mostly Google stuff) was kept up to date may have played a role, too.

If you're still suffering from this problem, try upgrading the software and see if it helps. You're not going to regret it, either - functionality is noticeably better, though the device is now more sluggish than it was before. Alas, this is the price of progress.

Android G1: Speaking of batteries...

With great surprise, I realized that the battery lasts longer and longer. It may be partly due to loss of novelty, though I don't think I fiddle with the phone much less than at the beginning. Other than that, there's no explanation.

At the beginning, it took several hours to exhaust the battery completely. Now, it is quite normal for the battery to last two days, with both network and sattelite GPS, and WiFi turned on.

<start your conspiracy theories here>

BlackBerry Curve Overheating & Battery Drain: Solved?

I've suddenly realized that it's been a while since my phone overheated and tried to drain the battery. There were no statistically significant changes in usage patterns, but there were several BlackBerry updates (couple of them caught me in the middle of the conversation - and why that Instant Messaging folder that I've deleted keeps coming back to life like a zombie?) and possibly some Google application updates (can't really say anymore, since they've hidden update details from the casual eye).

There's a poll on the sidebar, tell me if it's just me or it's gone for good...