Sharing the load between multiple cores, as it's known, is a smart way to curb battery drain.
It would also probably be a battery drain, but it'd be nice if I could choose to have that.
The new LCD technology also improves the light transmittal of pixels, rendering brightness with an added benefit of lower battery drain.
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Google Play store, more than 16, 000 people rate it an average of two stars, complaining of battery drain and usability problems.
Finally, the company has improved its performance to decrease the battery drain of the app, which was one complaint when the app launched.
Battery drain becomes even more problematic when the projectors are built in to cell phones, where they also threaten to add more complexity for users.
In addition to scanning the code of an app, the service will watch for fishy behavior such as excess battery drain and abnormal resource consumption.
Having to manually reconnect each time is a bit of a drag, but probably better than the battery drain you'd get by leaving Bluetooth constantly on.
You also have to keep Bluetooth running on your smartphone, with the extra battery drain on the handset, which may be of concern to some users.
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Screen technology is what allows mobile device makers to increase the size of their phones (the development of phablets, for example) at better resolution with lower battery drain.
The light weight comes thanks, in part, to the fact that the company didn't beef up the battery, instead offering up some software bumps it says compensate for the additional battery drain that comes with things like a revved-up display.
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The broadcasts had to be strong enough to be heard 200 feet away, but not so overpowering as to drain battery life.
Sanyo expected the pack to be popular in offices to allow laptops to run processor-intensive programs that would otherwise drain battery life very quickly.
The Android app was upgraded to, among other things, put less drain on battery life.
To prevent a disastrous drain on battery life, Apple has allowed only certain apps to fully multitask.
And if you haven't tried it lately, leaving your iPhone panel on indefinitely is an outstanding way to drain its battery in around two to three hours.
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Bluetooth chips, too sluggish and short-range for high-speed data (where Wi-Fi rules), are ideal for phone calls and tunes because they drain the battery far more slowly than Wi-Fi.
There are smartphone apps that offer similar functionality, but they tend to drain a phone's battery a real concern, since a bike, unlike a car, can't recharge a phone.
The iOS app works over Bluetooth 4.0 so it won't drain the phone's battery, but the standard is only available in the iPhone 4S and the 5.
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However, the GPS feature on smart phones can be a big drain on the phone's battery.
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The team said the power drain of the heaters shouldn't effect battery life, either -- chips don't have to be heated often, and when they do, it can be done while prospective devices are recharging.
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Moreover, the battery is sized up in the latter, presumably to handle the higher power drain of the 1080p panel and the Core i5 processor.
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