Benjamin Kowarsch wrote:
>
> >Battery life used to be an issue, but is solved in Japan - but not
> >elsewhere. Recently we discussed this issue with a European carrier:
> >we were amazed by the difference in battery times between top
> >European handset models and average Japanese handsets.
>
> Don't forget the network infrastructure in Europe. There are far more
> rural areas far less densely populated than even the remotest
> Japanese country side, which obviously means fewer and further away
> base stations, requiring more RF power on the side of the phone.
>
> I have been using the same GSM phone in rural Europe and in an office
> directly located opposite a cell site and the difference was 5-6
> hours versus 3-4 days standby time.
partly - but only partly - true.
However, the overal population density of Japan is not that different
from the densily populated countries in Europe: Belgium, Holland, UK.
Hokkaido is very similar to Austria in size and population density.
Japan is less special than many people think.
Gerhard Fasol
http://www.eurotechnology.com/
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Received on Thu Aug 16 14:41:26 2001