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Help whatsapp and battery life ?

dan44762000

dan44762000

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so i have been asked by numerous people to install this app . having had great battery life currently i am of course worried about the whatsapp eating into it and making me run out quicker .

can anyone with the app installed please let me know if it eats up battery fast ?

thanks
dan
 
I believe whatsup uses push so it shouldn't take much more battery then SMS / Activesync .. I use it and I am at 44% and 19h54 (stock, not rooted).

You can always just install it and remove it if it affects you. It probably will though in a different way. Because if you use it (texting / answering) then obviously your screen is on - which effectively uses more battery .. Just depends how often you actively use whatsapp.
 
I would imagine it's not whatsapp itself, but the fact that whoever uses it, must keep the screen turned ON, and extensive use of the screen illumination is a major power drain.

I use whatsapp the whole day, between kids, wife, friends and business associates. Sending photos, text and videos. And so far, it accounts for a very small % of my battery. But I simply read and reply... Don't go on and chat back and forth, and often, I let the messages accumulate and reply at once so I don't on and off the phone so often.

You should definitely try it :)
 
thanks all , i am going to leave it on there from today and monitor it .
such a good app but one i have heard bad things about regarding battery .

dan
 
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