battery life: Does anyone know if that's possible?
1013970
You can buy an extra battery here: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=16547492&RN=912&KSKU=118428
1564437
The battery life has been great so far! I've had mine for two months, I never turn it off, and I use my computer for 8-12 hours every day. The batteries haven't needed changed yet.
795717
Never had any problem with the amount of battery life. My wife and her sister will attest to that.
1268769
That I do not know. But the battery will not last as advertized. 40 minutes at best, and for games or video, much less.
1368462
Don't know actual battery life on device(never kept track) but probably not going to last long enough for what you want.
2073346
I've had mine for a few weeks now and am consistently getting 7-8hrs depending on what I'm using it for. Could maybe even squeeze a bit more time out of it if I changed my power saving settings.
116861
I just got the 16GB for Christmas. After reading all the battery posts, the first thing I did was charge it fully, then play it until the battery died. I got 20+ hours. I think a lot has to do with how often the screen is "lit". If you're constantly shuffling through, picking songs, adjusting volume etc. i think one would get less life than just playing it like I did (the screen was black most of the time since I wasn't adjusting anything). And of course, i would expect video or games to kill the battery even quicker. That would be a good test, play a video straight through and see the life. I don't have any videos loaded, so I can't really test that.
148041
I have actually tested the battery life at maximum use. From fully charged, I had the screen at 100% brightness, and going online, I was watching videos. My battery lasted a little bit more than 4 1/2 hours before it went to 0%.
1149160
I did not. Charged it fully and then used it till less than 7%. I'm averaging 4 days of usage... a mild user (wifi & bluetooth off). Bought a second battery so that I can charge one while the other is being used.
202619
Well, unfortunately I'm not an avid gamer so I am not on it that often, but I have found that if you have it in sleep mode it does a very good job of retaining power. If I were to estimate, if you played it as much as the average owner, I would say you could get a guaranteed couple days out of it...I might even venture and say three days. Again thats just a guess.You might wanna poke around online and google some sites that will give you some good insight on the battery life. Hope I was able to help at least a little. Have fun and keep gaming! ;)
1778792
My phone got pretty poor battery life (maybe 1 day or so) until I turned off the keypad light (menu --> settings --> backlight --> duration to off). Now it gets a few days, not great, but not horrible. Your phone or charger is (or was) certainly defective--10 minutes is ridiculous.Alan
1170940
Yes. The battery life is not more than two hours, with constant use. We use ours plugged in to have optimal performance.
1539340
I might not have understood your question, in that you want the time a battery will last, once charged (hours)? Since I turn my computer off and on there is no way that I can tell how many hours I get on a complete charge, couldn't even guess.
777176
There is no easy access for the battery, i guess if you are a tech geek you can have a crack at it at your own risk, otherwise you would need a professional to do it.From my personal usage (Internet, Apps & Games) battery life is pretty good as i never ran out of battery, if you are more using it for movies it might drain the battery quicker but i can not comment on this.
928246
Remarkably good, but I haven't measured it. On all day yesterday, actually using it probably a total of 3-4 hours with sleep mode between uses, and still good life in it. Only time it died was at the end of that day I started a download of Windows 8.1 and forgot to plug it in--died about 75% of the way thru after a couple more hours.
1209301
I don't think it's more than a couple of hours, from a drained battery. But I'm not 100% sure. Definitely not an all day thing though.
403579
I hadn't really tested battery life, so I fully charged the tablet, then set up the power controls to never turn off the display or PC. Then I set it down and let it run. So far it has been 6 1/2 hours and it's still going. The battery indicator says 11% left for 38 more minutes. I suppose the power consumption might have been somewhat higher if I were streaming something, maybe I'll try that test after this, but it definitely has a good battery life. This test was run with WiFi on but without the bluetooth keyboard.