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Old 10-25-2011, 01:41 PM   #588
MickMcGeough
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang View Post
I too noticed that when I had a location-based reminder that my battery life was noticeably lower. I would imagine that, in order to know that you have arrived at your location, that location services would have to be used quite frequently by the phone. If not constantly.

Even if I'm running Skype in the background or streaming radio, the battery drain is much less than my test of using a location-based reminder.
Yeah it's clear that location services are running, it's just not clear which location services are running. Some are nearly free (battery-wise) as long as you're connected to a mobile/wifi network.
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