Nokia N73 Review - Battery Life
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Alfredo Padilla Published on May 04, 2007 Comment on this |
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Call Time (9.36)
The Nokia N73 ships with an 1100 mAh battery. To test call time we make a call to the phone using Skype and play an audio book to simulate someone calling the phone and talking at length. We then time how long it takes for the battery to run out. The Nokia N73 lasted 7 hours and 48 minutes in our call time test. This is an excellent time for a phone, beat out only by the T-Mobile Dash, which lasted 8 hours and 20 minutes. Th eN73 is sold unlocked and can work with any GSM network; our test was done using Cingular's GSM network.
Music Playback (7.09)
To test music playback we set an album to loop continuously at maximum volume. We then time how long it takes for the battery to run out. The Nokia N73 lasted an impressive 9 hours and 51 minutes in our test. This is about the same as the Blackberry 8800, and although it was worse than the Treo 750 and Sprint Upstage it is significantly better than most phones we have tested.
Web Browsing (4.92)
To test battery life when web browsing we point the phone's browser at a website that is programmed to reload every thirty seconds. We then ensure that the phone's screen stays on and time how long it takes for the battery to run out. The Nokia N73 lasted 4 hours and 6 minutes in our browsing test. This time is not as good as the Nokia N73's talk and music playback times, falling short of the Sanyo M1's 4 hours and 35 minutes and T-Mobile Dash's 5 hours and 25 minutes. It did however beat out the Treo 750, which lasted only 3 hours and 3 minutes. We were a little dissapointed by the Nokia N73's web browsing time given it's solid performance in our other battery tests. We tested web browsing on Cingular's network.
Idle Time unscored
In order to ensure that we deliver our reviews in a timely fashion we do not test battery performance on standby for phones. Nokia's stated standby time for the Nokia N73 is 14.5 days.
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