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.
无线市话（小灵通）以其单向收费、电磁辐射小、待机时间长等诸多优点，赢得了广大城乡客户的青睐。
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说自己测试了在Blackberry Windows Mobile等设备上运行后台程序，各个情况下的“待机时间均下降至少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%.
这是在特意还击Palm，特别是Apple还说iPhone上的IM程序推送仅缩短待机时间23%，用以支持自己的说辞。

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