Originally Posted by
fatbaby2
Well I went ahead and got a Lumia 710 about 3 weeks ago and my experiences have been mixed.
Coming from the 'Berry I'm really struggling with the virtual keyboard.
Also, I'm getting about 7 hours of usage before Battery Saver kicks in and tells me I have about 1 hour left. My usage entails mostly e-mail reading and minimal browsing. Walked into a TMO retail store yesterday and had them order me a replacement battery. I'm hoping that solves the problem.
Few things to check
1) Don't have your email pushed to you, instead have it pull every 15+ minutes. That makes a huge difference on your battery.
2) Check your brightness settings. If you are using your phone mostly indoors, which most people I suspect are - change the setting for brightness from Automatic to low. I find the Lumia 900 has plenty of light on the low setting.
3) I don't know if this is true, but I've heard people say that using Wi Fi uses less battery than cellular data. Try using Wi Fi as much as you can, as it will help keep data usage down as well.