08-Sep-2006
07:39 AM
seraphim wrote:
also, just one small point - why doesn't every n80 customer complain about battery life i wonder?
i mean, i have no problems, and others here mention they have no problems...
I think that would come down to usage patterns. When I first got the N80 I made a lot of use of the music player and browsing facilities. I had the WLAN feature switched on as well. Result, BIG PROBLEMS with battery life.
I now hardly use these features, which is a shame as it was one of the main reasons for getting the N80. Result; battery life is OK (not great I hasten to add, just acceptable).
I may go back to the highly dissatisfied ranks at some stage; another reason I got the phone was for some web based apps, but they don't work on the 617 level code I currently use (and I cant afford the time out to trek to a service centre at the moment). So if v4 fixes the web apps problems, and that hits battery life in a big way, then I will become dissatisfied again.
To be honest, I don't see the fuss about the N80i except that some folks will always want to have the latest and greatest versions of things. If you look at the features that are included with the "i", they are all ones that will drain the battery even quicker, causing even more dissatisfaction. So, unless the N80i comes with a larger capacity battery, I for one will stay well clear of it. If it DOES have a larger capacity battery, then it should be able to work in the "normal" N80. No doubt the "extra" software features will be available as downloads anyhow.
One last thought, years ago IBM said that on AVERAGE there was one bug (feature you hope is not in the next release) for every 1000 lines of code. Granted that was some time ago and for their software at the time, but if you look at the software/firmware that is available today this premise is probably still more or less right. Therefore, the more complex the features, the more code, the more bugs. Second, the more features, the more interaction between features, the more chance of the testers nightmare; timing related bugs.
The only time Nokia will recall a product is if the hardware is demonstrated to be faulty in a way as to cause a danger to the public (raised blood pressure caused by bugs and poor battery life don't count).
If anyone has a problem with the advertising, then go to Trading Standards, but before they do, my observation is that the figures for battery life that Nokia published are accurate. It's the numbers that were not published that causes the problems(and I don't know if they even compiled them), that is "battery life using music player or WLAN or other smartphone features".
