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| Thread ID: 84434 | 2007-11-05 06:48:00 | Telecom Fails again | JaceKiwi (2561) | PC World Chat |
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| 608631 | 2007-11-05 06:48:00 | A few years ago I purchased a Nokia after they came out for 027. The battery only lasted about 2-3 days. Eventually the local Telecom store refunded after I wrote to them that they had breached the fair trading act (I can't remember how long the battery was supposed to last for but I wasn't even getting 50% of this figure). Also my Ericsson Vodafone mobile got reset several times and still doesn't work as expected - it's possible that the service agent replaced the handset (they probably can't be repaired in NZ). They usually give you back the battery (or better still if not a battery related fault the battery doesn't get sent with the handset). Hence I've stuck with Nokias on Vodafone (better quality and get at least the advertised battery life). Also they are useless at sorting out Email account disasters that they created when going to Yahoo. |
JaceKiwi (2561) | ||
| 608632 | 2007-11-05 07:52:00 | Is there a question in here or a problem somewhere other than the fact that batteries are notoriously fickle? PS. Telecom does suck big time. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 608633 | 2007-11-05 08:10:00 | So - you're saying that Nokia puts good batteries in their 021 phones and crook batteries in their 027 ones ? | decibel (11645) | ||
| 608634 | 2007-11-05 08:46:00 | I think it might be because Vodafone has an entirely digital network - whereas Telecom's is analogue in some places still. If the cellphone is in an analogue area it uses more power as it is in constant contact with at least one tower. When it's using the digital network it's checking in with the network only periodically. However, my summation might be out of date with regard to Telecom's network. I do have a Telecom phone and it definitely goes through more battery on a long road trip. |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 608635 | 2007-11-05 09:11:00 | I think it might be because Vodafone has an entirely digital network - whereas Telecom's is analogue in some places still. However, my summation might be out of date with regard to Telecom's network. It is. Telecom shut down the 025 network at the end of March this year. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 608636 | 2007-11-05 10:30:00 | It is. Telecom shut down the 025 network at the end of March this year. In that case, the differences noted by the topic starter may simply be down to the GSM network being more efficient than the CDMA network - requiring less power to be drawn from the battery of the cellphone to keep contact with the network. |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 608637 | 2007-11-05 10:42:00 | However, my summation might be out of date with regard to Telecom's network. I do have a Telecom phone and it definitely goes through more battery on a long road trip. All cellphones will run their batteries down faster on a road trip than they do when sitting in one location. In simple terms, that is because the phone has to send an ID signal every time it loses the current cellsite or goes into the next cell. That requires a burst of transmission which is always at full power because neither the phone nor the cellsite know how far away they are from each other. They do an electronic handshake then both reduce power to the minimum needed for reliable communication. If they didn't do this the network would come unstuck big time. Personally I find communications on Telecom's network superior to Vodafone. All calls are crystal clear, but when calling Vodafone mobiles I frequently get echoes, broken audio and connection drop out. Never happens on the Telecom network. Your mileage may vary. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 608638 | 2007-11-05 19:34:00 | Somebody tell us what they have learned so far from this thread. There are marks involved so think b4 you speak. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 608639 | 2007-11-05 20:31:00 | I find Telecoms coverage so poor that between Wanganui and Hamiltion the phone is communicating with a repeater/tower for all of 20 minutes during the entire drive, the rest of the time there is no coverage. Vodaphone are equally crap. I can drive 5 minutes out of town and coverage is dead. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 608640 | 2007-11-05 20:33:00 | I kind of wondered why my phone battery was going flat every day or two so I got a new battery. The new one did the same. I finally found out that daughter had turned on everything like screen saver and backgrounds etc etc. I went through and switched all those off now I get a full week out of either battery. I only use the phone about once a week but it is switched on 24/7 |
Bantu (52) | ||
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