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		victorhooi on Oct 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios I... Are you actually sure it affects battery life that much? I'm a bit dubious about this - in fact, turning off WiFi would actually harm battery life, surely, compared to LTE?

Nition on Oct 6, 2017 [–]

If by LTE you mean mobile data, I have that off too as I don't have a data plan. I can say the battery definitely runs down a lot faster with WiFi on but I don't have specific hard stats to back that up.

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