On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:33:17 -0500, Jim Higgins
<gordian238@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Joseph Wheeler wrote:
>> "Jim Higgins" <gordian238@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:13kojcbodsdn1bb@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>> What method does VZW use to arrive at the talk/standby ratings that they
>>> do for phones? My VX8300, with slight-modest usage, gets about 96 hours
>>> of standby time. That is way less than the rated standby time so I have
>>> been somewhat curious as to how they arrive at their rather optimistic
>>> numbers.
>>
>>
>> The marketing suits at the phone manufacturers present inflated battery
>> ratings when they sell/deliver the phones to VZW. In turn, the VZW marketing
>> suits then publish these-- or even pumped up-- numbers without testing them.
>>
>> I'm shocked--- shocked that this could happen....
>>
>>
>
>Didn't P.T. Barnum have something to say?

"There's an AT&T customer born every minute"?