Research finds that using free apps will increase power consumption

Researchers have found that if you want a smartphone that has a longer battery life, it's best to avoid using free software. For Android application Power test, please click on the "Extra!" Find the most cost-electric news reading Application! "When you want to save some money, it's a good choice to use freeware, but recent research has found that free software consumes more of your phone's power faster than paid software." So what is the culprit? It's the annoying ads, of course. Researchers from Microsoft and Purdue University in the United States used a special energy monitoring tool to test the power consumption of software on Android and Windows Mobile phones in connection with 3G networks, which found that in individual cases a free software 75% Power consumption is not from the software itself, but from third-party advertising services. In the test, the team selected 6 popular smartphone apps, including Angry Birds and Facebook. The test phone is three HTC models: Magic and passion running the Android system, and Tytnt II, which runs the Windows Mobile system. The test is not possible due to Apple's iOS system limitations. People who like Rovio Birds are surprised to learn that the test results may be surprising, with the free version of Angry Birds the game consumes only 20% of the electricity, while 45% of the power is used to locate the player's position in order to put the ads in place. The researchers also found a phenomenon called the 3G tail, in which the battery's power will continue to be consumed after a networking action is completed (for example, advertising information downloads). In the case of Angry Birds, the 3G tail consumes about 25% of the total power consumed by the game. When you go out of the door is not convenient to recharge, and see the battery is a sharp drop in electricity is very rubbing fire. But what's worse is that inefficient software, in addition to increasing power consumption, also affects the battery life to a certain extent. So maybe it's time for us to think about the paid software. More related articles: "Android Platform News client power consumption test", "Android mobile phone management software client power consumption comparison", "mainstream Android online reading software consumption measurement", "mainstream Android input power consumption comparison evaluation"; Android Life Service software flow & power consumption test, "Four of Android music playback software consumption comparison test"; Can you really save electricity? Five Android Electric Power application Measurement, "Five of Android map navigation software consumption measurement", "Six Android platform browser consumption measurement", "Android security protection software power consumption measurement."