I bought my Samsung i780 PDA phone in April 2008 during a PC fair in Johor Bahru. It worked well in the beginning before I changed my sim card to 3G . The battery life was excellent if you use the phone for just calling without 3G services. The only problem then, was the Windows Mobile 6.0 software that they were using. It hangs frequently especially if you are opening and closing multiple programs.
The 1st problem came about after I changed to 3G service. The battery life sucked! If before, it can last for more than a day, now it lasted for less than 24 hours. If you do overnight charging, it can last till you get home and will need charging again by 10pm. Mind you, this was on minimum usage of 2-3 calls, less than 5 SMS and email synchronization of every 2-4 hours. One of the problem with Windows Mobile software was that it need to synchronize with email service providers to download the messages. Thus, this sucks the battery.
The 2nd problem came after I upgraded the software to Windows Mobile 6.1. Even though it was more stable than the previous version(less hanging I mean) it sucked the battery even further. After upgrading, the battery only lasted for 6 hours. I had to buy a car charger to charge the battery when I am driving. I had to reduce the email synchronization to every 4 hours which defeats the purpose of buying this type of phone. If you use Bluetooth headset or WiFi, then the battery will kaput even faster!
Thus, after using it for almost 2 years, I decided to change my phone. Stay tuned for my next update of my latest phone…………….
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