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zeamaize | 9 years ago

I switch off wifi on my phone and laptops to conserve power.

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throwanem|9 years ago

Does it actually help on your phone? I should think that falling back to cellular data would potentially consume more power, since the chipset will increase tx/rx power to compensate for weak signal. Or do you turn that radio off, too?

Markoff|9 years ago

yes it helps and i have pretty much always disabled mobile data unless i am expecting something important, so there is no fallback, though always enabled mobile data would be battery wise much more serious issue than WiFi which is pretty efficient nowadays

exodust|9 years ago

I keep both WiFi and cellular data off unless I need them. Don't like the idea of my phone churning through background processes and network activity from my pocket.

Vendan|9 years ago

Running the wifi radio at all when you know there is no network to connect to is pointless, and does waste some small amount of power.

amnah|9 years ago

You turn off wifi when you know that you won't be using it, eg, when you go outside of work/home.