iPhone to have 8 Hour talk time

Apple announced in a press release today that the iPhone will have eight hours of talk time. On top of that, the front has been upgraded to glass to increase optical clarity and increase resistance to scratches. Finally, on the subject of battery life, we can listen to music for 24 hours, browse the Internet for 7 hours and expect a standby time of 24 hours.

For those of you that don't use smartphones this is huge! I have a Treo 750 and it has to charge at work. The level of emails, texts and phone calls would kill this battery in about 3 hours and it's a new phone. Previously, the iPhone was in line with every other smartphone offering either five hours of talk time, music or video playback. This meant you can talk for two hours, listen to music for an hour, browse the internet for 2 hours and then you'll have a dead battery.

The ability to talk for 5 hours and still have around 8 hours left over for music is amazing and I'm sure a lot of power users are rejoicing the news right now. I'm still not convinced that the iPhone is going to be scratch resistant but the glass face will certainly help matters. Let's just hope that the glass doesn't shatter when you drop the phone.

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Apple tech specs for iPhone

# Talk Time: Testing conducted by Apple in May and June 2007 using preproduction iPhones and software. All talk time testing was done connected to a 1900MHz network. All settings were default except: Call Forwarding was turned on; the WiFi feature Ask to Join Networks was turned off. Battery life depends on the cellular network, location, signal strength, feature configuration, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPhone units; actual results may vary.
# Standby: Testing conducted by Apple in May and June 2007 using preproduction iPhones and software. All settings were default except: Call Forwarding was turned on; the WiFi feature Ask to Join Networks was turned off. Battery life depends on the cellular network, location, signal strength, feature configuration, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPhone units; actual results may vary.
# Internet over WiFi: Testing conducted by Apple in May and June 2007 using preproduction iPhones and software. Internet over WiFi testing conducted using a closed network and dedicated web and mail server, simulating browsing to 20 popular URLs and checking mail once an hour. All settings were default except: Call Forwarding was turned on; the WiFi feature Ask to Join Networks and Auto-Brightness were turned off; WPA2 encryption was enabled. Battery life depends on the cellular network, location, signal strength, WiFi connectivity, feature configuration, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPhone units; actual results may vary. Internet over EDGE: Testing conducted by Apple in May and June 2007 using preproduction iPhones and software. Internet over EDGE testing conducted over a 1900 MHz EDGE, using a dedicated web and mail server, simulating browsing to 20 popular URLs and checking mail once an hour. All settings were default except: Call Forwarding was turned on; the WiFi feature Ask to Join Networks and Auto-Brightness were turned off. Battery life depends on the cellular network, location, signal strength, EDGE connectivity, feature configuration, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPhone units; actual results may vary.
# Video Playback: Testing conducted by Apple in May and June 2007 using preproduction iPhones and software. Video content was a repeated 2 hour 23 minute movie purchased from the iTunes Store. All settings were default except: Call Forwarding was turned on; the WiFi feature Ask to Join Networks and Auto-Brightness were turned off. Battery life depends on the cellular network, location, signal strength, feature configuration, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPhone units; actual results may vary.
# Audio Playback: Testing conducted by Apple in May and June 2007 using preproduction iPhones and software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks, a combination of content imported from CDs using iTunes (128-Kbps AAC encoding) and content purchased from the iTunes Store (128-Kbps AAC encoding). All settings were default except: Call Forwarding was turned on; the WiFi feature Ask to Join Networks was turned off. Battery life depends on the cellular network, location, signal strength, feature configuration, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPhone units; actual results may vary.

yup the iPhone NOW, sounds better than the rest! I had a feeling that the talk time would be good... thanks Apple ;) - now, I've gotta wait 6 months until it hits the shores of the UK... *sigh*