Comments on: Vlog: Nokia N96 Battery Life Explained by Product Manager

By: Peter Mueller

Peter Mueller — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +0000

For me this sounds like one of this decisions engineers are making, and nobody else can understand this.. In fact: the stronger battery used in the N95 8 GB is not even one millimeter thicker, the can’t tell that it wouldn’t have been possible to manage this- Especially after the bad press about this and tons of comments in the internet.. For me there’s not even one single reason for this decision, the comment with the size of the device is just B….

By: Sokobanja

Sokobanja — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:16:40 +0000

i dont linke battery issue on n96

By: JimmieBlake

JimmieBlake — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:20:01 +0000

It's quite annoying to have to recharge your telephone every day and to have to hear the low battery warning in the afternoon of the next day. But Nokia recently came up with a new generation of procell batteries that allow phones to remain very small but have a longer usage before needing to be recharged. Nokia is one of my favorite mobile phones brands and I am sure they wont let us down.

By: JimmieBlake

JimmieBlake — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:20:01 +0000

n the spring of 1976 my mother opened her front door to discover my Uncle Hardy on her doorstep with “his pillow under one arm and a suitcase in each hand.” Nobody really knew what the last straw was between him and my Aunt Joan, just that there'd been enough of them to winter-in a herd. By the holidays of that year, the always-ebullient Hardy was a bit grim over his finances.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 04 May 2009 10:17:02 +0000

Well that does not really solve any issue because the battery life of the N96 is still pathetic. Plz give some solutions, IF ANY

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:17:02 +0000

Well that does not really solve any issue because the battery life of the N96 is still pathetic. Plz give some solutions, IF ANY

By: SimiPotSmoker

SimiPotSmoker — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:14:38 +0000

Well for any one out there thats complaining about the Crummy 950Mha battery Nokia course to use for the N96. I Purchased a extra rear battery cover from Nokia, and took 10min with a Dremel tool, and now my N-96 takes and uses the BL6F Battery from the earlier N95-2/3/4. So now I have the big bad ass 1200Mha battery. Well I can honestly say I still can't get a battery to last past one half day, BUT I am an extremely hungry power/data user. The bigger battery DOES make a noticeable improvement, hough, with quite a bit more talk time. So yea Nokia screwed up, and packed there phones with an inferior power supply, but don't despair, the the last GOOD battery still fits, with MINOR MODS.

By: John

John — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:03:16 +0000

I bought Nokia N 96 and I am sick of chargin it every day.I will sell it now,because I can not trust my phone.I knew that batery would not last for much but this much?! Just feeling cheated. Lesson learned,never buy nokia smart phones again.

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:05:18 +0000

N95 – normal use 3-4 days
n96 – normal use 2 days max
n96 – ‘heavy use’ 20 hrs max

If you ask me, they had 1000s of batteries in stock & had to get rid of them.

For me the real tell-tell sign was the car charger in the package.

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:05:00 +0000

N95 – normal use 3-4 days
n96 – normal use 2 days max
n96 – ‘heavy use’ 20 hrs max

If you ask me, they had 1000s of batteries in stock & had to get rid of them.

For me the real tell-tell sign was the car charger in the package.

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:21:28 +0000

My Battery last the whole of 24hrs before dying compleatly

the phone is 3 days old, i probably made up to about 25 calls yesterday and a few emails

my N95 was even better than that, even though i had 8 replacement N95′s due to software issues, i think i might get my N95 out!!

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:21:00 +0000

My Battery last the whole of 24hrs before dying compleatly

the phone is 3 days old, i probably made up to about 25 calls yesterday and a few emails

my N95 was even better than that, even though i had 8 replacement N95′s due to software issues, i think i might get my N95 out!!

By: Mada

Mada — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:38:04 +0000

i am not using the N series just for this simple reason its battery life really sucks any way

i have a question how could i increase the battery life of my 5800 XM its quite annoying for me it just lasts for 2 days max

i travel quite much in my work and i don’t have the charger with me all the time
hope you could help

By: Mada

Mada — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:38:00 +0000

i am not using the N series just for this simple reason its battery life really sucks any way

i have a question how could i increase the battery life of my 5800 XM its quite annoying for me it just lasts for 2 days max

i travel quite much in my work and i don’t have the charger with me all the time
hope you could help

By: eur0tec

eur0tec — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:56:21 +0000

I bought it a month ago and not only want to confirm the disappoinment of the other users here but even feel cheated when trying to shot a few short video clips and it even won’t give me more than 10 mins, listen to music with a bluetooth headset and you’r out of business within an hour. This makes all their bold functionalities a joke. I just wasted some big bucks here. This is the end of my NOKIA loyalty after almost 2 decades of buying their phone.

By: eur0tec

eur0tec — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:56:00 +0000

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:37:29 +0000

My N96 has a alright battery life, i dont know because i havent had a n95.. i was playing with it most the morning and managed to watch 3/4 of a film on tv-out then it died so had to get charger.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:37:00 +0000

My N96 has a alright battery life, i dont know because i havent had a n95.. i was playing with it most the morning and managed to watch 3/4 of a film on tv-out then it died so had to get charger.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:37:00 +0000

My N96 has a alright battery life, i dont know because i havent had a n95.. i was playing with it most the morning and managed to watch 3/4 of a film on tv-out then it died so had to get charger.

By: Deez18

Deez18 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:00:09 +0000

Nokia has a bunch of stupid geniuses working for them. The BL-6F(1200) is only a little bit thicker than the BL-5F(950)

By: Deez18

Deez18 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Nokia has a bunch of stupid geniuses working for them. The BL-6F(1200) is only a little bit thicker than the BL-5F(950)

By: metti

metti — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:52:53 +0000

hmm i know the batery life is shit in nokia n96 but the nokia n95 8gb the batery life much good end i know the best phone is nokia 95 8gb bye…

By: metti

metti — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:52:00 +0000

hmm i know the batery life is shit in nokia n96 but the nokia n95 8gb the batery life much good end i know the best phone is nokia 95 8gb bye…

By: Louie

Louie — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:44:07 +0000

I have the N96 and love the phone…but am really annoyed with battery life; I had the N70 previously which the battery lasted fine; the N96 flashes battery low everyday; I can not pair it with my car’s handsfree or my headset because bluetooth on drains the battery at an unbelievable pace; not good enough Nokia; this phone needs a bigger battery; what’s the purpose of this great phone when you can not power it on as the battery drains before you can finish your phone call; very disappointing.

By: Louie

Louie — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:44:00 +0000

By: Louie

Louie — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:44:00 +0000

By: Khalifa

Khalifa — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:37:23 +0000

He’s a liar, it sucks!

http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=175457

I wish I never upgraded.

http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/board/message?board.id=smartphones&thread.id=106116&view=by_date_ascending&page=2

By: Khalifa

Khalifa — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:37:00 +0000

He’s a liar, it sucks!

http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=175457

I wish I never upgraded.

http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/board/message?board.id=smartphones&thread.id=106116&view=by_date_ascending&page=2

By: Khalifa

Khalifa — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:37:00 +0000

He’s a liar, it sucks!

http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=175457

I wish I never upgraded.

http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/board/message?board.id=smartphones&thread.id=106116&view=by_date_ascending&page=2

By: Alan Doyle

Alan Doyle — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:18:48 +0000

Having had a N95 8gb for the best part of a year now (Nov ’07) – in fairness to nokia, they did address the battery comsumption. The original BIOS was woeful – but I think the firware upgrades have sorted out a lot of the comsumption issues.

I *REALLY* don’t get though why nokia themselves don’t get more into the customization market. It’s clear that a significant percentage of the market (myself and I guess ourselves included) would sacrifice form factor over battery capacity. Why can’t they come up with a “clip on” 1000 mAhr additional battery or something. (Yes, I know about things like http://energizer.com/products/energi-to-go/Pages/ipod-cell-phone-charger.aspx but I’d like to see something built onto the phone)