Subj : Using 5G can really be a drain on your smartphone battery
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Jul 06 2023 11:45:04

Using 5G can really be a drain on your smartphone battery

Date:
Thu, 06 Jul 2023 10:30:15 +0000

Description:
It may seem obvious, but not everyone agrees.

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New research has argued 5G connectivity drains more of a smartphones battery 
than using 4G, but not everyones convinced. 

Researchers from Ookla recently sought to test the difference between modern 
chipsets on Android-powered devices. They found Qualcomms Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 
chipset being not only more efficient compared to the Gen 1, but also used 
the least amount of power (31% for 5G users and 25% for those on 4G-LTE). 

The researchers also found that using 5G-based mobile broadband networks 
results in 6%-11% more battery drain, compared to 4G. Very basic 

But not everyone is impressed with the way the tests were conducted. ISP 
Reviews Mark Jackson, for example, described Ooklas methodology for the test 
as very basic, as it measured battery drain by identifying all devices 
recording 100% battery level during morning hours, and then comparing that to 
their minimum battery level in the afternoon, overlooking important details 
such as display size, brightness, screen on-time, apps running, and more. 

The research also did not account for the amount of data downloaded and 
uploaded on different devices, and did not differentiate between 
non-standalone (NSA) and standalone (SA) networks. This is important because 
standalone networks are known to be more efficient. Read more 

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Not splitting between 5G NSA and 5G SA makes the entire methodology suspect, 
one person argues in the comments. 

5G SA can run with just a 5G signal, and completely power down the 4G LTE 
parts of the modem while its on 5G SA. In contrast, 5G NSA carries most of 
the control signaling on the 4G LTE carrier, and you cannot disable the 4G 
LTE modem as a result; instead, the 5G NSA carriers are used as supplementary 
carriers in parallel to 4G LTE carriers, but only for user data. These are 
the best phones right now 

Via: ISPReview



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