Re:Battery life: Apple's solving for x
by girvo on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @06:10AM
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Yes, this definitely happens. I live in Australia and have gone out to north-west Queensland many a time, when you do your battery life is halved compared to being in the city. You'll even find the same thing catching a train from Gold Coast to Brisbane. Basically, anywhere there is spotty coverage, you'll see your battery life drop dramatically, this is because the phone will increase power to the cell radio to keep you connected when there is low signal. I've always found it fascinating.
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Back in the dumb phone days, driving through New Jersey, of all places, used to kill my battery. If you're not familiar, NJ is the most densely populated state in the US, but the northwest part of the state is mostly wooded, fairly mountainous, and sparsely populated.
I'd be driving from Pennsylvania the NYC suburbs, but northwest Jersey at the time had spotty service and a lot of analog networks. It was a real battery killer.