What is your overall impression of battery life? I don't need answers in hours, per se, just your qualitative impression. Thanks!
1736826
This was a Christmas gift for my grandsons in duplicate. It's almost June and batteries have not been changed so I'm impressed.
1736827
This was my granddaughter Christmas gift. I just ask the Mum my daughter she says she love the gift and the battery is still going good
1736828
I brought this for my nephews little boy and as far I know they have lasted quite awhile..but as I said I got this for my Great-Nephew and I so cant really say for sure, but so far no complaints about this
1736829
This has run for a long time for our daughter. A single set of batteries lasted her I think close to 6 months, and at times she played with it a lot
1941265
I would say if I am using my laptop to full capacity (streaming video, using high brightness levels, running multiple programs etc.), I get roughly over an hour give or take 15 min from 100% to 20%. I would say it's not as good as the new battery when I got it in 2011, but I am satisfied with it's performance overall. Just use energy saver settings and I think you'll find it's a solid replacement battery, in my opinion.
42874
I've yet to kill my battery . I got it down to 3 percent the other night after play games intensely plus some Facebook and after it reached 3 percent I quit play games and listened to Pandora for an hour and it went to 2 percent and I plugged in up to charge . I'd say 8 to 10 hours just guessing give or take depending on the individual .
1207802
I get extremely good battery life, I believe the biggest power draw to be the HDD (which I replaced with a Samsung 840 Evo), so that may be why I get better than most. I also use the sleep function A LOT! But, this is my school and travel computer and I use it about 2-3 hours a day and only plugin every other day.
2102288
You lost 4% battery in 20 minutes? That's about 12% an hour putting you around 8.5 hours. Yup, that's about right. It doesn't matter what programs you have "running" in the background. The iPad OS works differently from your Windows OS, the stuff is there, but not running. It will not drain your battery any faster. The biggest factor is going to be how bright your screen is. I usually have mine around 40-50%, plenty bright for indoor use and my battery lasts 9+ hours. Also if you're reading a book turning off wifi will help a bit. 9 hours of continuous use is PHENOMENAL for a device like this. I constantly use my iPad throughout the day and I have never drained the battery all the way. My Galaxy Nexus on the other hand is abysmal; after about and hour of talking and a few texts the battery is at 60% it's horrendous. When I got my first smart phone (a Droid X) I was constantly obsessing over the battery life and if it was dying too quickly or if it wasn't going to sleep properly. I would look in the app market for apps that would help battery, spent hours researching charging methods etc. and it really took a lot of the enjoyment away from me when using the device. Then I learned to just not worry about it, if it needs charged, charge it. Bottom line, so long as you charged it each night before bed, you should never get even close to fully draining it in one day. Unless you're using it 9+ hours a day to which I would say you have bigger concerns then just your tablets battery life.
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.
1187256
Maybe 2 hours on battery saving mode if your lucky. If battery life is a concern I'd look elsewhere. This computer is mostly a desktop replacement.
1241307
My advice is not to buy it at all. Several people (including me), are having battery problems after a month or two. After a month and a half, my battery lasts about 8 hours. I also have other issues.This product could not be the final release, it should be a beta.
430447
Thanks for the reply! I also frequent notebookreview.com....I received my UL30A-A2 today, though, and will put it through the battery test hoops over the next couple of days. Even if it is not the advertised 16 hours 12 hours is still absolutely excellent imo!
5031
The battery life has been good for me. I bought the camera right before vacation and took many pictures over the course of a week. I believe I recharged the battery daily but the battery never died. I just wanted a full battery for each day since I was taking so many pictures. However, I've only used the camera sporadically since so I'm not sure how the battery life would be now if I was using it as much as I was when I first bought it.
711274
The only time battery life was an issue is when I left them on for the whole day when went to work. They take triple A. Just don't throw away the battery it comes with
2271577
It has less than an hour of battery life charged fully, its bad for your system. Use it as a temporary till you can fight to buy a legit one
847448
Battery life is very good , I use it in the shower everyday , so assuming a total usage of abt an hour everyday for the family, two new batteries last me easily a month if not more, battery life obviously is also governed by signal strength at the location, mine is abt average. So I will rate it quite highly. Brgds JD
1443712
Battery life has been pretty good, easily a few hundred shots to a charge. On a recent trip we tried a solar charger as we had no other electricity, it was hard to get a full charge that way.
690658
Many factors affect battery life. I can usually get 4-5 hours out of it if I am not doing a lot of surfing and I dim my screen as I notice the battery getting low.
2280101
All I can say is that the battery life exceeds 1 hour of run time and without slowing down. I've never run it it beyond 1 hour nor has it gone dead. I'm very happy with it. Recharge time seem quick enough but I've not timed it.
1722632
It's like any other smartphone; it'l last days if you use it for nothing more than voice calls. If you use the GPS and 4G radios a lot, you'll drain it down in less than a day.My overall judgment of the battery life would be Decent - Good.