Blackberry 8700 Cell Phone Review - Battery Life
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Alfredo Padilla Published on March 16, 2007 Comment on this |
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Call Time (6.46)
To test call time, we make a phone call to the device using Skype and run an audio book over the connection to simulate a conversation. The Blackberry 8703e lasted an impressive 5 hours and 23 minutes on our call test. This is significantly longer than the stated talk time of 4 hours and 30 minutes. Blackberries are well known for having good talk time and the 8703e did not let that reputation down. The 8703e left other smart phones like the Treo 700p (with a talk time of4 hours and 15minutes) and the Motorola Q (3 hours 49 minutes) in the dust.
Music Playback (0.0)
The Blackberry 8703e does not support music playback and as such we were unable to run this battery test.
Web Browsing (5.5)
To test the drain on the battery from browsing the web, we set the device to access an automatically refreshing web page, and use a device that presses a button every few seconds. This simulates someone sitting there browsing the web, and it is a serious drain on the battery. The 8703e held on for 4 hours and 35 minutes, until the battery was nearly exhausted. It is also interesting to note that the device did not suddenly shut down; instead, it disabled the radio when it had just a bit of charge left, which would allow you to save the documents you were working on before it shut down completely.
Idle Time (not scored)
We test how long the battery lasts with the phone on but not connected or calling. According to manufacturers RIM, the rated standby time for the Blackberry 8703e is eight days (192 hours).
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