Real talk times GSM vs. CDMA

I can say with my V551 GSM phone I get about 3-5 hours of talk time depending on the charge of my battery, My Nokia's could top these times very easily, can't help about CDMA since I don't have the service.

 

I can't compare CDMA vs GSM, but GSM kicks TDMA's butt as far as battery life goes. Even with Bluetooth on my V551's battery lasts longer than my V60t's battery did.

 

I do have both GSM (v635, v551, Nokia 6620 ) and CDMA (c343) and i'd have to say for talktime GSM is better in that the v635 has much better features and lasts at least as long for continual talk as the c343 ,. As for standby the CDMA has perfect signal at home which is where it stays most of the time as we ported our landline # to it and it has to be charged every 2-3 days and we have only used it about 42 hours in 8 months. A GSM phone with similar features would probably only have to be charged once a week with our usage.

 

GSM wins that battle easily. Because of the time based nature of GSM, it doesn't have to "talk" to the tower as often. Hence less battery use.

 

By far GSM handsets. Some CDMA phones are truely pathetic, esp. with color screens and whatnot.

 

I could get as much as 7 hours talktime in my V635, but that's if I start using the phone as soon as it is fully charged and talk continuously until the battery dies.

 

I charge my CDMA sanyo 7400 every night. Some days it will just make it one day, sometimes it can go 3 days. Go figure.

 

I guess I'll never know. If my phone isn't glued to my ear, it's being charged in my car. My batteries are almost always fully charged.

 

I have to charge my vx6000 nightly or I won't make it the next day. Part of this problem is the weak signal at home and at work.

OTOH, my wife's kx414 gets charged every 2-3 days. She gets a much better signal at work (wood frame house compared to my concrete fortress).

 

With the big battery, my i600 will give me 3+ hours of usage. Browsing the web consumes the battery much faster than does voice.

I hope some of the people in New Orleans (and Jefferson Parish) have spare batteries for their cell phones. Regardless of the technology, their first battery will be depleted before the power is back on.

 

You know it! I expect UMTS talk times to be worse than CDMA2000.