Ah yes. The "we made one phonecall" (and did almost nothing else) test.
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Ah yes. The "we made one phonecall" (and did almost nothing else) test.
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hiraethified
Right. So they use it five times as much and guess what? The battery runs out five times quicker!
Oh, and if you actually read what I bothered to type out, you'll see that far from making just "one phone call" they downloaded 50MB of data and then made regular data calls until the battery ran out.
Everyone's use of smartphones is going to be different, but as a comparative test I fail to see your beef.
Fair enough, it's not a valueless test, but it is incredibly lazy. Even though you are saying you think it's a good methodology, I doubt you yourself - if you'd been asked to devise a test regime - would have come up with something that was 95% "put it in a drawer".
Four days "real world light use" of an iPhone? A meaningless utter bollocks number, and you know it!
Four days "real world light use" of an iPhone? A meaningless utter bollocks number, and you know it!
ChrisFilter
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I don't think they tried to claim you'd get 4 days out of it, I think it was just a testing metric.
Articles need to be written fast; any more advanced testing would have required too much resource for it to be considered profitable.
I sure you are right on that front.
I just find it disheartening. In comparison, for cameras, there's things like DPReview, where they take testing very seriously. Phones seem to attract a particularly low standard of journalism.
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hiraethified
Have you read the article?I just find it disheartening. In comparison, for cameras, there's things like DPReview, where they take testing very seriously. Phones seem to attract a particularly low standard of journalism.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
I sure you are right on that front.
I just find it disheartening. In comparison, for cameras, there's things like DPReview, where they take testing very seriously. Phones seem to attract a particularly low standard of journalism.
Well, it's a difficult industry where your target market is inherently webbed up and unlikely to feel the need to make a purchase.
No - all I know about it is what you've posted. Admittedly that might not be representative.
I guess that's why Which? is so different. Proper paid-for model, with much more rigourous standards.
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hiraethified
Might be an idea to actually read the thing first before declaring it to be an example of a "particularly low standard of journalism."
I said that mobile phones attract a low standard of journalism. But yes I would like to read the article - hopefully I'll come across it.
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hiraethified
This month's PC Pro. Available from all good newsagents. It's one of the better computer mags.
The feature also has an excellent feature comparison list between the 12 reviewed phones.
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hiraethified
Comprehensive review here:
http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=14855&review=HTC+Touch+HD
http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=14855&review=HTC+Touch+HD
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Saw my first one of these on the tube the other night. Nice looking phone up close...
UnderOpenSky
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It really is nice, my mate got one just before xmas and it comes on orange! I keep going to sign up, but not sure enough for the extra £15 a month and an 18 month contract. I might wait a couple of months and see I can get them to give me a 12 month contract.
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