Re:Nokia Lumia 1020 packs 41-megapixel camera whopper
by jeffasinger on Thursday July 11, 2013 @09:43PM
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Absolutely that's a problem with Android. It's a natural consequence of having a platform where apps are free to access pretty much any hardware in the background with no review (that's a good thing if you're a developer though).
However, Android gives you tools to see which apps are using the most battery, and you can uninstall them if they're a problem.
Recently I noticed much worse battery life on my nexus 4, opened up the battery stats, and saw 30% of my battery usage was the consequence of a messaging app I don't use, deleted it, and got back to normal.
Re:Nokia Lumia 1020 packs 41-megapixel camera whopper
by rvschuilenburg on Friday July 12, 2013 @06:10AM
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In this regard WP8 is very much like iOS and not even close to Android.
Apps are 'tombstoned' when they are not the visible app. So no matter how many apps you install, when they're not open, they won't use battery.
That's where iPhone seems to excel. On a fresh install of Android, using just one built in app, it seems fine. But eventually the phone fills up with stuff that seems to drain it. Not sure how Windows Phone fares on that front.