Battery question

External Since: Sep 06, 2005 Posts: 1

If you are going to be in a situation where you aren't going to take calls
for let's say a half hour, is it better for battery life to power down the
phone for a half hour or does it take less juice just to leave the phone
turned on? Where is the break-even point...10 minutes, 1 hour etc. Probably
not important but I've always been curious.

External Since: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 42

It would depend a lot on how many bells and whistles go off each time
you power up. The first thing I did when I got my new phone was to
turn off the start-up tones and shorten the display time to the
minimum. Then it would depend on how strong of a signal you have in
the immediate area and how long the phone searches for a signal. It
would also depend on how strong the signal is while the phone is on,
since the weaker the signal, the more power the phone uses to keep in
contact with the nearest tower. It woud also make a difference if you
missed several calls while the phone was off, and the phone was
communicating with the voicemail service to show voicemail calls.
As long as the phone battery will last 24 hours, and you can charge it
overnight, why bother to turn it off?

Lena