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Standby Screen on W900? |
Laetitya
Joined: Jun 24, 2004
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I need to find someone who has a W900. Mine does not have a standby screen, meaning that when it is not being used, the screen is dark and blank and does not show the digital clock, unlike other SE phones. Some people think this is to do with the country...etc. It is not branded at all. Please let me know if you own a W900 whether you have the same problem as me...Thanks!
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DickySnapples
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My w900 is totally blank on standby too
Its normal mate
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Coxy
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Mine was too. This is because it is supposed to be! It would take up too much power to power the screen for the clock, it's a big screen!
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Laetitya
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Ah! Thank you Coxy...now I know why at least. Dont you find that the lack of that feature is incredibly annoying? |
etaab
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I know i would. 
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Laetitya
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Hey Etaab...you are a help everywhere LOL
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ayk
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On 2006-02-20 20:49:38, coxy wrote:
It would take up too much power to power the screen for the clock, it's a big screen!
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where did u derive that from?
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KNIGHT51NZ
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Just look at the thing. That's where it's derived from.
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etaab
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But the S700i had the standby clock, and it has the same screen as the W900i..
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ayk
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@knight, don't mislead/confuse people with ur homemade technicalities.
i got 4 words for u...s.t.f.u.
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KNIGHT51NZ
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Yes'm massa...
The S700 doesn't have to power a 3G/UMTS transceiver as well. |
etaab
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So, the reason the W900i cannot have a standby clock is because it is a 3G phone too ? so is the Z800i, and that has 2 screens !
It also has 6 flash LEDs, i can see a standby clock seriously affecting standby times significantly - not.
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ayk
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@knight, what sites have u been surfing? or is this more of ur homemade cr*p?
btw, the p910 has a comparatively much bigger display & still has a standby clock.
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KNIGHT51NZ
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On 2006-02-23 21:26:00, ayk wrote:
@knight, what sites have u been surfing? or is this more of ur homemade cr*p?
btw, the p910 has a comparatively much bigger display & still has a standby clock.
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Are you saying it doesn't have 3G then?
The non-3G (therefore much less current draw) P910i uses a 1000mAh battery, the W900i only has a 900mAh battery. So you can stick your accusations of "homemade".
The Z800 also only has estimated standby of 240hours versus the W900i's 370 from the same battery, and the external screen exists for the primary purpose of quick-glance information, hence its functionality, plus the fact of course that in standby mode its only powering the small low-res, low bit-depth external screen. I'd rather have the extra 100 odd hours of standby...
I've no doubt Sony could implement the clock into the firmware, but as they've essentially removed it, rather than not include it (assuming the firmware has some basis from prior models), it stands to reason they had a reason for doing so. It wouldn't surprise me if they include an option to have it in a future firmware though.
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etaab
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My point is KNIGHT51NZ, is that when the phone is simply in standby with its keypad locked its not exactly using the 3G network which would use the extra battery power over making a call over a 2G network.
Your possible reason might be correct, but id hesitate thinking it is, simply on the grounds that its the only phone to be this way, whereas SE have produced other 3G handsets, other QVGA screen handset, and they've pretty much all had the standby clock.
The real reason might simply be because SE know the W900i has a pretty poor battery life compared to previous phones, regardless of the specified talk and standby times, and so removed the feature to boost battery life. It really could be as simple as that.
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