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From: The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Which uses less power
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:45:18 -0700
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On 10/22/24 7:06 PM, Qihe wrote:
> Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> ha scritto:
> 
>> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> ha scritto:
>> 
>>> sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 10/21/2024 11:15 PM, Bill Powell 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?
>>>> 
>>>> Speaker wattage is about 3W.
>>>>
>>>> Bluetooth uses about 2.5mW.
>>>> 
>>>> So the speaker uses more than 3000x the power.
>>> 
>>> Do you have a source?
>>> 
>> 
>> https://www.androidauthority.com/does-bluetooth-drain-battery-1145853/
>> 
>> -- 
> They say: "The results show that playing back audio over Bluetooth
>   consumes essentially the same amount of power as playing back
>   audio over speakers or headphones with Bluetooth turned
>   off".

Why not obviate the battery problem by putting the podcasts on a USB 
stick plugged into the AUX socket?


-- 
Cheers, Bev
   "When I was in college, the only job I could get was
    shitting on people's lawns.  Sure, the owners complained,
    but it was honest work and it kept me off welfare..."
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