Just as I figured, the Nokia N78 has great battery life. Packing the same size battery as it's predecessor the Nokia N73, the N78's new S60 Feature Pack 2 sure makes a difference in power consumption. Before I became a N82 owner I was spoiled by amount of usage I can get on one charge with the N73. Using the N78 for a few days now has once again reminded me what it feels like to get through more than a day or two of heavy usage.
Yesterday I put it through a rigorous test. Check out my results...
- 5 hours music playback through wired headphones
- Automatic Email Retrievel every 30 minutes, recieved about 15 emails.
- 20 minutes of browsing w/ wifi
- 20 minutes of browsing w/ data
- Uploaded 15 pictures w/ Shozu to Ovi Website
- Took about 6 pictures
- Downloaded 30mb podcast w/ wifi
- Sent/Received around 28 texts & mms
- Voice Calls about 30 minutes
- Played games about 15 minutes
- Installed & tested about 5 new applications & 5 more themes
- Watched 19 minutes of Youtube with the Mobitubia application
If this test was done on my old and trusty Nokia N73 the battery might have just lasted till the next morning or early noon after a little more web browsing and music playback. I really believe that the new S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 firmware got about 3-5 extra hours out of the battery.
In a few days I'll be putting the N73 and the N78 to a head to head test just to see how much better Feature Pack 2 is at conserving battery life.
Stay tuned!
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you didnt actually use the phone to talk to anyone you idiot...that consumes the most power