Motorola v551

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:26:47 -0600, Mike Smith <spamsucks@home.com>
wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I am considering getting the v551. Most reviews indicate this is a
>pretty good phone. However, several people are saying they get
>horrible battery life. Like having to charge every night regardless of
>use.
>
>Is anyone here having this kind of problem?
>
>I have an Nokia 5160 that I charge once a week, and don't want
>to get a battery hog.
>
>Mike

I just got a V551. It gets 2-3 days without bluetooth on and without
too much usage. But I am still setting it up so that takes some juice.

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In <q0qkr0pd94fdfvd73bpuppdoak795fnng9@4ax.com> on Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:26:47
-0600, Mike Smith <spamsucks@home.com> wrote:

>I am considering getting the v551. Most reviews indicate this is a
>pretty good phone. However, several people are saying they get
>horrible battery life. Like having to charge every night regardless of
>use.
>
>Is anyone here having this kind of problem?
>
>I have an Nokia 5160 that I charge once a week, and don't want
>to get a battery hog.

My V551 had far worse battery life, 2 days at most with my typical usage, as
compared to my Sony Ericsson Z600 (3-4 days).

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

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In <W9Kud.627$Yj4.228@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.ne t> on Sat, 11 Dec 2004
22:04:38 GMT, "Steve" <nr4p@NOJUNKearthlink.net> wrote:

>nokia 5160 is a TDMA phone.
>V551 is a GSM/EDGE phone.
>
>Will you get a week, not likely.
>I get 2-3 days with Bluetooth off and 2 days with it on continously. But I
>just plug it in at night, doesn't take much effort.
>
>Welcome to GSM. Color screens, cameras, Bluetooth. Video recorder too.

And poor power management by Motorola. My Sony Ericsson Z600 does much
better.

>Steve
>"Mike Smith" <spamsucks@home.com> wrote in message
>news:q0qkr0pd94fdfvd73bpuppdoak795fnng9@4ax.com.. .
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am considering getting the v551. Most reviews indicate this is a
>> pretty good phone. However, several people are saying they get
>> horrible battery life. Like having to charge every night regardless of
>> use.
>>
>> Is anyone here having this kind of problem?
>>
>> I have an Nokia 5160 that I charge once a week, and don't want
>> to get a battery hog.
>>
>> Mike
>

--
Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

I have got my V551 last month. It's a pretty good phone. Battery goes
on for at least two days with bluetooth and a moderate use of camera
and palying midi file and mp3 files. Lot of nice features like
bluetooth, picture id, global phone, GRPS connectivity etc.. However,
speaker phone voice quality is not good enough. Moreover, your
personally downloaded ringtone will not play as loud as you want.
Overall it is a good phone. And i just paid $50 with new cingular plan.
So that's pretty cool too.

Milap

Mike Smith wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am considering getting the v551. Most reviews indicate this is a
> pretty good phone. However, several people are saying they get
> horrible battery life. Like having to charge every night regardless
of
> use.
>
> Is anyone here having this kind of problem?
>
> I have an Nokia 5160 that I charge once a week, and don't want
> to get a battery hog.
>
> Mike

It has nothing to do with GSM. The GSM phones generally got better battery
performance than others like cdma. My Nokia 3595 with a (ugly) color screen
and poly ringtones can last for a week. The siemens M55 last for 3-4 days
and the motorola V400 2-3 days. One days seems very short. If you play all
day with games and camera, yes. But if you use normally it could be the
same as my V400 since they are about the same phone. Maybe the Bluetooth
fonction is always on. This can suck your battery. The battery can also be
deffective or the phone is very far from the base antenna so it will use a
lot more power.



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>
> In <W9Kud.627$Yj4.228@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.ne t> on Sat, 11 Dec
2004
> 22:04:38 GMT, "Steve" <nr4p@NOJUNKearthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >nokia 5160 is a TDMA phone.
> >V551 is a GSM/EDGE phone.
> >
> >Will you get a week, not likely.
> >I get 2-3 days with Bluetooth off and 2 days with it on continously. But
I
> >just plug it in at night, doesn't take much effort.
> >
> >Welcome to GSM. Color screens, cameras, Bluetooth. Video recorder too.
>
> And poor power management by Motorola. My Sony Ericsson Z600 does much
> better.
>
> >Steve
> >"Mike Smith" <spamsucks@home.com> wrote in message
> >news:q0qkr0pd94fdfvd73bpuppdoak795fnng9@4ax.com.. .
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I am considering getting the v551. Most reviews indicate this is a
> >> pretty good phone. However, several people are saying they get
> >> horrible battery life. Like having to charge every night regardless of
> >> use.
> >>
> >> Is anyone here having this kind of problem?
> >>
> >> I have an Nokia 5160 that I charge once a week, and don't want
> >> to get a battery hog.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >
>
> --
> Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
> John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

What plan?

Steve Fall

"milap" <info@stratusoft.com> wrote in message
news:1102962398.674817.159170@c13g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>I have got my V551 last month. It's a pretty good phone. Battery goes
> on for at least two days with bluetooth and a moderate use of camera
> and palying midi file and mp3 files. Lot of nice features like
> bluetooth, picture id, global phone, GRPS connectivity etc.. However,
> speaker phone voice quality is not good enough. Moreover, your
> personally downloaded ringtone will not play as loud as you want.
> Overall it is a good phone. And i just paid $50 with new cingular plan.
> So that's pretty cool too.
>
> Milap
>
> Mike Smith wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am considering getting the v551. Most reviews indicate this is a
>> pretty good phone. However, several people are saying they get
>> horrible battery life. Like having to charge every night regardless
> of
>> use.
>>
>> Is anyone here having this kind of problem?
>>
>> I have an Nokia 5160 that I charge once a week, and don't want
>> to get a battery hog.
>>
>> Mike
>

My V551 does just fine as far as battery life. I don't talk on it more
than 10 mins a day, but I only have to charge it once every 4
days...no more often than my old T720.


On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:08:51 -0600, "TDS" <sfall@tds.net> wrote:

>What plan?
>
>Steve Fall
>
>"milap" <info@stratusoft.com> wrote in message
>news:1102962398.674817.159170@c13g2000cwb.googleg roups.com...
>>I have got my V551 last month. It's a pretty good phone. Battery goes
>> on for at least two days with bluetooth and a moderate use of camera
>> and palying midi file and mp3 files. Lot of nice features like
>> bluetooth, picture id, global phone, GRPS connectivity etc.. However,
>> speaker phone voice quality is not good enough. Moreover, your
>> personally downloaded ringtone will not play as loud as you want.
>> Overall it is a good phone. And i just paid $50 with new cingular plan.
>> So that's pretty cool too.
>>
>> Milap
>>
>> Mike Smith wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am considering getting the v551. Most reviews indicate this is a
>>> pretty good phone. However, several people are saying they get
>>> horrible battery life. Like having to charge every night regardless
>> of
>>> use.
>>>
>>> Is anyone here having this kind of problem?
>>>
>>> I have an Nokia 5160 that I charge once a week, and don't want
>>> to get a battery hog.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
>

I'm getting very horrible battery life with my V551. My supplier even
change my battey but it does the same thing... He said to me that the
guy at Motorola know the problem but the didn't know how to fix it
yet... I hope to have other news this week!




TDS wrote:
> What plan?
>
> Steve Fall
>
> "milap" <info@stratusoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1102962398.674817.159170@c13g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>
>>I have got my V551 last month. It's a pretty good phone. Battery goes
>>on for at least two days with bluetooth and a moderate use of camera
>>and palying midi file and mp3 files. Lot of nice features like
>>bluetooth, picture id, global phone, GRPS connectivity etc.. However,
>>speaker phone voice quality is not good enough. Moreover, your
>>personally downloaded ringtone will not play as loud as you want.
>>Overall it is a good phone. And i just paid $50 with new cingular plan.
>>So that's pretty cool too.
>>
>>Milap
>>
>>Mike Smith wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I am considering getting the v551. Most reviews indicate this is a
>>>pretty good phone. However, several people are saying they get
>>>horrible battery life. Like having to charge every night regardless
>>
>>of
>>
>>>use.
>>>
>>>Is anyone here having this kind of problem?
>>>
>>>I have an Nokia 5160 that I charge once a week, and don't want
>>>to get a battery hog.
>>>
>>>Mike
>>
>
>