Movies and Mobile Phones

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I was was watching the opening scenes of the movie Bad Company, right?...

In the opening scene, Chirs Rock introduces Anthony Hopkins to the bad guy who is selling a device in a suit case. I think it was abomb or something. Anyway, Hopkins showed the money/deposit of $1 million and asks the bad guy when he will see the device. The bad guy answers, "...10 days" then one of his goons hands over a Nokia 9000 series mobile phone. Product placement? Most likely. This is pretty common in the movies, right? Not just product placement but the bad guy handing over a phone and saying hold on to this and we will call you when we are ready.

Here is my question. 10 days! Will the phone last that long on stand by? How long has the phone been on? Are you sure it will last 10 days? What if by the time they call the phone's on "low batt" and as soon as the bad guy calls, the phone dies. What if this was a kidnapping case? The bad guy would think the good guy hung up on him and will end up killing the hostage!

Let's say the good guy is smart (which they never are in the movies) and decides to save power by switching off the power. The bad guys never say..."Oh by the way, the PIN number is #### in ase the phone gets switched off"

You don't see the bad guys giving the good guy the charger either! Will the good guy go to a mobile accesory shop and by a charger for that particular phone? They never do.

So how is it the the phone lasts that long?