Here’s a puzzler: BlackBerry Bold battery lasting longer when trickle-charged through Laptop…
By Ben Robinson on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 4:25 PM PST In Ideas and rants, RIM (Research in Motion)
Now I might be going slightly mad, but I could swear that my BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Bold battery lasts longer when charger through the Laptop/USB cable, than it does when charged via the mains…. go figure!
In an entirely unscientific set of tests, I have been charging the Bold via the mains, and also via the Laptop/USB cable, and then seeing how fast the battery gets thrashed, assuming average use between each charge.
(Related points to note at this juncture are that I have my Bold set to 2G only, because it preserves the battery generally. Also, making voice calls on the Bold for extended periods drains the battery way faster than if just used for Email…..)
Anyhow, charging through the Laptop/USB seems to take hours – hence the reason I call it a “trickle” charging – because the battery is filled up at what seems like a trickle. Mains charging is usually quite a bit faster. But then running the device for periods with normal usage, it would appear that the trickle charge makes the battery last much longer!
What have the IntoMobile readers founds? Anything similar? Or am I off my rocker?!
Yeah, 100% you’re crazy there, Benny Boy.
I would completely agree…i thought that i was crazy buy the trickle definately lasts longer
Totally agree. I’ve noticed this since the very first time I charged my Pearl by an USB port from my laptop. You’re not crazy… that’s so true.
Now, how to explain this? That’s a trully tech WTF!