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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 KozmoNau7 on Friday October 06, 2017 @05:56AM (#15415582)
Not on my Android phone, a Motorola Moto X Play. Wifi is by far the largest battery hog.
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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by rmwaite on Friday October 06, 2017 @11:03AM (#15417312)
lol man. thats because it is used the most. in order to determine which uses more energy you would need to run a series of controlled tests where you transfer specific amounts of data over time with one radio or the other.
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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by KozmoNau7 on Saturday October 07, 2017 @12:20PM (#15424365)
I did do that. Using my phone normally, it uses a lot more battery to have wifi on.

I have a generous data plan, so I don't need to use wifi to preserve it.

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