So, After the initial shenanigans surrounding my iPhone, I was ready to get down to just using the thing, and the first day, I was really surprised how often I did actually use it…and I don’t mean just playing with it because it was new. I mean it was remarkably useful.
My family and I took a small trip down to the town where we all grew up (population: 7,000 or so), and I am glad to report that even in the most rural of areas, I was able to connect to the Edge network, and use the Internet. Now, it seemed to me that the further into the rural areas I got, the slower Edge was…I’m not sure if that’s even how Edge works, and I could have been imagining things, but that’s how it appeared.
Still, I was able to look things up online, receive my email, and use Google maps – it was SLOW – but it worked.
This was the first complete charge for the battery, and I was mostly satisfied with the life of the charge. I was heavily using the web, watching video, listening to music, and making calls while demoing the iPhone to my various family members, and the battery hit the 20% mark at 6 hours 23 minutes.
Later that night, I was told by a guy working the window at a Whataburger that he quote: “hated me” because I was using the iPhone while waiting in line.
I think I’m going to be getting a lot of that.
And a lot of ‘oooo, can i try it?’
If you haven’t yet, you should calibrate it (run it all the way down until it shuts off, then fully charge it w/o interruption (you can use it, but don’t unplug it). That greatly helped my batt life. Also remember to turn off wifi (Settings->WiFi) when you are out and about, that also can really help.
@ Eric –
Thanks for the tips. I’ll give it a try tonight.
I made a trip to Richmond yesterday and with the help of google maps I found a better route, I shaved and hour off my round trip. Also, I have found it is rather difficult to type while driving.
I was playing with my iPhone before Transformers last night, and it sparked a pretty heated debate about how awesome/sucky it is in the row behind me.
I’m still a bit nervous about demoing it for strangers, though. I REALLY don’t want to get mugged.
@ Rick
You shouldn’t type while driving. Bad Rick! Bad!
@ Drew
Don’t live a life of fear – whip it out!
LOL!!
I love the “Hate you” reference. If you can imagine, that’s the kind of response I used to get in the Sidekick. Um… Used to… Now it’s all ho hum!! Hate the iPhone!!
So, I’m waiting for my sidekick contract to expire (a whole ‘nuther year) before I upgrade to the iPhone…
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