[sebastiennight]

You're saying that having all the apps open at the same time won't drain the iPhone's battery?

Because normal people just never close apps. Are they silently shut down/paused after a while?

[maineldc]

Yes - on iOS only a few things can be done in the background but most apps are frozen eventually when the are no longer in the foreground.

[jen20]

> Are they silently shut down/paused after a while?

Yes. This has been the case since 2008 when the first version of iOS supporting third-party apps was released. Background refresh allows some quanta of work do be done when an app is not in the foreground, but only limited things.