Battery life and gps

[sldavis]

what kind of battery life can be expected with gps turned on?

[storino03]

Shouldn't be too big of a draw. Probably much less than having BT active and turned on, since GPS is only active when you have a program using it, compared to BT.

--James

[sldavis]

i was wondering how much power it would use when using gps will it kill my battery by the time i get to my location? will i have to use it pluged in when driving?

[VW]

Im finding a significant battery drain, although I havent bothered to quantify it yet

[sldavis]

thats what i was afraid of but I too will have to do some testing.

[kgphat25]

I'm currently using the stock battery and was driving around with GPS on today and testing battery life (out of curiosity) and it lasted around 3 hours (including talking for 20min with BT headset) Normally the stock battery lasts 4.5 hours for me (under constant internet and phone use)

[Spencer_Moore]

For me 1 hr of gps tracking my route while driving then internet and calls for 1 hr each i still got half life...but im on a 2000 mah battery so i gesss for a stock battery that is prbaaby a dead battery

[sldavis]

for me with a stock battery no battery reg hacks and using google maps i get about 20% battery drain per hour. not bad i guess. ied say i could get about 3 to 4 hours of gps tracking per charge