Yesterday I charged my old Nokia N73 and the new Nokia N78 till the batteries were full. I want to find out the battery life of the N78 compared to the N73. The Nokia N73 has a 1100mah size battery and the N78 has a 1200mah, just like the newer versions of the N95. So of course I'm understanding that the N78 has a slightly larger battery that is also brand spanking new compared to my used and abused N78 battery.
I decided to do a little music playback test through the stereo loudspeakers at the volume setting of 1. I put one 4 minute track on repeat and put the phones in a drawer for the day. Both were in offline mode with all the same settings.
I started the test at 10:45 in the morning. I was hoping the test would last until the next morning, but the N73 crapped out around 7:25pm that same night.
The N78 on the other hand was still kicking till about 11:05pm that night. That's about 4.5 hours longer than it's predecessor the N73 lasted. Nice improvement!
But what happened to the supposed 24 hour music playback time that Nokia has been boasting about the Nokia N78? What are the variables? I'm guessing they tested through a wired headset since it probably takes more energy when using the loudspeaker like I did, even at the lowest volume.
The next battery test I will do on the N78 will be through a wired headset to see if it can really last 24 hours. If anyone knows for sure the variables of testing the battery please let me know.
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Maybe you're supposed to use .aac or .wma to get the 24 hour battery life
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