February 9th, 2010, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by CycloneFever
Just because of this thread, I'm going to try keeping GPS on to see if it makes much difference on battery life. Theoretically, there's no transmitter to a GPS, only a receiver, so the usage should be as much as wifi, 3G, etc. Just a little processing power to compute your location based on passive interception of the satellite signals.
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The only real difference is that leaving wifi on actually will drain your battery if it is not connected. It will be trying to find a signal constantly and that search will suck the battery dry pretty fast.♠
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