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  1. #16
    DecaturTxCowboy
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    Re: what does "continuous" talk time mean?

    John Salerno wrote:
    > I'm just wondering what a reasonable amount of talk time would be for a
    > battery with a continuous talk time rating of 3.5 hours, assuming I use
    > my phone just for making phone calls every now and then, with minimal to
    > no use otherwise. Can I expect 3 hours? 2? not even 1? I just have no idea.


    A new and fully charged battery on my Sanyo 8100 would last over night
    and into the next evening if I didn't use it. If were to start a long
    call during that next evening, of course it wouldn't have a 3 hour talk
    time.

    Your comparing apples to oranges. A new fully charged battery may give
    you 3 hours of talk time. Period. Thats the only metric you can work
    with. Trying to estimate how long you can talk after its been on for
    awhile is hard to figure.



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  2. #17
    AZ Nomad
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    Re: what does "continuous" talk time mean?

    On Sat, 20 May 2006 13:39:12 -0400, John Salerno <[email protected]> wrote:


    >Notan wrote:
    >> John Salerno wrote:
    >>> AZ Nomad wrote:
    >>>> On Fri, 19 May 2006 21:56:32 -0400, John Salerno <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>> Just curious, does "continuous talk time" necessarily mean that the call
    >>>>> has to last that long all at once? Example: if a phone has 3.5 hours of
    >>>> which word don't you understand?
    >>> I guess I just don't understand why cell phone companies would measure a
    >>> call in terms of how long you can talk all at once. Maybe it's just me,
    >>> but regular cell phone use for me doesn't involve talking for 3.5 hours
    >>> straight. I'd rather the battery be described in a way that is more
    >>> relevant for me.

    >>
    >> Ever seen a sale that advertises, "UP TO 70% OFF?"
    >>
    >> Think about it.
    >>
    >> While the price might be discounted 70%, it also might be discounted 2%. All
    >> the consumer sees is "70% OFF."
    >>
    >> That's what the advertising guys get paid the big bucks for!
    >>
    >> Notan


    >p.s. I guess then there's no way to get an idea of how long a battery
    >might last, given the continuous talk time estimate, if you just use it
    >intermittently for talking?


    People don't all use the same ratio of talk to standby. All a manufacturer
    can do is list how long the battery will last while talking and how
    long the battery will last sitting on standby.

    If the standby time is 100 times the talk time, then you can figure that
    every minute you talk is going to subtract 100 minutes from the standby
    time.

    What the hell do you want? A terabyte table listing every possible
    permutation down to the minute?

    Here we talk for one hour in the morning, seventeen 5 minute calls throughout
    the day, six 10 minutes calls in the middle followed by a 73 minute call
    at 9:37pm.

    Not to be confused with the exact same but with a 37 minute call at 6:53pm.



  3. #18
    AZ Nomad
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    Re: what does "continuous" talk time mean?

    On Sat, 20 May 2006 16:30:56 -0400, John Salerno <[email protected]> wrote:


    >David G. Imber wrote:


    >> Am I missing something - is your confusion about something
    >> else? A battery with a longer continuous talk time is likely to,
    >> although not guaranteed to, work for longer between charges for you
    >> than one with a shorter continuous talk time. That's as precise a
    >> measure as one can reasonably expect.


    >I'm just wondering what a reasonable amount of talk time would be for a
    >battery with a continuous talk time rating of 3.5 hours, assuming I use
    >my phone just for making phone calls every now and then, with minimal to
    >no use otherwise. Can I expect 3 hours? 2? not even 1? I just have no idea.


    Have you ever used a cell phone in your life? What were the specs
    on that phone and how well did the phone do the job? If the phone
    didn't have enough life, then perhaps your next phone ought to have
    more talk time instead of less.

    Sheesh. If the talk time isn't enough, buy a ****ing spare battery.
    Buy two if you aren't making minimum wage for a family of twenty.



  4. #19
    David G. Imber
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    Re: what does "continuous" talk time mean?

    On Sat, 20 May 2006 16:30:56 -0400, John Salerno
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >David G. Imber wrote:
    >
    >> Am I missing something - is your confusion about something
    >> else? A battery with a longer continuous talk time is likely to,
    >> although not guaranteed to, work for longer between charges for you
    >> than one with a shorter continuous talk time. That's as precise a
    >> measure as one can reasonably expect.

    >
    >I'm just wondering what a reasonable amount of talk time would be for a
    >battery with a continuous talk time rating of 3.5 hours, assuming I use
    >my phone just for making phone calls every now and then, with minimal to
    >no use otherwise. Can I expect 3 hours? 2? not even 1? I just have no idea.


    My current phone is rated at about that, and though I've only
    had it a short time, I'd say a single charge with low to moderate use
    should hold you about 5-7 days. Just a rough guess. I used a Sanyo
    4920 for many years and at 5.5 hours continuous talk time, that was
    the champion. I'd charge it and forget about it for at least a week
    and a half.

    DGI




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