Anybody else experiencing horrible battery life

Well sold my iPhone to get the trophy. I know I wouldn't get the same battery lasting that I got with the iPhone but I'm lucky to get through a 1/4 of the day on a full charge. That's being a light user. Has anyone else had this problem. I mean I turned down brightness etc. Any ideas?

I have thrown everything at this phone and at the worst had to charge it once a day.  I also have Wi-Fi turned off since the 3G is good enough for most web browsing experience.  Blue Tooth always on, played 4 hours of music to bluetooth speakers and another 4 hours in my car through a Parrot bluetooth speaker system.
Unless you need to be connected to wi-fi, turn it off and conserve some battery juice.  I believe it is on by default as well as the auto find wi-fi networks & notification.  My results were also with the wi-fi turned on until I manually turned it off.  Battery life is really good on this phone, 1000% better than my HTC Imagio.  Sometimes you just get a bad battery, and you should be able to replace it under the 30 day warranty like most retail stores.
I absolutely love this phone and am really excited about Windows 8 coming around the corner. Thanks to Microsoft releasing new video showing off the new interface, which is basically the next version of Windows Phone 7 UI with more goodies.
I really think Windows Phone 7 UI is perfect for smartphones and would work great with tablets.  The phone experience has been exciting so much so I find myself having problems putting it down... LOL
Besides coverage drop offs like crazy, which were happening 2 days before I got the Trophy... so I know it's NOT THE PHONE!!!  Did the *228 trick and coverage was back to normal.
I usually tell everyone on Verizon to get in the habbit of dialing *228 every month so that you download the latest cell towers added to the network to your phone... giving you better coverage.
Make sure you don't hit the camera button while your on a call. It will disconnect your call and without the disconnect beep. I have done this numerous times, and I think this needs to be addressed in the update.  Also make sure you download HTC Attentive Phone App which gives you more phone functions for incoming calls and ring types.
Overall experience has been 10++ vs. my old HTC Imagio. Once Pandora, Skype, and possible USB drive access like WinMobile 6.5 on the way... I can't wait!!! This phone Rocks!!!
I also bought a nice hard plastic case and clear screen protectors on Ebay for phone and they work great.  Have a couple destop cradles coming hopefully this week. Unfortantely, the cradle makes you charge the phone on it's side. No big deal, it's not like I am playing with the phone while its on the charger. I can still stream bluetooth music and that's all I care about.  The power connection is a micro usb cable, so no problems with capatibility issues with power supplies.
TheJester77

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