Bluetooth v. hardwire

[NickDanger]

Does bluetooth deplete batteries faster?

 

[JohnnyM]

Are you asking if a bluetooth headset will deplete your cell phone battery than a wired headset?

The answer, I think, is yes because you have to run the bluetooth service. If you have a wired headset you can (usually) turn the bluetooth service off.

However, if you leave the bluetooth service on and then use a wired handset, I don't know the answer.

 

[NickDanger]

The specific application is a set of speakers from an iphone, but I also use bluetooth in the car. I have a mophie so I really never run out of juice, but I am interested in outfitting the boy's dorm and it got me to thinking about his options.

 

[NickDanger]

I would imagine if you are running BOTH at the same time it would be a huge drain. I am just wanting to know if a bluetooth signal depletes faster than a mini RCA connect. I suppose that this is just a "do your own research on your own piece of equipment" deal, but wanted to know if it was something that was incredibly obvious to everyone but me.

 

[wherzwaldo]

The more radios you have turned on in your phone, the faster your battery is going to drain. So turning on Bluetooth, GPS, etc. will indeed drain your battery faster than if they were off, even if you are not actively using them. How fast that drain will be is hard to say, though.

 

[brntorng]

Bluetooth is extremely power efficient by design. I doubt there will be a noticeable impact on battery life on an iPhone. Bluetooth only has to communicate over a distance of several feet whereas the cellular radio has to communicate over a distance of miles. Huge difference in power required. WiFi falls in between these two insofar as power required, but is much closer to Bluetooth.

 

[NickDanger]

I appreciate the responses