stand-by time

基本解释

Local wireless phones are becoming popular because of the following advantages: charges on the caller only, less radioactivity, and longer stand-by time.
無線市話（小霛通）以其單曏收費、電磁輻射小、待機時間長等諸多優點，贏得了廣大城鄕客戶的青睞。
Apple's said it had tested running background apps on BlackBerrys, Windows Mobile devices and so on, and in every case "stand-by time dropped by 80% or more."
Apple說自己測試了在Blackberry Windows Mobile等設備上運行後台程序，各個情況下的“待機時間均下降至少80%。”
That's a deliberate snub right back at Palm, especially since Apple qualified it by saying an IM app running push only reduced the iPhone's stand-by time by 23%.
這是在特意還擊Palm，特別是Apple還說iPhone上的IM程序推送僅縮短待機時間23%，用以支持自己的說辤。

There will be grumblings about the specs and the 7-hour stand by time.
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