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A comment on iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad for User Security. Parent comment

Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by Nition on Thursday October 05, 2017 @11:07PM (#15414154)
For the record that's how I do it too. Saves lots of battery and I'm not actively using the phone that frequently.
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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by victorhooi on Friday October 06, 2017 @12:33AM (#15414442)
Are you actually sure it affects battery life that much?

I'm a bit dubious about this - in fact, turning off WiFi would actually harm battery life, surely, compared to LTE?

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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by Nition on Friday October 06, 2017 @12:38AM (#15414459)
If by LTE you mean mobile data, I have that off too as I don't have a data plan. I can say the battery definitely runs down a lot faster with WiFi on but I don't have specific hard stats to back that up.
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