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Samsung a970 - test results
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| Now that I've had my new Samsung a970 for some time, I'd like to post some
interesting facts.
Compared to the (old) Samsung a610:
Speed test: a610: startup time: 29 seconds - shutdown time: 9 seconds
Speed test: a970: startup time: 19 seconds - shutdown time: 4 seconds
Another observation.
The Motorola RAZR drains the battery by displaying the Verizon logo on the
outside display during the entire length of a phone call (most likely to
advertise "Verizon" for the world to see).
The Samsung a970 does not drain the battery by displaying anything on the
outside display during a phone call.
Now for the bigger question, how does your phone measure up?
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---==fish==---
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| John Navas 2006-04-16, 11:48 pm |
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In <qdw0g.8981$MU4.819@trnddc03> on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:41:26 GMT, "fish"
<i.am.such.a.fish@atlantic.ocean> wrote:
>Another observation.
>The Motorola RAZR drains the battery by displaying the Verizon logo on the
>outside display during the entire length of a phone call (most likely to
>advertise "Verizon" for the world to see).
>
>The Samsung a970 does not drain the battery by displaying anything on the
>outside display during a phone call.
I doubt that the difference in battery drain is significant -- the outside
display draws far less power than the phone when on a call and the inside
display.
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Best regards,
John Navas <http://NavasGroup.com/>
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fish wrote:
> Now that I've had my new Samsung a970 for some time, I'd like to post some
> interesting facts.
>
> Compared to the (old) Samsung a610:
>
> Speed test: a610: startup time: 29 seconds - shutdown time: 9 seconds
> Speed test: a970: startup time: 19 seconds - shutdown time: 4 seconds
>
> Another observation.
> The Motorola RAZR drains the battery by displaying the Verizon logo on the
> outside display during the entire length of a phone call (most likely to
> advertise "Verizon" for the world to see).
>
> The Samsung a970 does not drain the battery by displaying anything on the
> outside display during a phone call.
>
> Now for the bigger question, how does your phone measure up?
> ______________
> ---=3D=3Dfish=3D=3D---
> =AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=A
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AF
Do you turn your phone on and off frequently? It is nice for a phone to
turn on and off quickly, but, at least for me, it's not a big deal,
especially compared to other features/performance issues, since I
rarely turn my phone off.
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| clifto 2006-04-17, 5:48 am |
| fish wrote:
> Speed test: a610: startup time: 29 seconds - shutdown time: 9 seconds
> Speed test: a970: startup time: 19 seconds - shutdown time: 4 seconds
I'm really glad you tested this and recorded the results. Seems like
you and I are the only two people in the world who bought cell phones
to turn them on and off all day; no one else understands the drudgery
of having to wait a long time for startup and shutdown.
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All relevant people are pertinent.
All rude people are impertinent.
Therefore, no rude people are relevant.
-- Solomon W. Golomb
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| Wow! What quality!
"fish" <i.am.such.a.fish@atlantic.ocean> wrote in message
news:qdw0g.8981$MU4.819@trnddc03...
> Now that I've had my new Samsung a970 for some time, I'd like to post some
> interesting facts.
>
> Compared to the (old) Samsung a610:
>
> Speed test: a610: startup time: 29 seconds - shutdown time: 9 seconds
> Speed test: a970: startup time: 19 seconds - shutdown time: 4 seconds
>
> Another observation.
> The Motorola RAZR drains the battery by displaying the Verizon logo on the
> outside display during the entire length of a phone call (most likely to
> advertise "Verizon" for the world to see).
>
> The Samsung a970 does not drain the battery by displaying anything on the
> outside display during a phone call.
>
> Now for the bigger question, how does your phone measure up?
> ______________
> ---==fish==---
> ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
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| clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in news:shnbh3-l0o.ln1@remote.clifto.com:
> fish wrote:
>
> I'm really glad you tested this and recorded the results. Seems like
> you and I are the only two people in the world who bought cell phones
> to turn them on and off all day; no one else understands the drudgery
> of having to wait a long time for startup and shutdown.
>
Ok,I'll bite.Why would you turn your cellphone "on and off all day"?
The fact that even you admit it's not usually done make's me wonder.I've
heard of alot of reasons to buy or not to buy this or that cell but on-off
speed has never been there.
Had no idea it was important to some,make that two,people.
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| al wrote:
> clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in news:shnbh3-l0o.ln1@remote.clifto.com:
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> Ok,I'll bite.Why would you turn your cellphone "on and off all day"?
>
> The fact that even you admit it's not usually done make's me wonder.I've
> heard of alot of reasons to buy or not to buy this or that cell but on-off
> speed has never been there.
>
> Had no idea it was important to some,make that two,people.
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People who work in locations (such as courthouses) where cell phones
must be turned off. Detectives, lawyers, etc.. appearing for hearings
still have to maintain contact for other cases. Go outside during a 10
minute recess to make a call and you'll see why a slow booting phone can
drive you up the wall.
Hospitals, esp. ICU sections, also have bans on cell phones.
YMMV
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Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not
fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau
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| Thomas T. Veldhouse 2006-04-17, 5:48 pm |
| John Navas < spamfilter0@navasgro
up.com> wrote:
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> I doubt that the difference in battery drain is significant -- the outside
> display draws far less power than the phone when on a call and the inside
> display.
>
A lit color LED or LCD display draw significant power from those micro Li-Ion
cells.
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Thomas T. Veldhouse
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| Mart <nomailhere@verizon.net> wrote in news:UZO0g.2615$uK.1725@trndny03:
> al wrote:
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> People who work in locations (such as courthouses) where cell phones
> must be turned off. Detectives, lawyers, etc.. appearing for hearings
> still have to maintain contact for other cases. Go outside during a 10
> minute recess to make a call and you'll see why a slow booting phone
> can drive you up the wall.
>
> Hospitals, esp. ICU sections, also have bans on cell phones.
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> YMMV
>
Maybe.But overall I don't buy it.Besides any place that "bans"
cellphones makes having one a non-issue.And I've seen plenty of cops &
lawyers that,like me,just have the cell on but in silent mode.Ive never
had my cellphone confiscated in court because it was on.
However I do recall when a lawyer forgot to silence his phone one day
in court.The judge came close to doing just that but it's a rare
occurrence.
Cellphones are just small computers & the more junk you have packed
inside them the longer it's going to take for them to bootup.Hopefully
its bootup time will not be long enough to put you in the nut house.
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| clifto 2006-04-17, 5:48 pm |
| al wrote:
> clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in news:shnbh3-l0o.ln1@remote.clifto.com:
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> Ok,I'll bite.Why would you turn your cellphone "on and off all day"?
Your sarcasm detector needs batteries.
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All relevant people are pertinent.
All rude people are impertinent.
Therefore, no rude people are relevant.
-- Solomon W. Golomb
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| clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in
news:i44dh3-41p.ln1@remote.clifto.com:
> al wrote:
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> Your sarcasm detector needs batteries.
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Ok I'll check'm out.
But in the meantime,why would you turn your cellphone "on and off all day"?
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| al wrote:
> clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:i44dh3-41p.ln1@remote.clifto.com:
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> Ok I'll check'm out.
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> But in the meantime,why would you turn your cellphone "on
> and off all day"?
I don't think they do. They just turn it on once in the morning,
watch it take 15 seconds longer and dwell on it for the rest
of the day (turning it off and back on a couple of times just
to see if it really did take as long as they thought it did in
the morning).
-Quick
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| >>>>
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> I don't think they do. They just turn it on once in the morning,
> watch it take 15 seconds longer and dwell on it for the rest
> of the day (turning it off and back on a couple of times just
> to see if it really did take as long as they thought it did in
> the morning).
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> -Quick
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I'm sure glad that's been sorted.Now it all makes sense.
And I only used three tissues for laughing tears!
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| tman sez...
> Do you turn your phone on and off frequently?
When I'm at work, I'm required to keep my phone off.
I turn it on when I am on break, then off again.
At the end of the day, I turn it back on.
Does it matter? In my world, it does.
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---==fish==---
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
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| al sez to fish...
[color=darkred]
> Ok,I'll bite.Why would you turn your cellphone "on and off all day"?
If you go to the movies, you must turn your phone off.
If you go to the theatre in New York, you must turn your phone off.
If you go to a high class restaurant in New York, you must turn your phone
off.
I could go on and on and list every possible reason, or just maybe you might
realize that people in this world live differently than you do.
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---==fish==---
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
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| Quick 2006-04-17, 11:48 pm |
| fish wrote:
> al sez to fish...
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> If you go to the movies, you must turn your phone off.
> If you go to the theatre in New York, you must turn your
> phone off.
> If you go to a high class restaurant in New York, you
> must turn your phone off.
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> I could go on and on and list every possible reason, or
> just maybe you might realize that people in this world
> live differently than you do. ______________
> ---==fish==---
> ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
Point taken... but very few actually take the time to
watch their phone boot completely. Press button until
phone starts shutdown sequence when entering
establishment and pocket it. When exiting establishment,
press button until phone starts boot sequence and pocket it.
Total time involved in shutting down and booting: 4 seconds.
Everyone is different though. Some can't help but watch
the pot until the water starts to boil.
-Quick
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| >> Ok,I'll bite.Why would you turn your cellphone "on and off all day"?
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> If you go to the movies, you must turn your phone off.
> If you go to the theatre in New York, you must turn your phone off.
> If you go to a high class restaurant in New York, you must turn your
> phone off.
>
> I could go on and on and list every possible reason, or just maybe you
> might realize that people in this world live differently than you do.
> ______________
> ---==fish==---
> ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
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You are absolutely correct re people doing things differently.
Like me for instance.Every example you list for turning your phone off I
simply have mine on & set,at the most,silent &,the rest of the time,vibrate
only.
Why you feel you need to turn your's off,especially with this startup
fixation of yours,I can't figure.
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| Quick wrote:
> Point taken... but very few actually take the time to
> watch their phone boot completely. Press button until
> phone starts shutdown sequence when entering
> establishment and pocket it. When exiting establishment,
> press button until phone starts boot sequence and pocket it.
> Total time involved in shutting down and booting: 4 seconds.
> Everyone is different though. Some can't help but watch
> the pot until the water starts to boil.
>
> -Quick
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Blind faith in modern technology is just that.
I check the phone to make sure it boots properly. I remove the PC's
pretty little graphic from the boot-up screen so I can check the boot
process. When I start the car I check the gauges and idiot lights. Every
chance I get I watch the fish not biting on the hook too. :-) ("Catch
anything?" "Nope." "Me neither. Great day for it, isn't it." "Yep. Now
shush or you'll scare the fish away.")
There is nothing wrong with watching the water until it starts to boil.
The problem starts when you forget that you put the kettle on the lit
stove in the first place.
Now, if you have to get into the fridge to see if the light goes out
when you close the door, you have a problem.
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Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not
fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau
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| John Navas 2006-04-19, 2:48 am |
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In < 4443bd98$0$273$80463
68a@newsreader.iphouse.net> on 17 Apr 2006 16:08:56
GMT, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@yahoo.com> wrote:
>John Navas < spamfilter0@navasgro
up.com> wrote:
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>A lit color LED or LCD display draw significant power from those micro Li-Ion
>cells.
Depends on the phone. The small outside monochrome display on my V551 draws
very little power when lit as compared to the drain of the phone on the call
and the large internal color display. Even with a color external display
I doubt the Samsung A970 is much worse.
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Best regards,
John Navas <http://NavasGroup.com/>
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| John Navas 2006-04-19, 2:48 am |
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In <qPX0g.14049$b06.12073@trnddc08> on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:05:10 GMT, "fish"
<i.am.such.a.fish@atlantic.ocean> wrote:
>al sez to fish...
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>If you go to the movies, you must turn your phone off.
>If you go to the theatre in New York, you must turn your phone off.
>If you go to a high class restaurant in New York, you must turn your phone
>off.
>
>I could go on and on and list every possible reason, or just maybe you might
>realize that people in this world live differently than you do.
I just put mine on silent.
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Best regards,
John Navas <http://NavasGroup.com/>
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| John Navas 2006-04-19, 2:48 am |
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In <IV61g.1570$0Z3.498@trndny07> on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:42:48 GMT, Mart
<nomailhere@verizon.net> wrote:
>Quick wrote:
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[color=darkred]
>Blind faith in modern technology is just that.
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>I check the phone to make sure it boots properly. ...
Has it ever failed to complete the boot up? Why would you care? If it did
fail, just try again. Do you also watch for meteorites? ;)
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Best regards,
John Navas <http://NavasGroup.com/>
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| John Navas wrote:
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> Has it ever failed to complete the boot up? Why would you care? If it did
> fail, just try again. Do you also watch for meteorites? ;)
>
Hell yeah. The difference is I call them shooting stars. Telling the
wife to look up and wish on the rock falling from the sky just doesn't
sound as good. 8-)
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| John Navas < spamfilter0@navasgro
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> In <qPX0g.14049$b06.12073@trnddc08> on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:05:10 GMT,
> "fish" <i.am.such.a.fish@atlantic.ocean> wrote:
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> I just put mine on silent.
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I don't think they know it,silent,exists.
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| Joseph Welch 2006-04-24, 5:48 pm |
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"fish" <i.am.such.a.fish@atlantic.ocean> wrote in message news:qPX0g.14049
> If you go to the movies, you must turn your phone off.
> If you go to the theatre in New York, you must turn your phone off.
> If you go to a high class restaurant in New York, you must turn your phone
> off.
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> I could go on and on and list every possible reason, or just maybe you
> might
> realize that people in this world live differently than you do.
Theater and high class restaurants in NY? It sounds like YOU who needs to
realize people in this world live differently than YOU do.
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| Liberals,HATE.America!' 2006-04-24, 5:48 pm |
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> clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in news:shnbh3-l0o.ln1@remote.clifto.com:
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> Ok,I'll bite.Why would you turn your cellphone "on and off all day"?
I'm a pilot, flying 3-5 flights per day so the phone is on and off all day.
Just one example.
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