Motorola Krzr K1m Review - Battery Life
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Alfredo Padilla Published on April 20, 2007 Comment on this |
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Call Time (4.14)
To test call time we make a phone call to the phone using Skype and pipe through an audio book to simulate talking. We then time how long it takes for the phone battery to fail. The Motorola Krzr K1m lasted 3 hours and 27 minutes in our talk time test. This is below the stated talk time from Motorola, which is 4 hours and 10 minutes. The Krzr K1m did do significantly better than the Motorola Razr V3m, which lasted only 2 hours and 41 minutes, and the LG Chocolate, which lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. However as the old saying goes: better does not mean good. The Krzr K1m's battery life is significantly worse than the Sanyo M1's 4 hours and 15 minutes, and generally any time below 4 hours is probably going to give you problems if you make a lot of calls.
Music Playback (3.14)
To test battery life during music playback we play a looped album at maximum volume with the phone closed and all settings set to default. The Krzr K1m lasted 4 hours and 22 minutes in our music playback test. This is roughly the same as the Razr V3m, which lasted one minute longer. These two phones are currently at the bottom of the list in terms of music playback performance howerver. The Krzr K1m did significantly worse than the Sanyo M1's 8 hours and 12 minutes and also did worse than the LG Chocolate, which lasted 7 hours and 37 minutes. Despite its music capabilities, you should not expect the Krzr K1m to go the distance as a music player.
Web Browsing (4.28)
To test battery life when browsing we point the phone's browser to a web page that refreshes every 10 seconds and plays sounds intermittently. We then make sure that the phone's screen does not turn off and time how long it takes for the battery to die. The Krzr K1m lasted 3 hours and 34 minutes in our test. This is an average score, better than the Razr V3m (2 hours 24 minutes) and the LG Chocolate (3 hours 10 minutes), but worse than the Sanyo M1's 4 hours and 54 minutes.
Idle Time unscored
In order to ensure that we deliver these reviews to you in a timely fashion we do not test idle time. Motorola's stated standby time for the Motorola Krzr K1m is 435 hours or 18 days and 3 hours.
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