Blackberry 8530 battery draining OS 6

Today my phone started to die very quickly. Within 6 hours, it went from fully charged to dead. I had only used to send an email, check the time, and send a few text messages. I normally can go at least 1.5 days without the battery dying. I stopped by the Verizon store on my way home. I was told the problem is not with the battery and that this would continue with a new battery. The guy said it was because the phone was old and did not run on OS 6, so it was using more power. He told me to load OS 6 or buy a new phone. I was unable to load OS 6. This phone is just a year old and I don't like buying new phones unless I broke the phone, which happens a lot. Is my problem really because of the OS being old? Is my only option to buy a new phone? Thanks!

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Just to clarify are you currently running BlackBerry 6? Also take a look at this article on battery saving tips: http://t.co/SucswUk
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Forum Mods, Please make this a sticky: BlackBerry PlayBook battery power charge, discharge characteristics, and guidance on extending battery life

BlackBerry PlayBook battery power charge, discharge characteristics, and guidance on extending battery life
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Overview
The BlackBerry PlayBook may come to a power state where it is unable to power on; a Yellow LED may flash in a sequence of 5 flashes, the BlackBerry PlayBook may boot up to the BlackBerry PlayBook Logo and then power off, may not power on at all.
Discharge behavior under normal use:
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Discharge behavior under 3.53V (0%):
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With the battery between 2.7V-3.53V, pressing the power button causes the LED to flash a pattern (1 solid red light followed by 5 yellow blinks) to indicate low battery (PlayBook Tablet OS version 1.0.5, and above)
Below 2.7V there is no activity, or LED pattern displayed
Charge Behaviour:
The provided charger should be used to charge the device. The optional 12 volt rapid charger is may reduce charging times
to approximately 3 to 4 hrs. Standard Blackberry smartphone chargers, other AC adapter USB chargers, or computer USB ports
are not recommended for the sole purpose of charging the PlayBook as with these methods it may take more that 12 hours to
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Prior to BlackBerry Tablet OS 1.0.5:
A BlackBerry PlayBook will never charge while powered off in BlackBerry Tablet OS versions prior to 1.0.5.
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Starting in BlackBerry Tablet OS 1.0.5:
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