Study says free Android apps can zap your battery life

4. TKFox007 posted on 19 Mar 2012, 22:39 2 0

I totally agree with you Microsoft has been running their mouths lately with little to no proof of their claims and doing publicity stunts that they tipped in their favor.

26. cellgeek82 posted on 20 Mar 2012, 08:53 1 0

That's because Microsoft is wetting their pants from Apple and Android domination. The only thing keeping people smiling at Microsoft is Xbox. In my opinion is the best thing they've ever made. Aside of that I can't stand Windows. I'll take Apple OS or Android over PC.

27. parkwaydr posted on 20 Mar 2012, 09:00 0 0

I agree, xbox is awesome, I think windows made a huge mistake with metro UI, I have a lot of friends that are die hard pc guys, and they have flat out said that if ms puts metro UI on Windows 8 they will go to mac.

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3. Android2627 posted on 19 Mar 2012, 22:37 5 0

Hey You Have Android Phone as ur Pro Pic and ur profile name is Windows Rock and u write about iPhone Wired!

5. CM_Punk (banned) posted on 19 Mar 2012, 23:03 3 5

I don't think the iPhone has anything to do with this.

8. windowsRocks posted on 19 Mar 2012, 23:14 3 2

Miz is Back

12. Whateverman posted on 19 Mar 2012, 23:54 2 0

"I don't think the iPhone has anything to do with this."

Has that ever stopped any article from turning to that discussion before? Unfortunately not.

33. CM_Punk (banned) posted on 21 Mar 2012, 16:08 1 0

Stopped me from doing what?

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34. remixfa posted on 21 Mar 2012, 17:19 0 0

miz, i think the point was that free-ad supported apps drain extra battery. the iphone or even WP7 apps will be no different by the very nature of how ad support works.

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35. CM_Punk (banned) posted on 21 Mar 2012, 17:39 0 0

You can't even get my name right, so how would you know what the point is?

#bestintheworld

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15. Lucas777 posted on 20 Mar 2012, 00:08 0 0

no it is… this is one of the few benefits to ios multitasking.. it has little to no impact on battery life… which for some people might be a huge advantage… personally i like a mix of the two (for anyone who has an iphone and wants it just download backgrounder… then you can choose when to do android multitasking)

20. thelegend6657 posted on 20 Mar 2012, 01:23 0 0

Backgrounder rapes my battery !

21. Whateverman posted on 20 Mar 2012, 01:51 1 0

And is ios multitasking really multitasking? It does what it does well, but it only works for certain apps, not all.

28. SleepingOz posted on 20 Mar 2012, 09:01 3 0

nopes, ios "multitasking" 's real name is multithreading.

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31. nnaatthhaannx2 posted on 20 Mar 2012, 15:23 1 0

multitasking has nothing do to with ads and gps. try again.

32. Lucas777 posted on 20 Mar 2012, 20:23 0 0

ya but putting it straight into the background to run is the same-- still uses the ads and gps

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11. JGuinan007 posted on 19 Mar 2012, 23:30 0 0

Um no at the bottom it tells you they got it from PCMag probly the same place reddit got it.

16. frydaexiii posted on 20 Mar 2012, 00:33 1 0

Denial at it's finest, of cause you feel that way, you probably already spent hundreds of dollars on apps at the Apps store that we could get free on the Play Store. To me it doesn't really matter about battery life, since my battery, even with what the research says on free apps, still last about 13-14 hrs a day...

25. Leo_MC posted on 20 Mar 2012, 08:05 0 0

Some apps don't let you start them without being connected to data.