[ashley_bc]

Is it just MY BB's battery life or are all BB battery like this?

I talked to my friend over the phone for 2.5 hrs maybe 3hrs and now the battery is almost gone.

Sorry, very noob question.

[John Clark]

That's a long time on the phone....

[Sith_Apprentice]

well 4-5 hours is about normal for the battery. if you have other things such as wifi/bluetooth/media player/etc going it shortens your battery life

[cliffr39]

The specs say "up to 4 hours" of talk time so you are fine
BlackBerry - BlackBerry Curve 8300 ® smartphone

[theBorg]

Screen brightness has a big effect as well. You can reduce the blanking timeout and enable auto-dimming/brightness control to help save battery life.

[a7xjedi]

honestly im on my phone alot ... i live on it ... after conditioning my battery i get about 5 hours and 30 mins non stop talk time on the hands free hand set my 8320 came with ... however on my jabra bt5010 headset i still get about 4 hours ... i have no issue with my battery at all after conditioning it maybe 3 times ...

[John Gabrikh]

If you are using BB 8320 and it only stays for 2.5 hrs in talk time then there must be some problem with the battery, according to specs minimum talk time period is 4 hrs. Sure 4 hrs non stop talk time is more then enough!!

[greggebhardt]

Originally Posted by ashley_bc

Is it just MY BB's battery life or are all BB battery like this?

I talked to my friend over the phone for 2.5 hrs maybe 3hrs and now the battery is almost gone.

Sorry, very noob question.

Tell all of us what phone you were using before this Blackberry that did better.

Your Blackberry, if properly charged should have lasted thru your 2.5-3 hours call and has power to spare. A 3 hour long conversation will use a good bit of power and most "other" phones would have died!

[cliffr39]

Originally Posted by John Gabrikh

If you are using BB 8320 and it only stays for 2.5 hrs in talk time then there must be some problem with the battery, according to specs minimum talk time period is 4 hrs...

not sure what specs you are reading.
BlackBerry - BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone
Approximate Battery Life

* Up to 408 hours or 17 days (Standby time)
* Up to 240 minutes or 4 hours (Talk time)