# How long does your cell phone battery last?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 12, 2005, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-your-cell-phone-battery-last/303532 "2005-05-12T09:13:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-your-cell-phone-battery-last/303532/1 "2005-05-12T09:13:54Z")

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I think mine lasts about an hour before it starts dropping the connection.

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-your-cell-phone-battery-last/303532/2 "2005-05-12T13:29:12Z")

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My cell phone is on 24/7, I have to charge it every 6 to 7 days.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-your-cell-phone-battery-last/303532/3 "2005-05-12T13:31:26Z")

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Anecdotally, most of my friends who seem to rely on their phones are constantly running out of charge. It makes me laugh to see commercials where they talk about how you get a zillion free minutes on this plan or that, and my friends are all keeping their calls down to about 30 seconds because they don’t have enough charge…

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-your-cell-phone-battery-last/303532/4 "2005-05-12T16:33:53Z")

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Nokia phones seem to have the best battery life - Every Nokia I’ve ever had is good for a week of standby, compared to the LG phones they got us for work that drop dead in three days.

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**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-your-cell-phone-battery-last/303532/5 "2005-05-12T16:45:43Z")

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I leave mine on most of the time, including nights, and charge it about every 6 days. I expect that to change since it’s now my solitary phone, instead of being mostly used for finding out when the bus will come.

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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-your-cell-phone-battery-last/303532/6 "2005-05-12T17:24:11Z")

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My phone goes for roughly 4 or 5 days. My girlfriend’s can’t last a day.