Samsung Beat for T-Mobile Cell Phone Review - Battery Life
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Mark Brezinski Published on February 21, 2008 Comment on this |
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Call Time (4.06)
The Beat toughed out a never-ending phone call for 3 hours, 23 minutes. This is slightly less than average; typically phones can stomach between four and five hours of call time. In the case of the Beat, this subpar performance is compounded by its music centricity. Music-oriented handset need to be able to constantly play back music while maintaining the ability to place a phone call after. Two factors work in the Beat's favor. For one, it's an entry-level handset, which gives it a low bar to begin with. It also has a good music playback time. While you won't be able to listen to music the whole day without a charge and still expect to be able to make a phone call, it performs well enough for a phone in its class.
| Cell Phone | Talk Time | Score |
| Samsung Beat | 3 hours, 23 minutes | 4.06 |
| Razr2 V8 | 3 hours, 15 minutes | 3.90 |
| Samsung Blast | 4 hours, 3 minutes | 4.86 |
| Samsung SLM | 5 hours, 20 minutes |
6.40 |
| Motorola W385 | 2 hours, 43 minutes | 3.26 |
| Samsung Juke | 3 hours, 30 minutes | 4.20 |
Music Playback (5.45)
Music playback is the Beat's bread and butter, so it's appropriate that it performed better than average on the music playback battery test. A good battery life is essential for a media-oriented handset, because it needs to both fulfill the duties of a dedicated media player and have battery left over to make calls. As it stands, the Beat will be able to last you on a coast-to-coast flight and give you enough juice to make a few calls once you land.
| Cell Phone | Music Playback Time | Score |
| Samsung Beat | 7 hours, 34 minutes | 5.45 |
| Razr2 V8 | 4 hours, 37 minutes | 3.32 |
| Samsung Blast | 9 hours, 37 minutes | 6.92 |
| Samsung SLM | 15 hours, 4 minutes | 10.85 |
| Motorola W385 | N/A: Can't play music. | 0.0 |
| Samsung Juke | 7 hours, 45 minutes | 5.58 |
Web Browsing (2.68)
The Beat's browser could only chug along for 2 hours, 14 minutes before hitting the skids. This is a very poor time, exacerbated by the eternity it takes to browse to a page in the first place. This score simply rounds out an all around bad browsing experience. It'll come through in a pinch, but please don't use the Beat's internet for anything other than emergencies.
| Cell Phone | Browsing Time | Score |
| Samsung Beat | 2 hours, 14 minutes | 2.68 |
| Razr2 V8 | 1 hour, 31 minutes |
1.82 |
| Samsung Blast | 4 hours, 23 minutes |
5.26 |
| Samsung SLM | 2 hours, 57 minutes |
3.54 |
| Motorola W385 | N/A: Couldn't perform test | 0.0 |
| Samsung Juke | N/A: No browser | 0.0 |
Idle Time unscored
We don't score idle time, because it would get months to get a suitable data set. Samsung boasts the Beat can idle for 250 hours, which seems a bit excessive. We doubt it'd last more than a week.
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