Mobile Battery Drain
Users express concerns about how a specific app or feature impacts smartphone battery life, debating its drain effects and OS-specific optimizations like those on iOS and Android.
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That can't be good for the battery life.
Anything to avoid increasing battery life, I guess.
Is this going to drain __my__ phone battery more?
Would it really affect battery consumption in any meaningful way ?
Of course it will drain battery life. I don't intend to use it, only point that actually there is such application.
Perhaps this style of app, on iOS devices, drains more battery power than deemed reasonable?
It might use less battery time?
Wouldn't that destroy your battery life?
Does that affect battery life by much?
It would kill their battery life numbers