very disappointing battery life
920591
The iPod came on time and looked to be in great condition. I was completely happy with it for the first 2 months. Recently I started using it during long runs, and I found that the battery only lasts for 2 hours, which is just unacceptable. Unfortunately amazon only does 30 day returns, so I discovered this problem too late. To make matters worse, it totally died today as I was trying to charge it. It now doesn't work at all. So it lasted me all of 2 months. I would have been better off just paying a little more and going through the apple store. I do NOT recommend purchasing here.
4568619
I'm really disappointed - even with some of the negative reviews, I was hopeful based on others' positive experiences that this battery would work. I followed the instructions perfectly (to wait til the battery is completely drained, then recharge to 95%, and do this at least 3 times), but the battery is still only lasting 2-3 hours max, even without ANY use. I've literally just had it sitting on the desk, no apps/background apps running, in "battery save" mode, not touching it. Each cycle, the battery life reduces even more. I'm on my 5th recharge in 2 days, and the battery just dropped from 75% to 25% after a 5-minute call. ARGH! I'm going to try contacting the seller about replacing the battery, but don't have high hopes. I'll update with the results!
1147351
Ok, just got this phone a couple weeks ago and frankly it's disappointing.  I miss my Tour.  The touchscreen is useless.  Why they even wasted the time with touchscreen is beyond understanding as the screen is just too small.  MOST IMPORTANTLY, battery life sucks.  I've had two occasions where I haven't even been using the phone and the battery life has drained for no apparent reason.  Bluetooth is shut off, wi-fi disabled and still battery drains quickly.  Fortunately this phone is provided by my company's plan so hopefully I can get this rectified.  Perhaps a faulty battery is the excuse, but I'd steer away from this one if I were you.
903349
My expectations with this gadget were so high!!! But the thing is, only after a few weeks, battery went from 3-4 day lasting to almost 1 day. This sucks. The WHOLE battery drains after 12-14 hours of use, even with the Bluetooth turned off. What a shame!
752212
Takes 3 big, expensive batteries and drains them after very little use. It started out nice and bright (by that I mean, for a battery powered light; it's never even close to the brightness of a wired light) but started gradually dimming within 3 or 4 weeks. And I was a very conservative user; every time I used it, I would manually turn it off after a couple of minutes. I never left it on for the 30-minute auto-shutoff. So, I'm just really disappointed in the battery life, and in its relative dimness, especially as the batteries drained. I won't be replacing the batteries, I'm just going to trash this thing, unfortunately. It's also a bummer that I screwed it into my closet ceiling...
2964968
After using this unit daily for the last 8 months (I use it all day for business phone calls - home office and while traveling), I feel I got my money's worth at $33.  However, the battery life has greatly diminished just this week.  By early afternoon, it is dead.  I will not repurchase.
4292508
After a few days, I've given up on this device. The battery barely lasts 6-8 hours, with just moderate use, i.e a bit of facebook, 2-3 short videos on youtube, and less than 5 phone calls. If i pick this up and scroll through facebook for a 5 minutes, it already gets hot...I've gone into settings and optimised the battery, removed apps(I even disabled Chrome because it was flagged as the main culprit), optimised timeout, the screen brightness etc. After that didn't work out, I installed a battery saver app. That only marginally helped. I'm losing about 5% an hour when the phone is on standby. A complete waste of money
1082218
Battery does not last even close to a month despite backlight being on level 2, WiFi off and only being used about every 3 days. Far short of the "months of battery life" offered. I otherwise like it a lot so it's unfortunate that one of the main features falls short. I might just buy a new voyage instead or wait to see if a new Paperwhite comes out.
3086044
Battery life very short. Can not finish my small sidewalk before it dies.
3763044
no at all dependable. Very low battery time.
1115929
Very poor battery life. Becareful on this one. Very disappointed. I've had 6 cell phones over the last 15 years and this has to be one that should be recalled due the substantial battery draw. Will not last 24 hours on a full charge with no more than 20 minutes a day of calling. My Samsung would go 7 to 10 days.
4820607
The battery life stories are actually generous -- this is a complete ripoff in terms of usefulness.  Actually, the battery life starts off low and goes down with time.  I now have about 30 seconds of operation.  The company, who makes great vacuums otherwise, could not give these things away.
3725976
I really wish I hadn't bought these. Sound quality is not amazing, but fine, sound cancelling mediocre, much less than the Bose Quiet Comforts I lost,  and pairing capability is straightforward. My big regret is the battery life is terrible, and, as an incomprehensibly poor design choice, once the battery gets to be what seems about 50%, they do a 5 tone beep every single minute until you charge them. I get it, my battery is low, but why do I need a jarring, long interrupt every 60 seconds to tell me. It basically renders them useless once they get under the 50% mark in an already terrible battery life.
1571443
No real-time pace or auto-pause when you stop moving. Battery life poor.
3049808
I've had this since mid-September and it no longer charges, I believe the charger port is loose :(  What's frustrating is just how short the cord is for this device, and the placement of it really isn't the most friendly place. It said that the battery life lasts somewhere between 12-14hrs, however the maximum life I got out of it since the beginning was the average 4-5hrs...very disappointing as this device is designed for people on-the-go. If they want to be really innovative they should make the keyboard and back panel solar powered...and give it more performance power. I expect this day in age to be able to run five different programs, surf ten different webpages, and host a gallery of apps in the background while I multitask. Sadly, I'll be shipping this little guy back to the makers to get fixed and hopefully the do me good and refund me even though Amazon's policy won't.
3695640
I can't even call the battery life bad, it's atrocious.  I'm lucky if I can get 4 hours use on a full charge just on the internet.
811460
While the product sounds great for the small package, and is quite portable, the battery life is worse than awful.  I bought this to use at tailgating for football games, and was happy, until the battery only lasted three hours.  I took it back, tried another one, and the same thing happened.

If battery life is not important to you, the speakers definitely sound good for their size, but if you're looking for something with a reasonable battery life, this isn't it.