[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Is the battery drain _that_ dramatic
> between analog and digital (you said 'prefer to have more than a
> minute or two of battery life'). PAT]
Actually, yes. In analog mode, most phones will give you about the same battery life that the old Motorla AMPS phones gave you (6-8 hours standby, 1-2 hours talk time). In digital, you get far more (up to five DAYS standby time, 4-5 hours talk time).