COBY MID7042-4 battery life?

Joe88

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Apr 27, 2012
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Does anyone know the battery life on the MID7042-4?
All I can find is generic info with no actual amount
newegg has it on sale, along thats its running 4.0 is pretty tempting

I just got the SYNET7LP-DS but im pretty disappointed in it (resistive screen just kills the whole experience!)
 

l8asusul

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Apr 29, 2012
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Just picked one up last night from Fry's for 119. Used about two hours last night took battery down to about 75%. Turned it off. This morning battery is 55%. Not sure what that is about. Maybe it was lower than I thought. Ran for an hour today with no significant change in charge. Will have a better idea this week when I take to work and run it all day.
 

Joe88

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Apr 27, 2012
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the sale ends tomorrow, so cant really wait much longer but from what you said it sounds like it has a decent battery life
maybe 4-6 hours with wifi?
 

l8asusul

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Apr 29, 2012
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A little L8asusul but I have had good experience with battery life. I know a reviewer complained that it was only 5 hours (4.5 with video) and if left on (sleep mode) it would loose 15% charge overnight. I don't need to be on it for 5 hours and as fast as it starts up, I turn it off when not in use (0% loss overnight). I am wondering if the USB charging even works. I had it plugged into the PC for an hour and the charge did not change from 49%. It does take a couple of hours to charge through the AC adapter but I can live with that. All in all, good value for money if you can get for $120 or less.
 
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Joe88

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can anyone install the paypal app from 1-mobile store?
I have an old version but every time I try to update or even with a fresh install, it always fails
 

nimsu

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May 5, 2012
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Just took a 4 hr flight and used my 7042 to watch videos the whole time. I was concerned about long the battery would last but I think I still had 36% left when I landed
 

ziggyzag

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May 18, 2012
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nimsu said:
Just took a 4 hr flight and used my 7042 to watch videos the whole time. I was concerned about long the battery would last but I think I still had 36% left when I landed

By now usb ports in your armrest for charging should be standard, then it wouldn't matter.
 

bvn

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Jun 11, 2012
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I found the battery life on mine to pretty close to match the claims found on page 35 of the manual.
The Li/Fe technology has a life cycle of 3 to 4 years.
 
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