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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by KozmoNau7 on Friday October 06, 2017 @05:54AM (#15415571)
"At this point I’m not sure there’s a need for normal users to actually turn off Wi-Fi"

To preserve battery. I don't know about iPhones, but on my Android phone, Wi-Fi is certainly the largest battery hog, if I leave Wi-Fi location scanning on.

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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by MBCook on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:48AM (#15417181)
I would LOVE to see someone run benchmarks about how much battery WiFi and BT use on modern iPhones (when disconnected). I would be amazed if the difference was more than negligable.
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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by KozmoNau7 on Saturday October 07, 2017 @12:23PM (#15424388)
It is absolutely not negligible on my Moto X Play.

I get around 1.5 days normally, less than a day if I use wifi and BT.

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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by starquake on Friday October 06, 2017 @09:31AM (#15416609)
That's strange. I have used Nexus phones since the first one that came out and I have never experienced any significant battery drain from either wifi or bluetooth. First was always screen, second Android system.

Just checked again to make sure. Wifi 0%, Bluetooth 0%

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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by KozmoNau7 on Friday October 06, 2017 @09:44AM (#15416701)
Mine is usually wifi, then screen.

Right now wifi is at 8%, and I used it for maybe 15 minutes this morning, that's it.

Motorola Moto X Play, Android 6.0.1, for what it's worth.

As far as I know, Marshmallow has a battery drain issue, but Motorola (now Lenovo) does not seem to be interested in updating their software anymore.

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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by KozmoNau7 on Monday October 09, 2017 @05:29AM (#15432467)
I just wanted to mention that I've done a full factory reset of my phone now, and it seems that wifi is using a lot less battery, even with wifi scanning etc. switched on.
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