My experience with the Freerunner

[Joerg Reisenweber]

Am Do  29. Mai 2008 schrieb ian douglas:
> I think that knowing a "best case scenario" (where you stay in the same 
> location), you get about 6 hours of talk time, is still helpful. Cell 
> phone manufacturers typically report a "best case scenario" when 
> reporting talk time and standby time, with the legalese and fine print 
> stating that "your results may vary" from their data.
> 
> Thoughts?

I think *not* moving for all tests (and different types of cellphones to 
compare) is near a "best case" scenario for standby time - anyway place some 
sensitive radio or the like near the phone, to hear the typical interference 
noise when it is sending, just to make sure you don't sit on a "bad spot" 
where the phone changes cell every few minutes.

For "best case" talktime scenarios the distance to basestation is much more 
important. Here you should check for *very* good RF-signal, means very near 
to BS and thus allowing the phone-transmitter to power down to lowest level.

Also note that GSM without simcard is constantly reselecting cells, so energy 
consumption is really bad. Switch off GSM when not registering to a network.
/jOERG
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