Dash: an explanation of battery life
i recently got a t-mobile dash.
it’s beautiful - and as i’m usually not one to jump on the gadget bandwagon (since i can usually barely operate the 1.0 version, let alone the 6.0 version), i convinced myself i NEEDED a PDA phone. i’d been holding out that my work would get me one, but no dice, so i finally just got my own. i don’t really have to have it for my job (although it does come in handy sometimes), but it kinda makes me feel more professional and legit. of course, i’m probably only using it to, like, half its capacity since i’m not a 6.0 person.
the one thing i noticed right away - i used to be able to leave my old phone (a RAZR) on for a week without charging it, but not so with the dash. the second day i had it, it died at work. at first i thought, well, it’s getting more data, i have it hooked up to my work email, so it just works harder, and the battery runs down faster. i’ve had it for about 2 weeks now, and thoses first two days were the longest it’s gone without dying. so i started plugging it in EVERY night, instead of one night per week. i did that last night. then this morning by noon, the battery had already died. the battery was SO spent it actually shut off and wouldn’t turn back on.
WTF? i just paid nearly 300 bucks for a phone that’s claim to fame is it’s a PDA phone - y’know who uses them?? busy professionals. neurotic people who like to be able to work while they’re not ACTUALLY at work. people that need to rely on the fact that the phone’s battery will last longer than FOUR HOURS!!!
so tonight i’m going to be trudging into the t-mobile store and asking for a new phone. i hope i don’t lose all my settings i’ve become comfortable with. it’d seem a shame for such a smart phone not to save the preferences to the SIM - but what do i know, i have a 1.0 brain.