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Sanyo 5500 battery life
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Posted by: kwd57

Has anyone been able to get the 3.25 hours talk time or 10 days standby time as listed in the specs? I have 3 of them and have to charge about every 2 days, with very little usage. I love the phone, but it goes thorugh batteries faster than any phone I have ever had.

Posted by: mike8007

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Originally posted by kwd57
Has anyone been able to get the 3.25 hours talk time or 10 days standby time as listed in the specs? I have 3 of them and have to charge about every 2 days, with very little usage. I love the phone, but it goes thorugh batteries faster than any phone I have ever had.

I agree the battery life is not that great..I have to charge every night..I do play around with camera,camcorder and playgames though..Not alot of talking though..

Posted by: vytal

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Originally posted by mike8007
I agree the battery life is not that great..I have to charge every night..I do play around with camera,camcorder and playgames though..Not alot of talking though..

the extended battery is out now for the great cost of about $100 shipped, and offers 5 hours of talktime and like 20 days of standby or 10 days somthing like that. just wait a little bit they will probably be on ebay for about 10-30 dollars.

Posted by: dude6595

well i heard at the other forum that if readylink is enabled you will have a much shorter battery time so that could be it.

Posted by: kwd57

Dude, do you have a link to that thread or tell me where I can find it, I would like to read it.

Posted by: dude6595

here you go

its not much...but just like i said, i heard so maybe there is better info else where

Posted by: kwd57

Thanks dude, I am going to disable R/L on all three 5500's and see what happens, since I don't use it anyway.

Posted by: HorseWoman

I got at least 3.25 hours of calls on mine today (holding for Sprint CS - all I can do so far is *2 - no regular phone service yet...). One call was 2:15, the other was at least an hour. The battery meter was still showing 2 out of three "bars". Haven't tried running it out - just recharged it when I was done with the CS mess.

Don't know about the 10 days of standby time - I've been plugging it in each night at the same time I charge my Palm.

Posted by: kwd57

After I turned off R/L on all 3 5500's, I do see a big difference in battery life.

Posted by: DaveTreo300600

i have short battery life with the RL disabled -- last weekend i got the extended battery, the car charger and the headset for a total of $59.99 plus tax at the Sprint store on La Cienega in Los Angeles

Posted by: Vee8162

Keep in mind that if you are in an area that is traditionally a bad coverage area (even though our Sanyos will succeed where other phones fail) the phone is working at a higher power output so your battery will discharge at a dramatic rate. Depending on conditions, a fully charged battery may drain in as little as 15-20 hours or less even with no use.

Posted by: dude6595

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Originally posted by Vee8162
Keep in mind that if you are in an area that is traditionally a bad coverage area (even though our Sanyos will succeed where other phones fail) the phone is working at a higher power output so your battery will discharge at a dramatic rate. Depending on conditions, a fully charged battery may drain in as little as 15-20 hours or less even with no use.

and that is why i have had sanyo ever since i tried the 4700. and i will be with sanyo until till they screw me over!

Posted by: plane

My Sanyo 5400 battery life is horrible, in very fringe reception areas, even with r/l disabled--there appears to be enough battery drain (in stand by) that the battery become slightly warm vs very warm with(connected) use in a good reception area.

Then this while annoying, would be considered normal, right ??