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Re: Which drains more when steaming media, 3G or WiFi?
I would have to think its based on your 3g signal. I would think a low signal would cause 3g to take more juice.
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Re: Which drains more when steaming media, 3G or WiFi?
sorry I miss read the question, I take back my answer. yes the amount of coverage will affect your battery drain.
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Re: Which drains more when steaming media, 3G or WiFi?
lets say I have good signal, 3 or 4 bars. would it use less battery than using wifi?
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Re: Which drains more when steaming media, 3G or WiFi?
I used NuePower to confirm it, Wi-Fi uses more power from the battery. When I had the cellular radio on, data connection on (with 5-6 bars on EVDO), and Wi-Fi off, I was drawing between 150-200mA. With Wi-Fi on and cellular radio off, the number jumps to 350-400mA. I didn't bother trying to stream anything as it's just the same data coming through a higher-power tranciever.
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Re: Which drains more when steaming media, 3G or WiFi?
the wifi radio is more expensive power-wise then 3g. By about 30-40%.
Edit - too slow see above.
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Under the same conditions, using Wi-fi instead of EVDO, Wi-Fi for me draws about 250-300 mA when actively working, and 185 mA when "idle" (though the arrows never grey out). Because of this, I could see for something like web-surfing, where the connection will constantly be going between idle and active, that EVDO would be better, but for streaming they appear to be pretty similar (and at least for my phone, EVDO draws more power when active). Last edited by Anonymatt; 01-29-2009 at 12:25 PM. |
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