If you ’re an avidPokémon Goplayer – you ’re here , so lease ’s assume that – you sawthe big update rollout over the weekend . Among the many tweaks , developer Niantic Labs nerfed Vaporeon ( a good thing ) , geld out third - party apps ( disputable ) , and add the ability to cut your avatar ( who cares ? ) . But it also low - key cut out a useful feature article : Battery Saver mode .
I first noticed the difference July 31 , sometime around 2:30pm after an update had clearly gone through . With Battery Saver mode on , my sound could last a few hours with the sieve brightness down . Battery Saver would call on the headphone ’s screen off if the iPhone was turned upside down or put into a pocket .
But on Sunday eventide , my iPhone 6S ’s barrage fire dropped what seemed like 10 % in only 20 minutes when I was riding the New York City subway . I had to exclude the app off to conserve battery life .
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To test how the app sapped my phone ’s juice , I tookPokémon Gofor a saunter on the subway again Monday good afternoon . I kept running Spotify , too , lest I be force to listen to other New Yorkers * * shiver * * .
In other actor’s line , I used my iPhone very much how a normal person habituate an iPhone .
In just 15 minutes , the phone ’s battery dropped from 53 % down to 41 % . If you ’re mark at family , that ’s 0.8 % per minute . At that rate , my phone would decease in 2 minute and 5 minutes from a full charge .
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To check that it was n’t just my sound being wonky , I askedmy work wifeto openPokémon Goand no other apps on his iPhone 6 . He was connected to power Wifi at the time , with the app open but not being played for the duration of his test .
In 11 minute , his earphone enfeeble 5 % of its barrage fire . In 19 hour , it drain 8 % . Again , if you give care about the math : that ’s 0.45 % per minute , or 3 hour 42 min of liveliness ; and 0.42 % per minute , or 3 hours 58 minutes of life-time . Not nearly as egregious , but conceive he simply had the app undefendable and was n’t play .
Thus far , there ’s no exact account as to why Battery Saver went the way of Vaporeon ’s Water Gun . But from the sounds of rabid Pokémon players , the recent updates have n’t bequeath rooter so tickled .
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