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by melling 3970 days ago
Hasn't Don Melton discussed in a number of podcasts that Apple places a priority on energy efficiency? Battery life is a key selling point for Apple devices. Chrome's priorities have simply been different.
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psophis 3970 days ago
Yes, I believe this is the episode of Debug that you are thinking of: https://overcast.fm/+I_IAnJ5Y

(Couldn't find a link on imore)

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ArtDev 3970 days ago
Except battery life is really bad on Apple devices. Compared to Samsung at least (my Galaxy Note4 that has a 3-day battery life).
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Steko 3970 days ago
This is baloney, Apple has consistently delivered great battery life on laptops, phones, tablets and beats the Note 4 in several categories:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8613/the-samsung-galaxy-note-4...

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ksml 3970 days ago
My Note 4 also has a 3 day battery life. I just have to turn it off for 2 days and voila! /s
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