After a week of getting my Galaxy S I have yet to set it down for over a couple of hours without playing with it, love it! 
Only problem with this is that my battery gets drained super quick. When I'm at home I plug it in, at work ditto, aaarrghhh!! But that's what you get for buying a smartphone, eh? 
After checking my battery stats it seems as though the display is the biggest drain. So with nothing to do, a pen and a bit of paper I am happy to report:
For every minute my display is on my battery expends 0.3 of a percent of battery power. This means for each hour the display is on the battery expends 18% of battery power, as such the battery will be fully expended if the display is on for 5,5 hours even without the other uses of the phone. (including calling, texting, etc.
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That sounds like a lot but I don't have any comparisons so I can't say if this is normal or not. So fellow SGS users, I need your help to satiate my curiosity. What's your display battery use?
Just to have a thorough post here's how I came up with the above.
Present phone battery charge : 55%
% of energy used by display : 69% (checked from settings > about phone > battery use )
Display up time: 1h 44m
Display brightness : 0%
Battery expended by display :
Battery expended : 100% - 55% = 45%
Display battery use percentage : 69% * 45% = 31%
Display up time : 1h 44m = 104m
Battery use (display)/minute : 31% / 104
= 0.2985% / minute
Only problem with this is that my battery gets drained super quick. When I'm at home I plug it in, at work ditto, aaarrghhh!! But that's what you get for buying a smartphone, eh? After checking my battery stats it seems as though the display is the biggest drain. So with nothing to do, a pen and a bit of paper I am happy to report:
For every minute my display is on my battery expends 0.3 of a percent of battery power. This means for each hour the display is on the battery expends 18% of battery power, as such the battery will be fully expended if the display is on for 5,5 hours even without the other uses of the phone. (including calling, texting, etc.
)That sounds like a lot but I don't have any comparisons so I can't say if this is normal or not. So fellow SGS users, I need your help to satiate my curiosity. What's your display battery use?
Just to have a thorough post here's how I came up with the above.
Present phone battery charge : 55%
% of energy used by display : 69% (checked from settings > about phone > battery use )
Display up time: 1h 44m
Display brightness : 0%
Battery expended by display :
Battery expended : 100% - 55% = 45%
Display battery use percentage : 69% * 45% = 31%
Display up time : 1h 44m = 104m
Battery use (display)/minute : 31% / 104
= 0.2985% / minute
also always have it on lowest brightness setting unless im outside and need something doing