Smartphones are the need of the hour. Turn around and you would find a lot of people busy working with their personalised gadgets, be it small or huge in terms of appearance. While they have become an inseparable part of the life of the masses, the only thing which is of alarming concern is the feeble battery performance of these fully loaded smart phones.
These days, phones are getting bigger and bigger, with larger pixel-dense screens that sap a lot of power, super-fast quad-core processors, LTE radios and many other apps which take their toll on your battery.
With that in mind, News Mobile presents the top five apps which take a major dig into your phone’s battery longevity.
Google Maps: Maps consists of many features that include turn-by-turn navigation, street view and public transit information in both Android and Apple iOS. Battery drainage by using Google Maps has been reported by a lot of users. A lot of popular apps including apps for navigation assistance use ‘location check’ settings which has to run your GPS all the time. This excessive battery drainage can be controlled by turning off your location settings when not in use.
Facebook/Skype/Twitter: Facebook, Skype and Twitter apps are the most widely used applications on the various platforms as of now. If you do not exit these apps properly they keep running and refreshing in the background as they don’t break the connection to the server. Close the app properly to avoid battery drainage, and choose longer sync intervals.
Gaming apps: Be it Temple Run, Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja or Candy Crush- all these gaming apps suck out the juice from your battery and they are the main culprits behind excessive battery drainage. Constant use of these apps can destroy your battery life.
Google Chrome: Faster, simpler and secure browsing is now possible through the Chrome app. It however, takes a toll on the battery if you surf for a long time or if you leave a web page open for a long time with the screen on. One of the biggest battery hogs out there!
Camera: Your phone’s camera will not cause battery drainage unless you use Flash photography and capture a lot of pictures or record a lot of videos. Avoid using the camera and flash when you know you won’t be able to charge your phone for quite some time.
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