savagelizards
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I have two Icons as well, (my daughter always copies me she followed me moving away from Apple) and she just updated last night to the developer preview. I have had it for awhile now and the battery has adjusted fine and I am getting about 2 days or so on a full charge. I used to get on average 3 days (most was 4 days). All I use it for is mainly email, texting, Internet, and FB chat and updates. Some Twitter, Instagram and of course the Windows Phone Central app. I never really use it as a phone much.
With this in mind before the update I used the battery saver option set to kick in at 20% and would charge it anywhere after 10% was left. Now I have the battery saver off (for battery drain troubleshooting purposes) but plan on testing it out again by turning it back on after this next full charge.
I have had kind of sketchy battery life since I got my Icon back in February when it first came out. I knew from the specs that the battery was kind of undersized for the screen and processor the Icon was sporting. I actually held off on the 8.1 preview to see if there were any bugs, and I was concerned about the reports of poor battery life with 8.1.
Of course, I could only hold out so long, and I installed the preview Sunday evening. Surprisingly, my battery life seems none the worse, and possibly a slight improvement form 8.0. I still charge it when I can throughout the day, but I use my phone as my primary work device, so it gets a workout. If battery life is your primary requirement in a phone, I would suggest looking for a different model, but if you are on Verizon, Icon is pretty much your only choice.