Poor battery Nokia Lumia 800

According to Nokia I now have the latest update with 1600.2483.8107.11501.
With what I call "normal use" the battery lasts 16 hrs.
If I do everything that Nokia tells to safe battery it lasts 20 hrs.
Still I am very disappointed because you dont every they even have possibility to charge.
Nokia will dont even tell me abt how many hrs the battery should last with what I call "Normal use".
What I am thinking it should last at least 3-4 days to be a phone I will keep.
Today Nokia told me that in abt 2 weeks they will come out with a new update to improve battery time.
I think Windows Phone is very inportant for Nokias future and if I was in charge there I should do everything to improve battery time more and do it quick, if only a couple of hrs improvement dont alter anything.
Any new comments on this ?
notbat

I agree this could have and should have been a great phone but it's battery has plagued it and the lenght of time customers have had to wait for a magic 'fix' that just didn't work is poor.
Notsat - You say a new update is due in about 2 weeks? I am hoping this is the case and that it in fact does do 'something' or even anything because the last one did nothing for me in fact I'm certain it made matters worse.
The greatest annoyance is not only is the battery life very poor it is also extremely unreliable, one day 18 hours may be realised but a few days later 6 hours on standby is all you get? This is a ridiculous jump in reliability, I can;t leave the house without wondering if it's an 18 hour day or a 6 hour one!
From perusing the internet and talking with friends who have also bought the Lumia 800 Nokia is at serious risk of losing a lot of their customers over this continued issue.  I for one am now at the point of looking at alternatives and I have personally bought Nokia's from the day dot, I always liked their design, usability and their PC interface (which Zune falls way short of but I realise this is Microsoft software not Nokia).  It's funny how you can end up loyal to a brand though knowing how they work and familiarity but Lumia has tested my loyalty to the maximum.  I have had issues with other Nokia models I've owned but I have managed to see past them.  But this issue makes my Nokia a landline because I can't use it without it being plugged in for fear it will die on me when I most need it.

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