UX50 battery life with wifi

[aaron901]

hi, i'm thinking of getting this baby, i just want to know how long can you surf the net with wifi?? i know there's an entended battery but i want to know how good it is straight out of the box. thanks. :)

according to sony it's about 4.5 hours, but that's with the min brightness setting. anyone can tell me how long it lasts with the max brightness and wifi turned on?

[cosFFM]

Not too long I'm afraid.. :-) I can't tell you exact because I just have it for a couple of weeks now and already ordered the extended battery because I use wifi fairly often. I can tell you so much, if you check your emails every hour you'll have no problem, but when you plan on surfing like with a PC your battery will drain pretty fast and you'll better keep the powercord in reach.

[orol]

with power saving on are those 4 hours stated by sony quite realistic. but without it, UX hold charge only for like 2 hours. I'm also thinking of the external battery.

[Omnitron]

I've done THAT much web wi-fi surfing since they changed the wifi access at work... But i was able to get a couple hours from the core unit. I've gotten the battery since then, and I should be able to get twice to three times that.

[ksjenkins]

Typically I get about 3hrs surf time with just the base battery. My problem is I usually listen to MP3's while I surf, which kills the battery in about 1.5hrs. I purchased the Extended battery (EBP)so now I really don't notice any issues, I drain the primary battery surfing/listening. Then add the EBP when my main is at about ~15%. I can go 5+hrs with this method.

If you plan on frequent web surfing the EBP is a must!

my 2 c

[bubameat]

Turning down the brightness helps TREMENDOUSLY while surfing.

[Porter]

I use full brightness and get about the same as everyone else, 1.5 Hrs. The extended battery does add a lot of bulk to the unit, but on the plus side, it improves the ergonomics greatly IMO.

[Blu3Sab3r]

With brightness on Min, I can even see. When the brightness on middle, I can see but I love the way its so bright when on full so I just keep it at full.

[aaron901]

whoa so it's only 1.5hrs ??!