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Re: Which uses less power

From Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Which uses less power
Date 2024-10-22 17:41 +0000
Organization NOYB
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VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:
> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Bill Powell <bill@anarchists.org> wrote:
> >> Which uses less of the phone's battery power on long trips?
> >> 
> >> Playing long podcasts with the Android speaker as the output?
> >> Playing long podcasts with a Bluetooth speaker as the output instead?
> >> 
> >> Any idea?
> > 
> > Too marginal to say definitively. It might make a difference if you
> > routinely turn off BT when using the internal speaker, but most people
> > don't. 
> > 
> > The best way to save power is use airplane mode which turns off the mobile
> > radio.
> 
> But no cellular radio (for data aka Internet) means no podcast.  The OP
> isn't listening to local audio files on his phone.  He is listening to a
> podcast, and that requires Internet access which requires the cellular
> radio for data.  I suppose he could be using an app to first download a
> podcast to save to a local file on his phone, but he didn't mention how
> is is listening to the podcast: locally downloaded file, or streaming
> from Internet.

  I haven't used podcasts in a while, but when I still did, downloading
(in MP3 format) was the normal way, i.e. not streaming and no Internet
needed to play.

  Wikipedia implies that's still the case:

'Podcast'
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast>

"A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download
 over the Internet."

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Which uses less power Bill Powell <bill@anarchists.org> - 2024-10-22 02:15 -0400
  Re: Which uses less power Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-10-22 09:26 +0000
    Re: Which uses less power VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-10-22 12:15 -0500
      Re: Which uses less power Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-10-22 17:41 +0000
        Re: Which uses less power Joerg Walther <joerg.walther@magenta.de> - 2024-10-23 10:00 +0200
        Re: Which uses less power "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-23 16:10 +0200
        Re: Which uses less power VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-10-23 09:51 -0500
          Re: Which uses less power Bill Powell <bill@anarchists.org> - 2024-10-23 18:29 +0200
            Re: Which uses less power VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-10-23 13:02 -0500
              Re: Which uses less power Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-23 22:24 +0200
              Re: Which uses less power Bill Powell <bill@anarchists.org> - 2024-10-24 18:47 +0200
                Re: Which uses less power VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-10-24 16:38 -0500
      Re: Which uses less power Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-10-22 17:22 -0400
        Re: Which uses less power Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-23 00:34 +0200
          Re: Which uses less power Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-10-23 12:36 +0200
            Re: Which uses less power Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-23 15:39 +0200
              Re: Which uses less power Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-10-26 11:57 +0200
      Re: Which uses less power Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-10-22 21:24 +0000
        Re: Which uses less power VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-10-22 20:04 -0500
        Re: Which uses less power micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-10-22 23:29 -0400
  Re: Which uses less power Siard <xx@xx.invalid> - 2024-10-22 11:35 +0200
  Re: Which uses less power Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-10-22 10:54 +0100
    Re: Which uses less power Pamela <pamela.private.mailbox@gmail.com> - 2024-10-22 16:24 +0100
    Re: Which uses less power Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-10-22 21:13 +0000
  Re: Which uses less power VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-10-22 12:18 -0500
  Re: Which uses less power sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-10-22 13:05 -0700
    Re: Which uses less power Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-10-22 21:30 +0000
      Re: Which uses less power VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-10-22 20:04 -0500
        Re: Which uses less power Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-10-23 06:27 +0000
          Re: Which uses less power VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-10-23 07:57 -0500
            Re: Which uses less power sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-10-23 06:32 -0700
            Re: Which uses less power Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-10-23 17:24 +0000
        Re: Which uses less power "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-23 16:15 +0200
          Re: Which uses less power VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-10-23 12:21 -0500
            Re: Which uses less power Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-10-23 20:21 +0000
            Re: Which uses less power "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-23 22:40 +0200
      Re: Which uses less power Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-23 03:35 +0200
        Re: Which uses less power Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-23 04:06 +0200
          Re: Which uses less power The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-10-22 20:45 -0700
            Re: Which uses less power Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-10-23 06:27 +0000
              Re: Which uses less power "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-23 16:17 +0200
              Re: Which uses less power The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-10-23 19:53 -0700
                Re: Which uses less power Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 06:25 +0000
                Re: Which uses less power "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-24 16:06 +0200
                Re: Which uses less power The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 09:17 -0700
                Re: Which uses less power micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-10-24 21:02 -0400
            Re: Which uses less power sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-10-23 23:56 -0700
              Re: Which uses less power The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 09:20 -0700
          Re: Which uses less power Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-10-23 06:27 +0000
            Re: Which uses less power "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-23 16:24 +0200
          Re: Which uses less power Bill Powell <bill@anarchists.org> - 2024-10-23 14:33 +0200
            Re: Which uses less power Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-23 15:58 +0200
            Re: Which uses less power Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-10-23 17:24 +0000
    Re: Which uses less power sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-10-22 17:47 -0700
    Re: Which uses less power Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-10-23 13:21 +0200
      Re: Which uses less power VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-10-23 08:26 -0500
        Re: Which uses less power Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-10-26 12:04 +0200
  Re: Which uses less power micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-10-22 23:32 -0400
    Re: Which uses less power Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-10-23 06:30 +0000
    Re: Which uses less power "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-23 16:27 +0200
  Re: Which uses less power sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-10-23 05:51 -0700

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