maybe i'm just not used to a phone that needs to be charged everyday

so i'm looking at two G1 phones, one has a great battery life while the other is draining a little faster

The difference? One has a sim card and is using the cell radio while the other is not (and has no sim card)

So my conclusion is that the cell radio eats up "that' much battery? Since I do remember that my G1 phone had great battery life "before" it activated (since I got it a week before the plan actually started)

So maybe it wasn't a defective phone afterall but just that I'm not used to cellphones that last only a day. I hear the iPhone has the same problem since we are asking the phone to do quite a lot of things


problem and solutions

didn't have touch screen unlock - solved (with cool unlock application)
couldn't get on android market- solved with rc30 update
no 3.55mm audio adapter-solved (with a usb aftermarket adapter)
lousy sound from the headphones-solved (with aftermarket headphones)
no led flashlight- solved (with flashlight application)

awful battery life - YET TO BE SOLVED


another gripe is that the "new" phone didn't have as great a keyboard as my first one...the tactile feedback is good, but the keys are so flush with the keyboard it seems hard to press...though it's just psychological since the clicking feedback is still the same. So i get used to it...I tried my best already...no use complaining since I really don't use the keyboard "that" much...

I still kinda wish i went with the 1 year contract instead of 2 year...i can't imagine living with this phone for 2 years