Nokia E66: How strong is its battery
The E66 has a strong 1000 mAh battery. However, it has also a big and bright screen. So, how strong is the BL-4U battery? To answer this question I’ve made a batterylog showing all operation( like music), time and the battery level. Before I started this batterylog, I charged the E66 the whole night, choose GSM as my network mode and set light sensor to middle. Besides I deactivate Bluetooth and WLAN scanning to save more power. At the beginning the E66 has 7 bars.
27.06.08
- 6:22 Woke up and started th E66
- 6:23 Checked E-mails via Wi-fi and read them. Than I checked my Site stats also via WiFi
- 6:25 Updated my RSS-Feeds
- 6:31 Went to the kitchen, E66 in my pocket
- Went out to the bus - playing music via headphones, level 100%
- 7:23 Stopped music
- 7:42 Switched to silent mode
- 8:06 My buddy called me - duration about 1 minute
- 9:26 Showed some pictures which I took a day ago
- 10:10 Listen to music , level 100%
- 10:24 stopped music and switched to normal mode
- 11:16 started music again , level 100%
- 11:20 Received 3 E-mails via GPRS
- Still all 7 bars
- 11:34 Stopped music
- 11:36 Checked emails and started my online time (surfing) via WiFi
- 11:47 Stopped online time
- Now just 6 bars
- 12:04 Log in to MSN using WiFi
- 12:50 Logged out
- 13:50: Refreshed RSS feeds and checked Emails via WiFi
- 14:00 Tried to get a GPS connection
- 14:01 Started Track my route using Sport Tracker
- 14:33 Arrived, so I stopped Sports Tracker
- Now just 5 bars
- 15:13 Again refreshed my RSS feeds and checked my emails via WiFI
- 15:17 Restarted the E66
- 15:18 Went to sleep, E66 stays on
- Now just 4 bars
- 16:18 Woke up, checked emails and listen to music via loudspeakers, level 20%
- 16:30 stopped
- 17:35 Checked emails via GPRS
- 19:50 Added and edited some entries to the calendar. More over I checked emails again.
- 23:50 Checked emails via WiFi
28.06.08
- 00:21 switched to silent mode
- Now just 3 bars
- 8:58 Woke up
- 9:15 Checked emails via WiFi
- 9:20 Writing SMS
- 9:25 Received SMS
- 10:00 Took the bus to Brunswick
- 10:02 Switched to normal mode
- 15:08 Checked emails via GPRS
- 15:20 Took about 15 pictures
- 16:18 Now just 2 bars
- 22:15 Checked emails and my RSS feeds via WiFi
- 22:29 Log in to MSN and surfed in the internet
- 23:00 Now just 1 bar left
- 23:05 Went to bed and switched to silent mode
29.06.08
- 8:16 Woke up
- 8:17 Checked emails via WiFi
- 8:18 Switched to normal mode and playbacked music via de loudspeakers, level 20%
- 8:23 Stopped
- 11:28 Checked emails via WiFI
- 12:13 Took a picture
- 12:25 Checked emails and went online to MSN for 2 minutes
- 13:57 Game Over, battery is dead
Verdict:
2 1/2 day of more or less hard using. As you can tell, I had just a few calls and text messages coming in. However, either than that you can see that the battery is really strong and fits really good in the concept of the E66, which is business but also multimedia oriented.
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by Norman John on July 31st, 2008 |
Well Normi, I think you mean July (07), not June (06) ! Wow! Impressive. But would have been different if 3G was on.
K FLYER said this on July 31st, 2008 at 14:06
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Nokia E66 Akkulaufzeit « S60inside said this on July 31st, 2008 at 14:07
very useful post.
would like you to do a full review if you have time.
novice said this on July 31st, 2008 at 15:19
Nice battery “review”..
If you had time, it would be great if you tried the same with 3G on.
I have an E65, but I usually have to switch 3G off to get 3 days of battery use. If 3G is on, sometimes 1 day kills it (depending on the coverage).
L Marques said this on July 31st, 2008 at 21:46
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Nokia Daily News 08/04/08 | Nokia Daily News said this on August 4th, 2008 at 23:33
With my E66 with NO wi-fi, no bluetooth, only gsm mode (no 3G), only 2 calls of 2 minutes, 5 sms, no playing music, no multimedia, only 26 hours of battery!
Why??????
Thunderz76 said this on August 5th, 2008 at 13:01
yeah, mine too.. can only last for 34hrs. no wifi, no 3G, no multimedia playing or music via load speaker..
hm, thought of buying xtra battery with desktop charger..
any recommendation of any brand??
fame1020 said this on September 18th, 2008 at 01:22