Virgin Mobile Kyocera K9 Pay-As-You-Go Wireless Phone
Kyocera K9 is a Dog
We received two kyocera k9 phones from Virgin wireless. Neither phone would hold a charge beyond 12 hours of standby time. A fully charged battery goes dead in less than one day without being used. Kyocera and Virgin claim the battery will last 7.5 days on standby. What a joke. It's no joke when you need your phone in an emergency and the battery is dead. Virgin claims we got two bad phones. Read other reviews. The K9 needs frequent charging to stay ready for use. Avoid this phone.     UPDATE- we tried some of the tips offered by other reviewers without any improvement in battery life. Besides, you should not have to \\"trick\\" your phone into charging properly. What gets me is the wide disparity in reviews. I guess if you never use your phone or have never had a cell phone then this phone is great for your needs. I find that I have to leave the phone off a majority of the time to conserve battery power which is fine for outgoing calls but emergency incoming calls will be missed and that is unacceptable to me.