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"ATT Users, Say Goodbye to 80% of your battery life"
Pros: Nice screen, good call quality, decent interface
Cons: Rotten battery life with ATT 3G network, a bit flimsy
Summary: Good phone, but as usual CNET has the battery life wrong because of GSM issues. Unless you live in a city that has a flawless 3G data network set up by ATT (like San Fran, where most CNET cells are tested) you are going to get 2 days of standby, not 16 and maybe 2 hours of talk time, not 9 as is claimed by Sony and confirmed (more or less) by CNET testing. I live in Manhattan and even here ATT?s 3G network has crappy coverage, meaning the 750 burns up a lot of power trying to reach the 3G network, which is what cuts the battery life down. If you could disable the 3G network search and stick to the ATT Edge network, you could probably triple the battery life as the Edge network uses less power and is also stronger in more ATT coverage areas. Sony has network tuning available on unbranded 750s, but the powers at ATT have disabled this feature, so you are stuck with perpetual energy expenditure used to search for the elusive 3G network. If I even used the internet much, this might be more acceptable, but I use maybe 5 minutes of internet each week and in exchange I get an 80% battery life hit. Thanks ATT, for disabling the ability to turn off 3G and also for maintaining such a crappy 3G network strength even in one of America?s biggest cities! Upshot: if you are an ATT user, only buy this phone if you live in San Francisco, unless recharging your phone every other day strikes you as convenient.
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