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- 05-31-2006, 12:44 PM #1John NavasGuest
Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger?
A: The standard travel charger packaged by Motorola with many current
phones puts out insufficient power for fastest possible charging and for
continuous use while charging.
For example, charger SSW-0509 for the V551 puts out only 375 mA. The
V551 detects this as a slow charger, and thus keeps the external display
backlight off during charging. Worse, there's not enough current to
keep up with use of the phone while charging, so while the phone is use,
the battery will still be discharged even with the phone on the charger.
With a fast charger the external display backlight is on during
charging, and the phone can be used while the battery is charging.
Motorola makes fast 1500 mA chargers that are compatible with these phones:
* SPN4716* (where * might be "B" or "C"), also known as
* NNTN4250 (nominally for Nextel, but also works with non-Nextel phones).
These chargers are readily available from dealers and on eBay for under
$15 (plus shipping).
(For what it's worth, Motorola probably saved less than $1 in cost by
packaging slow chargers instead of fast chargers with these phones.)
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- 05-31-2006, 12:50 PM #2NoBodyGuest
Re: FAQ: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger?
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- 05-31-2006, 01:59 PM #3
Re: FAQ: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger?
Originally Posted by John Navas
- 05-31-2006, 02:39 PM #4SMSGuest
Re: FAQ: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travelcharger?
Cell Mansion wrote:
> John Navas Wrote:
>> (For what it's worth, Motorola probably saved less than $1 in cost by
>> packaging slow chargers instead of fast chargers with these phones.)
>
> But Motorola makes *more* when you decide to buy that extra -rapid-
> charger.
Actually, if the savings per charger were even just 25 cents, the
savings to Motorola would be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Then the
carrier would be paying more for each handset, which they hate doing.
Since most people are charging their phones either overnight, or in
their vehicles, there would be no upside for Motorola to add cost to
every phone they sell in order to include faster charger.
As to the number of rapid chargers they sell after the fact, it's
probably barely a break-even item.
- 05-31-2006, 04:54 PM #5John NavasGuest
Re: FAQ: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger?
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In <[email protected]> on Wed, 31 May 2006 13:39:22
-0700, SMS <[email protected]> wrote:
>Cell Mansion wrote:
>> John Navas Wrote:
>>> (For what it's worth, Motorola probably saved less than $1 in cost by
>>> packaging slow chargers instead of fast chargers with these phones.)
>>
>> But Motorola makes *more* when you decide to buy that extra -rapid-
>> charger.
>
>Actually, if the savings per charger were even just 25 cents, the
>savings to Motorola would be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Then the
>carrier would be paying more for each handset, which they hate doing.
>
>Since most people are charging their phones either overnight, or in
>their vehicles, there would be no upside for Motorola to add cost to
>every phone they sell in order to include faster charger.
>
>As to the number of rapid chargers they sell after the fact, it's
>probably barely a break-even item.
The charger choice in the Cingular package is made by Cingular, not Motorola.
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