Comments on: Samsung Behold 2 Passes FCC with 1000 mAh Battery

By: Jonathan Sitzman

Jonathan Sitzman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:26:07 +0000

I’ve actually had a chance to test-drive the Behold 2 and specifically looked at the battery. It’s 1500 mAh, not 1000 or 1100. This phone will have perfectly viable battery life.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:17 +0000

Looks like it will be shipping stateside with a 1100mAh battery: http://wangmei.en.china.cn/selling-leads/detail,1089997861,Samsung-T939-Behold-2-Mobile-Phone.html

By: MJ

MJ — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:30:26 +0000

I agree. I looked at the docs, and saw some references to 1000mA, but not 1000mAh. Which doc and what page/paragraph?

By: Dreaming Sky

Dreaming Sky — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:19:25 +0000

Where in the documentation did you see an indication of the battery’s capacity? I searched, but am new to FCC documentation and couldn’t find it. This device appears to be a slightly Americanized version of the GT-i7500 Galaxy, which had a 1400 MaH battery if I remember right. I would be truly shocked if the battery capacity were cut so severely for introduction into a new market, especially one which has plenty of active 3G users.

By: JR

JR — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:55:19 +0000

Agree with Ben. Eventhough it’s ONLY a 1000mAh battery the OLED screen uses about a third of a regular LCD screens power, so with a smaller battery and slimmer form factor, the usage should be on par with other devices, if not even a little better.

Now I will caveat that with, “it also depends on the processor speed” which at this point is unknown but if it the same as the i7500 galaxy then it the 528mhz, which is too bad because the new Android Samsung moment for Sprint is going to have a 800mhz proc. If only the Behold had that proc too, but I doubt it.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:02:33 +0000

Do not dismiss the potential power savings of the AMOLED touchscreen, this will definitely cut down on the power usage of the phone while it is actively being used.

I speculate that even with the slightly smaller battery, the overall battery life will be similar to the G1. (Not great, and many people have upgraded their battery to support longer life, but good enough for most people…)

By: Jak Crow

Jak Crow — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:06:59 +0000

Its going to have touchwiz ui. Could be good.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:02:19 +0000

well it could be exciting if the price is aggressive enough

I don’t care what the phone looks like if there is finally something on the low end…or even prepay level for android

By: StephenSaurusRex

StephenSaurusRex — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:13:50 +0000

wow, this one is garbage. sincere thanks rob for highlighting the battery. now we know not to bother getting excited over this one.