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@ DistortedLoop

big question homeslice..have you actually given it a try????
you talk a lot...complain a lot...try it, "yourself" not someone else..you, actually you, try it. a controlled consistent condition could be actually "your daily use" as I said earlier try it one day...if it is different from your other days, guess what, you look at what changed in your test, your controlled conditions, and look at the difference. whats new, whats changed, you look at the evidence, and make a conclusion. If nothing changed within your controlled environment,then you try something else...Either way, there are all sorts of things you can do to save battery life on your phone, and stil be able to use all the features and functions of your phone.

@DistortedLoop
yes.. if you really want to complain about battery life, and the very simple fact that you can set to fetch, or manually refresh at any point in time you would like to choose, and keep excellent battery life. or, you can set to push, on 3G, which we already know drains battery quicker, or how bout do push, and turn 3g off, and stay on edge, with wifi turned off.? Please, try this yourself. For a day, if you can handle the fetch every 15 mins. This is your trade off. sorry I hit a sore point for you.

yes, with email set to "push"...battery life drains far more quickly than with email set to "fetch". So you have a choice to make, can you handle 15 mins in between checks? and thus having a battery that lasts all day, including being able to listen to music, and play around to your hearts content. Or setting to "push" and getting at most 8hrs of battery time, with very little use of the phone and its functions. There is also the manual update for email, go into your email and refresh manually and it will check the servers however many times you choose to refresh. Come to think of it, if it was really that important, someone would call me "ChECK YOUR email Right nOW!" ...I dont think there is a real need for push, since you can check whenever you like, and 15 mins...is just that. 15 mins...unless of course you are so anal retentive in your life and need sh#te right now.

dont be so upset..if you want to be the guy to pay $300, feel free..we can all smile and say wow, what an idiot, he paid $300, when we were able to get it for $60.