March 7, 2012 By

New Lumia 800 update ‘triples battery life’

The new 12070 update for the Nokia Lumia 800 nearly triples battery life, according to WPCentral. It looks like the update is not yet available in the UK, but has started rolling out to users in Singapore. The battery boost is achieved through better screen brightness and ~7 mA discharge when the handset is idle. The update also tweaks the camera’s white balance and sound is improved via the bass response.

WPCentral adds that it expects other users to start receiving the update later this week.

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Comments

  1. Shaun McGill says:
    March 7, 2012 at 12:14 pm

    After lots of thought, this is absolutely my next smartphone.

  2. Sergey says:
    March 7, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    70 mA drain in idle? must be error here. 7mA looks far more real for normal standby drain.

    • Chris Ward says:
      March 7, 2012 at 3:05 pm

      Hi Sergey,

      I am not sure which is correct. I was going by the WPCentral article, which is linked to in our blog post.

  3. Shaun McGill says:
    March 7, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    It has to be 7, but could be even lower. I believe that average is between 5 and 10 on idle.